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Horizontal Machining Centre and Thread Milling: how the two fit together
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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5-Axis Machining Centre and Deep Hole Drilling: how the two fit together
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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CNC Lathe and Reaming and Boring: how the two fit together
CNC Lathe is a machine that turns the workpiece against a single point tool to produce cylindrical forms It is used for shafts, bushings, flanges and any part whose main features are diameters. Typical values: swing over
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Swiss-Type Lathe and Honing: how the two fit together
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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Sinker EDM Machine and Sinker EDM: how the two fit together
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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Wire EDM Machine and Wire EDM: how the two fit together
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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Surface Grinding Machine and Deburring: how the two fit together
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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Vertical Machining Centre and High Speed Machining: how the two fit together
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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Turn-Mill Centre and Lapping: how the two fit together
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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CNC Milling Machine and Hard Milling: how the two fit together
CNC Milling Machine is a machine tool that removes material with a rotating cutter while the workpiece is clamped to a moving table It is used for producing prismatic parts, pockets, slots and contoured faces to a drawin
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