Buying a Bridgeport mill will change the way
any small or large shop operates. That is because
mills made by Bridgeport lead the industry in
technological advances, efficiency, and reliability.
Bridgeport supplies mills for many different
industries, including a large number of auto
manufacturers and aerospace firms. The reason
these companies choose Bridgeport is because
Bridgeport builds their mills with the most advanced
technology and backs them with a commitment to
ensure that these machines will last a lifetime.
Do it yourself millers will rarely find a Bridgeport
mill in their price range, but looking at the
technology of these mills will make them wish
they could.
The
Company
The Bridgeport Company began in 1917 as Adcock
and Shipley, manufacturers of many different
tools. The company grew slowly for several years,
but when they began making milling machines in
the late 1950s this growth became exponential.
Bridgeport now has suppliers and manufacturing
plants in several different countries around
the world, and produces some of the most exciting
and precise machining centers in the world.
Bridgeport mills
Bridgeport mills are the first choice of almost
every industry that demands precision milling.
This is because Bridgeport produces some of the
most accurate and reliable mills in the world.
By purchasing a mill from Bridgeport these high
tech firms (such as aircraft and race car manufacturers)
know that they will get accurate milling, even
over the course of a production run that may
run into hundreds of the same milled item.
The
CNC mill – Bridgeport's specialty
One technological area that Bridgeport pioneered
was the CNC mill. CNC mills use computer programming
and robotic gantries to produce materials that
are far more accurate than a human could produce.
With a Bridgeport CNC mill any manufacturing
plant can produce milled parts that will be identical
down to the millimetre over hundreds or even
thousands of items. It is understandable that
companies that makes airplanes, then, would turn
to Bridgeport to ensure that the parts they use
will be produced to exact tolerances every time.
Bridgeport
CNC technology is intuitive, so that operators
only need to input specifications for the product.
Once these specifications have been entered,
the CNC mill decides for itself what tools
will be necessary and can perform tool changes
in less than four seconds. With accuracy and
speed like that, it is no wonder that many
manufacturers choose a Bridgeport mill.
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