Regardless of a live center's brand, its quality is acceptable or the center manufacturer wouldn't be in business. In addition, most center designers have kept pace with today's high-horsepower machines, aggressive machining parameters and high-pressure coolant applications to avoid limiting the accuracy and service life of a live center.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2014-02-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/why-good-live-centers-go-bad/
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