CNC Machining (General)

Mahr Federal has introduced two new optical surface measuring systems designed to provide fast non-contact 3D scanning and evaluation of very small to medium sized surface details on a wide range of components, including optics.

Wallover Oil Co. introduces WS 8800 machining coolant.

The MICROLOK MZN finish from Birchwood Technologies is a fine-grained zinc phosphate coating for iron and steel components.

Lista introduces the new Mini Mezzanine, which reportedly maximizes usable storage footprint while providing much higher storage density of items of all sizes.

Emuge Corp. announced they are introducing a new tap program, Z-Taps, an extensive line of taps featuring design and engineering that make them ideal for stainless steels, high strength alloys, tool steels and cast steels less than or equal to 30 HRC.

ESAB Welding and Cutting Products introduces convenient carrying cases for two of its most portable welding and cutting machines, MiniArc 161LTS power source for GTAW/Stick welding and PowerCut 400 manual plasma cutting system.

The market for commercial vehicles is experiencing a vibrant development. Emerging economies have a growing need for new technologies in the production of semitrucks and agricultural machines, enabling them to achieve the desired growth in the construction industry and agriculture. New manufacturers from China, for instance, intensify the price war, putting today's production planners under considerable pressure.

What started out as two product categories with two machines has quickly grown to four categories with 26 machines and growing. Bulova is a builder of precision CNC machining centers designed for versatility to meet today's demanding machining requirements at affordable pricing, according to the company.

Toolinspect from MCU GmbH & Co. KG is a CNC machining process monitoring system that's data driven from NCU/PLC and collected from the drives to allow for the most sensitive tool monitoring and collecting process data for process analysis.

Engineers Precision Data Pocket Reference by Steve Heather is a pocket-size reference from Industrial Press Inc. that reportedly has all the fundamental data that engineers need in their daily work.

3D is the trend in measuring technology. A number of geometries can only be captured and evaluated in 3D, and they are also a lot closer to the construction drawings which are prepared in 3D.

ESAB Cutting Systems introduces Crossbow, a compact oxy-fuel/plasma CNC cutting system that is portable and economical.