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Both are good controls and I use both depending on the application.I have found that when it comes to turning I prefer Siemens. For 5-axis one is as good as the other. when it comes to controlling...

Rebuild & retrofit of a De Vlieg 4H-72
This machine was built and 1968 and was converted into a full 5-axis CNC HBM. The control is a Heidenhain iTNC530. This machine is fitted with part probing and...

Hello fellow Kiwis, I used to live Wellington but moved to Canada where I have been for the last 30 odd years in toolmaking & aerospace with 20 of them in CNC. I am just finishing the rebuild of a...

I agree there are many good lathes out there now, I have run a few of them and each has its own characteristics. If robotics as are involved check how each one would fit in to an automated system.

A router is a milling machine with a long table travel. They are usually traveling gantry type machines and on the big routers there may be one or more gantries operating at the same time. If you...

I used to live in Prebbleton back in the 60's when I was doing mechanical engineering at uni in Chch. Im responsible for the rebuild of the companies machine tools and CNC retrofits. We are taking a...

Hi Im John I come from Wellington, NZ, came out of my time in 68, worked at West Arm for a couple of years and then went to to Canada where I have been on OE for the last 36 years. Mind you I have...