December 11, 2009
ELMIRA, N.Y., Dec. 10 — Hardinge Inc. (Nasdaq: HDNG – News), a leading international provider of advanced metal-cutting solutions, today announced a new strategic alliance with three premier distributors; Gosiger, Inc., Hartwig, Inc., and Morris Group, Inc. These three groups will have exclusive sales and support responsibilities for Hardinge products in virtually all of the United States. Over a transition period of the next few months these organizations will replace current Hardinge distributors and direct sales and service support groups.
“We are honored to be working with this caliber of companies that will sell and support our products in the US market,” said Rick Simons, President and CEO of Hardinge Inc. “All three distributors bring at least 50 years of history and a team of well trained sales, service and applications people to assist in future sales and provide service support on existing Hardinge equipment in the field. Combined they have a workforce of over 700 employees and their sales last year were in excess of $600 million. Their reputations as capable, comprehensive, and professional organizations make for a perfect fit with Hardinge.”
“We are convinced that partnering with these companies provides the strongest opportunity for market share growth in the U.S. and reflects the importance of being aligned with leading distributors in this highly competitive machine tool marketplace,” Mr. Simons concluded.
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November 9, 2009
Hardinge announces the newest members of the GX-Series of Vertical Machining Centers as a standard product offering in North America. These machines are designed and built for a production environment. The machine can literally overlap one another to better utilize valuable floor space and to promote cell manufacturing. The unique design provides service and operator interface to only the front or back of the machines. This design allows the machines to be stacked in a line side by side since there is no need to access the sides of the machines. Don’t let the small footprint fool you as the GX 300 & 510 packs a powerful punch.
A unique feature of this milling machine is the spindle torque and horsepower compared to other small footprint machines. With 20 horsepower and 99 ft-lbs of torque the GX300 & 510 is able to provide a solution for the aerospace, medical, defense, 3C, automotive and other industries, requiring high-value, complex parts from difficult to machine materials.
Some of the key differentiators of these machines are: Heavy-duty linear roller guide-ways ensuring a stiff machine design. High acceleration rates of the spindles and axes required for high production. Standard with swing arm ATC, required for high production. Also, this machine is designed to support single piece flow and/or automated parts handling.
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October 28, 2009
Introducing the newest member of Bridgeport’s Five Axis VMCs – - the fully-integrated 5-axis XR 300 5AX High-Performance vertical machining center is built to suit all manufacturing requirements. This machine is positioned in the top of Bridgeport’s machining center portfolio. Our 5-Axis VMCs are ideally suited for a diverse range of applications within the aerospace, automotive, motor sport, medical, mold and tool and die sectors.
The 255mm (10″) diameter integrated dual-axis rotary table with 150-degree tilt and 5-arc second accuracy enhances the machine’s flexibility and high precision machining capability. The ability to machine complex shapes, undercuts and difficult angles in a single setup reduces tooling cost and labor time, resulting in lower cost per part in addition to maintaining parts conformity throughout production runs. The machining center is equipped with a 48-tool carousel-type automatic tool changer (ATC) features random access, bidirectional indexing and 4.6-second chip-to-chip change time.
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September 30, 2009
As both the speed and precision of machine tools have increased, the control of heat becomes critical to the maintenance of extremely close work piece tolerances in production. Close coolant temperature control can minimize center line migration on high-speed spindles and heat distortion of machined parts. Lower temperature coolants can increase tool life while reducing oxidation and evaporation.
For further information please feel free to contact the Hardinge Applications Engineering or the Hardinge Custom Solutions Team’s. 800-843-8801 # 7175 or info@hardinge.com
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August 5, 2009
Synchronization is required for spindle transfer of odd-shaped parts including hex and square stock and for round parts using live tooling on the main and sub-spindles. Without synchronized collets extra programming and cycle time are required to line up the workpiece to properly transfer the part from one spindle to the other.
In most cases (draw-in style collets) a keyway is used to align the collets when inserting it into the spindle. Synchronized collets orient the part to a specified point on the workpiece. Hex and square collets are synchronized to the center of the flat or the corner. Hardinge will provide a high tolerance of within 15′ or ¼°. Still greater tolerance can be achieved when required. Collets for specific machines such as Acme Gridley, Hydromat and other multi-spindle lathes that already have a keyway can be synchronized to the customer’s specifications.
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