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The F9 is designed to to attack both large production part applications as well as big die and mold components by provide stiffness and rigidity for chatter-free, heavy cutting, roughing and finishing on the same machine, agility for high-speed / hard-milling and accuracies for tight-tolerance blends...

The Baffling Issue of Tool-Bending Moment If you’ve machined titanium, or Ti 6Al-4V more specifically, then you’ve likely had an “inexplicable” tool-bending moment problem that’s made you scratch your head. A tool-bending moment happens when side force is applied...

The whole industry seems to be discussing this topic. Here's what Modern Machine Shop has to say about "Cycle Time Is In The Cut Now". High volume machining centers have become so efficient outside the cut that the widest margin for productivity gain is within it.   CYCLE...

SITUATION Parkn Manufacturing (Litchfield, Ohio) knows machine fixture design and how it can be applied to boost quality and productivity. When the company opened its doors in 2005, it encountered fixturing limitations within its commodity vertical machining center, limiting overall...

THE CHALLENGE Custom Mold & Design (CMD) prides itself in overcoming the challenges created by complex geometric parts and achieving tight tolerances in medical injection-molding applications. The Minneapolis, Minn., company works primarily with medical-device manufacturers,...

THE CHALLENGE Woller Precision Machine in Pound, Wis., makes components for the medical, defense and consumer appliance industries. It also produces small-batch quantities of aluminum interior commercial aircraft components. The company wanted to expand its production capabilities...

Presenter Bill Howard - VMC Product Manager In today’s highly competitive machine tool marketplace it pays to do a little research before making a critical capital purchase, especially when considering vertical machining centers. Did you know that there are more vertical machining centers...

Presenter: David Walton - Director of Engineering Operations Want to get more from your machining equipment? Discover how machine tending automation can revolutionize your operations by increasing equipment utilization and efficiency. In this exclusive webinar, we’ll explore the benefits...

When machining titanium became all the rage back in the early 2000s, every shop wanted to claim they were doing it because it was a “big deal” at the time.  Fast-forward to today, and many of those same shops are still cutting titanium. However, they are using outdated equipment and...

The DA500, like the smaller DA300, is inspired by the best design characteristics from both vertical and horizontal machining platforms, the DA500 is one of the first general production machines capable of both milling and turning with a high degree of reliability and agility to improve production efficiency.