The 5-Axis Cincinnati XT “super profiler” has broken the “sound barrier” in aerospace titanium machining by demonstrating a 100-in.3 per min metal removal rate (MRR) during test cutting prior to customer shipment. According to Chip Storie, Fives Cincinnati executive vice president, the 5-axis, 5-spindle XT profiler is engineered and built for maximum dynamic stiffness and…

Now producing features up to 780 mm OD Fives upsizes features that can be turned on Giddings & Lewis boring mills with introduction of a larger-range integrated contouring head that handles up to 980 mm I.D. (38.6 in) and 780 mm O.D. Rated at 56 kW (75 hp), the integrated head takes on larger turned…