Northfield Precision Instrument Corp. explains how mounting a set of four Model 450 custom-designed air chucks on the customer's machine improves finishing efficiency.
Kistler has introduced the Type 9129A, a three-component system, designed to offer high-precision measurements of cutting tool machinery forces of up to 8 kN, when turning outside and inside turret lathe diameters, in support of critical manufacturing process monitoring requirements.
Further enhancements to the recently-introduced Waveform Roughing strategy, and Quill Support for advanced milling, are just two of the significant features in the latest release of the CAM software, Edgecam, from the Vero group.
The most recent addition to Kitagawa-NorthTech Inc.'s family of solutions is a custom designed steady rest for the Haas ST-40 high performance turning centers.
While Seco Tools is a leading provider of metalcutting tools for a wide variety of industries, the company also offers advanced value-added solutions that allow its customers to optimize their tooling stock, reduce costs and increase productivity. Such solutions include the new SupplyPod automated inventory control device with reporting and order management capabilities.
A new portable welding end prep tool that features a highly reliable, variable speed 14 Amp electric motor for applications where compressed is not available is being introduced by ESCO Tool.
Dorner's 2200 Series conveyor with Precision Move technology now comes with a common drive option to power multiple conveyors in a fixed position from a single drive motor.
Norton is implementing a performance upgrade across their "Better" tier of metal fabricating abrasives products for portable grinding applications. Products in the tier will now be sub-branded as Norton BlueFire and feature a zirconia alumina grain with properties that enable significantly improved performance.
HEIDENHAIN's line of metrology digital readouts (DROs) has now received an upgrade. New LED screens are now being released on QUADRA-CHEKs (models ND 1100 and ND 1200) and the GAGE-CHEK model ND 2100, previously all with LCD screens.
CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels expanded its flap wheel drum line for large-scale metal finishing with the introduction of wire flap wheel drums with keyhole arbors.