General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

Designed for the assembly of manufactured parts, Fuji Machine says its SmartWing Robots are revolutionizing the industry with remarkably easy, efficient and accessible automation.

An easy to use, manual flange facing tool that reconditions damaged raised- and flat-face flanges in the field to eliminate the need to cut and replace them has been introduced by Esco Tool. The Esco FLANGE HOG 110 is a manually operated hand tool that re-faces damaged pipe flanges with a phonographic finish on-site and eliminates the need to cut and weld new flanges.

Connecting rods are highly stressed engine parts. To take account of downsizing and the reduction of CO2 emissions, connecting rods are also becoming increasingly lighter. This is achieved on the one hand through the use of high-strength and innovative materials, and on the other hand through modern production processes. This also changes the shape of the connecting rods and the variety of shapes increases. MAPAL offers the complete process for machining different types of connecting rods – whether on the transfer line or the machining center, as well as for wet or MQL machining.

In today's machining world standard parts are no longer a business. Only with highly specialized applications shops continue to grow. KERN Precision Inc. introduces a new 5-axis machining center. Based on the KERN Micro, the new KERN Micro Pro has been adjusted and equipped to fit perfectly well into shops and provide shops with the opportunity to manufacture highly specialized parts.

Velo3D announced the general release of its end-to-end metal additive manufacturing (AM) solution comprised of the Sapphire system, Flow print preparation software and Intelligent Fusion technology. Together, the integrated solution solves some of the most difficult AM challenges, including product design limitations, part-to-part consistency, process control and cost-effective manufacturing.

An innovative design makes the 9-inch Zip-Miter Horizontal Band Saw from Palmgren suitable for cutting straight or miter cuts on ferrous and nonferrous metal. It has been designed from the blade out to provide the same cutting accuracy as a cold saw.

BIG KAISER introduces two versions of the C-Centering Cutter, a multifunction cutter capable of spot drilling, centering and chamfering. The C-Centering Cutter is an indexable cutter that uses a specialized insert that can start a hole from a solid piece, something extremely difficult to do. It can also perform spot drilling and 90-degree chamfering at the same time or can strictly be used for hole chamfering.

Enclosures are designed to enclose robots and other lab automated processes by providing exhaust air systems or HEPA filtered clean workstations.

CLEVELAND, Friday, July 27, 2018 – Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., (the "Company") (Nasdaq: LECO) announced today the promotion of David J. Nangle to Executive Vice President of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. effective July 19, 2018.

SCHUNK is proud to announce the promotion of Matt Steele to Director of Sales for Tooling and Workholding.

Over 6,000 of Allied Machine's holemaking products can now be found on MachiningCloud.

HARTLAND, Wis., (July 17, 2018) — Scott Kelley has been appointed Vice President – Sales of U.S. Operations for Dorner.