Fabrication & Cutting

Products • November 16, 2021

LASER P 400 Series and LASER S 2500 U

As with all of GF Machining Solutions' LASER machines, the LASER P 400 series offers repeatable high performance, consistent accuracy and unvarying quality. Fully digitized texturing makes it easy to texture, mark, engrave and add functional surfaces to parts, molds and dies, even when dealing with complex 3D parts.

Products • October 27, 2021

EcoCcompact

Besides the high capacity and effective washing mechanism, the EcoCcompact's energy-optimized system technology makes the machine even more economically efficient. For example, the second and third flood tanks are warmed by heat recovered from the distillation process. Among other things, this has led to a significant reduction in energy consumption. Thanks to the efficient distillation process, the machine also has impressively low solvent requirements. This has been attained by installing the distillation unit in a vertical position, which requires hardly any mounting fixtures.

Articles • October 13, 2021 • Christopher Tate

Laser power is clean, precise and versatile

Even with its drawbacks, laser machining will continue to find new industrial applications.

Videos • October 11, 2021

CNC deburring tool with compression and extension float

The DeBurr-Z is said to eliminate the need for tedious hand work by deburring parts quickly and consistently on a CNC machine.

News • October 4, 2021

Garden tool maker optimizes finishing process

Improved productivity, increased production capacity, better quality and lower costs were the demands of a leading garden tool manufacturer when they invested in a mass finishing system for deburring and polishing of garden shear knives. Rösler met this challenge.

Products • September 28, 2021

HP-L-10.10 Sensor

The HP-L-10.10 complements Hexagon's extensive offering of sensor solutions for CMMs, providing manufacturers greater flexibility projects with confidence that their CMM investment can take on the broadest range of measurement applications from larger sheet-metal parts to intricate electric vehicle components. Available for the GLOBAL S productivity line and GLOBAL Advantage CMMs.

Products • September 28, 2021

VpCI-369 Oil-Based Temporary Coating

VpCI-369 is an oil-based temporary coating that provides extreme corrosion protection in aggressive environments and is one of Cortec's most-popular wet film corrosion inhibitors. It is an excellent option for protecting auto service parts and heavy equipment components before assembly. Since VpCI-369 is thixotropic, it can be mixed so that the product changes consistency to enhance sprayability for application with an airless sprayer. Once applied, it thickens so that it does not run off the metal. VpCI-369 can be tinted to blue, green, or other custom colors if desired to help workers detect sufficient product coverage.

Articles • September 23, 2021

Edge fracturing stamped out

Drag finishing system doubles stamping tool life

Products • August 12, 2021

M12 Compact Spot Blower

The M12 Compact Spot Blower features a compact axial-fan design, providing the best combination of power and run-time with 175 CFM and 110 MPH of air speed. It includes two nozzles – a rubber nozzle to remove debris from hard-to-reach spaces and a wide sweeping nozzle to efficiently clear debris in more open spaces. For ease of use, a cruise control lock eliminates user fatigue. When equipped with an M12™ REDLITHIUM™ XC6.0 Battery, the blower can run up to 15 minutes at high-speed.

Products • August 3, 2021

RoboMate LaserEtch, AutoMarkX

RoboMate LaserEtch is an integrated laser system that can be added to the ANCA RoboMate loader for the TX and MX platforms, allowing laser marking of individual tools in-process. An automatic stand-alone laser marking station, the AutoMarkX is the latest addition to ANCA's family of tool production solutions. The operator simply loads up to two full pallets of tools and the robot performs the laser marking operations, freeing up staff to take care of other tasks in the factory.

Products • August 3, 2021

Ruler3000 3D Streaming Camera

The Ruler3000 combines SICK's groundbreaking Ranger3 streaming camera with a Class 2 eye-safe laser, pre-selected optics and fixed geometries to enable much simpler configuration and commissioning. With industry-standard compliance giving comprehensive access to machine vision software tools, the Ruler3000 dramatically cuts time and complexity when integrating more demanding inspection, measurement, and robot guidance tasks across a wide range of industries.

Videos • July 26, 2021

Deburring Aluminum Crosshole with ORBITOOL

The ORBITOOL® deburring tool is designed for in-process deburring of crossholes. The flexible shank and protective ring enable a unique cutting action that automatically protects all critical surfaces, while selectively removing material only at the burred intersection edge.