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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...