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MACHINING BUSINESS ACTIVITY GREW FASTER IN JUNE
Some Good News, Sort Of: Machine shops grew and the delinquency rate on machine tool leases was unchanged during June. The delinquency rate on machine tools is now about one-sixth of the delinquency rate on home mortgages.
MACHINE LEASE DELINQUENCIES FAR BELOW MORTGAGE DELINQUENCIES
Steady Deterioration: Compared to the housing and mortgage markets, machine shops still appear to be stable and machine tool leases are solid.
A FIX FOR PRICE CREEP
Niche suppliers take on a greater role in inventory management by getting a fix on expensive grades of material and providing additional values for extremely hard-to-locate alloys.
The Tribological Challenges of High Speed Machining
There is still no universal agreement on how to define this competitive technique. There is definite agreement on how it can increase production speed, reduce costs and improve surface finish.
SLIDING HEADSTOCK TURNING CENTER MEETS GENERAL ENGINEERING DEMANDS
Tornos (Lombard, IL) offers the Sigma 20 Pursuit, a sliding headstock turning center specifically designed to meet the demands of the North American general engineering industry.
POWER AND ULTRA-PRECISION MOLD WORK
Machine tool supplier GBI Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) built a reputation on providing customer-driven solutions to a broad array of precision milled-part challenges. The Feeler VM Series is yet another step in providing these solutions ever more flexibly.
EXTREMELY FAST & VERSATILE SWISS TURNING CENTERS FOR HIGH VOLUMES
Methods Machine Tools (Sudbury, MA) introduces the new Maier MLK 125 Linear Automatic Series of Swiss-type turning centers that are ideal for the accurate, high volume production of parts for electronic component manufacturing and a broad range of other small part applications.
NEW ND:YVO4 LASER MARKER
Miyachi Unitek (Monrovia, CA) introduces the new LMV700 diode pumped Laser Marker, specifically designed as a cost-effective high quality marker. The Marker is configured with a single expander and a focus lens combination selected to cover most marking applications and two software options that offer basic alphanumeric marking as well as more advanced marking functions.
NC SOFTWARE MARKET GROWS BY 7.2 PERCENT
What Recession? Steady market growth continues and is targeted to reach $1.5 billion this year.
FLAME CUTTING MOTHER LODE
Mine Your Own Business: Advances in cutting technology help leading manufacturer meet demand for large-scale mining equipment.
HIGH OUTPUT 5-AXIS PROFILER FOR ALUMINUM AEROSPACE COMPONENTS
MAG Cincinnati clears the table and collects all the chips in high-value aluminum machining with the HyperMach H4000, the industry’s highest output 5-axis horizontal machining center for clean, contained cutting of parts up to 2 m x 4 m.
NEW WIRE EDM DEBUTS
GF AgieCharmilles (Lincolnshire, IL) has announced the debut of the CUT 20, an innovative wire-cutting EDM that combines outstanding performance with remarkable ease of use. The CUT 20 handles wire diameters from .15 mm to .30 mm with ease and offers the flexibility to satisfy the requirements of the most rigorous applications.
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