Product News

Hexagon Metrology Inc. announced the immediate availability of new versions of the TESASTAR-m and TESASTAR-sm motorized probe heads for Brown & Sharpe and Sheffield branded coordinate measuring machines shipped from the North Kingstown, R.I., factory.

The E-Z Tool Calculator from E-Z Burr Tool Co. offers a simple way to see what tool, blade or insert to order, as well as the recommended speeds and feeds for the tool, which is available at ezburr.com/eztoolcalculator.

The 90° Deco-Cut system for sliding-head automatic lathes is available from Arno Rouse USA LLC. The system offers accurate and reliable machining of all materials and strong and accurate double-sided insert location, according to the company.

Dapra Corp. has expanded its Toroid Rhino-Carb CNC-pressed insert line with a new cutting edge geometry. Available for round and octagonal inserts, the new neutral ("N") cutting edge provides smoother cutting action for steels, irons and many stainless steels when compared to Dapra's stronger T-Land insert edge, according to the company.

Sandvik Coromant's innovative QS holding system, already available for users of Citizen and Star automatic sliding-head lathes, is now being introduced for machine shops with Tornos, Tsugami and Nexturn sliding-head models.

Guyson Corp. has introduced a robotic blasting system based on one of its compact rotary suction-blast cabinets.

Helical Solutions is introducing the H40ALV and H40ALV-RN, representing a major expansion of its aluminum endmill series.

Marking Tools has launched of a new programmable marking machine line.

Achieve economy through production performance with Seco Tool Inc.'s new Jabro-Solid2 (Solid Square) carbide milling cutters available in sizes from 1/8" to 1".

Lovejoy Tool Co. Inc. manufactures tooling for composite machining.

Knuth Machine Tools USA offers the DL E Series universal lathes for handling heavy-duty fabrication and single-part production.

The L.S. Starrett Company has introduced its patented 649 Series Spindle Square for tramming the head of a vertical milling machine.

Sugino Corp.'s Pneucon Selfeeder portable pneumatic drilling units are for streamlining drilling applications on large wing and fuselage assemblies. The units provide a TIR of less than 0.0006" and provide 0.0008" repeatability on depths.

The new SINO-R from Schunk Inc. is a maintenance free toolholder especially well suited for rough milling.

A new turning geometry for the finish turning of components manufactured from steel to the most difficult-to-machine materials, such as high-temperature alloys, has been launched by ATI Stellram.

Renishaw's new RLP40 and OLP40 lathe inspection probes offer a choice of signal transmission technologies – radio or optical – to make part setup and inspection on turning centers accurate, simple and reliable.

Okuma America Corp. says its new M460-VE vertical machining center marries value with high-performance machining technology.

A 20mm spring-loaded engraving toolholder is available from 2L inc. The holder can be used in a CNC machine with a 20mm collet or endmill holder and is for high-speed production engraving on flat, curved or uneven surfaces.

Sandvik Coromant's CoroBore 825 is for finishing of holes with tight tolerances and surface finish requirements.

Makino Inc. announces the new F-Series vertical machining center designed to provide stiffness and rigidity for chatter-free cutting, agility for high-speed and hard milling and accuracies for tight tolerance blends and matches typical of complex, 3-D contoured geometry associated with die/mold and medical production.