Product News

Knuth Machine Tools USA offers the DL E Series universal lathes for handling heavy-duty fabrication and single-part production.

The L.S. Starrett Company has introduced its patented 649 Series Spindle Square for tramming the head of a vertical milling machine.

Makino Inc. announces the new F-Series vertical machining center designed to provide stiffness and rigidity for chatter-free cutting, agility for high-speed and hard milling and accuracies for tight tolerance blends and matches typical of complex, 3-D contoured geometry associated with die/mold and medical production.

Sugino Corp.'s Pneucon Selfeeder portable pneumatic drilling units are for streamlining drilling applications on large wing and fuselage assemblies. The units provide a TIR of less than 0.0006" and provide 0.0008" repeatability on depths.

The new SINO-R from Schunk Inc. is a maintenance free toolholder especially well suited for rough milling.

GF AgieCharmilles' CUT 1000 wire EDM is for micromachining and ultraprecision applications.

Renishaw's new RLP40 and OLP40 lathe inspection probes offer a choice of signal transmission technologies – radio or optical – to make part setup and inspection on turning centers accurate, simple and reliable.

MAG's new U5-3000 Universal Machining Center combines massive platform capacity with long-reach 3-meter Z-axis and 5-axis, 5-side contour machining for efficient processing of large aluminum and composite parts.

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. has expanded its turning tool line to include HSK T63 tooling for multitask machines. The line offers modular turning tools for mill/turn applications in either a 45° tilt style or a 90° right-angle style.

Okuma America Corp. says its new M460-VE vertical machining center marries value with high-performance machining technology.

A 20mm spring-loaded engraving toolholder is available from 2L inc. The holder can be used in a CNC machine with a 20mm collet or endmill holder and is for high-speed production engraving on flat, curved or uneven surfaces.

Sandvik Coromant's CoroBore 825 is for finishing of holes with tight tolerances and surface finish requirements.

Eurotech Elite's new Trofeo series offers a design that delivers efficient and fast production of complex components, using live tools, C-axis and Y-axis.

Lucifer Furnaces Inc. shipped two dual-chamber atmosphere muffle ovens to a customer for the purpose of heat treating superconducting wire used in medical, pharmaceutical and industrial applications.

Engis Corp.'s Electrogrip electroplated diamond dressing blocks turn a standard grinder with reciprocating table, such as a surface, tool and cutter or optical form grinder, into an automatic form grinder when combined with power down-feed.

A milling cutter from Mikron Corp. Monroe is for back chamfer milling of small contours and bores, starting from 0.4mm in diameter. The company recommends conventional milling in two steps to avoid secondary burrs.

As part of its ongoing drive to provide customers—OEMs, shop owners, manufacturing engineers, tooling specialists, setup technicians, fixture, workholding and jig designers—with the innovative tools and technologies needed to enhance quality and productivity throughput, Fixtureworkscontinues to expand its product offering to encompass an ever growing list of stainless steel fixturing, workholding and operating elements.

Hardinge Inc. has released the T-42 Super-Precision turning centers.

Mori Seiki Co. Ltd. has announced the debut of the NH10000DCG machine tool.

Ono Sokki's EG-225 digital indicator is a multipurpose inch/metric switchable gage for a variety of applications.