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BIG KAISER announced its new Level Master Wireless, a high-precision device for the leveling of machine tool tables. The Level Master Wireless adds wireless connectivity to enable leveling information to be read from a separate display device, making it easier to ensure that a precision level is correctly achieved.

Zhuming Bi's "Finite Element Analysis Applications: A Systematic and Practical Approach" strikes a solid balance between more traditional finite element analysis (FEA) textbooks that focus primarily on theory and the software-specific guidebooks that help teach students and professionals how to use particular FEA software without providing any of the theoretical foundation, the publisher reports.

Warren Hammer’s Blueprint Reading Basics from Industrial Press Inc. has been a bestselling classic for nearly two decades, revered for its ease of understanding and for giving readers opportunities to practice what they learned. With this historic revision, new author Charles Gillis has updated the entire package.

From Vektek LLC, the TuffLink 360 degree adjustable link clamp provides full rotational lever positioning around a mounting flange.

The maintenance spare parts business is in turmoil. There have been fundamental changes in the sale, distribution and storage of spare parts needed to maintain machinery and other physical assets. The key to uptime in manufacturing is managing risk, and "Surviving the Spare Parts Crisis: Maintenance Storeroom and Inventory Control" by Joel Levitt describes how to evaluate risk in the inventory.

Industrial Press Inc. says Warren Hammer’s "Blueprint Reading Basics" has been a bestselling classic for nearly two decades, revered for its ease of understanding and for giving readers opportunities to practice what they learned.

BIG KAISER has introduced the R-Cutter CKB Type, a new modular round chamfering tool. The R-Cutter CKB3 and CKB5 is an ultrahigh-feed front and back radius chamfering mill, which features high rake angles that reduce cutting resistance and minimize burr generation.

JW Winco, Inc. offers GN 20 leveling feet in hygienic design, with mounting holes.

Published by Industrial Press, "Lean Refining: How to Improve Performance in the Oil Industry" by Lonnie Wilson addresses the tremendous opportunities this quality improvement system can exploit to achieve huge financial gains, while simultaneously improving morale, timeliness, quality, safety, reliability and environmental performance.

Allied Machine & Engineering announces the expansion of its AccuPort 432/AccuThread 856 program to include more than 120 kits for manufacturing hydraulic ports and manifolds. The kits are available to meet SAE J1926; ISO I6149; John Deere G1731; and SAE AS5202 (aerospace standard/Mil-Spec) specifications.