Product News

Okuma America Corp. offers OSP Virus Protection System (OSP-VPS) that embeds a virus scanning application programming interface (VSAPI) from Trend Micro for Okuma OSP-P controls (OSP-P300/P200A/P200/P20) to prevent infection by viruses from networks or USB flash drives.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers series GN 920.1 Wedge Clamps in metric sizes.

Autodesk Inc. announced the availability of HSMWorks 2014, the integrated CAM solution for SolidWorks users.

igus has a single cable solution for servo motors and its program: the hybrid servo cable has an integrated hyperface bus element.

Spindle drives are becoming larger and more efficient in the case of machining centers and machine tools. To guide higher streams of energy, larger conductor cross-sections are required. As a result, servo cables are becoming thicker with larger bend radii, and in some cases are going beyond the permissible space of the machine tool. A shielded single core cable, like the Chainflex CF270-UL-D from igus is an ideal solution.

Now accessible on a RF/Mobile Device, Power Pick Global from KardexRemstar Inc. can provide inventory control for the entire warehouse.

Gleason Corp.'s 1500GMS Analytical Gear Inspection System has been updated to deliver improved inspection speeds and offer many new features to meet the widest range of inspection tasks for gears and non-gears as large as 1,500mm in diameter.

Titan Tool Supply introduces a new line of videoscopes to conduct remote quality control visual inspections required for aviation maintenance, casting inspection, cavity inspection, diesel or gasoline engine repair, locomotive maintenance, ship maintenance, and other applications.

Kurtz-Ersa, a European manufacturer of solder equipment, has switched from box assembly to flow assembly. This conversion enables them to process the rising number of orders without having to extend the shop floor. The machines which weigh several tons are transported through the assembly stations by means of RoundTrack technology from STROTHMANN Machines and Handling.

With the launch of its new website, Walter has provided a new virtual tool titled Product Code Search, an online search function for Walter tools which uses the name or order number of the tools as the search criteria.

HEIDENHAIN releases its newest addition to vacuum encoder technology with the LIP 400 series linear encoder system.

New GND Grooving Tool Holders from Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc. are engineered to reduced chatter and eliminate vibration.

Chevalier Machinery will continue production of its popular FBB-110 — 130 series machine into 2014.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers EN 237.1 plastic hinges in metric sizes.

Energy Chain specialist igus has expanded its proven 3-dimensional cable carrier line, Triflex, with the new series TRLF-100.

Greenerd Press & Machine Co. Inc. recently built and delivered three bench type C-frame 40-Ton Hydraulic Straightening Presses, Model HPBS-40, for a major U.S. airplane manufacturer.

SICK announced the launch of the DFS2X line of programmable incremental encoders.

Roughly 1,196 square feet of shelving was consolidated into two Shuttle Vertical Lift Modules (VLMs) from Kardex Remstar occupying only 184 square feet, a 71 percent savings in floor space.

Yamazen Inc. announces the U.S. debut and distribution of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) series of table-type horizontal boring mills, known as the "MAF-E Series."

The new retrofit reCool coolant-through system from REGO-FIX is a quick, cost-effective and low-maintenance way to bring the benefits of internal cooling to the live tooling used in CNC turning operations.