Medical & Healthcare

Products • April 7, 2020

G4014-P Grooving Tool Holder

The G4014-P groove turning holder makes it possible to change inserts in the machine – even where space is limited—in particular on long center lathes and multi-spindle machines. As a result, changing inserts is approximately 70% faster.

Products • March 18, 2020

Xtra·tec XT M5008 Indexable High-Feed Milling Cutter

Walter has launched the new Xtra·tec XT M5008, an indexable high-feed milling cutter in the diameter range of 5/8–2½ in. (16–66 mm) that permits high feed per tooth at low axial depths of cut. Application areas range from pocketing, grooving and surface machining.

News • March 10, 2020

Vision Engineering opens West Coast tech and training center

Vision Engineering, U.K. and U.S. designers and manufacturers of high-quality digital and optical visualization systems, opened a new technology collaboration and training facility in Irvine, California, just south of Los Angeles.

Products • March 3, 2020

CS1-E Burr Free Electrochemical Cutoff Machine

Electrochemical grinding (ECG) solution provider Tridex Technology, a Glebar Company, provides a burr-free cutoff solution for stainless steel tubes with the CS1-E burr-free electrochemical cutoff machine.

Products • February 27, 2020

2200 Series LPZ (Low Profile Z-Frame) Conveyor

Dorner Europe is expanding its presence throughout the region by adding the 2200 Series LPZ (Low Profile Z-Frame) conveyor to its lineup of conveyor platforms being manufactured from its Jülich, Germany, location.

News • February 25, 2020

Starrag USA hires Justin Hogan as Bumotec process engineer

Starrag USA announces that Justin Hogan has joined the team as the new Bumotec process engineer. He has 16 years of combined experience in the tool and die, aerospace and medical Industries.

News • February 24, 2020 • Mark Boyle

Process knowledge key to achieving desired production rates and yields

Industrial process success is most commonly defined by two parameters: production rate and yield. In the simplest terms, make as much as you can in the shortest amount of time. Understanding both the process requirements and production environment allows companies to optimize their production rates, resulting in lower cost per part and higher profit.

News • February 24, 2020

parts2clean 2020: The international hub for component cleanliness

The transformational wave sweeping across numerous industrial sectors and markets is presenting companies with new and ever-shifting challenges, and this is also applies to industrial component and surface cleaning. This trend is fully reflected by parts2clean 2020, which takes place Oct. 27-29 in Stuttgart, Germany. For virtually every high-tech application in the fields of manufacturing and reprocessing, parts2clean is the information and procurement platform of choice for users of industrial cleaning technology.

News • February 24, 2020

Why use a CT scanner for an industrial job?

The ability to "see through" a solid object was once thought to be a tool of the future, or a power belonging to Superman–but the technology is here today, and more widespread and accessible than you may have though

News • February 17, 2020

Solar Manufacturing ships two all-metal hot zone furnaces

Solar Manufacturing has built and shipped two furnaces to Tennessee, for service to the Medical and Additive Manufacturing industries. The models HFL-3848-EQ and HFL-3836-EQ both feature metallic-insulated hot zones, a load weight capacity up to 2,000 lbs., and a maximum operating temperature of 2,400° F.

Articles • February 17, 2020 • Kip Hanson

The benefits of multifunctional metrology

Multisensor measurement systems can increase throughput while eliminating errors

News • February 13, 2020

Marposs acquires STIL S.A.S.

Marposs, a world leader in measurement, inspection and test technologies, has announced the acquisition of STIL S.A.S., a French company based in Aix-en-Provence and a world leader in the research, development, production and sales of optical measurement instruments based on chromatic confocal aberration and chromatic white light interferometry.