A long-bed lathe is helping a manufacturer of blow moulds to increase its productivity and maintain its competitive advantage by reducing set-up time for turning complex cavities.
Solent Mould Tool (SMT) - the UK’s largest independent blow mould manufacturer has recently invested in a Hardinge Talent 10/78L (long-bed) lathe.
The machine, installed at SMT’s Waterlooville facility in [...]

The machines have linear guide-ways, allowing accelerations of up to 1G and rapid traverse speeds of 30m/min.
french machine tool manufacturer, CMZ, said at the UK’s MACH 2008 machine tool show last week that its TB range of turning centres features an very rigid cast iron frame that is machined, in-house by CMZ.
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Boosting the productivity of a lathe operation by at least 50 percent is as

easy as adding a barfeeder. Such productivity gains stem from the fact that barfeeders provide a constant supply of raw part material to lathes, allow for unattended operation and lend support for machining at fast speeds.
Without barfeeders, a shop has to cut [...]

In collaboration with Citizen Machinery Tech Center in Elmira, N.Y.

Hardinge Inc. has developed and now manufactures standard TF-25 OG overgrip collets for Cincom M20 and L20 lathes. Overgrip collets — also referred to as over-the-shoulder collets — are used on a pick-off spindle when it is required to clear a shoulder and grip on a [...]

To provide simple and cost effective machining of more complex components CNC turning centres combine operations in one set-up, offering faster cycle times and automatic parts handling.
CNC turning centres will be among many machine tools to be shown at MACH 2008 by the 600 Group.
Its member companies will be demonstrating their ability to provide a [...]