JTEKT TOYODA AMERICAS introduced the FH5000 series of three, high-speed horizontal machining centers (HMC), including the FH5000S HMC with 800x800X880-mm (X, Y, Z) strokes, 900-mm workpiece diameter, ...

High-speed machining technology has created the need for a new attitude among moldmakers and machinists, say shop owners. Buying the equipment is the easy part, they say. The tough part is getting ...

Machine-monitoring modules make unattended high-speed machining reliable. Machine-monitoring modules make unattended high-speed machining reliable. Using various machine-mounted modules, Mikron's ...

Siemens used this test part to demonstrate new state-of-the-art milling techniques. It is made of tool steel hardened to 54 HRC and was machined on a Micron HPM 800U machining center. Something most ...

Define “high speed.” What is considered leading edge today? Anthony/Timken: High speed, referred to as dN, is calculated by multiplying the bearing bore diameter in millimeters by the shaft rpm. If ...

The latest episode “Made in the USA” podcast explores a company that uses collaborative robots, one of the key tools helping US machine shops and other manufacturers compete with lower cost countries ...

A new generation of CAD/CAM software combines 3-D design tools with CAM knowledge of cutting paths for accelerated cavity design and machining. Cimatron E, unveiled at Westec 2003 in Los Angeles, CA ...

Aerospace applications present some of the toughest challenges to machine-tool builders. As quickly as possible, complex shaped parts must be cut to exacting Aerospace applications present some of the ...

This is a completely new method of machining," says Glenn Coleman, vice president of product design at Surfware Inc., Westlake Village, Calif. He's describing TrueMill, a new tool path technology in ...