TURNING MACHINES

Turn-Mills

Video Tech Brief: Live-Tool, Y-Axis CNC Lathe with a Compact Footprint

This small footprint, big-bore lathe offers a generous work envelope. The addition of Y-axis and live tooling enables milling, drilling and tapping for increased machine capabilities.

Swiss-Types

Video Tech Brief: Anatomy of a Robust, High-Production Swiss-Type Lathe

This Swiss-type is equipped with a total of 52 tools, including a 40-tool magazine, 10 tools on the back tool post, and an optional 2 tools on the deep hole drill holder.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Boring Head Enables Sculpture Hardware to Be Machined on a Lathe

When small job shop Ansonia Manufacturing took on a tricky hardware component job for a “live” glass art sculpture, it realized a boring head would be needed to machine the part complete on its live-tool lathe.
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Swiss-Types

Video Tech Brief: “Doubling Down” on B-Axis Capability in a Swiss-Type

This Swiss-type lathe has two programmable B-axis units and the capacity for two individual thread whirling units.

Turning Machines

Grob Mill-Turn Machining Center Provides Flexible Performance

The G550T mill-turn universal machining center offers optimized milling and turning performance for a broad range of part materials in one setup.

Single & Multi-Spindles

Video: Using AR for Remote Machine Tool Troubleshooting

Augmented reality can enable service engineers to help machine shops identify and possibly remedy issues with their machines remotely, perhaps eliminating the time and cost of an on-site diagnostic and maintenance visit.
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Emerging Leaders

Swiss Rejuvenation Doubles Shop Productivity

As he progressed to CNC Swiss lead and later to his current position as CNC Swiss production supervisor, Darrin Baker helped the Swiss department at Liberty Precision double its productivity, according to his nominator.

Turning Machines

Seeing Multitasking, Automation and Digitalization at Index’s 2023 Open House

A mini trade show of sorts, the event held earlier this year in Germany offered an opportunity to see the machine tool builder’s equipment in action as well as take tours of its various manufacturing plants.

Swiss-Types

Video Tech Brief: Swiss-type Lathe Features High-Damping Composite Casting

A rigid casting design and chip control technology are among the various benefits of this Swiss-type lathe.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Racer Machinery Lathe Enables Full Ram Travel

The VTX machine series features programmatic indexing of the Y-axis, enabling for extended height to accommodate taller parts.
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