General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

The V-TYPE lever's fixing flanges are engineered to be identical to those of traditional models, ensuring that new housings with the V-TYPE can replace the old version without affecting interchangeability or requiring changes to dimensions, flanges, or mounting positions. The V-TYPE lever is offered in both bulkhead and surface-mounted configurations, with a single lever available for size 44.27 and double levers available for sizes 57.27, 77.27, and 104.27.

Offered in a wide range of sizes, the hinges are available in steel as well as stainless steel, and there's also a version with a grease port, enabling regular lubrication. WDS has further expanded its range of continuous hinges, also known as piano hinges. Originally designed for piano lids, these long, continuous hinge designs add stability as well as safety, preventing finger traps in a closing door. Originally stocked in 1.8m lengths for the customer to cut down to size, WDS now provides continuous hinges in various sizes starting from 1m, meaning they're ready to be installed without modification. These hinges are available in stainless steel as well as zinc-coated steel. n

James Engineering, which wrote the "Deburring and Chamfering" article published in the June 2023 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine, offers this video supplement to provide more information about the Broomfield, Colorado-based company and its Max System deburring and chamfering machine.

When you need to capture complete measurement data on a machined part, noncontact 3D laser scanning is available to provide "The Whole Picture," which is the title of our cover story in the June 2023 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Presented here is a video supplement covering the highlights of the Nikon Metrology L100 laser scanner.

When you need to capture complete measurement data on a machined part, noncontact 3D laser scanning is available to provide "The Whole Picture," which is the title of our cover story in the June 2023 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine. Presented here is a video supplement covering the highlights of the Absolute Arm AS1 portable CMM from Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division.

Trenton S.p.A., a manufacturer focused mainly on making parts for machines and tractors used for agriculture, offers a brief testimonial for Vicivision America's M2018 Techno measuring machine. The video, courtesy Vicivision, is presented here as a supplement to the Get With The Program column published in the June 2023 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

For the 16th episode of CTE's Robotics Results video series, Fusion | RoboJob-USA President Craig Zoberis filmed an automation setup that helped a shop increase productivity by 36% using a RoboJob-USA Mill-Assist Essential with a Haas Automation Inc. VF-2SS.

The tool manufacturing industry is embracing automation solutions at an unprecedented pace. This is a worldwide trend driven by several factors, and manufacturers need to be more flexible and responsive than ever before.

The SIMATIC HMI product portfolio is the option to expand device functionality with apps. Previously, HMI panels were used exclusively for visualization software. Thanks to the integration of Siemens Industrial Edge, users can now run other programs simultaneously alongside this standard device functionality. Project-specific requirements can thus be implemented quickly and easily.

SIMATIC Robot Pick AI (robot skill) is a pre-trained, deep-learning-based vision software for advanced robotics applications like goods-to-robot order bin picking that provides out-of-the-box cognitive performance for selecting robust pick points (6-DoF grasp poses) for arbitrary "unknown" items at runtime.

The virtual PLC software can be easily downloaded and integrated directly into an IT environment. This ease-of-use gives operators the possibility of decoupling hardware and software requirements completely. The software will run on computers with Industrial Edge Run Time in the factory while the hardware remains directly on the shopfloor.

The cloud-native software analyzes and visualizes dynamic data, processes events, and can be addressed directly from local MES (Manufacturing Execution System) or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems via API or webhooks. The intelligence acquired based upon position data provides the user with a comprehensive overview of asset tracking, material flow, order information or possible problem areas.