Surface Finishing & Coating

Semifinished inserts within which PCBN tips are fixed in a steel body via thermal shrink fitting.

Deburring of steel, aluminum and nonferrous metal pipes and tubes, specially those with unconventional configurations, has become easier and more efficient with the release of the Abtex Turnamat, a 5-second solution to efficient tube and pipe deburring.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.