Metal Cutting Product Showcase

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Touchscreen Technology for Quick, Intuitive Contouring Control and Connected Machining
The TNC 620 contouring control from Heidenhain is operated by gestures and brief swipes, similar to smartphones or tablet PCs, to navigate quickly and intuitively through long lists, programs, tables and other content.

How to Simplify CAM Programming of Parts Designed in Solidworks
GibbsCAM 12 software from 3D Systems is a single application with a single user interface for efficient programming of all CNC machines, whether the user needs to machine simple or complex parts or use simple or complex machines.

Mill/Turn Centers with Integrated Robotic Part Handling
Quicktech i-42 ROBO and i-60 ROBO 4-axis mill/turn centers from Absolute Machine Tools feature integrated 6-axis Mitsubishi robots for fast, automated loading and unloading of medium diameter bar stock.

How to Finish High Precision Steel or Brass Worms Four Times Faster than Worm Hobbing
The AF110 plus 7-axis CNC gear hobbing machine from Affolter Technologies uses innovative Worm Screw Power Skiving technology to finish a high precision steel or brass worm in only six seconds – four times faster than traditional worm hobbing, which takes 25 seconds.

Mobile Tool Data Communication Application for the Industry 4.0 Smart Factory
The i.com smartphone and tablet application from Benz Inc. scans, saves, processes and uses tool data to monitor the condition of sophisticated CNC tooling for metal and composites machining applications via NFC and Bluetooth, either in real time or after specific events.

Powerhouse Cordless Angle Grinder with Advanced Safety Features
The GWS18V-45C 18V EC Brushless Connected-Ready 4-1/2 in Angle Grinder from Bosch delivers 10,000 no-load rpm for metal cutting, with greater runtime and more power than similar cordless grinders with brushed motors.

Digital Twin Simulation for Greater Productivity in the Smart Factory
The ESPRIT CAM system from DP Technology provides digital twinning, digital threads, machine-aware manufacturing, knowledge-based machining and cloud-enabled databases that enable shops to streamline their workflows, prevent silos from forming during manufacturing, and increase tool life and machine utilization.

Train Operators on Eight Different Machine Controls with One Turning Center
The modular Industrial Training system from EMCO prepares employees for specific production requirements with an innovative virtual learning environment that uses intelligent courseware for training over a range of common CNC machining center and turning center controls.

Free Machine Tool Monitoring Reports
The Machine Status Daily Report, Machine Downtime Summary Report, and Machine Downtime Detail Report are three machine tool monitoring reports from eNET that are available for free for their machine monitoring users.

Integrate Part Design to Production Through Machining Simulation
The Machining Simulator from FANUC integrates the complete manufacturing process through Autodesk Fusion 360 CAD/CAM/CAE software and a custom ModuleWorks program for toolpath generation and machining simulation.

Gun Barrel Drilling and Reaming on One Machine
The twin-spindle DeHoff G560-DR2 machine from Kays Engineering has a drilling capacity of 17 caliber to 50 caliber with a slide travel of 60 in and performs both gundrilling and reaming operations on gun barrels.

Flexible Next Generation Gear Hobbing
The LC 280 α gear hobbing machine from Liebherr offers shops the unique opportunity to machine gears and shafts with a workpiece diameter up to 280 mm and a shaft length up to 500 mm, the range of the most typical machining sizes required for a gear.

Integrated CAM and Tooling Data System Saves Time, Reduces Errors
Mastercam users can quickly import tool assemblies from WIDIA NOVO directly into Mastercam 2018, validate and save them in their file and/or Tool Library, and use features such as automated filtering to ensure that holders and tools selected for a particular job can work together.

Programming and Metal Removal Integrated with Automation and Data Collection
To keep shops productive, efficient and competitive, the dynamic and innovative Smooth Technology platform from Mazak integrates the entire part production landscape, from programming and metal removal to automation and data collection.

EDM Monitoring Control for Industry 4.0
The processable data available with the M800 EDM control included in Mitsubishi wire EDM machines from MC Machinery Systems ensures transparency in all production stages, increasing productivity and helping to keep track of production jobs.

Cloud-Based CAM for Onshape CAD on Any Device, Anytime, Anywhere
MecSoft offers a free public Beta program of their cloud-hosted, fully integrated VisualCAMc add-on app with 2½-axis and 3-axis milling manufacturing capabilities for users of Onshape CAD software.

When Sophisticated Multi-Axis Machines are Overkill for the Job
With its unique, programmable MillSlide Z-axis that provides greater rigidity and can also be operated manually with a quill handle, the VK4II CNC knee mill from Milltronics combines the latest knee mill technology with true 3-axis control that can be run as manual, teach or full CNC.

Machining Software for Programmable Class 5 Smartmotor
The AniCNC software system from Moog Animatics provides a graphical HMI, G-code editing and runtime environment, and other built-in features to tackle milling, routing, machining, shaping and related projects with their Class 5 SmartMotor.

Increasing CAM Functionality and Virtual Machining Simulation
In hyperMILL 2018.1 CAM software from OPEN MIND Technologies, the Soft Overlap function results in better surface quality in transition regions, and Global Fitting offers fast creation of a single face with a defined ISO orientation to prepare for NC programming.

Industry 4.0 Swiss-Style Lathes are Dynamic, Faster, More Productive
TRAUB TNL18 series Swiss-style automatic lathes from INDEX use an enhanced CNC control, axis amplifier and dynamic drives for accelerations up to 25 percent faster and top speeds that can reduce turning, drilling and milling cycle times on complex parts by up to 21 percent.

Concurrent Gundrill Grinding and Measuring for Faster Speed, Absolute Process Repeatability and Accuracy
The software, hardware, high precision fixturing and measuring capability of the Gundrill Grinder from UNISIG enables concurrent grinding and measuring operations that ensure absolute process repeatability and accuracy, and faster grinding speeds.

Changing the Approach to Robotic Automation
The TaskMate system from READY Robotics is a fully integrated turnkey system for flexible and dynamic interactive machine tending that incorporates the UR robots from Universal Robots.

Flexible Microfinishing System for Cylindrical Bearing Journals on Crankshafts
The Worldstar 1680 CNC microfinishing system from IMPCO polishes the critical cylindrical bearing journals of a range of different size crankshafts to micron tolerances consistently and automatically, without the need to manually change and reposition the tooling, reducing changeover time from many hours to a few minutes.