Mazak’s Quick Turn Smart series of two-axis lathes is designed for high-productivity job shop environments. The QT-Smart 350 is said to deliver fast feed rates, high accuracy and rigid construction. The headstock features a 12" chuck mounted on a 40-hp, 3,300-rpm integrated spindle

The Traub TNL18 P production turning machine is capable of five-axis machining in a single setup. Able to accommodate barstock ranging to 20 mm in diameter, the TNL18 can produce long or short precision parts with or without a guide bush. As many as three tools can be used on the part at once. &nbs

Romi Machine Tools’ flexible C620 CNC lathe features a variety of headstocks, turrets, tooling and operating choices. Swing over the bed is 620 mm (24.4"), and an A2-8" spindle is standard. The lathe is also equipped with the Siemens Sinumerik 802 sl, which features a 10.4" LCD

Femco’s HL-55/2000 CNC lathe is designed for heavy cutting on large workpieces. The solid wraparound boxway construction is designed for precision turning of large workpieces. All mating surfaces are lined with Turcite to provide wear and slip-stick characteristics. The rigid, 45-degree slant-

Knuth Machine Tools offers the versatile DL E series universal lathes for handling heavy-duty fabrication and single part production. The stable, highly accurate lathe is able to handle applications ranging from rough to fine operations on a variety of materials, the company says.   Equipped

Loading the player ...   On a CNC lathe or turning center, one way to machine a complex cylindrical profile is obvious. That is: program a single-point turning insert to feed along the geometry of that profile. It might seem that there is no other way.

Loading the player ... Richards Industries moved away from machining a part complete at one machine tool in order to increase throughput by increasing the number of setups. Richards Industries personnel explain the move to Modern Machine Shop editor-in-chief

Hurco features 11 machine tools with its integrated control powered by WinMax, which is software is designed to expand a shop’s capability. An interactive space with the control consoles is set up for booth visitors to test. Machines on display include the large dual-column DCX22 and the dual-zone

The Ryazan Machine Tool Plant offers the RT950F4-6.5 four-way bed CNC lathe, which is suited for turbine repair and the wind power industry. The four-axis lathe has a 74 swing and 256 between centers. Workpieces can weigh as much as 35 tons without steady rest support or 40 tons with a single steady

The Hardinge Group showcases its GS 51A horizontal turning center, a compact high-productivity lathe that is equipped with integrated automation. The machine features a collet-ready spindle that delivers exacting part roundness and tight tolerances on each workpiece, the company says. A prototype

The TRAK TRL 1630SX lathe, featuring the ProtoTRAK SLX CNC, is the smallest toolroom lathe in the product line. It can be operated manually or by CNC using the optional TRAKing feature. The bedways are hardened and ground, and sliding surfaces are Turcite coated. The lathe is equipped with electroni

Loading the player ... An automated production process on machining centers at Renishaw’s UK manufacturing facility uses those machining centers even to perform turning. The overall process goes by the acronym RAMTIC, for Renishaw’s Automated Milli

Miyano Machinery’s GN-3200 ultra-precision turning center features a 0.1-μm input tolerance. It is suited for high-precision hard turning of small components that are traditionally finished on a grinding machine. The machine is intended primarily for secondary operation finishing work and hard tur

Loading the player ... A veteran mold builder with Phoenix Proto Technologies explains design differences between an aluminum mold for prototypes and an aluminum mold for production. Phoenix Proto Technologies (www.phoenixproto.com) opened shop a

Featuring a wraparound, boxway construction, Femco’s CNC lathe model HL-55/200 is designed for heavy-duty, precision turning on larger workpieces. All mating surfaces are lined with Turcite to prevent wear. The rigid, 45-degree slant-bed construction and precision components are said to ensure consi

EMAG’s USC 11/USC 21 series offers users a machine platform for the flexible machining of tubular components. The machine concept is characterized by the design of its “rotating tube,” which allows for complete machining of the external and internal connective sections of the oil pipes and minimizes

CNC technology has radically changed the nature of machining on a multi-spindle machine. The motion of the tool carriers and tool slides at each indexing station are controlled by CNC servo motors under programmed command rather than by a system of mechanical cams. It is possible to perform a range

According to the company, the M20 × 60 mid-sized combination lathe is flexible enough to handle a variety of work ranging from single-piece prototypes to high-volume production. The machine features a 15-hp spindle motor, a 20.4 swing over the bed and a 10.25 swing over cross-slide. Bed lengths of 6

  The Quest CHNC turning center is available with either a 27-mm, 5C or a 42-mm, 16C collet-ready spindle. The machine is designed for high accuracy and quick job changeover to meet the demands of the medical, aerospace, defense and computer/electronics industries. This design configuration allows

Loading the player ... Stock Drive Products (SDP) is a manufacturer with a business model that any outside observer might consider to be challenging. The company makes simple, standard products in large quantities within a high-wage country—the United Sta