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    Hobbing on a Lathe

    Nov. 26, 2007
    Shops can now do gear hobbing on the Y axis of the Tornado lathe from Colchester-Harrison of the 600 Group. This ability makes for one-setup operation and eliminates the need ...
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    Light Metal Machining

    Nov. 26, 2007
    Alfing Corp. demonstrated its AL 204 multi-spindle machining center for cutting complex, light metal parts in medium to high volumes. As the lead machine in a series, the AL 204...
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    Robots Swing Into Production

    Nov. 26, 2007
    Robotic cells keep Dolphin Casting strokes ahead of the competition. Dolphin Casting manufactures Ping products, specifically casting putter and iron heads for golf clubs. To ...
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    Largest Machining Center

    Nov. 26, 2007
    Layout of the FH1250SX horizontal machining center. Toyoda Machinery introduced the FH1250SX at EMO, its largest horizontal machining center. The machine is based on its FH-SX...
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    Multi-taskings Growing Significance

    Nov. 26, 2007
    By John Teresko | Industry Week The early enthusiasm for multi-tasking machine tools is finding growing rationale far beyond the obvious attraction of “done on one.” That versatility...
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    American Machinist launches 2007 benchmarking study

    Feb. 5, 2007
    The 2007 American Machinist Benchmarking Survey for machine shop now is available online at (www.ambsurvey.com), and we’re asking our readers to fill it out. The survey is important...