In the development of the new System 7 milling/turning center from German machine tool builder, STAMA, there were some distinct challenges for the control supplier.
Clearwater is no longer a single-industry, sawmill town and so students at Clearwater Secondary School should be taught skills more in keeping with the high technology of the future.
DENN USA Metal Forming, Colorado Springs, CO, North American partner of machinery manufacturer Industrias Puigjaner, S.A. - DENN, Spain, is introducing the line of ECO ZENN CNC metal spinning machines.
CNC Metal Fabrication Inc., in Toronto, builds electronic instrument cabinets. It acquired its first JETCAM Expert CAD/CAM software license with a Finn-Power press in 1992, but also acquired other CAM systems with other machines that, over time, needed consolidating.
Many shops proficient at cutting metal are perplexed when it comes to machining plastics or plastic composites, and for good reason. There are a myriad of plastic compositions, and each responds differently to the cutting process. In addition to the physical properties of the various materials, other less obvious factors, such as a change in color, can drastically alter the way a plastic material reacts to a cutting tool.
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