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Miscellaneous machine tool equipment (fixtures, rotary tables etc.)
News Release from: Hardinge Machine Tools | Subject: Rotary indexing units
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 August 2006
Rotary indexing units reduce machining
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Rotary indexing products are reducing machining operations and part cycle times; cutting stop-start production; minimising the need for operator interventions and improving part accuracy.
Manufacturers looking to increase the productivity and performance of their machine tools and manufacturing processes have turned (in increasing numbers) to Hardinge-Bridgeport's 5C rotary indexing products These products are enabling customers to become more competitive by reducing total machining operations and part cycle times; reducing stop-start production; minimising the need for operator interventions and improving part accuracy
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 6 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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They are highly-accurate; fully-functional; easy to use and are totally reliable.
They are aimed at customers who want to get a great deal more out of their machines - and enable secondary operations on small parts (milling, drilling, tapping, contouring and spiral milling) to be performed rapidly and reliably.
The 5C indexing system is a fully automatic, programmable, rotary positioning system.
The mechanical indexing head holds the workpiece and the digital servo control instructs/directs the spindle rotation.
Workpiece positioning is achieved by programming angular movements into the memory of the control.
The system is inherently flexible and can be used in the horizontal position - or can be mounted vertically for face and end work operations.
The 5C indexing systems join a long and comprehensive line-up of Hardinge-Bridgeport workholding products that include - Sure-Grip Jaw Power Chucks; Spindle Tooling for milling, turning and grinding machines; Swiss-type collets, guide bushings and Bar-loader collets - and Expanding and Quick-change collet systems.
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