Fabrication & Cutting

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

A full line of cotton fiber mounted points that are ideally suited for EOAT (end-of-arm-tooling) in automated metal deburring and finishing applications is available from Rex-Cut Products Inc.

Scotchman Metal Fabricating Solutions introduces the Scotchman Pipe Notcher by ALMI.

A full line of CO2 lenses that feature a broad selection of focal lengths plus low absorption coatings for 100 Watt and up engraving and marking lasers is available from Laser Research Optics.

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.

The HighLight D-Series, a new range of diode laser systems from Coherent Inc. delivers both high power and an increased range of "smart" output beam shapes.

END USER: Aragon Surgical Inc., (650) 543-3100, www.aragonsurgical.com. CHALLENGE: Reduce costs when procuring a stainless steel part for a laparoscopic surgical device. SOLUTION: A contract manufacturer that stamps some previously machined part features and machines only the critical features.

Grooving hardened steel parts with PCBN cutting tools.