Fabrication & Cutting

Saint-Gobain Abrasives' Norton brand introduced a new non-woven depressed center stripping and light stock removal disc.

Mahr Federal Inc. has recently unveiled a major upgrade to the software platform for its surface metrology systems.

Mitsubishi Materials has changed the stock status of coated cBN grade BC8020 from non-stock to stock standard.

A heat-treat process to anneal and bright age-harden stainless steels without breaking vacuum.

A high-ionization technology that enables enhanced customization of tool coatings.

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Special glasses are not required, but other considerations apply in 3-D abrasive waterjet machining.

Guyson Corp. has integrated a machine-tending robot to automatically load and unload its RXS-900 rotary spindle blast system in an unmanned blast finishing work cell.

Metabo Corp. offers an electronic pipe and tube belt sander for burnishing, finishing and reconditioning steel, stainless steel, non-ferrous pipe and tube.

Guyson Corp. offers its Model TR-900 through-belt conveyor blast systems with an oscillator to provide reciprocating motion of the blast guns, reduce the number of nozzles required for uniform coverage and lower the blasting machine's compressed air requirements.

Dapra's series of Biax hand-held, air-powered tools include lightweight grinders and variable-speed deburring machines.

Sunnen's patented multi-feed honing technology gives gear manufacturers a choice of tool-feed modes to achieve the shortest cycle times, lowest part cost, and longest abrasive life.