Product News

KLINGSPOR's newly formulated 0.8mm (.031") A 980 TZ Special cutoff wheel enhances performance and safety.

In response to customer needs for a safer material lift for automation duty applications, Wildeck's VRC product development and marketing team has unveiled a new fully integrated VRC system incorporating automated flush-mounted conveyors, with either a straddle or 4-post vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC), and Wildeck Overhead Safety Gates at each level.

Medical device contract manufacturer Norman Noble Inc. announced it has begun providing additional design and testing services to its medtech customers.

CECOR announces a special F23-S filter for its SA5-175PT Sump Shark specifically for waterjet cutting applications.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers GN 227.4 A4 stainless steel spoked handwheels, in inch and metric sizes, with and without revolving handle.

KAAST Machine Tools offers a new fully-automatic bandsaw.

EXAIR Corp.'s new PEEK Pico Super Air Nozzle reportedly has been engineered to produce the highest performance attainable from a tiny nozzle.

The GAE series of CNC Angular Cylindrical Grinders from Shigiya (USA) Ltd. reportedly provides high accuracy at an affordable price.

ABB Robotics has introduced the FlexMT, a flexible, pre-engineered system designed to load and unload machine tools using vision guided robotics.

Lovejoy Tool Co. Inc. announces the new MaxCut 651 cutters utilizing new chip gullet design combined with thick inserts (0.250") for continuous heavy-duty work, resulting in high metal-removal rates.

Okuma America Corp. has introduced its VTM-2000YB multitasking CNC turning center, which provides heavy-duty construction for large parts machining.

Parlec Inc. has introduced ERos, a simplistic, ultra precise, extreme performance toolholding system.

Werner Geissler GmbH has been producing precision turned parts for 40 years predominantly for the automobile and automotive supply industry. Where as speed is the name of the game in automotive suppliers market, Geissler recently sought out a solution to accellerate cycle times for a test bench that performed the final inspection of precision turned parts. At the heart of the system was a pneumatic rotary indexing table which had reached its limits and was no longer able to produce the desired shorter cycles.

Mitutoyo's QM-Height digital height gage line offers an accuracy of 4.5µm and significant improvements in design and capability to previous generation QM-Height gages.

Approximately one year ago, William R. Jones, CEO of the Solar Group of Companies, decided to donate a small horizontal vacuum furnace for use as a teaching tool in the ASM International training facility in Materials Park, Ohio. This furnace was given the name "The Mentor" as it would serve to teach and guide students seeking to advance in the metals processing world.

ETEL announces the XYZT Planar Platform is now available in North America through HEIDENHAIN Corp.

Micro Photonics Inc. announced the release of the SkyScan-2211 Multi-Scale Nano-CT.

The Sysmac NJ Machine Automation Controller from Omron Automation and Safety provides direct connectivity to SQL databases, including Microsoft SQL, Oracle, IBM DB2, MySQL and Firebird. This enables OEMs and end-users to improve machine performance by eliminating the maintenance complexities associated with PCs and middleware, while reliably collecting data for analysis and optimization.

Miyachi America Corp. announces the availability of the Miyachi MDA-10000A ultrafast, high-current linear DC weld control, which can operate in constant current mode, constant voltage mode or both.

Dialight announced the launch of its high-output LED Vigilant High Bay, offering a viable replacement for costly and inefficient 1,000W traditional HID high-output fixtures.