Product News

ABB Robotics has introduced the IRB 6700 robot family, its seventh generation of large industrial robots.

Chevalier Machinery will continue production of its popular FBB-110 — 130 series machine into 2014.

At SPS/IPC/DRIVES, Metronix announces a new range of servo motor drives that provide automation builders with an outstanding new combination of capability and economy. Called blueServo, the packaged drives combine a universal real-time Ethernet capability with safe torque off functional safety and comprehensive encoder interfacing capability — including the single-cable HIPERFACE DSL scheme.

Greenerd Press & Machine Co. Inc. recently built and delivered three bench type C-frame 40-Ton Hydraulic Straightening Presses, Model HPBS-40, for a major U.S. airplane manufacturer.

Eriez HydroFlow Portable Tramp Oil Separators, including a high speed, manually cleaned disc bowl centrifuge, feature a compact, mobile design to provide metalworking plants with true, high speed centrifugation.

Metabo Corp. has introduced its new family of flat head grinders.

Gleason Corp. has announced their complete set of Power Skiving solutions, providing an economical process ideally suited for the production of internal gears, and for all gears with interfering contours and features.

Okuma America Corp. offers OSP Virus Protection System (OSP-VPS) that embeds a virus scanning application programming interface (VSAPI) from Trend Micro for Okuma OSP-P controls (OSP-P300/P200A/P200/P20) to prevent infection by viruses from networks or USB flash drives.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers series GN 920.1 Wedge Clamps in metric sizes.

igus has a single cable solution for servo motors and its program: the hybrid servo cable has an integrated hyperface bus element.

Now accessible on a RF/Mobile Device, Power Pick Global from KardexRemstar Inc. can provide inventory control for the entire warehouse.

Spindle drives are becoming larger and more efficient in the case of machining centers and machine tools. To guide higher streams of energy, larger conductor cross-sections are required. As a result, servo cables are becoming thicker with larger bend radii, and in some cases are going beyond the permissible space of the machine tool. A shielded single core cable, like the Chainflex CF270-UL-D from igus is an ideal solution.

HEIDENHAIN Corp. is making available a new version of the RCN Series of absolute angle encoders, now with "Functional Safety," offering numerous advantages to today's machine tools.

The new DIAMOND E-250 is the latest member of the E-Series CO₂ laser family from Coherent Inc.

Airflow Systems Inc.'s E-Z Arm High Flow series of contaminant extractor arms provides highly efficient, source-point collection and removal of dusts, powders, fumes, smoke, odors, and other contaminants before they can migrate throughout the facility to disrupt worker breathing zones, cause damage to sensitive equipment, and settle on finished goods.

Titan Tool Supply introduces a new line of videoscopes to conduct remote quality control visual inspections required for aviation maintenance, casting inspection, cavity inspection, diesel or gasoline engine repair, locomotive maintenance, ship maintenance, and other applications.

Mark-10 Corp. has announced its Series TT02 torque tool testers for the accurate and reliable verification of applied torque values derived from torque screwdrivers, wrenches, and other small hand tools used on the factory floor and in other production environments.

Kurtz-Ersa, a European manufacturer of solder equipment, has switched from box assembly to flow assembly. This conversion enables them to process the rising number of orders without having to extend the shop floor. The machines which weigh several tons are transported through the assembly stations by means of RoundTrack technology from STROTHMANN Machines and Handling.

With the launch of its new website, Walter has provided a new virtual tool titled Product Code Search, an online search function for Walter tools which uses the name or order number of the tools as the search criteria.

CGTech is shipping version 7.3 of VERICUT CNC machine simulation and optimization software.