Product News

Beckhoff Automation has introduced a new industrial server product line that enables "many-core machine control."

Drake Manufacturing Services Co. LLC delivered a so-called "Drum" or "Crown" grinder to an Asian manufacturer of tapered roller bearings.

maxon precision motors introduces right angle gearheads designed to be configured with maxon's 22mm and 32mm dc motors.

OPEN MIND Technologies AG has released hyperMILL ShopViewer, a proprietary visualization solution for the workshop.

A variety of modular units from Carr Lane Roemheld can be combined in numerous ways for safe and efficient handling and movement of heavy loads in assembly operations.

Guyson Corp. has designed and built a robotic grit-blasting machine that is specially adapted for processing aircraft turbine blades in production lots.

Comau's newest robot, Racer 999, is a six-axis articulated robot that inherits all the key features of its "older brother" Racer 7-1.4, a product that has had success since it was introduced just a year ago, and adds unique features that complement the Italian company's wide range of products.

eNETDNC announces a new wireless USB DNC unit.

Okuma's GI-10NII is equipped with extremely rigid, high-speed grinding wheel spindles that produce high-performance production in automated environments.

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp. introduces its newest expanding mandrel collet chuck.

Kurt's new DoveLock vise is a 5-axis workholder for the most advanced aggressive machining operations.

The new, affordable AccuteX "Great Economy" (GE) Wire EDMs from Absolute Machine Tools, advertised at $89,000, reportedly combine high cutting speed and accuracy.

Now available in configurations for threading, grooving and chamfering, Carmex says its expanded CMT line of vertical milling inserts delivers longer tool life, higher material removal, excellent surface finish, reduced cycle times, and lower cutting forces in materials up to 62 HRC steel.

Palmgren Steel Products Inc. says its self-centering, low-profile machine vise is ideal to use with drilling and milling machines whenever quick, accurate centering of the workpiece below the spindle is required.

Kistler expands its range of RCDs (Rotating Cutting Force Dynamometers) with the new Type 9171A rotating dynamometer for use in high-performance cutting applications.

Achieving the best results in deep-hole drilling calls for capable and reliable tools. To this end, tool manufacturer InovaTools is offering new double-cut deep-hole drills with internal cooling, designed precisely for the particular challenges of this special application in terms of substrate, geometry and chip clearance.

Creform Corp. has developed a new design for mobile tool carts built with the Creform System of pipe and joints making them flexible, easy to customize and optimize.

Already reportedly well respected for accuracy, HEIDENHAIN adds versatility to its gaging line by expanding its length gage offerings with new variants of its successful in-line SPECTO and ACANTO gages.

In the US, many high volume tubing suppliers have moved production facilities overseas to low cost producers like China or Mexico. Minimum buys are now the rule, leaving many US manufacturers with a quandary – How to get small quantities of a wide variety of tubing needed for research and development or smaller production runs.

HEIDENHAIN is pleased to announce the latest expansion of its gaging line, the ZERO-FORCE METRO Length Gage.