General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

Manufacturing was a star in 2011 and looks to shine brightly in 2012.

Fluoramics Inc. has developed a revolutionary, rust-inhibiting lubricant that is solvent free, non-aerosol based, and odor free.

Chevalier's FBL-530 is a versatile machine that is helping manufacturers with a wide range of needs.

Lucifer Furnaces Inc. has shipped a Red Devil Dual Chamber heat treating furnace, Model RD8-H14, to Anomatic Corp. in Newark, Ohio, a supplier of anodized aluminum packaging.

Walter USA LLC has introduced the Walter Titex XD70, a solid carbide drill that employs design and manufacturing innovations that bring new levels of productivity to the drilling of extremely deep holes.

GF AgieCharmilles' new FORM 200 mS with rotary tool changer (RTC) takes die-sinking electric discharge machining to the next level by bringing precise geometric quality and increased lights-out operation to micro machining and other applications.

Deep hole drilling is very popular in the automotive, die and mold and aerospace industries. ISCAR took the gundrill technology one step further when developing the new CHAMGUN for deep hole drilling; this is a gundrill that enables the replacement of drilling heads while the driver is still connected to the machine.

Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control (APC) has introduced a pulse-cleaned industrial vacuum with dual-stage HEPA filtration that drastically minimizes clogs, preventing the problems that result from loss of suction during cleaning.

The new CurveCut powder metal endmills from Precision Cutting Tools Inc. have a roughing and finishing design, which enables excellent results for Titanium, Stainless Steel and other alloys metals.

An air powered saw and track system which reportedly attaches easily to water wall boiler tube sections to produce square cuts that require no further rework is available from ESCO Tool.

Wiha Quality Toolshas introduced MagicTip safety notched-ring pliers.

Rockford Systems Inc. offers a new line of electrically interlocked heavy-duty lathe shields.