A machine for machining a workpiece having a central longitudinal axis is provided. The machine includes a chuck or fixture on which the workpiece is disposable, a grinding spindle to remove material from the workpiece, the grinding spindle having a central longitudinal axis about which the grinding spindle rotates and being disposed with the central longitudinal axes intersecting one another so as to create a continuous gear tooth on the workpiece and an electrochemical grinding (ECG) element configured to execute ECG processing on the grinding spindle and the workpiece to soften the workpiece as the gear tooth is being created by the grinding spindle.

A rolled track link may comprise a central portion, a front portion, on a front side of the central portion, having a front portion planar upper surface and a pin bore, and a back portion, on a back side of the central portion, having a back portion planar upper surface that is offset from the front portion planar upper surface by a perpendicular distance along a height of the track link, and having a bushing bore. At each point along a length of the track link, a thickness of the track link is uniform along a width of the track link, other than at holes, including the pin bore and the bushing bore.

A rolled track link may comprise a central portion, a front portion, on a front side of the central portion, having a front portion planar upper surface and a pin bore, and a back portion, on a back side of the central portion, having a back portion planar upper surface that is offset from the front portion planar upper surface by a perpendicular distance along a height of the track link, and having a bushing bore. At each point along a length of the track link, a thickness of the track link is uniform along a width of the track link, other than at holes, including the pin bore and the bushing bore.

A method for machining and finishing a metallic member to provide a finished product without any additional process uses a lathe and a milling process. A non-circular metallic member on a worktable is rotated, and lathe tool moved backwards and forwards to machine the peripheral top portion of the metallic member. The path of the lathe tool machines curved surfaces of the top portion of the metallic member. The rotation of the metallic member is then stopped, and a milling cutter is brought to meet the peripheral sidewall of the metallic member. The movement and feeding of the milling cutter is predetermined. The worktable rotates the metallic member to enable one end edge of the peripheral sidewall and then another to face the milling cutter, and have the end edge chamfered by the milling cutter.

A method for machining and finishing a metallic member to provide a finished product without any additional process uses a lathe and a milling process. A non-circular metallic member on a worktable is rotated, and lathe tool moved backwards and forwards to machine the peripheral top portion of the metallic member. The path of the lathe tool machines curved surfaces of the top portion of the metallic member. The rotation of the metallic member is then stopped, and a milling cutter is brought to meet the peripheral sidewall of the metallic member. The movement and feeding of the milling cutter is predetermined. The worktable rotates the metallic member to enable one end edge of the peripheral sidewall and then another to face the milling cutter, and have the end edge chamfered by the milling cutter.

A method of manufacturing a component includes shaping a workpiece into a component having a desired shape and drilling a plurality of holes in said workpiece. The drilling includes continuously moving said workpiece and selectively operating a laser when said workpiece is at a predetermined position. The shaping and drilling occur in the same piece of equipment.

A method of manufacturing a component includes shaping a workpiece into a component having a desired shape and drilling a plurality of holes in said workpiece. The drilling includes continuously moving said workpiece and selectively operating a laser when said workpiece is at a predetermined position. The shaping and drilling occur in the same piece of equipment.

A manufacturing cell comprises a machine tool that has a tool carrier carrying a tool unit and has two adjacent workpiece paths oriented in a longitudinal direction. The tool unit can be displaced relative to a machine bed of the machine tool in a transverse direction and in a vertical direction. At least one workpiece carriage per workpiece path can be displaced in the longitudinal direction along the machine tool. The tool unit can be displaced in the longitudinal direction relative to the machine bed and/or relative to the workpiece carriages. The tool carrier overhangs or projects beyond the workpiece paths. The individual workpiece carriage can also be displaced in the longitudinal direction along the workpiece supply. Furthermore, the workpiece supply has at least one lowerable or tiltable stop device per workpiece path.

A working head for a cutting machine having a frame, and a cutting disc assembly supported by the frame. The cutting disc assembly having a cutting disc and a first driver rotatably moving the cutting disc around an axis of rotation of the cutting disc. A milling cutter assembly is supported by the frame. The milling cutter assembly has a milling cutter and a second driver that rotatably moves the cutting disc around an axis of rotation of the cutter.

A working head for a cutting machine having a frame, and a cutting disc assembly supported by the frame. The cutting disc assembly having a cutting disc and a first driver rotatably moving the cutting disc around an axis of rotation of the cutting disc. A milling cutter assembly is supported by the frame. The milling cutter assembly has a milling cutter and a second driver that rotatably moves the cutting disc around an axis of rotation of the cutter.