Product News

APEM Inc. expands its family of trackballs with the new LT Series panel mount miniature trackball.

With the high demands of today's market for the latest innovative technology, Sodick Inc. reports it is continuously working on R&D for new machines that are faster, more accurate and achieve a greater surface finish. The most recent machine to be added to Sodick's line-up is the VZ500LH.

Okuma's new MILLAC 852V II vertical machining center, represents the pinnacle of large machining centers with high rigidity, heavy cutting ability and high operability.

Autodesk announced the release of HSMWorks 2015, a fully integrated CAM solution for users of SolidWorks software.

Fountain Industries' full line of EcoMaster Ultrasonic part washers offer superior performance and reliability for fast and effective part washing.

Eriez 5-Star Service includes a comprehensive Lift Magnet Certification Program.

As a job-shop owner, how would you describe an ideal, go-to tool? Certainly, it should be a high-performance tool that can cover multiple functions such as shoulder milling, slotting, pocket milling, ramping and helical interpolation. All inserts are available in the latest WIDIA Victory grades for a variety of workpiece materials. And naturally it should have the performance and working life that make it an economical win for present and future production tasks. This ideal product reportedly is the new VSM11 platform from WIDIA.

Guyson Corp. has engineered and built a work cell for grit-blast descaling of forged automotive components with three automated blasting machines that are loaded and unloaded by a vision-guided material handling robot.

Mazak Corp. has unveiled its new INTEGREX i- 400AM (additive manufacturing) hybrid multitasking machine.

Safety and versatility are two important factors to consider when choosing a wire rope hoist for a material handling application. With that in mind, Columbus McKinnon Corp. has expanded the capabilities of its Yale Global King and Shaw-Box World Series wire rope hoists to include longer 60 ft. lifts and an improved electronic hoist monitoring system.

ESAB's Global Center of Excellence for Gas Apparatus announces a new copper finish for its OXWELD series of high-performance acetylene, alternate fuel, specialty cutting and steel industry products tips included in its gas apparatus product line.

GAM says its new sizing tool makes it easy to find the right gear reducer, coupling or linear mount product compatible with a motor.

Walter has expanded its Tiger-tec Silver range of indexable inserts with three new ISO P geometries, all possessing a positive cutting edge design.

Methods Machine Tools Inc. has introduced the YASDA YBM 7Ti 5-axis horizontal machining center for difficult-to-cut materials.

Oelheld U.S. Inc expands on its AquaTec line of water miscible coolants with the introduction of AquaTec OH 3557.

Helical Solutions LLC offers the HEV-7 variable-pitch, high-performance solid-carbide endmill.

J.W. Winco Inc. announced it offers GN 119.3 door locking mechanisms with cabinet U-handle in metric sizes.

Wiha Tools has introduced the new TorqueFix Wing handle.

Olympus Corp. announced the launch of the new STM7 measuring microscope, an industrial microscope system designed for highly accurate measurement of machined parts, semiconductors, electronic components, and other processed industrial materials.

With hyperMILL 2014, OPEN MIND Technologies AG is announcing a range of brand-new innovative features in addition to improvements to existing functions. One of these new features is the "Deformation" module in the CAD part of the software, hyperCAD-S.