New milling machine technology allows you to achieve tighter tolerances, maintain high production rates and avoid placing new demands on the milling crew. “The newer generation of grade controls, ...

Modern milling machines look much the same as they did 30 years ago. However, they now must cut superalloys, titanium, and high-tensile steels to closer tolerances and at faster rates than before. To ...

When it comes to increasing the productivity of milling operations, several factors are in play, including toolpaths, feeds and speeds, and cutting tool selection. Whether the application requires ...

The two basic cutting tool types used in metalworking are the single-point and multi-point designs. Fundamentally, they are similar. By grouping a number of single point tools in a circular holder, ...

Most engineers think of the Pro/E solid modeler when they think of PTC. But the company also develops NC software with wide manufacturing capabilities. This review examines production features in ...

It’s easy to assume that not much has changed with face mills for a while. There’s been so much attention on other milling processes over the last few years, and face mills, or shell mills, were ...

Quick, what’s 360 divided by 23? It’s easy enough to get the answer, of course, but if you need to machine a feature every 15.652 degrees around a shaft, how exactly would you accomplish that? There ...

Which to buy first, a lathe or a mill? It’s a tough question for the aspiring home machinist with limited funds to spend on machine tools, but of course the correct answer is a lathe. With a lathe, we ...

A MODERN machine shop in any large works would be very incomplete indeed without a full complement of milling machines. The proportion of the class of machinery very largely depends upon the class of ...

Wirtgen's W 150 F(i) compact milling machine features a milling width of 1.80 m (6 ft.) and is designed for use on major construction sites with restricted space, such as inner city locations. Compact ...

The BM 1200/35-2 milling machine has a maximum milling width of 42.7 inches, and an enhanced swiveling mechanism enables selective milling. Powered by a 350-horsepower engine, the cold planer ...