Fabrication & Cutting

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.

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.

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.

Osborn announces its new high-strength, aggressive-wire Tornado brush.

Tapeswitch Corp. offers a new programmable, mini safety laser scanner solution for simple through complex machine/area guarding applications, further expanding its custom/configurable machine guarding solutions consisting of mats, light curtains, laser scanners, non-contact safety switches and trapped key – interlocks, and PCU Control Unit based on machine user/builder applications, programmable logic control product features with capable configuration from simple to complex machine guarding, and safety device integration.

A full line of cotton fiber mounted points and Type 1 abrasive wheels that are ideal for a wide range of robotic metal finishing and surface preparation applications is available from Rex-Cut Abrasives.

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.