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Materials and Mould Inserts: what works and what does not
Mould Inserts is a replaceable steel component that forms part of a mould cavity It is used for moulds where a wear area, a core or a detail needs to be replaced or machined separately. Typical values: material H13, or a
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How to specify CNC Milling Machine on a drawing
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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How to specify CNC Lathe on a drawing
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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How to specify Swiss-Type Lathe on a drawing
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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How to specify Turn-Mill Centre on a drawing
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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How to specify Vertical Machining Centre on a drawing
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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How to specify Wire EDM Machine on a drawing
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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How to specify Sinker EDM Machine on a drawing
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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How to specify Surface Grinding Machine on a drawing
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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How to specify Jig Boring Machine on a drawing
Jig Boring Machine is a machine built to position holes accurately, with a thermally stable structure and precision scales It is used for hole patterns where the position between holes matters more than the hole size. Ty
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