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Victor, an ESAB brand, now offers qualifying industrial companies a free safety audit of their gas flow control systems and oxyfuel cutting and heating operations.

3D printing allows for rapid prototyping and testing of new designs, but while this ease of creation is great, plastic can pose issues when fastening together parts as 3D plastic printed threads are not generally robust enough to handle repeated use.

GROB Systems, Inc., a developer of manufacturing systems and machine tools, is hosting a 5-AXIS LIVE! technology event featuring "The Future of Manufacturing - Made in the USA," together with twenty-one of its industry partners, at GROB's North America headquarters and production facility in Bluffton, Ohio, on August 5, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m.

Join us as Eric Perkins, Steve Entress, and Michael Cogliano walk us through Starrett's advanced measurement solutions on display at EASTEC 2025. The team showcases precision equipment including the FMM-550 and FMS-1000 Force Measurement Systems, the W4900 Touchscreen Electronic Indicator, the AVR-200 CNC Vision System, and the HDV300 Digital Comparator.

Hypertherm Associates, a U.S. based leading manufacturer of industrial cutting systems and software, has doubled the warranty period for the company's Powermax plasma cutters from three years to six years. All customers who received delivery of a Powermax plasma or gouging system on or after January 1, 2025, are now retroactively eligible for the extended coverage.

Kennametal Inc.'s new 12xD and 50xD solutions for its KenDrill HPR Solid Carbide Long Length Drills lineup, modernizing the deep drill offering with features such as a new point geometry and coating with 4-margin lands for a much longer tool life, the company says.

Heule Precision Tool, a leader in cross-hole finishing technology, has partnered with the Center for Machining Excellence (CME) in Whitestown, Indiana, and has become the CME's latest addition to the Cutting Tool Partners.

At MT Series East 2025, Engis Corporation showcases its advanced honing technologies designed for precision finishing in applications like pistol and rifle barrels. The team highlights their hybrid honing machine, which addresses complex cross-hole geometries while maintaining submicron-level finishes and tight SPC control.

Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence's Autonomous Metrology Suite, which was developed on Hexagon's cloud-based Nexus platform, is designed to transform quality control across manufacturing industries worldwide. By removing coding from CMM workflows, the company says it helps manufacturers speed-up critical R&D and manufacturing processes as experienced metrologists become harder to find.

The Severance Micro-Stop Countersink system allows depth of cut to be adjusted (without tools, just a twist of the wrist) in increments of 0.001". The SC-25P, SC-25PR, SC-35P & SC-35PR unit provide a .0005" increment per click of the unit. The tool holders also provide a base to establish perpendicularity of the cutter to the work surface.

Derek Schroeder of GROB showcases the company's latest aerospace machining solutions at MTS Series East 2025, highlighting a horizontal five-axis machine equipped with a 630 mm pallet and a highly rigid Z-axis designed for high-precision milling, drilling, and gear skiving.

Datanomix, developer of Data-Powered Production intelligence for precision manufacturers, expanded its AI functionality across its software portfolio.