At Citizen Machinery UK’s open house held recently, the turning machine specialist featured its latest Cincom D25 turn-mill centre with an advanced Mitsubishi 800 control. Production Engineering Solutions hears how this gives users true 5-axis simultaneous machining.
The two largest models in Hermle's C-series of trunnion-type 5-axis machining centres, C50U and C60U, may be fitted with a new pallet changing system to automate the production of workpieces up to 2.5 tonnes in the case of the larger machine.
On 11th July, the Engineering Technology Group (ETG) will host a targeted Nakamura-Tome Technical Day for manufacturers that want to explore leading technology for heavy-duty cutting and multi-turret turning with flexibility, precision and productivity.
In a new video from XYZ Machine Tools, the company has introduced the XYZ UMC-5X, a feature-packed machine that reduces set up time on multi face machined work parts.
This aerospace part, as seen at American space company Blue Origin, is machined on a Heller CP 6000 with Kennametal tooling, using advanced 5-axis techniques.