In response to customer needs for a more efficient multi-level vertical lifting solution for automated conveyor applications, Wildeck's industry-leading VRC product development team has unveiled the XpressLift Automated VRC.
DMI series S chuck jaws from Dillon Manufacturing Inc. provide extended jaw lengths with heights from 1½" (38.1mm) to 10" (254mm). The long lengths enhance workpiece stability and enable multiple uses of the blank before it is consumed, according to the company.
InovaTools offers TSC tools that have been optimally adapted in terms of substrate, geometry and chip clearance for various materials, such as special alloys, hardened steel, tempering steel, INOX, general construction steel, aluminum and plastic.
M.A. Ford Manufacturing Co. Inc.'s Cyclone drill (CXD series) has an enhanced doublemargin design. This improves location when drilling intersecting through-holes and imparts fine hole finishes, and the back margin location allows for quick engagement in the hole, according to the company.
Available in North America through HEIDENHAIN Corp., the Magnification Checker is a tool to reliably assist machine vision users in qualifying the pixel size of any camera type.
Seco Tools LLC offers the Square T4-08 shoulder mill for roughing and semifinishing. The tool has four cutting edges and a tangential cutter design that imparts a fine surface finish when slotting, contouring and plunging, according to the company.
Dedicated for groove milling and parting off operations, CoroMill QD from Sandvik Coromant takes care of chip issues with optimized geometries and a unique internal coolant solution.
5ME's new e$CORE software feature generates a monetized version of machine tool performance based on the six span-time categories as defined by AMT — The Association For Manufacturing Technology.
Self-centering ID Clamps from Carr Lane Manufacturing simultaneously locate and clamp from the inside of an existing hole or slot in the part, leaving the entire outer surface clear for machining.
Crystallume has introduced roughcut and fine-cut alligator back routers for trimming composite materials. The alligator back design increases the feed rate and provides fast trimming capabilities while minimizing tear-out, according to the company.
Phillips Precision Products Div. has designed a work holding kit for Vision Inspection that complements its Open-Sight LEAN, fast-swap fixture plate system.
Metal finishers now can achieve both a high quality black oxide finish and a zinc phosphate finish using the same processing system from Birchwood Technologies.
Emuge Corp. introduced a new solid-carbide Turbine end mills program for milling turbine blades, impellers, blisks and other complex 5-Axis components.
