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What is 5-Axis Workholding and When Do You Need It?
You bought a 5-axis machine to cut cycle times, reduce setups, and hold tighter tolerances. Then you bolted a standard Kurt vise onto the trunnion table, the spindle nose buried itself into the jaw on a B-axis move, and suddenly that machine is running like a three-axis knee mill with a six-figure price tag. This …
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Modular Vise vs Standard Vise – Productivity Comparison
If you’re still running standard vises on your HMC or VMC, you’re likely leaving machine capacity on the table every cycle. The question isn’t whether a modular vise system outperforms a standard vise, it does, and the numbers aren’t close. The real question is: how much productivity are you giving up, and does the switch …
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How to Set Up a CNC Tombstone on an HMC
Setting up a CNC tombstone on a Horizontal Machining Center is one of the highest-leverage operations in a machine shop. Done right, it unlocks everything horizontal machining is designed to deliver, multiple faces loaded, parts cycling automatically, spindle running as long as possible between operator touches. Done wrong, it introduces runout, work coordinate errors, and …