Fall 2015 Tool Catalog
Harvey Tool has released its fall 2015 catalog.
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5-day Swiss collet delivery
Hardinge Workholding now offers 5-day delivery on its TF25 Extended Nose Swiss Collet. The collet features added nose length—flat or tapered—for performing pick-off work or to compensate for tooling interference.
PRAB acquires Puckmaster
Industrial material handling equipment manufacturer PRAB Inc., Kalamazoo, Mich., has completed its purchase of Puckmaster Co., manufacturers of briquetting machines for metal compression and coolant collection.
Occupational exposure risk warning
The American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH), Lansing, Mich., issued a reminder to workers and industry of the potential for exposure to microbial pathogens in metalworking fluids following a story in the Belfast Telegraph about metalworkers at a local shipyard who were diagnosed with pneumococcal disease.
Smalley donates waterjet machine
Smalley Steel Ring Co., a designer and manufacturer of retaining rings and wave springs, donated an OMAX 2652 to the College of Lake County (CLC) in Grayslake, Ill.. The abrasive waterjet machining center is the college's first and broadens the CNC/Machine Tool Trades Department's ability to offer the waterjet technology skills sought by many employers recruiting CLC graduates, including Smalley.
EDM upgrade jump-starts shop: General Industry Coverage
Increase wire EDM capacity and cutting speed. Replace two old, technologically obsolete wire EDMs with two new ones.
Lemonade out of lemons: People & Companies
Manager's Desk column covers the ups and downs experienced in the shop this year lead to hard decisions, including staff reductions.
Smoothing the evolution of CNC
While machine tool CNCs continue to evolve, one development expands that process beyond what a control typically represents. Mazak's Smooth Technology is a complete process-performance technology platform that spans the part production landscape from programming and setup to metal-removal operations to automation to data collection, monitoring and transfer.
Pulling Chips: Turning Performance
This month Cutting Tool Engineering covers a chip-pulling system developed for more efficient turning.
Plan for the future: People & Companies
World-class manufacturers expand their production space for anticipated demand rather than attempting to catch up with current needs. This effort to always be ahead of the times was on display at Horn Technology Days, which took place June 17-19 and was hosted by Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbH at its headquarters in Tübingen, Germany.
CAM software considerations: Drilling Performance
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas (MHPSA) is setting up a new facility in Texas to support the service operation of our business. The new shop is fully operational, but decisions are still being made on items such as tooling and CAM systems.
Crib Sheet: General Industry Coverage
Tool management systems prevent mistakes and boost the bottom line.
