Small-Scale Thinking
Nanotechnology opens up new coating possibilities and performance.
Operation / Process
Surface Finishing & Coating
Clearlok Polyurethane Sealant
CLEARLOK Polyurethane Sealant from Birchwood Casey provides a clear, hard, high gloss protective finish over trivalent zinc chromate finishes without significant dimensional change.
Low cost vs. real cost
What is the real cost of a cutting tool when it is applied? Carefully controlled tests provide the answer.
Polishing tools
Spartan Felt Co.'s Industrial and Polishing Pad divisions offer custom polishing bobs, pads and wheels for metalworking applications.
Super Air Nozzle
EXAIR Corp.'s new ¾ NPT Stainless Steel Super Air Nozzle delivers 4.5 pounds of strong blowing force for blowoff, cooling and drying applications located in corrosive, high temperature, food and pharmaceutical environments.
Quick-Change Abrasive Discs
Three types of quick-change abrasive discs for grinding, blending, and putting a smooth final finish on aluminum, steel, and stainless steel fabrications are available from Rex-Cut Products Inc.
EP65HT-1 Epoxy
Master Bond Inc. EP65HT-1 combines high temperature resistance and fast room temperature curing in a NASA low outgassing approved epoxy.
Uncle Earl’s Soap
Zebra Skimmers Corp., a manufacturer of oil skimmers and fluid maintenance equipment, introduces Uncle Earl's Soap in liquid and foam form and new scents.
Component Micro Series
E-Z Burr Tool Co.'s Component Micro Series tools are for deburring and chamfering microholes from 0.057" to 0.092" in diameter. A tool's solid arbor can be replaced without changing the HSS blade and vice versa.
Grooving plus
Multifunction groove/turn tools stretch shops' defi nition of a grooving tool.
Nonsmooth move
Shops have many choices when texturing—rather than smoothing—part surfaces.
Smooth flight
Jet-engine manufacturing typically requires through-holes that accommodate fasteners for various components and subassemblies. These through-holes must be chamfered, free of burrs and have radiused edge transitions.