AZoM speaks to Dr. Ralf Dupont, president of Levicron, about HSK clamping as the new industry standard for automated tool clamping CNC machines. Levicron specializes in developing and offering CNC ...
Conventional wisdom says that rigidity is the name of the game when it comes to machine tool performance. After all, there’s got to be a reason for CNC machines that need specialized rigging companies ...
For the benefit of our readers, what is the principle of Aerostatic bearings, and how do they compare to roller-element or oil hydrostatic bearings? There are two types of aerostatic bearings, inlet ...
Spindles are machinery subsystems that integrate shafts, bearings, and power-transmission components such as belts and ballscrews, motors, and in some cases, drives and controls to output axial ...
A 3-mm ballnose cutter re-roughs a 50 Rc H13 toolsteel mold at 15,000 rpm and 120 ipm. High speed spindles are application specific, sophisticated, delicate and expensive. Here is how one manufacturer ...
Using Stotz air gauges to validate spindle interface components, Advanced Machine & Engineering keeps quality at highest levels HSK 125 spindle shaft ID taper check. Stotz USA LLC supplies air gauging ...
Modern machine tools continue to make technical advances, thanks in large part to ongoing improvements and fine-tuning in computer numerical control (CNC) machining. Over the past 60 years or so, CNC ...