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| Ultrasonic sensor ensures tool change |
|  Machine tools benefit today from as short as possible tool change intervals. Also decisive for their success is the certainty that the necessary tool is in the magazine in the right place at the right time. The tool change systems of a leading Swabian equipper are fitted with ultrasonic proximity switches for this purpose.
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| Exactly in position |
|  The production of railway carriages deals with extraordinary dimensions, especially where carriage walls are being assembled for the longest articulated train in the world. Many high-precision welding seams have to be set - a job for which a 6-axis robot has been tuned up with a new Siemens control.
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| Siemens at CIMT 2005 |
|  One of the highlights of Siemens presentation at CIMT in Peking is the Sinumerik 802D solution line (sl) together with the new drive platform Sinamics S120. The Siemens booth offers an overview of the comprehensive range of products, solutions and services for users and manufacturers of machine tools.
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| With high pressure to maximum quality |
|  Production of mechanical parts for which maximum safety and/or reliability would be inconceivable these days without high pressure water jet systems. INDA has developed the new high pressure cleaning and deburring system HC flex specially for small and medium sized companies.
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| Huge Vertical Machining Center Retrofit |
|  CNC Design - Australia has recently completed a CNC retrofit project on a Schiess-Froriep vertical turning and milling machine for a leading manufacturer of large precision gears and other huge parts for various industries.
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| Custom controls for stoneworking |
|  As a builder of equipment for stone fabrication, Park Industries needed a CNC flexible enough to speak a stoneworkers language. The choice was Siemens Sinumerik 840Di, with a flexible Profibus connection and PC-integrated control.
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| Retrofit in Tire making |
|  A turnkey retrofit of a CNC on a vertical machining center has allowed King Machine of Akron to up the efficiency of its tire mold manufacture. Quick transfer of data from the companys mold part program and minimal learning time for operators made the transition easy.
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