Product News

Ingersoll Cutting Tools' Power-Feed+Mini high-feed cutter accepts double-sided, four-edge inserts.

Where applications demand precise thread quality and improved threadmaking productivity, Widia offers its new high-performance WIDIA-GTD HSS-E taps.

The Tribos-RM toolholder for micromachining from Schunk Inc. has a one-piece, rotationally symmetric design to reportedly ensure long life of the machine spindles and the complete transmission of power.

Sunnen Products Co. says it meets contemporary needs for planet-friendly industrial consumables with the introduction of SHO-500, a long-lived general-purpose honing fluid based on a renewable vegetable formulation that makes sustainable metalworking affordable and practical.

A line of high-performance industrial grade blades for processing and cutting rolled or coiled metals to customer specifications is available from Hyde Industrial Blade Solutions, a division of Hyde Tools Inc.

With the KOMET of America Inc. Quatron hi.feed milling cutters, KOMET says it is replicating the success of its KUB Quatron drills in a new range of milling cutters.

Mikron Corp. Monroe engineers special tools, which are often combination tools for several different machining operations.

Nikon Metrology recently introduced the MCA II range of articulated arms with a measurement volume between 1.8 meters and 3.6 meters in diameter. Equipped with the brand new ModelMakermmDx, the MCA II is an ultra-modern and accurate handheld scanning combination that is said to handle every inspection task, regardless of specimen size, material and location.

Jet Edge's iP60-50R water jet pump has two intensifier systems. If one of the intensifier systems should fail or require service, the second intensifier system can continue operations until the intensifier pump can be shut down for service.

Renishaw Inc. offers the XL-80 laser calibration system.

A compact, wet Tri-Ten planetary head deburring system is available from Abtex Corp. in a return-to-operator configuration.

Mayfran International has introduced the ConSep Flex universal chip conveyor/separator, an innovative new system that efficiently handles a full range of materials and chip types while also cleaning coolant at the machine tool.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) has developed a new GEA Series of gear hobbing machines capable of processing large workpieces.

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp. introduces its Model 450WHF chuck.

New shrink-fit toolholders for machining centers and multitask machines are available from Kennametal Inc. The shrink-fit program is split into two lines. The GP (General Purpose) line for carbide, HSS and steel shanks can be accommodated with clamping torques suitable for most general machining tasks.

Guyson Corp. has introduced a robotic blasting system that incorporates a component-manipulating 6-axis robot and a shuttle transfer cart to automate processing of tray-loads of components.

The new F-Series vertical machining center from Makino Inc. integrates 8mm fine-pitch ballscrews and 0.05μm as standard equipment to provide enhanced precision. The series consists of two models: F3 and F5.

s the aerospace, automotive, and mold-and-die industries trend toward monolithic components and large structures, there is a growing need for large-travel machining centers. To accommodate large-volume machining, Haas Automation Inc. has expanded the capacity of its EC-1600 horizontal machining center with an additional 10" of Y-axis travel.

Seco Tools Inc. has announced the development of grade RX2000 with a surface hardness coating of up to 3,200 HV.

GF AgieCharmilles' new CUT 1000 OilTech wire EDM makes surface protection a priority.