We are a welding company and our sub contract machinist is having problems achieving a consistent finish with a spiral raised face we have clad. The flange is approximately 2300mm in diameter. OD limit of raised face machining is 1850mm, ID limit 1650. Due to its size rotation is extremely slow...
We currently use 2 Homge hydraulic machine vices on our Hurco milling machines. They were a considerable investment some years ago and replacing these now would cost around £800 GBP. The problem we are experiencing is that they do not seem to get up to pressure.
The vice winds in manually on...
