Dead and Live Centers for Mazak CNC Lathes

Contact Details

Riten Industries Inc.
Address
1100 Lakeview Ave.
Washington Court House
43160
OH
United States
Phone
740-335-5353
Toll Free Phone
800-338-0027
Fax
740-335-4622
June 17, 2016

Riten Industries is the OEM provider of dead and live centers for Mazak CNC lathes. Many are delivered with Riten centers already installed.

Mazak machines have a proprietary taper that require special shank dimensions. Riten maintains a complete, in-stock inventory of CNC and replaceable bell head dead centers, all manufactured with the special Mazak taper.

CNC centers offer a choice of steel or carbide-tipped points, and accuracy is guaranteed to ±0.00005". Bell heads are accurate to ±0.0001" when assembled to dead center mandrel. All are available in 4, 5 and 6 Morse taper.

Related Glossary Terms

  • centers

    centers

    Cone-shaped pins that support a workpiece by one or two ends during machining. The centers fit into holes drilled in the workpiece ends. Centers that turn with the workpiece are called “live” centers; those that do not are called “dead” centers.

  • computer numerical control ( CNC)

    computer numerical control ( CNC)

    Microprocessor-based controller dedicated to a machine tool that permits the creation or modification of parts. Programmed numerical control activates the machine’s servos and spindle drives and controls the various machining operations. See DNC, direct numerical control; NC, numerical control.

  • mandrel

    mandrel

    Workholder for turning that fits inside hollow workpieces. Types available include expanding, pin and threaded.

  • shank

    shank

    Main body of a tool; the portion of a drill or similar end-held tool that fits into a collet, chuck or similar mounting device.