General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

Four major players involved in industrial automation are collaborating on the development of a platform that connects CNC machines, robots, peripheral devices and sensors. The purpose of the system is to deliver analytics that optimize manufacturing production.

Numerous factors determine whether a manufacturer is profitable or not. Lately, one of those factors for a U.S. manufacturer is whether it is is focused on the domestic market or pursuing a global approach.

It is a matter of course for manufacturers of rail and train components to ensure that quality products and services continue to be delivered to the industry every day. Increasing reliability through new tools, materials and machining techniques, as well as supporting productive and cost effective maintenance of existing infrastructure, is crucial.

VOMAT says its full-flow filtration technology completely separates dirty oil from clean oil and allows for grinding with optimally cleaned cooling lubricants. VOMAT's filtration systems clean the oil so efficiently that it's useful life is much longer than if it were filtered with conventional filter systems still using paper filters or other expensive disposable filter media. A pleasant side effect is the low operating costs.

Mencom announces new front locking nut technology for its M12 connectors. These front mount receptacles with front lock nut are for thread mount applications that need specific keyway orientations due to the space constraint or any other unexpected engineering situations. Mencom's new front lock nut receptacles allow the keyway to be freely rotated to any orientation required by simply adjusting the connector and the front lock nut.

A new report produced by Research and Markets, a market research company based in Dublin, forecasts a compound annual growth rate of 7.6 percent for the global digital manufacturing market through the year 2020.

Engis Corp. has greatly increased its capacity with the addition of multistroke honing machines for small-to-medium batch sizes. Through a recent exclusive partnership with a long-established U.K.-based manufacturer, Engis now offers low-to-mid-volume equipment to complement its high-volume machines.

The Albeo AHH1-Series from Current, powered by GE, is a Class I, Division 2, Groups A,B,C, and D rated fixture for hazardous locations with high ambient temperatures and wet applications. Utilizing a sealed, IP66-rated form factor, the Albeo AHH1-Series offers customers a rugged design with exceptional performance and high reliability.

Comau introduces Rebel-S, its own 4-axis SCARA robot, in five different models with a payload of 6kg and three different reaches. All models are controlled by the R1C 19" rack-mounted controller, which can be integrated into a single cabinet to control an entire line.

WorkNC CAM Software's latest 2016 version integrates Vero Software's innovative Waveform technology to reinforce its key assets of toolpath reliability, time savings, cost reduction and high surface quality.

Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) and Zinc Sulfide (ZnS) optics that are manufactured to specification for FLIR, surveillance, military, and medical applications are available from Laser Research Optics. Laser Research ZnSe and ZnS Optics are custom manufactured to ISO-10110 specifications in sizes from 0.5" to 5" OD and can be coated to achieve specific wavelengths from 7 to 11 µm for ZnSe and 400 nm to 12 µm for ZnS.

Just one wrong swivel and it's done: The touch probe collides badly with the workpiece or the chuck. To ensure that such a collision no longer leads to a prolonged machine standstill, HEIDENHAIN offers the TS 642, a universal replacement for the touch probes of HEIDENHAIN's TS 6xx series.