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Horizontal Machining Centre: definition, working principle and applications
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: definition, working principle and applications
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: definition, working principle and applications
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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Turn-Mill Centre: definition, working principle and applications
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: definition, working principle and applications
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: definition, working principle and applications
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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What is EN 10204 Material Certificates?
EN 10204 Material Certificates is a standard that defines the type of inspection document supplied with a material It is used for proving that the material in the part is what the drawing called for. Typical values: type
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Vertical Machining Centre: definition, working principle and applications
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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Cylindrical Grinding Machine: definition, working principle and applications
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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Jig Boring Machine: definition, working principle and applications
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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