Turning Machines

Swiss-Types

How Might You Use a Desktop CNC Swiss-Type?

This compact machine could be valuable for education and training purposes as well as low-volume production work that shops might not want to run on their traditional Swiss-types.

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Turning Machines

Eurotech Elite Seeks Partners to Build American-Made CNC Lathes

Eurotech Elite hopes to connect and build relationships with U.S.-based, family-owned manufacturers with expertise in machining large components with tight tolerances.

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Swiss-Types

Second B Axis Improves Efficiency of Swiss-Type Machining

A highly stable, fully programmable B axis on the subspindle of Nomura DS’s 20J3XBTC enables users to more quickly machine complex parts complete.

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Swiss-Types

Faster Swiss-Type Setup is a Probing Issue

Perhaps no other technological development has impacted setup time reduction on Swiss-type lathes more than automatic tool probing functions. 

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Swiss-Types

3 Stories of Swiss First Additions

A few shops share their stories about the how’s and why’s of adding their first Swiss-type CNC turning center as well as lessons learned along the way.

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Swiss-Types

Succeeding at Swiss

McCormick Industries is no stranger to Swiss-type machining. Here are examples of ways the shop has found to become more efficient not only at using its CNC sliding-headstock machines, but at its overall shopfloor processes and practices, too.

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Swiss-Types

Welcome to Our Special Swiss-Type-Machining Issue

Coverage of CNC sliding-headstock machining technology, processes and practices has been a staple for the Production Machining brand since day one. With this issue, we pay tribute to it and pay it forward.

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Planning for Growth Amid Uncertainty

Six strategies to maximize a company’s success amid unpredictability.

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Taking the Complexity out of Swiss Machining

How machine shops become more efficient with offline CAM programming, featuring toolpath generation, built-in simulation, multichannel control, proven postprocessors and seamless Solidworks integration.  

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Reflecting on PMTS, Last Words on a Long Career, and More: The Top 10 April Articles

Our top 10 articles included reflections on PMTS, a look back on a long career, choosing the right chipbreaker, and more. 

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