Machining

Walter USA LLC has announced that Tiger-tec Silver, its high-performance aluminum oxide coating that has been boosting the productivity of its milling and turning inserts, is now available for its Xtra-tec Insert Drills as well.

As the latest complement to the Mill 1 platform for finishing operations, Mill 1-7 is Kennametal's solution for finishing in small diameter milling.

The new Tapmatic ScribeWriter with adjustable marking pressure makes it easy to mark soft or hardened materials on CNC machines, eliminating the need for secondary marking operations.

Machine tool importer Absolute Machine Tools Inc. has introduced the Quicktech XTS-42 7-axis twin spindle multi-tasking turning center.

Ganro Industrial Corp., formally known as Golden Sun Industrial, has introduced their new DR Series model of rotary tables and indexers and are available from CNC Indexing & Feeding Technologies.

CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels introduces Green Grind, a high-performance, depressed-center grinding wheel.

WIDIA has announced the M200 copy mill as its latest addition to the WIDIA Victory line of tooling.

Methods Machine Tools Inc. has introduced FEELER FT-Series High Performance CNC Turning Centers featuring a new all-boxway design to significantly increase cutting capacity.

Makino expands its line of F-Series vertical machining centers with the new F8 (pictured) and F9.

Toolmaker Mitsubishi Materials USA Corp. has launched its "Tool Box" iPad and iPhone application, available for download free from iTunes (search for "Mitsubishi Materials.")

The KOMET GROUP has equipped its fine adjustment head MicroKom BluFlex with modern wireless networking to make setting work easier for machine users.

New developments in the 2013 release from Vero Software of the sheet metal CAD/CAM software Radan reportedly provide considerably improved support for multi-tools, meaning they are much easier to use.