Fabrication & Cutting

An electrical discharge saw attachment for a manual lathe.

The well-established concept of radial chip thinning (RCT) provides compelling productivity-enhancing benefits, but is still not widely applied.

Walter Surface Technologies announces three new solutions to its QUICK-STEP line of surface finishing and polishing products.

Vapormatt launched a new system, the Vapormatt Sabre, which will bring the exceptional process quality of wet blasting to a wider range of users.

A new direct-diode laser system from Coherent Inc. offers higher power, which translates into increased throughput for applications in metal cladding and heat treating.

In a continuing effort to provide the cost-effective options in the market, CIMCOOL Fluid Technology announced the new Quick Start Trial Kit.

The patented STAR Filter from Eriez HydroFlow are for the machine tool industry.

Osborn's field service engineers develop problem-solving deburring solutions at the Richmond, Ind., Product and Application Lab.

Abtex Corp. has designed and built the largest and most technologically advanced Tri-Ten deburring system in its 34 year history. The new system, designed for deburring high-volume fine-blanked parts, will operate three shifts/day, seven days/week. This results in an annual throughput of more than 15 million parts.

One of the most nagging problems in manufacturing is the deburring of cross-drilled holes. J.W. Done Corporation developed the ORBITOOL in response to this situation. It is the only tool capable of in-process deburring of cross-drilled holes. The tool removes burrs specifically from the intersection of the crossholes.

A through-spindle and through-tool laser-assisted milling process.

A new series of protective sapphire windows for 1µm optics that offer superior durability to zinc-sulfide and fused silica lenses is being introduced by Laser Research Optics.