Multitasking is More Than Doing Two Things at Once
By: Chris Koepfer - Production Machining
Combining different metalcutting operations on a single machine platform is helping shops explore better ways to manufacture.
Making Complex Parts Profitably
By: Chris Koepfer - Production Machining
In a highly competitive global market, finding ways to manufacture domestically and profitably is an ongoing challenge. This Massachusetts shop has found a way using CNC multi-spindles.
VIDEO: Hard to Visualize? Animate It
By: Chris Koepfer - Production Machining
This video, produced by Index, gives excellent insight into the complex workings of the company's MS 22-8 multi-spindle machines, which can be difficult to visualize in real time.
Index Provides another Approach to Machine Control
By: Chris Felix - Production Machining
Now available on all Index machines, this control is designed to put all necessary production information at the operator's fingertips.
Index Offers Showfloor Demo at PMTS
By: Chris Felix - Production Machining
Attendees of the Precision Machining Technology Show can see hands-on technology live on the show floor. On Tuesday, April 21, at 2:30 p.m., in Booth 400, Index Corp. will showcase its C100 CNC lathe with the Fanuc 31iB control.
Inverted Vertical Turning Evolves
By: Lori Beckman - Products Finishing
Like most classes of machine tools, inverted vertical turning has evolved since its original design, adding numerous machining capabilities for multitasking.
Index Celebrates 100 Years in Business
Together with its subsidiary company, Traub, Index Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of CNC turning machines.
Making the Case for B-Axis Machining
By: Chris Koepfer - Production Machining
As precision part designs become more complex and the economic pressure to complete more operations in a single setup increase, turning center designs are changing.
Index Corporation Turns 100
By: Chris Koepfer - Production Machining
To celebrate this milestone, the company is hosting an open house at its U.S. headquarters in Noblesville, Ind., near Indianapolis.
Hands-On Training Offers Students Priceless Experience
By: Lori Beckman - Products Finishing
Machine tool builders are hearing the cries of machine shops (their customers) desperate for skilled workers and are funding educational programs themselves.
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