Product News

SPRING Technologies announces NCSIMUL Player 9.2, the dedicated viewer for NCSIMUL Machine, its realistic machining simulation solution.

The advantages of Tool Lifecycle Management are obvious throughout all departments, every employee has access to the tool data, the feedback from the shop floor flows back to Development and is used for continual improvement of the planning.

KMT Waterjet has announced the production and availability of the new KMT Waterjet Streamline SL-VI Series Pump.

Seco Tools LLC has introduced a line of R220.LN14 square shoulder mills that reduce costs and improve performance in demanding applications that require large depths of cut.

Röhm Products America has introduced the modular CAPTIS workpiece clamping system, which provides a range of workholding options for turning, milling and drilling applications through different combinations of modular components.

Moldmaking processes require innovative cutting tool technologies capable of delivering the highest degree of precision, flexibility and efficiency. With its latest line of endmills, NS Tool equips manufacturers with capabilities for boosting productivity and maximizing output in high-performance hard milling, according to distributor Single Source Technologies.

Fives introduces a new integrated contouring head for its Cincinnati 6-axis MEGA 800 HMC by announcing the sale of a two-machine cell that includes first use of the head on this machine size.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of the "Mitsubishi Super Skiving System" for machining internal gears with high speed and precision.

MecSoft Europe GmbH, distributor of CAD/CAM software solutions in Europe, has announced the availability of the latest version of the fully integrated plug-in VisualXPORT 2014 for SpaceClaim.

Flexpipe Industries announces the arrival of ALUX, a new product made of aluminum alloy with its surfaces anodized.

Mencom Corp. has more than 3,000 designs of panel interface connectors in production and its teams of engineers are designing new and custom PIC models every day.

Titan Tool Supply Inc. introduces a new Z-axis depth measuring microscope, which is designed to measure minute variations in height not easily distinguished by mechanical means.

With its MicroMAX JetMachining Center, OMAX reportedly proves the speed, versatility and accuracy of abrasive waterjet technology applies to the cutting ofµm-level parts or part features from a wide range of materials, including exotic metals, advanced composites, polymer thermoplastics and glass.

Renishaw's Equator shop-floor comparative gauge gets a significant speed boost for single-point probing applications with new touch-trigger probing capability via the TP20 probe, which can now be used in addition to the scanning SP25 probe.

The Eriez 5-Star Service Team is available, even on short notice, to service and repair equipment on-site at customers' facilities.

DaytonLamina introduces the LamCam line of universal compact cams.

ETEL presents its most well known and best-selling motor worldwide to North America, the ironcore TMB torque motor series. Continuing its reputation of being a worldwide leader in direct drive technology and maintaining the status of having one of the largest market shares for torque motors, the TMB series is a prime example of ETEL's quality in performance and design, and is now available through exclusive distribution by HEIDENHAIN Corp.•

The Lee Co.'s new 375 Zero Leak Chek is a miniature check valve featuring a seat with an elastomeric seal to achieve zero leakage.

With rising energy costs, new laws and a new environmental conscience, the topic of energy efficiency of production machinery is increasingly being discussed and influences more and more purchasing decisions. The same holds true for filtration systems designed to clean cooling lubricants in the tool manufacturing process. Distributed by oelheld, the filtration specialist VOMAT prides itself to provide systems that filter in an energy efficient way, saving a lot of operating cost, just as its compact design does, by utilizing less expensive production floor space.

Owing to new processing technologies, 15 years ago, Lach Diamond pioneered to place ;a chipbreaker guide step three-dimensionally as a chipbreaker into the diamond layer of a PCD insert. From this the company developed several variations for their chipbreaker program for the machining of nonferrous metals, especially for aluminum. This became a key element in series and mass manufacturing. The Titan is the patented >>chipbreaker Type IS<< (US Patent 6.315.502).