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Gear cutting tools and workholding offered

Gleason offers a broad array of cutting tools for soft and hard machining of bevel and cylindrical gears from Rockford/USA, Plymouth/UK, Munich/Germany and Bangalore/India.

News from Gleason Corporation ( 7 October 2005)

Robotic router tools changed when operating

System for robotic routing systems allows tools to be changed while the routing system is in operation and offers an automatic update of tool parameters when a tool is changed. Brochure available

News from KMT Cutting Systems AB (30 September 2005)

High speed drill/polish at up to 125,000 rev/min

With an astonishing specification including spindle speeds of up to 125,000 rev/min, the high speed drilling machine is ideal for mould polishing, small hole drilling and fine slot machining.

News from Sodi-Tech edm (27 September 2005)

Milling head raises flange output four-fold

User application article International manufacturer of wheels has achieved a four-fold increase in production efficiency using a bespoke, three-way, right-angle head to mill 40 flanges/h instead of 10/h.

News from CTL-Centreline (14 September 2005)

Turnkey operation re-equips workshop

User application article When Loughborough University was awarded funding to re-equip one of its engineering application workshops, it selected a single machine tool supplier to peform a turnkey operation.

News from RK International Machine Tools ( 1 July 2005)

VTL mills and drills to finish in 'one hit'

User application article Previously around 75% of a subcontract machine shop's jobs would require a second operation of drilling or milling, but with a new VTL the company can now complete jobs in 'one hit'.

News from Ward CNC Machinery ( 1 July 2005)

'Smart' grinding achieves best gear performance

User application article Bespoke helical gear production service uses a combination of stress prediction software and DIN 2 'smart' grinding to achieve maximum gear performance.

News from Holroyd ( 3 June 2005)

CNC retrofit raises gear grinder output, accuracy

User application article A Pfauter Kapp gear grinder has been successfully retrofitted with a Siemens Sinumerik 840D CNC to improve productivity by 40% and raise the machine's accuracy.

News from CNC Design ( 2 June 2005)

CNC covers all gear machining aspects

Configured with a very flexible and cost effective combination of hardware and software, this CNC system is particularly well suited to address all aspects of gear manufacturing.

News from NUM Corporation (18 May 2005)

Ultrasonics machines hard, brittle materials

Ultrasonics diamond machining system offers a five-fold increase in productivity for working advanced materials such as ceramics, glass, silicon, composites and precious stones.

News from DMG (UK) (11 May 2005)

Rotary indexer is claimed to be world's fastest

Claiming to being the world's fastest rotary special purpose machine tool for components up to 32mm diameter, a 24-station design is able to machine up to 500 components/min.

News from Mikron Machining Technology (27 April 2005)

Low cost centre grinds gears to better than DIN 2

Although easy to set and operate, a grinding centre uses a novel machining system to achieve better than DIN 2 accuracy for the form grinding of high precision helical, spur and worm gears.

News from Holroyd ( 2 December 2004)

CNC router packs in more features for low price

There are many CNC routers that are available and more seem to be produced every day but none have the features of machines offered at a price of $16,995 for a 4ft x 8ft travel model says the maker.

News from Techno ( 4 November 2004)

CNC routers designed for heavy machining duties

Latest CNC routers are described as true 'heavyweights' by the builder who says they offer minimal maintenance and maximum machine performance and longevity and infinite 'look ahead' contouring.

News from Techno ( 4 November 2004)

Special millers produce largest screw rotors yet

User application article Specialist machine tool and helical component manufacturer is to produce three sets of the largest screw rotors ever made for a German compressor manufacturer.

News from Holroyd ( 9 June 2004)

Consortium investigates face gear grinding

An Estonian-led consortium with partners from Italy and the Czech Republic is performing research into the development af a cost-effective technology for face gear grinding.

News from Feanor ( 7 April 2004)

Wire EDM and machining centres make their debut

600 Centre, UK, will be launching the latest version of the Fanuc Robodrill, the recently upgraded Fanuc wire EDM and the latest Anilam or Fanuc CNC version of the Richmond VMC 600 VMC.

News from 600 Centre ( 9 February 2004)

Range of hobs suits SME batch gear production

Delivery ranges of hobs for small to medium batch production have been especially studied to meet the needs of small to medium sized batch and prototype gear manufacturers.

News from Samputensili SpA ( 4 November 2003)

Gear grinder is easier to set up

Gear grinding machine is equipped with a mobile operator panel that makes machine set-up easier and includes dialogue software based on MS Windows operating systems for dressing cycles.