General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

Hypertherm announced a new Centricut brand quick change torch for use with ESAB plasma cutting systems.

ERI America introduces hydraulic chucks from WTE Präzisionstechnik GmbH.

SICK announced the launch of explosion-proof safety light curtains to meet safety regulations for explosive environments.

Single Source Technologies (SST) announces the addition of Millutensil spotting presses to its offering of advanced die and mold manufacturing solutions.

Birchwood Technologies offers two "all purpose" CLEARLOK water-based sealants formulated to provide a protective topcoat on most metal surfaces.

PRAB's Candle Filter is specifically engineered to meet the challenges of effectively removing fine particulate from spent oil in Honing and EDM machining applications and Tungsten carbide tool and steel ball grinding applications.

SpindleChecking is possible for a much larger segment of machine tool users thanks to the introduction of the SpindleCheck spindle qualification system from Lion Precision.

Precision Cutting Tools Inc. has implemented EdgeCut in the production of its cutting tools, to improve cutter performance.

Solids-from-Liquid Centrifuges from Eriez HydroFlow provide continuous media-free filtration of both metallic and non-metallic solids from industrial fluids.

Aerotech's Planar_DLA integrated, open-frame stages have high dynamics and exceptional geometric performance in a low-profile package.

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp. specializes in developing custom solutions for difficult problems. In this case, the customer needed grip on the IDs of CVT transmission sheaves for runout inspection. To this end, Northfield developed the Model 625 sliding-jaw air chuck (0.0001" TIR) with special top tooling attached.

Machining for Hobbyists: Getting Started by Karl H. Moltrecht is for the do-it-yourselfer or hobbyist who wants to learn the basics of machining and how to set up a small home workshop.