Our correspondent writes with the new report of the following innovation: “Some times we have the need to machine three plane surfaces — A, B, and C. Surface A is perpendicular to Surface B, and ...

Drilling machine is the drill bit as the main processing tool, using the way of rotating friction to cut the workpiece. When the drill rotates at high speed, the material in the hole of the metal ...

BOMAG BM 2500/75 cold planer is the company’s largest. The 771-horsepower BM 2500/75 is a four-track unit that incorporates a mechanical drum drive for the 98.4-inch-wide (half-lane) cutter. Tracks ...

The half-lane RX-600e milling machine has the company’s Automated Control of Elevation (ACE) system that uses a network of grade and slope sensors to automate elevation. Operating weight is 59,220 ...

Modern milling machines look much the same as they did 30 years ago. However, they now must cut superalloys, titanium, and high-tensile steels to closer tolerances and at faster rates than before. To ...

Vertical-machining centers are often used for high-precision applications such as moldmaking and graphite machining, and VMC builders typically rely on portal structures to satisfy strict requirements ...

Milling asphalt pavements prior to repaving them with HMA (hot mix asphalt) is commonplace today. It’s one of the most economical ways to bring a roadway back into an acceptable smooth ride condition.

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