Product News

Walter says it has unveiled a technology that promises to dramatically improve machining effectiveness. Called Tiger·tec Gold, it is the latest iteration of Walter’s successful line of Tiger·tec and Tiger·tec Silver coatings.

ANCA offers the all-new 2017 TX7 Linear CNC tool and cutter grinder. Built upon the TX7+, the new TX7 Linear has been updated with ANCA innovations that ensure its users stay competitive as the production and quality requirements of precision CNC tool grinding become more demanding.

With the world of manufacturing undergoing major disruptions brought on by new market forces and technologies, Autodesk offers its portfolio of solutions for additive and subtractive manufacturing. The portfolio lets manufacturers take advantage of technology disruptions and improve competitiveness by creating higher quality products in less time with lower costs, according to the company.

Kern Precision says its Micro 5-axis milling machine does not only tout its reliability and precision, but also the size of its footprint, the capacity of its palletized toolchanger, its plug-and-play capability, its power and its versatility in terms of the size of workpiece it can accommodate.

ETEL introduced the newest advancement of its torque motor family, the TMB+. In order to keep up with the high demands of the machine tool market, ETEL has taken its existing TMB line of torque motors and redefined it to increase its overall torque, size selection, and winding options to expand upon an already extensive and well renowned series of direct drive motors.

K2D-KeyToData GmbH (K2D) announces the availability of the latest version of InspectionXpert OnDemand 2.0. In today’s manufacturing market, companies are required to comply with increasingly rigid quality verification of their products. InspectionXpert software reportedly addresses this challenge by providing a software application that can be installed quickly, is easy to learn, and that can deliver the required manufacturing first-article inspection documents and related technical data packages in 50 to 90 percent less time.

A full range of pneumatic saws and pipe machining tools that can cut all types of pipe, regardless of size and material, and prepare them for welding are available from Esco Tool. Esco MILLHOG APS-438 Saws are offered in standard and low radial clearance models with mounting tracks and accessories to cut tube and pipe up to 60” O.D. and 4.75” thick, including all schedules of P-91 Super Duplex stainless steel.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers GN 810.1 “universal fit” steel vertical acting toggle clamps with vertical mounting base. The toggle clamp is case-hardened sheet metal, zinc plated, with a blue passivated finish.

Verisurf Software Inc. announced its latest release, Verisurf 2017, will be integrated to support and drive the Fowler, zCAT portable, programmable CMM. The accuracy, portability and repeatability of the zCAT CMM coupled with the power of Verisurf dimensional metrology software reportedly delivers a robust and fully programmable, portable inspection solution.

Compact and flexible, the AeroGo Air Caster Rigging Kit contains everything necessary to move heavy, awkward or delicate loads using compressed air. The kit is housed in a rugged and lockable storage box. The rigging kit system can be configured to accommodate numerous and varied load requirements in a variety of applications, handling load weights as heavy as 64,000 lbs.

WIDIA’s Top Ream platform covers the majority of hole finishing needs, with diameters up to 42 mm (1.65 in.) and a range of edge preps and geometries available. The three keys to hole quality are diametral accuracy, form and position, and surface finish.

Harrington Hoists Inc. has introduced its RCB Ex-certified spark-resistant hand chain hoists and RPT/RGT manual push and geared trolleys. These products are manufactured with materials that will reduce risk of sparks produced by impact or friction in heavy-duty industrial applications.

Verisurf Software Inc. announced Verisurf 2017, the latest release of its measurement software for advanced surface analysis, quality inspection, assembly guidance and reverse engineering. The new release includes many enhancements and added capabilities.

Dorner’s newly redesigned 2200 series modular belt conveyor features additional belt options, a sleek open-frame design, a universal T-slot and is ideal for applications within the metalworking, packaging, assembling and general manufacturing industries. The product redesign includes a number of improvements.

The Dual Force Vac Drum Pump from Vortec is a convenient and versatile solution for liquid material handling and spill clean-up. Using Vortec technology, this two-way, air-powered drum pump can fill or discharge a 55-gallon drum in just 2 minutes with no moving parts and no shock hazard.

Harman Corp. announces the availability of low-cost dip molding for custom shipped caps, plugs or handgrip applications. Harman offers in-house design and tooling capabilities and can provide prototypes within 7 working days. Tooling costs for dip molding are 1/10th the price of injection molding, according to the company.

HEIDENHAIN is expanding its range of incremental sealed rotary encoders for high loads with the introduction of the new ROD 620 and 630 models of the ROD 600 series. The sturdy design of these encoders’ mechanics opens up broad fields of application in machine tool, plant construction and in-position feedback systems for controlling asynchronous motors.

SmartCAMcnc announced the release of SmartCAM ShopFloor Milling, an easy-to-use and affordable shop-floor programming system designed to empower machinists with CNC programming independent of their in-house programming department. With this new product launch SmartCAMcnc reportedly provides more functionality than traditional conversational programming, offline and independent of specific conversational CNC format.

In 1978, LACH DIAMANT discovered the use of spark erosion as a means of forming polycrystalline cutting materials and allowing for the production of rotating PCD tools, e. g. step drills and profile tools. Since then, PCD diamond tools have established themselves in metal, wood and plastic industries all over the world.

Machinery + Planning Inc. off the fully hydraulic Maplan MTF 1500/250 from the new MTF-range. As a vertical beam injection molding machine, it brings the topics of user-friendliness and ergonomics to the forefront, according to the company.