Shops can now do gear hobbing on the Y axis of the Tornado lathe from Colchester-Harrison of the 600 Group. This ability makes for one-setup operation and eliminates the need for several machines, as ...

Several spherical-shaped mold inserts with varying radii around 1 in. in 0.010-in. increments presented us with a machining challenge. A lathe wouldn't work, so we did the job on a CNC milling machine ...