General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

Diehl Steel A-2 air hardening tool steel offers good wear resistance and machinability, high compressive strength and very good non-deforming properties.

Presented as an online supplement to Cutting Tool Engineering's August 2012 report on "New Life for Old Iron," the following video offers a look at several examples of machines retrofitted by Machines in Motion Inc. with the help of Centroid CNC controls, Yaskawa drives and motors, Magnescale positioning scales, and Atrump CNC machinery.

To enhance the load carrying efficiency of Uhing traverse drives and to prevent them from slipping, Amacoil has announced the availability of a linear bearing slide load carrier.

Hexagon Metrology today announced the launch of PC-DMIS 2012. PC-DMIS focuses on the collection, evaluation, management and presentation of manufacturing data to reduce scrap, improve throughput, reduce costs, and build lean manufacturing operations.

In order that tools always arrive on time at the machine, TDM Systems GmbH has developed the "TDM Machine Tool Manager."

Walter USA LLC has introduced the Walter Titex X-treme Inox, a high performance solid carbide drill with internal coolant and special coating, designed to tackle stainless steel and other high-alloy ISO M materials.

Klingelnberg was prominent in bringing high-precision measurement machines from the test room onto the shop floor, thus essentially propelling the realization of efficiency concepts in manufacturing lines. Now, the company has implemented an own assembly line for five series of precision measuring centers in Hueckeswagen, Germany. The logistics concept was developed and implemented by STROTHMANN.

Peddinghaus Corp. has launched Smart Saw Technology to lengthen band saw blade life when processing structural sections.

Chemetall announces Nissan approval for Gardolube VP 10300/2, a fully synthetic stamping lubricant to achieve approval by Nissan Motors.

MAG's new XTi "super profiler" takes aerospace machining to a reportedly record altitude, demonstrating a 90-cubic-inch-per-minute metal removal rate (MRR) in titanium prior to shipment to Aerospace Dynamics International, Inc. (ADI), Valencia, California.

QUANTALUBE 270XL is a new water soluble "super-lubricant" metalworking fluid designed for heavy-duty grinding and machining operations. Manufactured by CIMCOOL Fluid Technology, QUANTALUBE 270XL's patented Extreme Pressure lubricant package offers outstanding stock removal and, consequently, high productivity increases.

The Eriez Hydroflow Star Filter is a packaged system combining the dirty tank, filter and clean tank in one assembly, eliminating the balance problem of multiple components.