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Surface Grinding Machine FAQ: the questions buyers ask
Surface Grinding Machine is a machine that finishes flat faces with a rotating abrasive wheel and a reciprocating table It is used for holding flatness and parallelism on faces that seal or locate. Typical values: table
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Horizontal Machining Centre FAQ: the questions buyers ask
Horizontal Machining Centre is a milling machine with a horizontal spindle and a rotary table, usually with pallet exchange It is used for parts that need work on several faces in one setup, and for unattended running. T
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Cylindrical Grinding Machine FAQ: the questions buyers ask
Cylindrical Grinding Machine is a machine that finishes external and internal diameters with a rotating wheel and a rotating workpiece It is used for holding diameter tolerance and roundness on shafts, pins and bores aft
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Vertical Machining Centre FAQ: the questions buyers ask
Vertical Machining Centre is a milling machine with a vertical spindle and an automatic tool changer, run from a single programme It is used for batch work on prismatic parts where several operations have to run without
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5-Axis Machining Centre FAQ: the questions buyers ask
5-Axis Machining Centre is a machining centre that can orient the cutter or the workpiece on two additional rotary axes It is used for parts with compound angles, deep cavities and features that would otherwise need seve
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Swiss-Type Lathe FAQ: the questions buyers ask
Swiss-Type Lathe is a sliding headstock lathe where the bar is supported close to the cutting point by a guide bushing It is used for long, slender turned parts where the length to diameter ratio defeats a conventional l
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A beginner's guide to O-Ring Grooves
O-Ring Grooves is a groove that locates and compresses an elastomer seal between two faces It is used for any assembly that has to hold pressure without a gasket or a sealant. Typical values: standard ISO 3601 for the gr
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Turn-Mill Centre FAQ: the questions buyers ask
Turn-Mill Centre is a lathe with driven tooling and a Y axis, so milling and turning are completed in one machine It is used for complex parts that would otherwise move between a lathe and a machining centre. Typical val
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Wire EDM Machine FAQ: the questions buyers ask
Wire EDM Machine is a machine that cuts conductive material with a travelling brass wire in deionised water, by spark erosion It is used for internal profiles, sharp internal corners and hardened parts that cannot be mil
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Sinker EDM Machine FAQ: the questions buyers ask
Sinker EDM Machine is a machine that forms a cavity by sparking a shaped electrode into the workpiece under dielectric fluid It is used for blind cavities, sharp corners, deep ribs and textured mould surfaces. Typical va
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