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Exploring CNC milling and turning
From the course: In the Shop: Manufacturing
Exploring CNC milling and turning
(upbeat music) - Hey guys, today I'm here at SureFire, one of the best manufacturers of flashlights and tactical equipment in the world. I'm standing in front of this Index machine, which is a mill turn machine and this is really the Ferrari of machine tools. This thing has everything you could ever imagine you could do on a CNC machine. Over here you've got driven tools, you've got OD turning tools, you've got a subspindle, you've got a main spindle, you've got all your turning tools up here, you've got live milling. This whole thing flips around and you can machine the front side or the back side of the part. There's even a chip conveyor and a parts catcher that can grab your finished part and take it out of the machine. This thing really has everything. Now most of your ops are not going to have a machine quite this cool, this is really some of the top machining equipment you can have in a manufacturing facility, but lesser machines are going to have a lot of the same things, like…
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Going off-road to test suspension parts1m 51s
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Terminology used in machine shops3m 4s
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Fixture design: From design in SOLIDWORKS to fabrication3m 37s
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Reverse engineering suspension components3m 15s
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Welding and fabrication for production2m 33s
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Mig welding explained1m 38s
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Assembly of suspension components5m 28s
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Manufacturing flashlights at Surefire3m 11s
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Exploring CNC milling and turning2m 13s
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A look at multiaxis CNC milling machines2m 43s
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What is tumbling and how does it work?2m 34s
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Tool crib management for manufacturing shops4m 55s
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CNC plasma cutting3m 30s
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Sheet laser cutting5m 41s
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Rotational tube laser cutting6m 32s
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Cutting metal to size using band saws, shears, and plate saws6m 24s
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