Surface Finishing & Coating

Products • June 14, 2016

POLIFAN-CURVE Flap Discs

POLIFAN-CURVE flap discs from PFERD INC bring advantages to rough and finish grinding applications. A patented, proprietary design to PFERD, POLIFAN-CURVE offers a fast, productive and economical way to go from rough grinding to smooth finishing in a single step, according to the company.

Products • June 9, 2016

Cleaning Baskets with Open Design

The optimal cleaning effect is achieved when the workpieces in the basket are easily accessible from all sides for the process technology and the media. To facilitate this, Metallform produces workpiece holders and baskets for bulk parts from stainless steel rounds.

Products • June 7, 2016

End Finishing Tools

End finishing tools from Leistritz offer an efficient approach to machining tube ends, shafts and housings. Arranging the insert holders to form a contour, which is transferred to the workpiece, forms the desired cut geometry.

Articles • June 1, 2016

A clean finish

END USER: RDC Control Ltd., (800) 363-2264, www.rdccontrol.com. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Rösler Metal Finishing USA LLC, (269) 441-3000, www.rosler.us. CHALLENGE: Reduce the cost and time to finish end plates for hydraulic cylinders. SOLUTION: A shot-blasting machine to perform the process in-house.

Articles • June 1, 2016 • Alan Richter

Remembering a teacher

I was saddened to hear about the passing of David A. Dornfeld, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, who died of a heart attack on March 27 at age 66. Although I never met him, I considered him to have a brilliant mind and be a great editorial source—someone who returned my phone calls and had something intelligent to say.

Products • June 1, 2016

Cartridges for Indexable-Insert Drills and Boring Heads

The new rectangular cartridges from E-Z Burr Tool are a custom-made solution for indexable drills and adjustable precision boring heads. Now you can accomplish two operations in one convenient pass. The company simply mills a trench in an indexable drill or boring head and installs a custom-designed deburring cartridge that slides right into the trench.

Products • May 26, 2016

Surfox Wand

Walter Surface Technologies announced the launch of the new Surfox Wand, compatible with the Surfox 304 MIG and TIG weld cleaning system. The new Surfox Wand was designed with the end user in mind.

Products • May 25, 2016

TRU TEMP Black-Oxide Finish

High-value tooling such as toolholders, workholding and turret press tooling takes on an attractive, protective black oxide finish when finished with the TRU TEMP low-temperature, nonpolluting black-oxide system from Birchwood Technologies. Extremely durable, the TRU TEMP process provides a satin black magnetite coating, 20 millionths thick (0.54 micron) with no effect on component material hardness or tensile strength.

Products • May 18, 2016

Linear Finishing Set

PFERD Inc. has announced a new linear finishing set for applications including rough stock removal, surface conditioning and consistent, high-quality cosmetic finishing on all metals and hardwoods. The set includes PFERD's innovative 5 in. diameter POLINOX non-woven PNZ finishing drum, featuring interleaved layers of non-woven material and abrasive cloth.

Products • May 16, 2016

BioEmitter

Cortec's BioEmitter offers easy-to-use protection from rust and corrosion on metals stored in enclosed spaces as large as 50 cubic feet (1.4m3). Simply attach the environmentally safe BioEmitter onto a clean surface inside an enclosed area, then relax knowing your tools, electric panels or other metallic valuables are protected.

Products • May 13, 2016

Diamond Cutting Tools and DCC Coating Services

Crystallume is pleased to present an extensive new catalog, highlighting all of its diamond tools and DCC coating services. The 24-page catalog is rich with information to help machinists navigate the immense selection of diamond tools available for all of your machining needs

Products • May 13, 2016

SP-10 Grit Blast System

When a major fortune 500 aerospace company, who had built their reputation on being "dependable ," selected Guyson to design and build a custom grit blaster for batch processing gas turbine blades; its engineering team realized that this was something truly unique. The customer was involved throughout the design of the system and was impressed with how Guyson was able to completely blast the blades in one operation.