Modern Machine Shop

JUN 2014

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mmsonline.com June 2014 MMS 205 modern equipment review between the rotary table and pallet changer. It offers steep chip flutes in the work area and at the loading station, with a 600-mm-wide scraping or flat-belt-design chip conveyer over the complete Z stroke. The machine is available with either a Siemens Sinumerik 840D or FANUC 31i-B CNC. The HMC can be equipped with a 50-, 100- or 150-station chain-type tool magazine for tools as long as 600 mm. Options include break monitor- ing with reference measurement, tool cartridge and holder cleaning, and tool breakage monitor- ing. The HMC can be loaded with a robot or other automated loading system, as well as a measur- ing probe for on-machine workpiece checking. Heller Machine Tools, call 248-288-5000 or visit heller-us.com. Laser system aLigns Bar Feeders The L56SS bar feeder alignment laser system from Laser Tools features a magnetic spindle adapter to accommodate bores as small as 0.0393" (1 mm). The system uses a straight beam of laser light and two targets to center and position a bar feeder carriage to the correct height for supplying barstock material to a lathe spindle. On Swiss- type bar-feeder machines, the magnetic spindle adapter and laser assembly mounts onto the headstock over the spindle collet. One target is placed at the entry point of the bar feeder, and the other at the farthest point on the bar feeder. The bar feeder alignment system includes the company's AP15 aperture pack with 1 / 16 ", 3 / 32 " ROTARY & LINEAR BROACHING WITH ONE TOOL Machine I.D. and O.D. Keyways, Splines, Torx and Hex Shapes with the Same Tool German-Engineered, American Support and Service Increase Machine Life By Eliminating Wear and Abuse on Guideways and Spindle Bearings Machine Directly on Your Turning Center 704-529-5300 | www.benz-inc.com member of the W-2445 LinA for Turning Centers, Rotary and Linear Motion The Tooling System Experts LinS for Machining Centers, One of a Kind 0614_MMS_mer.indd 205 5/14/2014 11:22:22 AM

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