General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

The new Tru Temp XT process forms a durable black oxide finish on difficult-to-blacken steel, iron and most stainless steel alloys. Long asked for by metal finishers, Tru Temp XT is a mid-temperature process that forms a satin black magnetite finish that protects critical surfaces in storage, shipment and startup while resisting galling and aiding break-in.

Robotiq announced the launch of its I/O Coupling. Designed to eliminate the need to run an external cable along a cobot arm, the I/O Coupling provides manufacturers with an effective solution for common cable management problems.

Kyocera Precision Tools introduces the new SIGC small internal grooving tool. The SIGC toolholder has a newly developed clamping system providing a firm insert hold made for the most efficient high-precision machining.

High QA Inc., the developer of Inspection Manager quality management software, has established a headquarters operation in Sevenum, Netherlands, to directly serve its customers on the European continent. High QA Europe is headed by its European Sales Director Hans Derks. Netherlands native Derks is a 30-plus year veteran of the manufacturing software industry.

When Suttner adopted a growth strategy 15 years ago, the company decided to significantly increase the manufacturing depth. Priority was to be focused on parts with complex designs and high added value. The executive management brought Arno Werkzeuge on board as their partner and facilitator to also increase productivity. This success story has brought about manufacturing competences and products that were inconceivable in the past. At the same time, it is an effective solution to the lack of skilled workers.

Spontaneous errors in the manufacturing process can be a thing of the past thanks to the new EventCam from SICK. This industrial-grade 2D camera brings clarity when unexplained gripping, handling and positioning problems arise or when unreproducible installation errors or machine downtimes occur.

Methods Machine Tools Inc. has announced that it is representing OKK Corp. in North America. For over 100 years, customers worldwide have relied on OKK horizontal, vertical and 5-axis machines for quality, reliability, precision and innovation.

Manufacturers face continual pressure to expand margins and be more profitable. Smart manufacturing can bring real bottom-line value to a business, helping it do more with less.

In 2017, Tulip raised $13 million with help from New Enterprise Associates Inc., Pitango Venture Capital and a handful of investors who already were onboard for the seed round. Now the Somerville, Massachusetts, startup is back with a round of financing that's three times that. Toolmaker DMG Mori has joined the ranks, along with Vertex Ventures.

Teradyne Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of AutoGuide Mobile Robots, a leading supplier of high-payload autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). AutoGuide's advanced products deliver easy deployment, improved safety, reduced costs and increased efficiency of industrial and warehouse material-handling operations.

Tungaloy is expanding its SNG line of internal grooving tools to include GMR, a new insert geometry that enables effective chip control and evacuation in internal grooving applications.

OCTOPUZ redefines the standards in offline robot programming (ORLP) by offering a simplified approach to solving toolpath trajectories. The revolutionary PathFinder suite of tools automatically identifies and solves limits and errors within a robot toolpath, enabling users to more efficiently achieve a desired path based on OCTOPUZ intelligence and/or manual user input.