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Five-Axis Vertical Mill Increases Mold Shop Capacity by Reducing Setups

Zero Tolerance now processes blocks — from squaring to waterline drilling to rough and finish milling — on a single five-axis CNC mill, reducing setups and moving blocks in/out of multiple machines without sacrificing accuracy and surface finish.

Peggy Malnati
Contributing Writer, MMT

Additive Manufacturing

Hybrid Multitasking Five-Axis Brings Subtractive, Additive Processes to Moldmakers

Mazak’s VC-500A/5X vertical machining center delivers hybrid multitasking and hot wire deposition to meet machining and additive needs.

Machining

Space-Saving Five-Axis Provides Productive Mold Machining

The Grob G150 universal machining center and its spatial accuracy enhances its performance with complex, high-precision components.

Machining

Five-Axis VMCs Attend to Versatile Machining Task Needs

Mold shops can choose from YCM Technology’s CF/CX or RF/RX Series of machines whether for simple or more demanding machining operations.

Machining

High-Efficiency Milling Excels in Specialized Parts Production

GF Machining Solutions Mikron Mill E 500 U offers moldmakers a sturdy, reliable five-axis machine with integrated automation opportunities.

Machining

Machining Center Provides Robust, Dynamic Milling Qualities

Roughing and finishing deep mold and die cavities is optimized using Chiron’s FZ 16 S five-axis machining center equipped with an HSK-A 100 interface, enabling reduced chatter, dynamic machining and the ability to tackle difficult materials.

Machining

Five-Axis Machine Expands Advantages for Moldmaking

Optimized tool path and cutting angle control, access to hard-to-reach surfaces and overall efficiency and precision make Expand Machinery’s Gen Mill 5X-24 machining center optimal for the mold and die industry.

Design & Mfg. Software

Design Strategy Tackles Big and Small Complexity Challenges for Southeastern Mold Builder

Delta Mold Inc.’s core values, engineering expertise, five-axis machines and molding capabilities help the team turn a proposal into a manufactured mold or part with custom design, finishing and assembly.

Christina Fuges
Editorial Director, MoldMaking Technology

Machining

High-Precision VMC With Unrestricted Five-Axis Machining

The Mikron Mill S 200 U is GF Machining’s vertical high-speed machining center well suited for tool and moldmaking and exact part production.

Machining

New Michigan Technical Center for YCM Alliance

YCM Alliance held a grand opening of its new Technical Center in Sterling Heights, Michigan, last week, which is the first in a series of centers designed to showcase and demo machining solutions for die and mold machining, ultra-high-speed machining and general parts machining.

Machining

How to Eliminate Chatter

Here are techniques commonly used to combat chatter and guidelines to establish a foundation for optimizing the moldmaking process.

Machining

Stability, High Speed, Flexibility of Five-Axis Portal Milling Machine Reduces Rework for Mold Builder

The thermo-symmetrical construction of a five-axis portal milling machine with a center-guided Z-axis enables higher accuracy, reducing rework. Also, the symmetrical design and the guide arrangement increase stability and save weight, making the machine more dynamic, productive and energy-efficient.

Machining

Machining Center Spindles: What You Need to Know

Why and how to research spindle technology before purchasing a machining center.

Workforce Development

Cross Training, In-House Capabilities and Collaborative Design Move Helm Tool Forward

Cross-training, bringing it all in-house, molding and collaborative design are essential to Helm Tool's success.

MMT Chats: Maintaining an Arsenal of Technology for Tight-Tolerance Work

Five-axis machining, hybrid AM, automation, rebranding and legacy. Lester Jones, Executive Vice President of Custom Mold & Design (CMD) tackles all these topics with MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

Christina Fuges
Editorial Director, MoldMaking Technology

Machining

True Five-Axis Machine Yields More Throughput, Greater Productivity

CDM Tool & Mfg. Co. LLC increased shop capacity thanks to a versatile high-speed/high-accuracy five-axis Fooke mill capable of cutting very large workpieces quickly and accurately with fewer setups.

Machining

Five-Axis Graphite Mill With Automation Debottlenecks Electrode Machining

Five-axis electrode cutting enabled Preferred Tool to EDM complex internal screw geometry on an insert that otherwise would have had to be outsourced.

Automation

Developments in High-Speed Machining Technology

There have been many exciting developments in high-speed machining relative to machining centers and controls, tooling and CAD/CAM systems.

Cutting Tools

The Secrets to Hard Milling Success

Business Strategy

The Trifecta of Competitive Toolmaking

Process, technology and people form the foundations of the business philosophy in place at Eifel Mold & Engineering.

Design & Mfg. Software

The In's and Out's of Ballbar Calibration

This machine tool diagnostic device allows the detection of errors noticeable only while machine tools are in motion.

Cutting Tools

Five-Axis Machine With Pallet Changer, 16k-Spindle, Versatile Control Makes More Accurate Molds Faster

The move from three- to five-axis machining with automation reduced setup times and improved surface finishes for this small but mighty Amish mold builder.

Business Strategy

Predictive Manufacturing Moves Mold Builder into Advanced Medical Component Manufacturing

From a hot rod hobby, medical molds and shop performance to technology extremes, key relationships and a growth strategy, it’s obvious details matter at Eden Tool.

Cutting Tools

Barrel-Style Inserts Effectively Finish Machine Complex 3D Surfaces, Intricate Profiles

Tungaloy adds five barrel-style inserts to the BallFinishNose indexable tool, improving productivity of five-axis machining contours and surfaces typical in mold and die and aerospace.

Machining

Five-Axis CNC is Ideally Suited for Solid PCD End Mill, Drill Production

The ANCA EDGe machine is capable of creating complex 3D cutting tool forms, including the company’s new generation of solid PCD helical end mills and drills.

Machining

High-Speed, Five-Axis Mold Machining Achieved via Extended Barrel Series

Air Turbine Tool spindles can machine at 50,000 rpm in high-speed steel (HSS), accelerating mold machining capabilities.

Machining

Hybrid Milling/Drilling Machine Reduces Total Mold Machining Time

MSI Mold Builders now squares, plus drills and taps eye-bolt holes on 50% of its tools in a single setup using a five-axis milling/drilling center with a universal spindle.

Design & Mfg. Software

Modular, Flexible CAM Speeds Five-Axis Programming, Boosts Profitability for Moldmaker

P and C Tool improves mold quality, minimizes secondary processes, takes on new business opportunities and increases profitability with new integrated CAM software.

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