Product News

In many industrial cleaning applications the use of solvents yields valuable process advantages. Committed to making optimum use of these benefits, Durr Ecoclean keeps refining and improving its equipment portfolio continually.

Dapra Corp. has introduced 12mm Cutter Bodies and Inserts to its line of 90 Square Shoulder precision mills.

Medical part manufacturing continues to be a rapidly growing market due to the large population of aging baby boomers who are looking for "improved quality of life." Demand is high for high-precision components for neurological, orthopeadic, spinal/bone fixation, dental implants, drug infusion, catheter connectors, optical, maxillofacial, micro/minimally invasive, surgical instruments and other medical devices, most of which can be manufactured on the Hardinge QUEST SUPER-PRECISION GT27 gang-tool turning center.

The MAXPRO200 from Hypertherm is a 200 amp handheld torch capable of severing up to 75mm (3") for demolition, scrapping and other heavy-duty cutting demands.

The Hi-TECH 450 horizontal turning center from Hwacheon Machinery America has a 500mm turning diameter and 1,350mm turning length.

TCI Precision Metals ships custom, precision Machine-Ready Blanks throughout the U.S., saving shop owners time and money, while increasing production capacity by 25 percent or more.

Italian coordinate measuring machine (CMM) manufacturer Coord3 Metrology announced its 2013 CMM model series with the PH10 PLUS series of motorized indexing probe heads, wireless thermal compensation, high-resolution free-floating measuring scales and a free Stylus Change Rack.

IBAG North America announces the new, High Torque Back Working Spindles in 20mm, 22mm and 25mm sizes offering 234 watts peak power with spindle speeds to 60,000 rpm.

Heidenhain offers a new magnetic ring encoder strategically segmented to simply fit around large shafts is now available from Leine & Linde.

PartMaker Inc., a division of Delcam Plc, has launched a new, free utility called PartMaker Viewer. PartMaker Viewer allows users to view 2D prints, 3D models and even complete 3D assemblies.

Methods Machine Tools Inc. has announced they have introduced the new FANUC RoboCut. C400iA and C600iA wire EDMs.

Raydiance Inc., an industrial grade femtosecond laser manufacturer based in Petaluma, Calif., recently introduced the R-Drill 200 — a packaged, factory-ready microhole drilling solution for precision manufacturers.

Tapeswitch Corp. released the PCU programmable safety controller that further extends robust safety product system capabilities to include systems integration, programmable logic control functions and management software (included).

The Creform Material Handling System, manufactured by the Creform Corp., recently provided an automotive supplier of fabricated metal parts with the ability to move components from its stamping operations to welding cells for further processing, according to a Creform news release.

To continue the success of its Turbo 10 series of square shoulder milling cutters and provide manufacturers with increased machining flexibility in tough materials, Seco Tools is expanding the product line to include more inserts with new geometries and radii as well as helical cutters.

An optics cleaning kit that includes everything necessary for removing spatter and dirt in the field to help prevent coating damage and improve transmission is available from Laser Research Optics.

The new CL-400 CO₂ laser cutting system combines Cincinnati Incorporated's most popular, performance-driving features from its CL-800 and CL-900 models in an affordable package for shops looking to add laser-cutting capability.

Emuge Corp. has announced the introduction of MultiTAP-Form, a high-performance forming tap designed to deliver performance increases in a wide range of materials including carbon steel, steel alloys, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass, and bronze.

Now it is possible to operate an In-House Zinc Phosphate processing system utilizing almost no rinse water. Using MICROLOK MZN with the Near-Zero Water Recycler and Ion Exchange from Birchwood Technologies, water consumption is reduced by 99 percent.

Hardinge HCAC Collet Adaptation Chucks will adapt most spindles to accept C-series pull back collets, J-series pull back collets, stationary B-series collets, style-S master collets, step chucks and closers and dead-length collets.