TURNING MACHINES

Turn-Mills

Swiss-Type Lathe Runs 2-Inch Parts Complete

This Swiss-type multitasking machine does all the crosswork and endwork milling, drilling and tapping complete, and even engraving and deburring, on one machine.
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Swiss-Types

Swiss-Type Offers 33 Tool Positions

IMTS 2022: Expand Machinery says its Genturn-52CS Y2 enables multiple operations in a single handling.

Turning Machines

3D Printing Creates a Window of Automation Opportunity

For this Omaha shop, periodic part inspection required an automated turning cell to pause production. Printing a plastic parts collection chute for delivery outside the cell solved this problem, and it turns out the shop has found 3D printing to be valuable in many other ways.
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Turning Machines

When a CNC Turn-Mill Doesn’t Turn

A shop in Big Sky Country uses a B-axis multitasking machine to produce complex, prismatic medical parts that require no turning complete from barstock.
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Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Emag VT 4-Axes Lathes for Shaft Production Maximum Performance

IMTS 2022: The lathes are said to provide short cycle times, high-precision machining and safe processing with the VT series of turning machines literally turning the classic horizontal machining process on its head.
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Single & Multi-Spindles

Can a Job Shop Benefit From a CNC Multi-Spindle? This One Does.

Although CNC multi-spindle machines are often dedicated to running one part or family of like parts, this Wisconsin job shop has found a way to make 20,000 parts per run its sweet spot for that equipment to better serve multiple customers.
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Turn-Mills

Index's G220 Turn-Mill for Flexible Cutting

IMTS 22: Index’s G220 turn-mill center is said to produce a wide variety of parts in a single setup.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Twin-Turret Lathes for Flexible Tooling

Miyano machines are designed to ensure high rigidity, high accuracy and long life.
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Swiss-Types

Swiss-Type Turning Point

This northern Ohio shop recently added its first Swiss-type lathe to gain long stretches of unattended machining largely because its continuous efforts to find new operators for its more conventional equipment had proven to be unfruitful.

Swiss-Types

Mazak Syncrex Swiss-Style for Flexible, Versatile Operations

  IMTS 2022: The series comes in four bar capacities, ranging from 20 to 38 mm, and is available in 7-, 8- and 9-axis configurations as well as a 9-axis model with full B-axis contouring.