Fabrication & Cutting

Deburring of steel, aluminum and nonferrous metal pipes and tubes, specially those with unconventional configurations, has become easier and more efficient with the release of the Abtex Turnamat, a 5-second solution to efficient tube and pipe deburring.

Sunnen's new HTR all-electric job-shop tube hone combines servo precision and cycle-automation features with constant spindle power and 0.1mm (0.004") stroke repeatability to efficiently hone blind bores or correct tight spots in a bore without operator intervention.

Omegasonics introduced two ultrasonic cleaning units for use with fuse deposition modeling (FDM) 3D parts.

A line of direct field-replacement CO₂ laser lenses and mirrors that are shipped overnight from stock and fit popular lasers used for gasket fabrication are available from Laser Research Optics.

A new arc technology for depositing smooth PVD coatings on cutting tools.

EXAIR Corp.'s new PEEK Pico Super Air Nozzle reportedly has been engineered to produce the highest performance attainable from a tiny nozzle.

KLINGSPOR's newly formulated 0.8mm (.031") A 980 TZ Special cutoff wheel enhances performance and safety.

CECOR announces a special F23-S filter for its SA5-175PT Sump Shark specifically for waterjet cutting applications.

ABB Robotics has introduced the FlexMT, a flexible, pre-engineered system designed to load and unload machine tools using vision guided robotics.

Deburring solutions provider Abtex Corp., Dresden, N.Y., acquired Bloomfield, N.Y.-based robotics manufacturer Nihmble Technologies to enable manufacturers to use robotics technology to integrate Abtex's deburring equipment into existing operations. Robotic systems can provide manufacturers a range of benefits when deburring, from enhancing the flow of a single operation to connecting multiple operations to deburring multiple surfaces of a part in a single step, noted Mark Fultz, Abtex owner and president.

A noncontact, standoff-height sensing system for waterjet machines.

An environmentally friendly material coating with an extremely high bond strength.