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Index Corporation’s MS32-6 multi-spindle automatic lathe features a flexible tool slide platform that reduces changeover times.
Index Corp. now offers a service to rebuild toolholders in North America.
CNC multi-spindle automatic lathe for high productivity and short cycle and setup times
Twin Spindle Turning Center with Upper Milling Spindle and Lower Turret with 70 or 140 ATC capacity
Two Turret, Single Spindle CNC Turning Center with Y-Axisand 2-Tool Simultaneous Cutting
INDEX CNC multi-spindles combine the advantages of CNC technology with those of cam-controlled machines. They can be used ...
The innovative turn-mill center for high-performance machining of large workpieces Turning and milling – complete machining in ...
Gearing technologies on INDEX turn-mill centers for economical production of workpieces with external gearing and internal ...
Your benefits - Simultaneous machining using 2 or 3 turrets - High acceleration (1g) and high rapid traverses (60 m/min) ...
INDEX CNC multi-spindles combine the advantages of CNC technology with those of cam-controlled machines. They can be used ...
The innovative turn-mill center for high-performance machining of large workpieces Turning and milling – complete machining in ...
Gearing technologies on INDEX turn-mill centers for economical production of workpieces with external gearing and internal ...
Your benefits - Simultaneous machining using 2 or 3 turrets - High acceleration (1g) and high rapid traverses (60 m/min) ...
IMTS 22: Index will debut the next generations of its G220 turn mill center, MS32-6 CNC multispindle and TNL12 sliding headstock lathe.
Index has updated its Traub TNL12 sliding headstock lathe, with increased tool capacity, fluid-cooled motor spindles and more.
Index Corporation’s Traub TNL12 sliding headstock lathe features a variety of design changes to boost speed, flexibility and accuracy.
The corporation has partnered with Machinery Solutions to expand distribution. Well-established in its region, Machinery Solutions celebrates 40 years in the machine tool industry this year.
Company has added Great Lakes Machinery as distributor for the northern New York area as part of its ongoing sales and service initiative.
Germany-based Index group has acuired a majority interest in One Click Metal GmbH, a Trumpf startup specializing in the entry-level segment for 3D printers.
Cris Taylor will take over as the president and CEO of Index Corporation after Tom Clark retires at the end of 2020.
Index’s next-generation MS32-6 six-spindle automatic lathe is designed to bring the benefits of multi-spindle technology to a broader range of applications.
Index Traub offers iX4.0, which integrates Index and Traub machines as digital twins.
Index’s G420 turn-mill features two identical 3,500-rpm spindles with 315-mm (400-mm optional) chucks as well as a five-axis milling spindle.
Several of the hires are for newly created positions.
Built for high-volume, high precision production of medium to complex parts, the unbeatably fast multi-spindle from Index will be demonstrated in IMTS booth #338136 with a six-axis loading robot, supporting lights-out machining.
Traub’s TNL20-9 Swiss-type turning center will demonstrate a new high-speed thread whirling process at IMTS 2018, Booth #338136.
Index announces its online portal iXworld, which debuts at IMTS 2018 and launches in early 2019.
IMTS 2018: Index’s MS40-8 multi-spindle automatic lathe with eight CNC spindles has been designed for high-volume precision work in the automotive, fastener, connector and aerospace industries.
A new sliding/fixed headstock Swiss-type turning center will show its wide range of capabilities at IMTS 2018, booth 338136.
IMTS 2018: Index introduces its bar loader to pair with its multi-spindle machines for increased turning quality.
Index will introduce its MS40-8 multi-spindle automatic lathe with eight CNC spindles, two back-working spindles for rear-end machining, deploying up to 18 CNC slides and additional Y axes if required.
Sales territories are being realigned as four new distributors and the extension of one longtime distributor partnership bring greater service to U.S. Index and Traub customers.
Traub, a brand of the Index Group, has introduced the Traub TNL20 sliding/fixed headstock automatic lathe adding improvements in productivity, precision and automation.
Covering workholding, Swiss-type turning, multitasking machines and more, the seven talks in the YouTube playlist are a good recap of the latest in production machining technology.
PMTS 2017: Index will demonstrate its G200 turn-mill, a compact machine offering as much as 30 percent greater productivity than its predecessor in the same footprint.
The new generation of Index’s ABC automatic lathe is designed for turning simple to moderately complex parts in cycle times as much as 15 percent faster than the previous generation, with rapid spindle acceleration (8 G), shorter spindle ramp-up times, higher rapid traverse rates and quick chip-to-chip times.
Index’s G220 turn-mill includes a motorized five-axis, 18,000-rpm milling spindle and a tool turret with Y axis.
The Traub TNL31-11 automatic lathe available from Index features a front-working attachment on an additional cross-slide moving in the X and Z axes, providing freely positionable tools.
Index’s MS16 Plus six-spindle CNC lathe features a modular design.
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The Traub TNL32-11 sliding/fixed headstock automatic lathe has a headstock movable in the Z axis, an upper and identical lower turret with X, Y and Z axes, and a counter spindle movable in the X and Z directions.
Index’s MS16 Plus lathe accommodates parts as large as 22 mm in diameter and is capable of turning, drilling, milling, tapping, deep-hole drilling or slotting in each of its six CNC spindles.
After deciding to manufacture bevel gears for its own purposes in-house, Index developed a “gear hobbing package” that transforms its R200 and R300 turn-mill centers into gear cutting machines.
This short article by Jeff Reinert, president of Index Corp., outlines the multi-step process for justifying an investment in the latest CNC machining technology. Calculating the return on investment (ROI) is a useful step in this process, but only one of the factors a manufacturer must consider in the decision to buy a new machine. Read the article here.
Index will demonstrate its MS22C-8, a modular eight-spindle automatic CNC turning machine suitable for fast machining, especially of complex parts.
The distributor will serve Oregon and Washington customers.
A new distributor will serve Oregon and Washington.
Developed for high-production turning, the 42-mm TNK42 fixed-headstock automatic lathe from Traub produces complex workpieces in large and medium volumes ranging to 250-mm long.
Former Tornos Technologies sales and marketing manager will oversee sales for Index and Traub across three countries.
Before heading off to Esslingen, Germany (near Stuttgart) to help Index celebrate its 100th anniversary, my publisher told me that the area is “the Detroit of Germany.” I soon found that to be an apt description as a large number of shops I visited were heavily vested in automotive manufacturing. What’s even more noteworthy is that business was booming.
The event highlighted new machines at three Germany facilities.
The company is celebrating anniversaries of its parent company and subsidiary.
VU has established relationships with Hurco and Index to provide real-world tools and experiences for its students.
After cutting precision parts in one third of the original time, Task Force Tips was able to justify its initial investment in an Index automatic production lathe fitted with a Siemens control package.
The Index IT600 65-mm universal turning machine is designed for machining small to medium batch sizes of workpieces including automotive parts, mechanical parts and other job shop assignments.
Index’s Traub TNL18 sliding-/fixed-headstock automatic lathe is equipped with seven linear axes and an additional B-axis on the upper tool turret.
The Index IT600 universal turning machine is designed for small to medium batches of automotive and mechanical parts.
The Index MS16C compact six-spindle CNC automatic production lathe is designed for the cam-driven multi-spindle market.
Index’s Traub TNL18-7B sliding/fixed headstock automatic lathe features seven linear axes and an additional B axis for particularly challenging machining tasks.
Index’s MS22C-8 from its Multiline series is a modular eight-spindle machine that is designed for machining complex parts.
Where in the world is Chris Koepfer, editor-in-chief of Production Machining? Today, he's learning about the latest manufacturing technology in southern Germany.
These days, more traditional job shops are installing—or at least eyeing—Swiss-types. Here are some reasons why.
The TRAUB TNL18 production turning machine is capable of five-axis machining of 20-mm-diameter bar for long and short parts in a single setup.
The Traub TNL18 P production turning machine is capable of five-axis machining in a single setup.
The C100 series of production turn-mill centers features the Fanuc 31i CNC option. With three 14-position tool turrets and identical main and counterspindles, the centers are designed for fast, cost-competitive production of medium-complexity turned parts from barstock ranging from 30 to 42 mm diameter, the company says. Said to be ideal for small- to medium-lot sizes, the three-turret machines deliver high performance within a small footprint, and are targeted to handle fixed-headstock work often run on Swiss-type machines.
The C100 series of production turn-mill centers are versatile, high production machines linked in real-time to the company’s Virtual Machine programming and simulation suite. Virtual Machine includes user software that is a mirror of the real machine configuration. The data allow users to program, set up and operate the “virtual machine” in exactly the same way as the real machine.
Should shops always defer to Swiss-type lathes to process small, long and often complex parts? Not necessarily. As a general rule, a Swiss-type is most appropriate for machining workpieces with L:D ratios of 4 to 1 or greater. Parts with lower L:D ratios may be machined economically on turn-mills.
Having a bar feeder on one side and a parts carrousel on the other side ensures that a turn-mill machine will achieve maximum productivity, whether the workpieces are mostly milled or mostly turned. In general, smaller parts are machined from bar stock, even if only milling operations are involved. Larger parts are loaded an unloaded by a transfer device fed by the carrousel.
On this model, the builder is arranging spindles and tool turrets to reduce cycle time, although flexibility stands to gain as well. The result, the company says, is a turn-mill that can offer cycle times comparable to those acheived on a multi-spindle automatic.
Motor technology, machine design and software possibilities all improve the economies of these sophisticated high-volume machines.
An air-gage-monitored honing system added to an inverted vertical spindle chucking lathe allows unattended turning, boring and honing on one machine for greater process flexibility.
The traditional CNC Swiss-type machine is well suited to parts that are long and slender. Here is an alternative for other types of turned parts.
Combining different operations on a single machine tool platform is an attractive and increasingly popular idea. It is in practice, however, not always a plug and play substitution. Optimizing distinct metalcutting operations into a single cycle takes planning and a good understanding of the pluses and minuses of each.
Heat is the number one enemy of machine tools. The machine tool spindle is one of the prime sources for generating heat in a machine.
Inverted-spindle vertical turning machines take on horizontal chuckers for turning cell applications.
Working toward goals of improved efficiency and quality, this Oregon rifle scope maker looked holistically at their manufacturing operation and matched appropriate processes and technology to each operation. Some improvements arevery simple, and some are quite sophisticated.
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