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Article: MULTI-SPINDLE, HIGH SPEED MACHINES FOR MOULDS AND DIES
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- Precision Toolmaker
- Article date:
- September 1, 1994
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With a history dating back to the end of the last century, Starrfrasmaschinen, or Rigid Ltd as it is known in the UK, has evolved into one of the leading manufacturers of specialised machine tools for turbine blades, aerospace components and more recently moulds and dies. As part of its niche approach to the production of machine tools, the company, based in Rorschacherberg, Switzerland, has developed a particular expertise in the precision machining of complex shapes in hard materials. Although to a large extent this reflects the extensive involvement in multi-spindle, multi-axis machines developed for machining turbine blades in high nickel and chrome steels, the stable ...