Product News

SSAB is launching Strenx, a new high-strength structural steel product brand, which offers an extensive portfolio of high-strength steels.

When Haas Automation introduced the Servo Bar 300 bar feeder in 1999, it was instantly popular, because it was compact, easy to use, and affordable. For 2015, Haas engineers went back to the drawing board to reportedly make bar feeder operations easier, more efficient and faster. The result is the all-new Haas Bar Feeder, which provides a simpler and more affordable way to automate part production on Haas turning centers.

ETEL presents the IMTHP, a thermal module that serves as an accessory to ETEL's torque motors, and is designed to provide absolute motor protection from overheating.

Building off the success of the AdvantEdge 7.0 release in January, Third Wave Systems (TWS) continues its focus on improving user productivity with the release of AdvantEdge 7.1.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers WN 580 inch size lifting eye bolts.

Diebold gauging products are designed the help maintain the accuracy and alignment of all machining center spindles.

Walter has introduced a pair of versatile, high performance and cost-effective taps: the Walter Prototyp TC115, designed for blind-hole threads, and the TC216 for through-hole threads.

Seco Tools LLC recently expanded its Highfeed series of indexable-insert milling cutters to include the Highfeed 2 and 4.

Abtex Corp. announced a new machine for deburring powdered-metal parts when they're still in the "green" state, prior to sintering.

EXSYS Tool Inc. has long supplied the North American market with high-precision, German-made EPPINGER live and fixed toolholders for CNC turning centers and modular adapter systems for quick lathe tooling changeovers. Today, EXSYS has expanded its offerings to include a new line of high-quality EPPINGER gearboxes and custom gear-making services for a wide variety of industries.

Perceptron has extended the performance range of its HELIX smart scanning sensor with the addition of a high power version, offering higher dynamic range.

Tungaloy Corp. announces the expansion of newly designed drill bodies and new insert grades for TungdrillTwisted.

The advantages of Tool Lifecycle Management are obvious: Throughout all departments, every employee should have access to the tool data. In order for this process to work smoothly, it needs a center in which all information converges…the TDM Base Module and an efficient data base.

5ME's new Freedom Digital Interface (FDI) with integral MTConnect adapter allows shops with legacy equipment to monitor machine tool performance using the company's Freedom eLOG, or other MTConnect monitoring software.

Ritron Inc. introduces the Q-series analog callbox, a high-visibility, high-performance yet cost effective compact callbox for varied commercial and industrial environments.

Guyson Corp. has introduced a robotic blast system with two turntables on a shuttle transfer cart that facilitates loading and unloading during the automated grit blasting cycle.

Manufacturers and quality professionals requiring high-precision components such as automotive fuel systems and powertrains are under constant pressure to deliver the utmost quality efficiently. Consequently, Kennametal Precision Surface Solutions is announcing Extrude Hone EVO, the next generation of electrochemical machining solutions featuring proprietary generator technology delivering from 3kW to 100kW power depending on machine configuration.

Whether it's rotationally symmetrical workpieces such as shafts, pistons, bearings, and toothed parts, or medical devices such as implants, if strict tolerances have to be met, each product is carefully checked by optical measurement during the production process. But to do this, component surfaces have to be clean. quattroClean from ACI AG is a solution, an inline and fully-automated innovative cleaning cell.

VariMill GP (General Purpose) is the latest in WIDIA's "Vari" family of tools, which extends to VariDrill and VariTap.

Beckhoff Automation has introduced the CX8091 as a new member of the CX8000 line, which currently includes the smallest Embedded PCs available from the company.