Fabrication & Cutting

A PCD milling cutter that combines a patented chipbreaker and direct cooling through the cutting face.

A new process for strengthening metals while making them more resistant to corrosion.

Automaker BMW challenged the Kennametal Inc. to develop a tool that accentuates the advantages of reaming and line boring while virtually eliminating the disadvantages. Kennametal accepted the task and developed its asymmetric line boring bar, which has two guide pads positioned so they only contact the last journal.

Miyachi America Corp. has introduced its BMI-500 gas dryer/purification system.

Featuring special high thermal conductive fillers, Master Bond EP48TC is two part epoxy paste that can be applied in bond lines as thin as 10-15µm.

The creation of superhydrophobic metals using femtosecond lasers.

SMART3D from Perceptron reportedly represents a productivity breakthrough for the reverse engineering and modeling sectors.

Metal finishers now can achieve both a high quality black oxide finish and a zinc phosphate finish using the same processing system from Birchwood Technologies.

The Comau family of robots has added a new model, SMART NJ 650, with an elevated payload to complete its range of high-payload robots.

Weiler Corp.'s Burr-Rx deburring tools feature black ceramic grain filaments. According to the company, this delivers up to a 400 percent greater edge-cutting action compared to traditional silicon-carbide and aluminumoxide filaments, minimizing cycle times and maximizing media life.

Sunnen says its new SSH-1680 honing system makes the efficiency, accuracy and consistency of power-stroke honing, affordable to shops looking to make better bores, faster, on a range of parts.

Omegasonics has introduced the OMG4430, its largest standard unit with a bath size of 40"x30"x30".