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or power generation where the gates on the castings can be literally burned off. “For the power generation market, let’s say you have a 3–4’ [0.91–1.2-m] long stainless steel forged turbine blade. The two ends of the blade have blocks on
them that need to be machined or ground into a Christmas tree shape and fi tted into a turbine wheel. With Blue Arc, you could take a Christmas tree-shaped electrode and burn that shape into the material in seconds rather than several minutes and then go to fi nishing. Other applica- tions include burning material out of tita- nium or Inconel integrally bladed rotors replacing the expense of carbide cutters or for large structural components, forg- ings or tool and die workpieces where material can be burned off faster than machining considering the amount of metal that has to be removed to get a functional component.
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from Mazak Corp. (Florence, KY) include three, four, and fi ve-axis machining capabilities with MX hybrid roller guides for durability and long-term accuracy, on-board probing for part location and feature inspection, and user-friendly CNC controls that simplify programming. The Vertical Center Universal 5X VCU features a fi ve-axis rotary/tilt table with high-speed roller gear cam technology for production of small complex parts. It is equipped with a CAT 40-taper 10,000-rpm spindle for machining steel, aluminum, and cast iron (12,000 and 20,000 rpm optional). Part sizes up to 15.74 × 15.74 × 12" (400 × 400 × 304 mm) can be produced; the machine’s high-speed rapid traverse rates in all three linear axes is 945 ipm (24 m/min). For precise fi ve-axis machining, the VCU 400 5X’s trunnion-style rotary/tilt ta- ble features durable high-speed gear cam drive technology for high torsional rigidity and positioning accuracy. The table tilts +95°-45° in the B axis and rotates 360° in the C axis and can handle workpiece weights up to 440 lb (200 kg). Mazak’s MX hybrid roller guide system is designed
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