Chevalier’s FBL-360 lathe is said to be well-suited for mixed-volume, short-run or dedicated high-volume applications. The lathe features a 45-degree slant bed with rigid boxways and programmable tailstock. Other features include a 15" hydraulic chuck, 4.5" bar capacity, 30.3&qu

Southwestern Industries’ Trak line of mills and lathes feature the company’s ProtoTrak CNC technology. The conversational language is designed to be powerful, but easy to use, the company says. It is also said to reduce time-consuming setups, enables machinists with lower skill levels to

Inverted vertical turret lathes (VTLs) are distinctive in that they serve as their own parts loader, using their downward-facing main spindle to pick up staged workpieces and deliver them to the machining zone. This yields a more compact footprint than other automated machining systems because no au

Chevalier’s FVL series single-spindle VTC is designed for heavy-duty turning applications on large-diameter parts that require a 78" chuck. The machine is available with optional live tools for flexible machining of complex workpieces.    The machine features a one-piece, Meehan

Haas’ ST-10Y compact turning center features 4" off-center milling, drilling and tapping capabilities. High-torque live tooling and a servo-driven C axis are standard for four-axis cutting. Other features include a 9" × 14" (229 × 356 mm) maximum capacity; 16.25"

Dynamic Machine Resources’ ZV line of gang-tool lathes is designed to provide accuracy and speed within a space-efficient footprint. The machines feature 0.005" accuracy, an 800 ipm rapid reverse rate, and speeds ranging to 6,000 rpm. A C axis is standard, and turnkey tooling packages are

Ganesh Machinery’s Bolt-Master series of CNC gang-tool lathes feature a variety of workhandling solutions, including vibratory bowl feeds and racked parts to automatically feed the spindle without operator assistance. The three-axis Cyclone GT-32 lathe features 6,000 rpm, 10 hp, 1"-diame

Methods Machine Tools’ Feeler milling lathes and turning centers include the HT, FTC and FT series.The company’s HT series lathes include the HT-30MC power milling turret machine, the HT-30Y model with a power milling turret and Y axis, and the HT-30SY machine featuring a power milling t

The VT 2 vertical pickup turning machine can be equipped with pendulum technology for machining chucked components with 100-mm maximum workpiece diameters or with a tailstock for machining shaft-type components with 400-mm maximum lengths.Other vertical pickup turning machines on display are the VT

  When Nilpeter embarked on a lean initiative 14 months ago, no one at the printing press manufacturer had any inkling that they had already taken an important first step. As it turned out, a previous equipment purchase, made for an entirely different reason, dovetailed perfectly with the comp

The KVL heavy-duty vertical turning center from Kingston Machine Tool features one-piece casting of the X/Z axis, which is supported by oversized box ways designed to increase stability and cutting accuracy. The arched-type, double-rail column and adjustable cros- rail are ribbed FC 30 castings with

When I first spoke to Billy Godbold, he was at a track watching a professional drag racing team test a custom camshaft. Mr. Godbold is the engineering group leader for Comp Cams, the valve train component manufacturer that supplied the camshaft. One month earlier, Comp Cams’ design group had j

Index’s MS22C-8 from its Multiline series is a modular eight-spindle machine that is designed for highly complex parts. The multi-spindle automatic lathe can be used for a variety of applications in industries ranging from automotive to medical. It also is designed to produce small batches eff

According to machine tool builder Mag, a sidehead option for its vertical turning centers (VTCs) uses a 250-mm-square (10") ram to deliver 34,000-N (7,600-lbs) thrust from an optimized angle to efficiently turn tall or flanged parts in vertical orientation. The sidehead option is available on m

Muratec USA, a subsidiary of Murata Machinery, offers the MW120GT twin-spindle CNC chucker. The chucker features a twin three-axis gantry-loader construction to increase productivity. Production time for both sides of a processed workpiece is 16 sec. in high-speed, A/B lathe operations, the company

Available from Methods Machine Tools, the Nakamura-Tome WT-150 II eight-axis, multitasking turning center features opposed twin-spindle, two-turret construction for increased speed and rigidity. The compact machine offers a variety of upgrades from the base WT-150 design, including a spindle-sp

Available from YMT, YSP’s line of CNC vertical turning lathes (VTLs) range from 8" chucks to 32" turret-type machines in single or twin configurations. The company’s ram-style VTLs feature table diameters ranging from 39" to 118" and are constructed with moveable cros

The Puma 3100 horizontal turning center from Doosan is designed for speed, precision and performance. It also is said to eliminate thermal deformation. Its thermal isolation system is designed to prevent machine-generated heat from reaching the bed or headstock. Strategically placed covers deflect h

  Vertical turning lathes (VTLs) have always been useful for machining large, heavy parts. That’s because gravity helps keep the workpiece in place rather than acting in opposition to the clamping forces exerted by a conventional lathe chuck. By itself, however, this inherent advantage i

Good machining businesses are nearly always able to find ways to shave time off of repeating work. This is much more difficult, however, for job shops that may machine a particular part only once. And the challenge of compressing turnaround time for jobs that don’t repeat is more daunting when