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Abrasive and Water Jet Tools (52 companies)
Abrasive tools and water jet tools use a pressurized jet of water to cut or shape a variety of materials. Learn more about Abrasive and Water Jet Tools

Abrasive Jet Cutting Machines (93 companies)
Abrasive jet cutting machines are used to cut sheet materials or remove materials from a surface by generating a focused stream of fluid mixed with abrasive particles.
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Boring Machines (139 companies)
Boring machines cut the inside of a bore to enlarge its diameter. Learn more about Boring Machines

Broaching Machines (38 companies)
Broaching machines are used in a metal-removal process, broaching, that is similar to planing. They have rows of cutting teeth along a cutting axis. Learn more about Broaching Machines

CNC Routers (171 companies)
CNC routers are computer-controlled machines that are capable of cutting complex two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) shapes with router bits that spin at high speeds.
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Deburring Equipment (245 companies)
Deburring equipment removes burrs, smoothes parting lines, rounds off sharp edges and radiuses corners. Learn more about Deburring Equipment

Die Cutters and Die Cutting Machines (119 companies)
Die cutters and die cutting machines convert web or sheet materials into shapes. They are used to process woven cloth, non-woven textiles, and rubber sheets.
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Drilling and Tapping Machines (373 companies)
Drilling machines and tapping machines are used to drill or thread holes in a surface. Learn more about Drilling and Tapping Machines

Electrical Discharge Machines (EDM) (106 companies)
Electrical discharge machines (EDM) remove metal from a workpiece by using a series of electric sparks to erode material. Learn more about Electrical Discharge Machines (EDM)

Gear Cutting, Forming and Finishing Machines (35 companies)
Gear cutting, gear forming and gear finishing machines are used to cut, form, and finish gear teeth. They perform processes such as hobbing, milling, grinding, lapping, and deburring. Learn more about Gear Cutting, Forming and Finishing Machines

Grinders and Grinding Machines (694 companies)
Grinders and grinding machines use an abrasive that is bonded to a wheel, belt or disc to remove material and improve surface finish.
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Honing, Lapping and Super-finishing Machines (98 companies)
Honing, lapping and super-finishing equipment are used to improve surface finish or geometry to tight tolerances.
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Hot and Cold Forming Machines (46 companies)
Hot forming machines form metal that has been preheated. Cold forming machines form metal that has not been preheated. Learn more about Hot and Cold Forming Machines

Hydroforming Equipment (12 companies)
Hydroforming equipment uses fluid pressure to form tubular ferrous or nonferrous materials to the shape of a die. Hydroforming allows for severe shape deformation and generally produces strong parts of uniform thickness. Learn more about Hydroforming Equipment

Industrial Presses (626 companies)
Industrial presses use a ram to shear, punch, form or assemble metal or other material by means of cutting, shaping, or combination dies attached to slides. Examples include die cutting machines, forming and bending machines, punch presses, shop presses, sheet metal equipment, stamping presses, and wire forming machines.
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Ironworkers (25 companies)
Ironworkers are machines used to notch, shear or punch holes into steel plates. Learn more about Ironworkers

Laminators and Laminating Machines (196 companies)
Laminators and laminating machines or presses bond together layers of materials such as plastic films on glass, wood or other substrates. Learn more about Laminators and Laminating Machines

Laser Cutting and Welding Machines (107 companies)
Laser cutting machines and laser welding machines use a high-powered laser to cut or perforate materials in plate or sheet form. Learn more about Laser Cutting and Welding Machines

Laser Engraving and Laser Marking Machines (126 companies)
Laser engraving and laser marking machines use a high-powered laser to mark or scribe materials with text, images, patterns, and graduations.
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Laser Processing Equipment (405 companies)
Laser processing equipment uses high-powered lasers to cut, trim, perforate, weld, or join a variety of materials in plate or sheet form.
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Lathes and Turning Centers (567 companies)
Lathes and turning centers cut a rotating part with a stationary cutting tool. The tool moves parallel and perpendicular to the workpiece axis to provide the desired finished shape. Learn more about Lathes and Turning Centers

Laser Optics, Heads and Beam Delivery Components (70 companies)
Laser optics, heads and beam delivery components are used in laser cutting machines, laser welding and marking systems.
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Machining Centers (417 companies)
Machining centers are machine tools that are used to automatically repeat operations on a workpiece. They are usually numerically controlled. Operations include drilling, reaming, tapping, milling, and boring. Learn more about Machining Centers

Manufacturing Cells and Systems (95 companies)
Manufacturing cells and manufacturing systems consist of a number of machines organized together to perform multiple operations on a workpiece. Learn more about Manufacturing Cells and Systems

Marking and Engraving Equipment (314 companies)
Marking and engraving equipment marks or engraves products and packages with bar codes, lot codes, date stamps, graphics, labels, and other information. Marks are applied during the manufacturing process, eliminating the need to generate labels or papers for subsequent application.
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Milling Machines (490 companies)
Milling machines move a clamped workpiece into a fixed, rotating cutter; or move the cutter itself into a stationary workpiece. There are two basic configurations: vertical and horizontal.
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Oxy-fuel Cutting and Welding Machines (33 companies)
Oxy-fuel cutting machines and oxy-fuel welding machines use fuel gases and oxygen (e.g., oxyacetylene ) to cut or fuse metals by generating a high temperature (980-degree C) torch flame. Learn more about Oxy-fuel Cutting and Welding Machines

Plasma Cutting and Welding Machines (126 companies)
Plasma cutting machines and plasma welding machines melt an areas with an arc and then use a high-velocity, high-temperature ionized gas to make cuts and fuse materials. Learn more about Plasma Cutting and Welding Machines

Press Brakes and Bending Machines (192 companies)
Press brakes and bending machines are used to bend and fold metal by pressing it into a die. Learn more about Press Brakes and Bending Machines

Punch Presses (174 companies)
Punch presses are designed for stamping, punching, bending, shearing, converting, and assembly operations. Learn more about Punch Presses

Roll Forming Equipment (157 companies)
Roll forming equipment uses pressure applied by a series of steel rolls or roller dies to form or bend metal. Learn more about Roll Forming Equipment

Sawing and Cut-off Machines (591 companies)
Sawing machines and cut-off machines are used to cut raw materials to specified lengths or sizes. Learn more about Sawing and Cut-off Machines

Screw Machines (48 companies)
Screw machines are machine tools that use a number of cutting tools, fed into a rotating rod or bar, to make screws and other turned parts. Learn more about Screw Machines

Shaping and Slotting Machines (27 companies)
Shaping machines and slotting machines have a mounted cutting tool with a movable table so that metal can be moved back and forth for shaping, slotting, or cutting. Learn more about Shaping and Slotting Machines

Shears and Shearing Equipment (185 companies)
Shears and shearing equipment use a shearing or scissor-like action to cut metal into sheets or strips. Learn more about Shears and Shearing Equipment

Specialty Cutting Machines (262 companies)
Specialty cutting machines are specialized or proprietary products and accessories for cutting metal and other materials. Learn more about Specialty Cutting Machines

Specialty Forming Machines (129 companies)
Specialty forming machines are specialized or proprietary products and accessories for forming metal and other materials. Learn more about Specialty Forming Machines

Stretch Forming Equipment (6 companies)
Stretch forming equipment produces complex shapes by stretching a metal sheet, plate or extrusion over a form die. Learn more about Stretch Forming Equipment

Superplastic Forming Equipment (6 companies)
Superplastic forming equipment produces complex shapes in a high-temperature process which elongates and deforms a metal blank. Learn more about Superplastic Forming Equipment

Swiss Screw Machines (29 companies)
Swiss screw machines or automatics are turning machines with a sliding headstock, guide bushings and cross tools that can produce very small parts up to 1.250" diameter with consistently excellent surface finishes. Learn more about Swiss Screw Machines

Tenoners (14 companies)
Tenoners are woodworking machines that are used to produce tenons, projecting wooden members that fit into a mortise. Learn more about Tenoners

Thread Cutting Machines (21 companies)
Thread cutting machines generate threads by cutting and removing material to produce a thread shape. Learn more about Thread Cutting Machines

Thread Rolling Machines (18 companies)
Thread rolling machines generate threads by displacing and flowing metal into a thread shape. Learn more about Thread Rolling Machines

Transfer Machines (18 companies)
Transfer machines are used for medium to high volume machining or parts that require multiple machining processes. The main types of transfer machines are rotary transfer, in-line transfer, and trunnion transfer. Learn more about Transfer Machines

Tube Bending and Fabrication Equipment (112 companies)
Tube bending equipment and tube fabrication equipment is used to produce finished parts from tubes and pipes. Operations include bending, swaging, flaring, notching, spin forming, fixturing, assembling and beading. Learn more about Tube Bending and Fabrication Equipment

Tube End Forming Machines (15 companies)
Tube end forming machines are used to perform various operations on the end of a tube, including end reduction, end expansion, flanging, chamfering, roll beading, flaring, and notching. Learn more about Tube End Forming Machines

Ultrasonic Cutting and Welding Machines (39 companies)
Ultrasonic cutting machines and ultrasonic welding machines vibrate a cutting tool or welding head at a high frequency. They are used to cut or join carbon fiber, glass fiber, laminates, films, cork, prepreg, rubber, leather, plastic, food, and honeycomb materials. Learn more about Ultrasonic Cutting and Welding Machines

Wire Cutting Machines (23 companies)
Wire cutting machines are used to cut various types of wire and flexible tubing to specific lengths. These cutters can be programmed to cut to length. Learn more about Wire Cutting Machines



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