General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

Methods Machine Tools Inc. has introduced the Twin RoboDrill JobShop Cell featuring two FANUC D21 RoboDrill Vertical Machining Centers being serviced by a single, articulating FANUC LR Mate 200iD robot.

Amada Miyachi America Inc. announces the latest update of their LMF laser marker series' software and control card.

Whether it's rotationally symmetrical workpieces such as shafts, pistons, bearings, and toothed parts, or medical devices such as implants, if strict tolerances have to be met, each product is carefully checked by optical measurement during the production process. But to do this, component surfaces have to be clean. quattroClean from ACI AG is a solution, an inline and fully-automated innovative cleaning cell.

AMETEK Creaform has introduced VXinspect, intuitive 3D inspection software that includes all of the tools for first article inspection (FAI) and quality control.

Building off the success of the AdvantEdge 7.0 release in January, Third Wave Systems (TWS) continues its focus on improving user productivity with the release of AdvantEdge 7.1.

SICK announced the launch of the AHS/AHM36 absolute encoder.

Mitsui Seiki has evolved its popular "Vertex 750-5X" line of machines with new features and capabilities, and a broader range of options and configurations within the series. The new model series, comprising six distinct models, is now called Vertex 75X II.

BLM Group USA has introduced the 4-Runner, a multi-purpose, compact tube bending machine for a variety of applications.

Tungaloy Corp. announces the expansion of newly designed drill bodies and new insert grades for TungdrillTwisted.

Synchrono announced the release of version 6.0 of SyncOperations, the company's manufacturing intelligence system powered by Savigent.

New Force Dust Collector from Micro Air Clean Air Systems offers a new level of technological advancements in controlling dust and fumes in a variety of plant applications.

Gear cutting requirements, for example in the manufacture of powertrain components, continue the trend of becoming increasingly stringent. Complex gearbox configurations pose enormous component quality challenges, especially when produced in ever larger quantities. With the new VLC series of modular machines, including the VLC 200 H vertical gear hobbing machine and the VLC 100 C vertical chamfering machine, EMAG offers a solution to meet these production challenges.