Product News

Phillips Precision Products Div. has designed a work holding kit for Vision Inspection that complements its Open-Sight LEAN, fast-swap fixture plate system.

Hennig Inc. announces a newly designed mobile chip conveyor, which allows shops with auger chip processing machine tools to use larger chip bins or 55 gallon drums instead of small chip cans.

The CoroMill QD groove milling tools from Sandvik Coromant Co. are available with Silent Tools adapters for long-overhang machining. The through-coolant grooving and parting tools accept inserts with optimized geometries to effectively evacuate chips.

Eriez says its HydroFlow comprehensive coolant and fluid management systems maximize coolant effectiveness and longevity, improving machine tool productivity and reducing fluid disposal costs.

Knight Carbide Inc. offers precision-ground carbide inserts, indexable inserts, form tools and carbide cutting tools. According to the company, the tools provide accuracy and repeatability for blueprint applications, and the carbide grades, geometries, edge preparations and coatings are fine-tuned to enhance performance.

Walther Trowal's washing machine TRT 83x37 automatically removes thick layers of lubricants like grease, as well as other contaminants, from the surface of disassembled equipment components, which must be perfectly clean before they can be reused for the repair and overhaul of equipment.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers EN 236 plastic adjustable alignment hinges suitable for inch or metric applications.

YG-1 Tool Co. Ltd. created its new U.S. Technology Center in Charlotte, N.C., to better support its customers and markets through specialized manufacturing, engineering, R&D and training.

PRAB Inc. says its heavy-duty, open-frame, steel-belt conveyor minimizes downtime and improves worker safety. The design allows workers to quickly see if carry-over has fallen.

Weiler Corp.'s Burr-Rx deburring tools feature black ceramic grain filaments. According to the company, this delivers up to a 400 percent greater edge-cutting action compared to traditional silicon-carbide and aluminumoxide filaments, minimizing cycle times and maximizing media life.

UNITED GRINDING has extended its line of WALTER EWAG technologies for cutting tool production to now include the LASER LINE ULTRA 5-axis machining center that incorporates ultra-short pulse laser technology.

Spectronics Corp. offers the PowerMAX 365 Series UV-A LED flood lamps.

Hypertherm announced the introduction of the Powermax30 AIR, a new portable air plasma system and internal compressor in one.

A better operation starts with better tools. Since its launch in 2013, Kennametal's NOVO digital process planning application has continued growing by supplying complete tool data and process knowledge electronically, reportedly saving process planners, cost estimators, and manufacturing engineers countless hours of catalog lookups and process guesswork. That same intelligence for driving new efficiencies is available on PC and tablet devices in the new Version 1.6.

Tungaloy Corp. introduces TungFineBall, the new series of indexable endmills for high-precision finishing.

Kardex Remstar introduces a fully SAP integrated software package, Kardex Drive.

With the new UR3 robot, Universal Robots brings the collaborative benefits of a user-friendly robot to the table.

The Mastercam X9 Public Beta release is open to all current Mastercam customers who are on Maintenance.

NCG CAM Solutions Ltd. UK officially released NCG CAM v14 on 23 March 2015.

The COORD3 BENCHMARK CMM from Perceptron offers customers a high-performance cost-competitive CMM with the added benefit of a small footprint.