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Article: Milling chuck pumps up productivity.(Better Production: Shops Using Technology)
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- Modern Machine Shop
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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Rigid toolholding offers a platform for productivity on this pump manufacturer's mill-turn center.
Peering at the shiny NT4250 DCG situated on Mori Seiki distributor J&H Machine Tools, Inc.'s shop floor, Imo Pump realized that it would need to make some savvy toolholding choices to assume ownership of the nicely equipped mill-turn center. The pump manufacturer had reached a pivotal point in production of a certain screw. In fact, what was called for was a complete overhaul of the current machining process. Capable of turning and milling in one setup, the mill-turn machine could consolidate multiple setups and thus enable the ...
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