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The right tools increase efficiency. The right tools make the workplace safer. The right tools help you save money! Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook. These features of the part make the CNC necessary, as it is capable of higher precision and greater rigidity.

Additionally, surface roughness must be nearly flawless, as a slight imperfection can be catastrophic. This dental component must meet exacting tolerances and has a large length-to-diameter ratio, making it necessary to use a CNC Swiss-type turning machine rather than a cam-driven one.

Factors other than tolerance can play into the choice to use the CNC machines. For starters, they can handle larger parts — 12, 20 or 32 millimeters, depending on the machine. Additionally, parts like the dental component require high-pressure coolant, which is not possible in the cam-driven Swiss lathes. Finally, the headstock lathes find work with larger and more complex parts up to 2.

The Miyano ABX is used for aggressive and precise machining — in part due to the hydraulically operated chucks and the robust machine design the platform offers. One part used in semiconductor production involves a great deal of ID material removal, off-center drilling, threading and OD turning on high-tensile, high-yield stainless steel.

On a two-spindle lathe with three turrets, the component can be machined complete in one operation at a highly competitive rate. Used in manufacturing semiconductors, this part is is better suited to the traditional lathe. It involves multiple off-center drilling operations, heavy ID material removal, and several exterior features — all in a difficult-to-machine stainless steel alloy.

The other lathe — the Miyano BNX — is primarily there for its efficiency. Precision Plus machines components plus-or-minus 1 ten-thousandth of an inch on OD turning, and a total of 3 ten-thousandths on ID bores. When it does not need to be quite so precise, it is capable of machining simultaneously on the main and sub spindle with the single turret, which increases throughput on many parts.

Both platforms are equipped with quick-change chucking systems from Hainbuch to improve setup time and part concentricity from spindle to spindle. As with many things in machining, it really comes down to the part. But if we can make it on the Swiss CAM machines, it will likely be faster, and just as precise, to be produced there. Are you sure you have the best insert for that turning operation?

Check the chips, especially if you are running unattended. Chip characteristics can tell you a lot. Turning Machines Machines. Open Your Own Machine Shop? Here is Advice On Starting Small. What's Your Shop Worth? Threading On A Lathe The right choices in tooling and technique can optimize the thread turning process.