Surface Finishing & Coating

Products • September 1, 2014

Preventive Maintenance Service for Fume Extraction Systems

Lincoln Electric introduces its preventive maintenance service that offers numerous short- and long-term benefits for customers who use fume extraction systems.

Products • September 1, 2014

HTR Tube Hone

Sunnen's new HTR all-electric job-shop tube hone combines servo precision and cycle-automation features with constant spindle power and 0.1mm (0.004") stroke repeatability to efficiently hone blind bores or correct tight spots in a bore without operator intervention.

Products • September 1, 2014

ECOMASTER Series 7000 Parts Washers

Fountain Industries has introduced its ECOMASTER Series 7000 modular aqueous parts washing systems for fast and effective parts cleaning for a range of industrial applications.

Products • September 1, 2014

JacksonLea Polishing Solutions

Osborn's engineers develop problem-solving JacksonLea polishing solutions at Hamilton, Ohio Product and Application Lab.

Products • September 1, 2014

1900 BT and SST4030 Ultrasonic Cleaning Systems

Omegasonics introduced two ultrasonic cleaning units for use with fuse deposition modeling (FDM) 3D parts.

Articles • August 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Speed meets performance

A new arc technology for depositing smooth PVD coatings on cutting tools.

Products • August 1, 2014

FlexMT Machine Tending System

ABB Robotics has introduced the FlexMT, a flexible, pre-engineered system designed to load and unload machine tools using vision guided robotics.

Products • August 1, 2014

PEEK Pico Super Air Nozzle

EXAIR Corp.'s new PEEK Pico Super Air Nozzle reportedly has been engineered to produce the highest performance attainable from a tiny nozzle.

Products • August 1, 2014

A 980 TZ Special Cutoff Wheel

KLINGSPOR's newly formulated 0.8mm (.031") A 980 TZ Special cutoff wheel enhances performance and safety.

News • July 25, 2014

Abtex acquires Nihmble Technologies

Deburring solutions provider Abtex Corp., Dresden, N.Y., acquired Bloomfield, N.Y.-based robotics manufacturer Nihmble Technologies to enable manufacturers to use robotics technology to integrate Abtex's deburring equipment into existing operations. Robotic systems can provide manufacturers a range of benefits when deburring, from enhancing the flow of a single operation to connecting multiple operations to deburring multiple surfaces of a part in a single step, noted Mark Fultz, Abtex owner and president.

Articles • July 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Hard chrome replacement

An environmentally friendly material coating with an extremely high bond strength.

Articles • July 1, 2014 • Dr. LaRoux K. Gillespie

Top finishers: Solutions for 10 of the most challenging deburring applications

Part complexity combined with difficult material properties make deburring a challenge for many part manufacturers.