A machine tool is a powered mechanical device, typically used to fabricate metal components of machines by the selective removal of metal. The term machine tool is usually reserved for tools that used a power source other than human movement, but they can be powered by people if appropriately set up. Many historians of technology consider that the true machine tools were born when direct human involvement was removed from the shaping or stamping process of the different kinds of tools. For instance, they consider that lathe machine tools were invented around 1751 by Jacques de Vaucanson because he was the first to mount the cutting instrument on a mechanically adjustable head, taking it out of the hands of the operator.
Machine tools can be powered from a variety of sources. Human and animal power are options, as is energy captured through the use of waterwheels. However, machine tools really began to develop after the development of the steam engine, leading to the Industrial Revolution. Today, most are powered by electricity.
Machine tools can be operated manually, or under automatic control. Early machines used flywheels to stabilize their motion and had complex systems of gears and levers to control the machine and the piece being worked on. Soon after World War II, the NC, or numerical control, machine was developed. NC machines used a series of numbers punched on paper tape or punch cards to control their motion. In the 1960s, computers were added to give even more flexibility to the process. Such machines became known as CNC, or computer numerical control, machines. NC and CNC machines could precisely repeat sequences over and over, and could produce much more complex pieces than even the most skilled tool operators.
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Co. - Canadian company offers a range of parts and accessories, for machine tool manufacturers. Including wire, filters, tubes, tooling, and other accessories. Site in English and French.
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E Engineering Inc. - Offers extensive range of machine tool components and accessories. Includes actuator parts, adaptors, clamps, couplers, grippers, jigs and fixtures, leveling jacks, rest pads, transfer systems, and trunnion blocks.
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Machine Inc. - Specializes in production of conveyors, sheet supports, and stackers for incorporation with equipment sold by shear manufacturers. Site includes illustrations of products.
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A-1 Engineering - Manufactures special purpose, 5-axis work stop tool for use with CNC machine centers, milling machines, and drill presses. Site provides photos and detailed explanation of tool's applications.
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AR Filtrazioni s.r.l. - Italy. Manufactures air purification units for use with machine tools. Objectives are removal of oil pollutant, dust, smoke, and odors. Site includes gallery of sample applications.
Avmounts - India. Manufactures standard and tailor made anti-vibration mounts for wide range of industrial and manufacturing machinery. Site includes list of common applications.
Meta Description: [ Avmounts (India) is engaged in the manufacturing of quality anti-vibration mounts, shock and vibration isolators that meet the needs of all types of machinery, irrespective of weight, size and functional attributes of the machines. We also manufacture mounts according to customized specifications. ]
Basic Cam Design Co. - Sole proprietorship offering swiss screw machine cams for various name brands of machinery. Includes layout, headstock, and rocker.
Meta Description: [ Maker of Swiss Screw Machine Cams ]
Best Engineering Company Inc. - Distributes wide range of cutting tools, work and tool holders, and gaging, abrasive, and other ancillary products. Site incorporates extensive list of available items.
Meta Description: [ Best Engineering Company, an industrial distributor based in Wisconsin, designs and sells cutting tool, gaging, work & tool holding and adhesive solutions. ]
Cecor - Manufactures selection of machine tool maintenance equipment. Includes separate or combined coolant dispensers and sumpcleaners, as well as a line of heavy duty carts for collecting scrap metal.
Dapra Corporation - Offers broad selection of indexable carbide cutting tools, workholding and rotary positioning equipment, and part marking machines. Site incorporates photos and details of available products.
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Detroit Automatic Tooling Inc. - Specializes in supply of parts and tooling for screw machines, as well as threading equipment and selection of accessories. Site provides details of available products, which includes new, used, and surplus items.
Dick Dykehouse Company, Inc. - Distributes broad range of items, including milling and drilling tools, CNC tool holders, gundrills, broaches, boring bars, grooving inserts, and abrasives. Site incorporates links to detailed product information.
Drei-S Company - Germany. Manufactures needles, dowel and ejector pins, precision cutting and punching tools, and pinning systems. Applications include machine tool and textile industries. Site incorporates detailed product information.
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Durant Tool Company - Manufactures equipment for uncoiling, straightening, stock lubricating, air feeding, roll feeding, and scrap cutting, as well as a selection of control systems, machine bases, and lift tables.
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DYNeleven Ltd. - UK. Manufactures selection of bellows, covers, and guards for machinery. Site includes examples.
Electric Tool and Machinery, Inc. - Distributes extensive range of tooling and accessories. Includes abrasives, boring tools, blades, chucks, drill and jig fixtures, gages, inserts, toolholders, and vises. Site incorporates numerous links to manufacturers' homepages.
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Elektromaschinen u. Antriebe AG - Switzerland. Manufactures built-in asynchronous and synchronous drives and high torque motors for use with variety of machining equipment.
Fife Pearce Electric Co. - Distributes broad range of electric and rotary chucks, chuck controls, magnetic lifts, and surface demagnetizers. Services include repair of chucks, magnetizers, and motors.
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Fischer Precision Spindles, Inc. - Distributes selection of machine tool spindles in belt driven, hydrodynamic, and motorized versions. Available in standard and customized configurations for drilling, milling, and grinding. Also offers remanufacturing services.
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Flexbar Machine Corporation - Manufacturer and distributor of diversified range of machine tool accessories. Emphasis is on devices for measurement, inspection, testing, and machine setup and safety.
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Framing Technology Inc. - Provides custom solutions for clean rooms, modular furniture, partitions, display cabinets, pet cages, enclosures.
Great Solutions Inc. - Offers a Windows based utility program for making trigonometry calculations required in CAD/CAM and machining operations. Can be ordered online.
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Herzog Taiwan Co. Ltd. - Sells assortment of machine tool accessories. Includes chucks, collets, end mills, drills, and sensors. Sit incorporates information regarding available products.
Imas Transfer - Italy. Manufactures range of standard and custom designed rotary transfer machines for metalworking applications in variety of industries. Site provides detailed product information.
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Mataco, Inc. - Company builds milling machine heads for various Bridgeport machinery. Also imports and exports various machinery and supplies accessories.
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Mau-Sherwood Supply Co. - Distributor of diversified machine related products. Range includes abrasives, adhesives, bandsaw blades, cleaning and maintenance aerosols, coolants, and grinding wheels. Site incorporates links to manufacturers' information.
Mayur Tools - India. Manufactures and distributes extensive selection of cutting, dressing, hand, magnetic, and precision tools, as well as a broad range of toolholders, vises, chucks, clamps, and other accessory products.
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Microbore Tooling Ltd. - UK. Specializes in supply of adjustable boring tools and related accessories, available in wide range of configurations. Site incorporates detailed product information.
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Mr Spindle - Independent advice and consultancy on machine tool spindles and spindle systems based on practical experience in milling, routing, grinding, turning and drilling applications.
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Nuova Ft - Italy. Specializes in design and manufacture of specialized precision devices for transfer work and tool machines, as well as transformers and robot manipulators for variety of applications.
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Officina Rolando s.r.l. - Italy. Sells selection of centering devices, zero setters, tools for filling and removing chucks, and jig borers for milling machines. Sites provides link to downloadable catalog.
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Outline Technologies, Inc. - Manufactures standard and mobile digitizers for creating CNC router templates. Site provides detailed explanation of products and applications, such as countertop manufacture, boat building, and plasma/laser pattern cutting.
Owosso Automation Inc. - Manufactures feeder systems designed to avoid placing nuts and studs by hand in welding and other industrial applications. Basis is automated feeding through use of single or multiple tracks. Site provides product details.
Perez Esparza S.A. - Spain. Manufactures diversified range of products. Includes device for producing polygon shaped components, tooling for use with spark erosion machines, and vises, boring heads, and electronic centering gages.
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Piper Tools Pty Ltd - Australia. Manufactures broad selection of live and dead centers, tapping chucks, and countersink and deburring tools.
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Pope Precison Spindle Technologies - Manufactures, remanufactures, upgrades, and repairs machine tool spindles for such operations as drilling, milling, and grinding.
Precision Detroit Company Inc. - Sells broad selection of index tables and barrel cam index drives. Site provides detailed product diagrams, tables, and specifications. Also incorporates access to catalogs and downloadable files.
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PT. Metamasa Mitramandri - Indonesia. Sells cutting tools, measuring instruments, and machining accessories. Includes endmills, milling cutters, inserts, drills, boring tools, reamers, gages, and toolholders. Site incorporates technical background information and troubleshooting tips.
QPM Products Corporation - Canada. Specializes in manufacture of machine tool coolant nozzles, available in variety of configurations. Site discusses advantages of correct choice and application.
Ritters - India. Manufactures a range of quality pneumatic And hydraulic products. Including presses, pumps, clinders, and, control valves
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Rock Valley Industrial Supply - Stocks and sells broad selection of abrasives, carbide and high speed steel cutting tools, tool and die components, precision instruments, workholders, and maintenance supplies.
Roofe Precision Products, Inc. - Manufactures and remanufactures live centers, including master, numerical control, and pipe centers. Contains product specifications.
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Rowe Machinery - Specializes in sale of new and used tooling, measuring, and inspection equipment. Site incorporates extensive and searchable list of available items. Inventory also includes selection of used machine tools.
Shuang Wei Enterprise Co. Ltd. - Taiwan. Manufactures wide range of roll feeding attachments for use with stamping and punching presses. Site provides extensive information regarding available units.
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SKF Precision Technologies - Global manufacturer and supplier of slides, linear guides, spindles, multi-axis modules, ball/roller screws as well as service and repair.
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Sparro Machine Products Inc. - Offers several special purpose machining aids, with links to details and demonstration of each one. Includes vise and lathe workstops, work supports, chip guard, milling vise handle, indicator holder, and angle riser.
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Tejax Engineering Company - Manufactures selection of analog and digital position indicators for use with variety of machine tools. Site incorporates detailed product and application information.
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Unlimited Services Inc. - Sells new and used optical comparators, readouts, and parts. Also provides calibration service, which includes checks on alignment, magnification, vertical and horizontal measurement, and table squareness.
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Vrushali Enterprises - India. Steel fabrication company specializing in manufacture and supply of enclosures and guards for machine tools, as well as electric control cabinets and stabilizer frames. Site includes photo gallery of sample end products.
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W.T. Atkin Ltd. - UK. Specializes in manufacture of coil handling and processing equipment. Includes holders, feeds, levellers, straighteners, roll formers, and CNC coil processing lines incorporating bending and punching cells.
Wila USA - Offers a line of tooling and accessories to reduce press brake setup time and to produce high quality parts.
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Yillik Precision Industries Inc. - Manufacturers of tungsten carbide products for machine tools and other industries. Extensive range includes bushings, bearings, seal rings, dies, drill bits, rollers, preforms, and guides.
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