TOOLING

Cutaway Illustration Of Drawbar-Spindle Collet
Workholding

Workholding Collets And Factors That Affect Grip Force

The phenomenon of the staying power of the collet, in light of the rapidly changing technology in machine tool design, is attributed to the utility and the elegant simplicity of the device. The collet is a small but powerful component for the machine tool industry, incorporating all of the these features.

quick-change collet
Automation & Robots

Turning On To Compact Bar Feeders

Compact bar feeders deliver the performance and capacity needed for this turning cell to run in a largely unattended mode.

Mark Lawrence of C.J. Winter Machine Technologies, Rick Vice of Cam-Tech Inc. and Paul Allart of C.J.
Cutting Tools

Military Supplier Delivers On Spec, On Time

When your only product is socket set screws and your primary customers are the demanding aerospace and military markets, quality and uptime are paramount. Your multi-spindle machines need to be reliable and easily reconfigured to produce a new part at a moment’s notice.

Hardinge “over-the-shoulder” collet
Aerospace

Custom Collets Help Blind Bolt Shop Maintain Part Quality And Concenctricity

For their larger diameter fasteners, this manufacturer uses a custom-manufactured collet to control part quality and concentricity.

PCS-100 monitor from TPS
Cutting Tools

监控工具的好处

With millions of manufacturing jobs going overseas to cheap labor countries, companies today are struggling to keep part costs competitive. The machining industry has had to look for various ways to reduce the cost of the parts being machined. One of the most popular ways to reduce part cost is lights-out, or unattended, machining.
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DuPage Machine Products’ four roll-out storage racks
Workholding

Bar Handling Made Easy

DuPage Machine Products, Inc., Bloomingdale, Illinois, puts the TV strongmen to shame every day by moving thousands of pounds of steel thousands of feet—without breaking a sweat. He has a readily accessible material storage system and a crane system that enables him to deliver bundles of barstock from storage to any production screw machine in the shop.

Single bar feeder
Workholding

What Is The Best Bar Feed System For Production Turning?

Selecting the right bar feeder can be one of the most important decisions a shop can make. Bar feed systems help improve productivity, throughput and quality, but in order to achieve the most benefit from them it is essential that a bar feed system be matched to the particular needs of the turning operation.

Horn Broach Tool In Turret
Cutting Tools

Broaching On A Lathe

Producing a keyway, spline or similar longitudinal feature on a turned part usually necessitates an additional, time-consuming, secondary operation on a broaching or slotting machine. That means moving the part to and from a secondary operation, an extra setup, additional labor and hourly machine costs and all of the other headaches that go with secondary operations.

Cutting Tools

Choosing Advanced Tooling For Swiss Machining

The right tools for Swiss machines can boost throughput and improve the quality of finished parts. For example, switching from brazed carbide parting tools to more wear resistant coated carbide inserts with sharper edges reduced cycle time on an automotive fluid connector from 11 seconds to just 5 seconds.
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Workholding

Need Greater Machine Uptime? Load More Parts At A Time For Machining

在好时间和坏,商店应该不断on the lookout for ways to get more production from their existing equipment. Workholding methods frequently offer significant opportunities for improvement.
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