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CNC Horizontal Machining Centers

CNC Horizontal Machining Centers

(NEW) KHV-500 Combination Horizontal/Vertical Machining Center

By |2023-09-14T18:11:21-08:00September 14th, 2023|Categories: CNC Horizontal Machining Centers, CNC Vertical Machining Centers|

Kent CNC has introduced the New KHV-500 Combination Horizontal/Vertical Machining Center with the industry standard 0i-MD control by FANUC. By combining a horizontal machining center with a vertical machining center, this cutting-edge versatile machining center allows for faster setups and parts loading and unloading, improved accuracy, floor space maximization, and capital investment reduction. Two Spindles Are [...]

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CNC Programming: Which Approach is Best—CAM Software, Manually, or Somewhere in Between?

By |2023-07-28T14:29:28-08:00July 28th, 2023|Categories: CNC Horizontal Machining Centers, CNC Tips, CNC Turning Centers, CNC Vertical Machining Centers|

The rigger just called. Your first CNC lathe or machining center will arrive this Friday. You unpacked the toolholders last week. The workholding is ready. You’ve lined up the first few jobs. The big question now? What approach will you take on CNC programming? Will you buy a CAM system and sit through a training class or two? Or will [...]

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High-Speed Machining: What’s AICC and How Does it Work?

By |2023-06-11T07:53:42-08:00June 11th, 2023|Categories: CNC Horizontal Machining Centers, CNC Tips, CNC Turning Centers, CNC Vertical Machining Centers|

High-speed machining was once a niche technology, known only to aerospace shops making large airframe components. No more. High-speed machining (HSM) use is now widespread. So are its counterparts high-feed (HFM) and high-efficiency (HEM) machining. All are now common in shops of all sizes and specialties.  That said, shops wishing to pursue a more productive path [...]

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Boost CNC Efficiency with Through-Spindle and High-Pressure Coolant

By |2023-04-24T18:04:21-08:00April 24th, 2023|Categories: CNC Horizontal Machining Centers, CNC Tips, CNC Turning Centers, CNC Vertical Machining Centers|

Anyone who's watched an expensive carbide drill go up in smoke knows the importance of cutting fluids. And yet, the challenge is getting these fluids where they're needed most: in the work zone. That's where through-spindle coolant comes in. A common option on some brands of CNC machining center, "coolant-thru" increases tool life, productivity, and part [...]

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Maximize Machining Center Output With a Pallet Changer

By |2023-01-09T17:43:28-08:00January 2nd, 2023|Categories: CNC Horizontal Machining Centers, CNC Tips|

The pallet changer has long been associated with high volume work on horizontal machining centers (HMCs). However, that paradigm is beginning to shift. Automakers and prototype shops alike find that machines such as Kent CNC’s KMH Auto Pallet HMC enjoy OEE levels (overall equipment effectiveness) much higher than those who swap parts by hand. Four-sided machining is possible, [...]

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Best of Both Worlds – Horizontal and Vertical

By |2021-06-30T12:00:29-08:00June 30th, 2021|Categories: CNC Horizontal Machining Centers, CNC Vertical Machining Centers|

Best of Both Worlds – Horizontal and Vertical Trying to decide between a vertical or horizontal machining center? This Southern California job shop ordered the combo Vertical machining center (VMC) proponents say it’s the flexibility and lower cost that brought them to purchase this most common of CNC machine tools. Those who favor a horizontal machining [...]

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Five Tips for Keeping Cutting Fluids in Tip-Top Shape

By |2019-03-26T11:41:27-08:00January 22nd, 2019|Categories: CNC Horizontal Machining Centers, CNC Tips, CNC Turning Centers, CNC Vertical Machining Centers|

Five Tips for Keeping Cutting Fluids in Tip-Top Shape Nobody likes a stinky machine tool. When cutting fluids are poorly maintained, anaerobic bacteria blossoms, feeding on the way lube and other unavoidable contaminants that collect within any machine sump. This is why Kent CNC’s KVR-series vertical machining centers are equipped with automatic coolant tank skimmers and [...]

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3 Chip Management Tips for CNC Machine Operators

By |2019-03-26T12:29:38-08:00November 13th, 2018|Categories: CNC Horizontal Machining Centers, CNC Tips, CNC Turning Centers, CNC Vertical Machining Centers|

3 Chip Management Tips for CNC Machine Operators There’s one basic rule of shop floor economics that everyone should know: if the machines aren’t making chips, the business is losing money. But the shape of those chips and their removal from the work area is every bit as important as producing them in the first place. [...]

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I’ll Take the Combo – Dual Spindle Machining Center

By |2019-03-26T13:00:53-08:00August 28th, 2018|Categories: CNC Horizontal Machining Centers, CNC Vertical Machining Centers|

I'll Take the Combo – Dual Spindle Machining Center Life is full of choices. From deciding what color to paint your bathroom, which combo meal to order at your favorite fast food restaurant, or whether to name your kid Bob or Jim, each of us is faced each day with decisions big and small. Machine shop [...]

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Combo Vertical and Horizontal Spindle Machining Center

By |2019-03-26T12:07:47-08:00October 15th, 2017|Categories: CNC Horizontal Machining Centers|

Combo Vertical and Horizontal Spindle Machining Center Kent CNC has introduced the New Kent CNC KHV-400 Combination Horizontal/Vertical Machining Center with the industry standard 0i-MD control by FANUC. Kent CNC sets a new industry standard with their latest combination machining center, model KHV-400.  By combining a horizontal machining center with a vertical machining center, this cutting-edge [...]

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