Machine manufacturers are increasingly demanding cost-optimized hydraulic cylinders with a high degree of reliability. Bosch Rexroth meets these demands with the new CDL2 mill type cylinder for both pressure ranges of 160 and 250 bars.
Elbo Controlli, distributed through Koma Precision Inc., is continuing its advancement into the tool management market with a new generation of tool presetters.
Industrial Press Inc. has published a new e-book, "International System of Units (SI): How the world measures almost everything and the people who made it possible," by Edmund Isakov, Ph.D., who is also a contributor to CTE.
Dassault Systèmes announces DELMIA's Apriso Quality Solution, which includes enterprise quality management software (EQMS) and professional services that expands the reach of traditional Quality Management Systems (QMS) to the global shop floor, across the supply chain, and up to executives.
Eriez HydroFlow permanent magnetic and rare earth coolant cleaners are for use with surface grinders, gear grinders, honing and lapping machines, broaches, milling and drilling machines, face grinders, oil reclaiming machines and essentially anywhere else clean coolant is needed.
A field-proven, right angle drive I.D. clamping pipe milling tool for performing welding end preps anywhere an air hose or electric cord is unavailable is being introduced by ESCO Tool.
J.W. Winco Inc. now offers GN 822.6 Steel Mini Indexing Plungers, Lock-out and Non Lock-out Types, with Hidden Lock-in/Lock-out Positioning Mechanism, in metric sizes.
The firearms industry is currently a robust sector of the U.S. industrial economy. To assist manufacturers of small arms with growing volumes of barrels, Precihole Machine Tools, distributed by Absolute Machine Tools Inc., has introduced a dedicated manufacturing cell to improve the efficiency of producing barrels.
No. 907 is an electrically-heated inser atmospher walk-in over from Grieve, currently used for heat treating graphite tooling molds at a customer's facility.
ISCAR is expanding the range of SWISSTURN square-shank toolholders by adding new tools for high pressure coolant and also tools without the internal coolant feature.
Drivers are already used to the sixth gear, and the development continues. There are plans afoot for an automatic gearbox for a 9-gear transmission system. The reason is obvious, since it allows the car to be driven at optimal speeds for longer intervals and that saves fuel. Together with the continuing pressure to optimize, high volume gear production must become faster and cheaper. The EMAG Group has demonstrated their solution: the VLC 200 H Vertical Hobbing Machine that adds a new dimension to productivity levels.