Royal Engineered Composites successfully installed a Composite Machining Center (CMC). The CMC, built by Flow International Corp., is reportedly the first ever Class B machine to be built.
Planet Products introduces its ProHold Series of lightweight, low profile self centering chucks for vertical turning lathes (VTL) up to 66" in diameter.
quare Dot, a patented high-resolution marking process from Columbia Marking Tools, permanently marks high-quality 2D/UID codes on a wide range of materials and costs less than laser marking.
OMAX Corp.'s new Intelli-VISOR System Monitoring Package enables users to oversee the status and performance of an OMAX abrasive waterjet throughout the entire cutting process.
Methods Machine Tools Inc. has introduced FEELER FT-Series High Performance CNC Turning Centers featuring a new all-boxway design to significantly increase cutting capacity.
DP Technology Corp., creator of ESPRIT computer-aided-manufacturing software, and ZOLLER GmbH & Co. KG., provider of tool-measurement machines and solutions, introduced the new ESPRIT-ZOLLER Interface for ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions.
Koma Precision Inc. now offers live tools for CNC lathes from the Italian manufacturer Alberti, for Doosan, Feeler, Hyundia Wia, and Samsung Machine Tools.
SIC Marking USA announces Hand-Held dot peen marking systems for marking flat and round work pieces such as plate, pipe and fabricated vessels, especially products with heavy weight.
Free from Sandvik Coromant, the new Drilling App for iPhones is designed to offer a quick and easy way for machine shops to calculate cycle times and costs for all drilling and tapping operations.
"Trigonometry for Engineering Technology" by Gary Powers is a 280-page book from Industrial Press Inc. The book is designed to teach the fundamentals to students new to the subject and is also useful for in-house training programs and as a self-study refresher.
The new ND 120 QUADRA-CHEK metrology digital readout (DRO) from HEIDENHAIN is designed specifically for manual measuring machines such as optical comparators and measuring microscopes.