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A vertical machining center performs controlled milling, drilling and tapping by moving a clamped workpiece and rotating cutting tool across programmed axes.

A CNC turning lathe rotates a workpiece in a chuck while a programmed turret moves cutting tools to turn diameters, faces, bores, grooves and threads.

A fiber laser cutting machine focuses laser energy through a cutting head while CNC motion follows nested profiles across sheet metal.

A CNC router uses a high-speed spindle and programmed multi-axis motion to cut, drill and profile sheet or panel materials held on a worktable.

An EDM wire cutting machine removes conductive material with controlled electrical discharges along a continuously moving wire.

A surface grinder uses a rotating abrasive wheel and controlled table motion to produce flat, accurate metal surfaces.

A CNC plasma machine cuts conductive plate by directing an electrically generated high-temperature plasma arc along programmed profiles.

A press brake forms sheet or plate by driving a punch into a matched die under controlled force and backgauge position.