http://www.cnccncmachines.com en-us http://www.cnccncmachines.com N/A info@seoseonews.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:57:13 -0500 20 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/5163/1/Coil-Fed-Screw-Machine/Coil-Fed-Screw-Machine.html The ESCO New Mach CNC 647 combines coil fed economy with CNC flexibility and is useful for short and long runs of precision parts up to 1/4" diameter, the company says. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/5093/1/Rx-from-swiss-turning/Rx-from-swiss-turning.html Small precision parts machined in one setupSwiss turning may not solve every problem of precision machining of small, slender and even miniature parts, but it surely can go a long way. Swiss-- type lathes are multi-axis, sliding headstock CNC lathes that can perform all operations necessary to machine even the smallest parts complete in one setup. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/5092/1/Swiss-Acquisition/Swiss-Acquisition.html Tornos Technologies (Brookfield, Connecticut) is now selling and servicing Schaublin CNC turning centers. Its Swiss parent company,  info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/5008/1/Swiss-machining-embraces-CAM-with-good-reason/Swiss-machining-embraces-CAM-with-good-reason.html An expert's view on the paradigms that have given rise to the importance of this software in the market info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/4984/1/Swiss-Machine-With-CNC-Lathe/Swiss-Machine-With-CNC-Lathe.html The company has a new addition to the Tsugami Swiss turn product line, the 3/4" capacity BS19B. The BS19B advantage is said to be faster, lower cost production, and it features a large capacity sliding headstock CNC lathe, packaged so that options are unnecessary. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/4862/1/Sawing-systems-builder-gains-UK-award/Sawing-systems-builder-gains-UK-award.html A comprehensive modular storage and retrieval system that offers high levels of automation gained for German sawing machine and systems builder, Kasto, an MWP award. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/4760/1/Tornos-Technologies-Swiss-Type-Turning-Center/Tornos-Technologies-Swiss-Type-Turning-Center.html THE DECO 20s is targeted to medical, automotive, electronics, connector, and general manufacturing companies producing moderately complex precision parts up to 20 mm in diameter. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/4708/1/Swiss-Rotary-Broaching-Attachment/Swiss-Rotary-Broaching-Attachment.html A new rotary broaching attachment for the Swiss screw machine industry, dubbed the “Baby Swiss,” is available from Schlitter Tool  info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/4625/1/Application-Story-Rexroth-Integrated-Motors-and-Drives-and-CNC-Help-Improve-Stonecutting-Saw--Waterjet/Application-Story-Rexroth-Integrated-Motors-and-Drives-and-CNC-Help-Improve-Stonecutting-Saw--Wate.html AIM's MasterJetSaw Stonecutting Tool Uses Rexroth IndraDrive Mi and IndraMotion MTX Platform to Reduce Costs and Improve Productivity info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/4554/1/New-for-Swiss-Machines--Small-CNCs/New-for-Swiss-Machines--Small-CNCs.html Schlitter Tool (Warren, MI) announces a NEW rotary broaching attachment for the Swiss screw machine industry. Dubbed the HexMaster(TM)ELITE, this powerful little attachment can make ID hexes, broaches, splines and other shapes on small CNC lathes or screw machines where space is at a premium. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/4445/1/Thuro-Screw-Machining-Expands-On-Aerospace-Fittings/Thuro-Screw-Machining-Expands-On-Aerospace-Fittings.html Thuro Metal Products is a manufacturer of precision screw machined components; swiss and CNC swiss machining of metal components. Since 1971 Thuro has provided screw machining for many industries to include aerospace, avionics, optical, medical and energy.  info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/4151/1/Tornos-acquires-Swiss-machine-tool-maker/Tornos-acquires-Swiss-machine-tool-maker.html The Tornos Group  acquired 95 percent of Almac SA , a manufacturer of CNC machining equipment for small, high-precision parts, predominantly for watchmaking applications in Swiss companies and dental, medical and connector fields, and 100 percent of Almatronic SA, a specialist in computerised numerical controls and programming. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/4118/1/Orthodontist-Turns-To-CNC-Swiss-To-Manufacture-His-Device/Orthodontist-Turns-To-CNC-Swiss-To-Manufacture-His-Device.html Dr. Stephen Hanks (Las Vegas, Nevada), an orthodontist who is also an adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry and an ordained Mormon minister, has added a few more titles to his résumé: manufacturing engineer, CNC Swiss programmer and setup person. These have been added in rapid succession since July of 2001, when Dr. Hanks decided to get into the Swiss machining business and culminated in January 2002 with his acquisition of a six-axis CNC Swiss-type lathe. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/4041/1/Swiss-Turning/Swiss-Turning.html Shops in the market for Swiss-style turning machines often make one of two possible mistakes. The first is that they purchase a machine with all the bells and whistles, thinking that those features will let them handle anything that comes through the door.  info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/3801/1/New-Tsugami-Swiss-TypeTurret-Machine-Offers-Flexibility-Precision-Speed/New-Tsugami-Swiss-TypeTurret-Machine-Offers-Flexibility-Precision-Speed.html Rem Sales, exclusive North American importer of Tsugami machine tools, announces the availability of a new machine that combines the benefits of a Swiss-turn and the flexibility of a turret machine. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/3749/1/Online-Training-For-Swiss-Style-Lathes/-Online-Training-For-Swiss-Style-Lathes.html The dwindling supply of talented machine tool operators is one of the metalworking industry’s most conspicuous dilemmas. It has been especially difficult to find employees who are qualified to operate multifunction Swiss-style lathes, let alone more straightforward CNC mills or turning centers. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/3346/1/Maier-Introduces-Extremely-Fast--Versatile-Swiss-Turning-Centers-for-High-Volume-Production/Maier-Introduces-Extremely-Fast--Versatile-Swiss-Turning-Centers-for-High-Volume-Production.html Today, Methods Machine Tools has introduced 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. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/3049/1/Swiss-EDMCNC-milling-firm-appoints-UK-MD/Swiss-EDMCNC-milling-firm-appoints-UK-MD.html Responsibility for all Agie Charmilles' EDM and 5-axis CNC milling machine operations in the UK and Ireland is now in the hands of UK managing director, Steve Sylvester info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/2552/1/Moving-Up-To-CNC-Swiss-Screw-Machines/Moving-Up-To-CNC-Swiss-Screw-Machines.html CNC Swiss screw machines can get your shop moving in profitable new directions. Just ask Keith Pflum, president of Precision-Tek Mfg., Inc., a Swiss screw machine shop located in Arlington Heights, Illinois. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/2545/1/Swiss-Precision-And-Flexibility-Help-Shop-Compete/Swiss-Precision-And-Flexibility-Help-Shop-Compete.html It takes foresight these days for a machine shop to hold onto customers who are tempted by lower labor costs in Asia. One New England machine shop’s purchase of a new Swiss-type turning center demonstrates such foresight. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/2541/1/Think-You-Cant-Afford-New-CNC-Multi-Technology/Think-You-Cant-Afford-New-CNC-Multi-Technology.html At first glance, one might not think that spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on new CNC multi-spindle technology could actually improve a shop’s financial statement within several months, but it can and has at 64-year-old Kaddis Manufacturing in Rochester, New York. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/2476/1/Swiss-CNC-lathe-builder-is-optimistic/Swiss-CNC-lathe-builder-is-optimistic.html Builder of CNC single- and multi-spindle automatic lathes has confirmed excellent results for 2007 Q3 - having acquired SFr 60.8 million in orders, compared with SFr 51 million in 2006 Q3 info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/2350/1/CNC-retrofits-for-Swiss-automatics/CNC-retrofits-for-Swiss-automatics.html Futuristics Inc. (Waterbury, CT) claims it has a retrofit technique for manual Swiss automatics that eliminates all cams and replaces the vertical toolframe with a two-axis slide that can accept a variety of attachments. The company retains only the base and headstock from the old machine, rescraping headstock slides and reconditioning headstocks when necessary. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/2348/1/Toolholding-system-for-Swiss-types/Toolholding-system-for-Swiss-types.html  Iscar Metals, Inc. says its SwissCut tools are characterized by their ergonomic insert clamping and simple handling. The line is intended for use with CNC-controlled Swiss-type lathes as well as Swiss-type automatics.Advertisement info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/2147/1/Swiss-type-turning-enables-faster-more-efficient-machining/Swiss-type-turning-enables-faster-more-efficient-machining.html Prince Industries, a manufacturer of precision-machined components, says it strives to exceed the needs and expectations of its customers, employees and suppliers by continuously improving virtually every aspect of its operations. Continuous improvement is not just a mantra at Prince; rather, it is the driving force behind the company's growth. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/2146/1/McFarlane-Aviation-Installs-New-Citizen-C32-CNC-Swiss-Lathe/McFarlane-Aviation-Installs-New-Citizen-C32-CNC-Swiss-Lathe.html McFarlane Aviation, Inc., Baldwin City, Kansas, has recently installed a new Citizen C32 CNC Swiss lathe. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/2021/1/CAM-Selection-Criteria-For-Your-Swiss-type/CAM-Selection-Criteria-For-Your-Swiss-type.html "Dropping a part complete" has become a mantra for both job shops and OEMs alike in today's manufacturing environment. As a result, multi-axis CNC Swiss-type lathes and turn-mill centers have been rapidly growing in both popularity as well as complexity. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/1699/1/Swiss-style-turning-centers/Swiss-style-turning-centers.html  Maier CNC Swiss turning centers provide start-to-finish machining (simultaneous turning and milling/drilling) in one operation. ML ProLine machines are available in five different series with configurations ranging from four axes with up to 11 tools to 11 axes with up to 30 tools. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/1538/1/Swiss-Machines-Power-Shops-Growth/Swiss-Machines-Power-Shops-Growth.html Wright Technologies, Rosemont, Illinois, is a contract manufacturer that specializes in turned and milled parts in prototype to production quantities. Two years ago, the shop quoted a job involving two relatively small parts, a valve body and stem, which made up a valve used to control oxygen flow. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/1080/1/Swiss-Democracy/Swiss-Democracy.html The defining piece of technology in a traditional Swiss-type lathe is the use of a guide bushing that serves as a support for cutting long, slender parts without deflection. It has always been designed to solve the problem of accurately turning parts when length-to-diameter ratios couldn’t be practically machined any other way. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/1065/1/Orthodontist-Turns-To-CNC-Swiss-To-Manufacture-His-Device/Orthodontist-Turns-To-CNC-Swiss-To-Manufacture-His-Device.html Dr. Stephen Hanks (Las Vegas, Nevada), an orthodontist who is also an adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry and an ordained Mormon minister, has added a few more titles to his résumé: manufacturing engineer, CNC Swiss programmer and setup person.  info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/891/1/Getting-The-Most-From-A-CNC-Swiss-Type/Getting-The-Most-From-A-CNC-Swiss-Type.html The capabilities of today's multi-axis CNC Swiss-type lathes can be astounding, according to Amphenol Inc. (Danbury, Connecticut). Amphenol manufactures interconnect products. About a year and a half ago, when the company was looking to cut cycle times and increase precision by eliminating costly secondary operations, it decided to invest in complex CNC Swiss machines from Marubeni Citizen-Cincom (Allendale, New Jersey). info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/593/1/-ACF-Machine-Installs-New-Citizen-L720-CNC-Swiss-Turning-Center/-ACF-Machine-Installs-New-Citizen-L720-CNC-Swiss-Turning-Center.html ACF Machine, Inc., Union, Missouri, has recently instal led a new Citizen L720 CNC Swiss turning center. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/571/1/The-CNC-Swiss-Type-Lathe-Part-I/The-CNC-Swiss-Type-Lathe-Part-I.html To shops used to conventional turning, the CNC Swiss-type is a strange sort of lathe. But for the right jobs, the machine is worth both the price and the learning curve. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/558/1/New-Borders-For-Swiss-Type-Turning/New-Borders-For-Swiss-Type-Turning.html Swissline Precision Manufacturing is a job shop with nearly 30 CNC machines, but the shop is missing the most basic job shop machine tool of all. At Swissline, there are no machining centers. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/535/1/Swiss-Type-Turning-Without-A-Guide-Bushing/Swiss-Type-Turning-Without-A-Guide-Bushing.html Among the smaller-diameter parts that are typically produced through bar-fed turning, what kinds of parts call for Swiss-type turning using a guide bushing? info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/436/1/Start-of-Swiss-Turning-or-Swiss-Screw-Machining/Start-of-Swiss-Turning-or-Swiss-Screw-Machining.html Swiss turning machines were first established in Switzerland for producing fine watch components for the Swiss watch industry. With the start of the watch making industry in Suwa, Japan, these Swiss turning machines were imported into Japan. The first automatic lathes imported into Japan were cam actuated lathes or swiss type automatic screw machines. With shortening product cycles and lead times, CNC swiss turning centers have gradually replaced the swiss type automatic screw machines in Suwa too. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/347/1/MINI-Multitaskers-Swiss-type-turning-technology/MINI-Multitaskers-Swiss-type-turning-technology.html Swiss-type turning machines were originally developed in the late 180Os to manufacture small precision clock parts. Over the ensuing 120 years or so, the machines have evolved from complex, cam-operated beasts that required skilled operators and setup personnel to fast, flexibleCNC tools able to handle part volumes from small lots to high-volume production. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/215/1/Banking-on-a-Swiss-typeThe-CNC-Swiss-type-Lathe/Banking-on-a-Swiss-typeThe-CNC-Swiss-type-Lathe.html The CNC Swiss-type lathe is a niche machine that is best-suited to the production of complex parts produced in small quantities. Despite its seemingly prohibitive cost, the machine remains a good investment since it allows productivity gains that far surpass any that could be achieved using alternative machining processes such as a lathe and a machining center in sequence. info@seoseonews.com (Super Admin) Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/434/1/Rosler-acquires-Swiss-surface-finishing-specialist/Rosler-acquires-Swiss-surface-finishing-specialist.html Germany-headqurtered surface finishing specialist Rösler has acquired Swiss manufacturer Baiker AG. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Thu, 21 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/437/1/Toolmaker-puts-faith-in-Swiss/Toolmaker-puts-faith-in-Swiss.html ALBA Tooling has installed the Swiss built Agie/Mikron machining centre described by distributor Bliss & Reels sales manager Bob McInness as a “vertical universal”. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/38/1/Swiss-type-CNC-auto-offers-extreme-accuracy/Swiss-type-CNC-auto-offers-extreme-accuracy.html Tornos is introducing the new 'DECO 8sp' single-spindle Swiss-type multi-axis, multi-function machine at IMTS 2006 info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.cnccncmachines.com/articles/435/1/Turn-Turn-Turn/Turn-Turn-Turn.html Engineers who have designed small precision parts may already know something about Swiss-Turn Machines. Unlike most lathes, which feature a fixed headstock, Swiss-Turn Machines have a sliding headstock consisting of a collet to hold the work material and guide busing. During machining operations, metal or plastic bar stock is fed through the bushing while the cutting tool translates in and out to make the necessary cuts. info@seoseonews.com (article admin) Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0500