Turning

STROTHMANN continuously improves its RoundTrack technology and incorporates customer requirements. Now, the quadro turnstile, the youngest RoundTrack crossing, is even thinner, facilitating an effort-saving in-floor installation.

END USER: Mercury Marine, (920) 929-5000, www.mercurymarine.com. CHALLENGE: To increase productivity when machining driveshafts and propeller shafts. SOLUTION: A lathe with a hob assembly. SOLUTION PROVIDERS: Okuma America Corp., (704) 588-7000, www.okuma.com

Walter USA, LLC has announced a series of enhancements to its line of grooving products.

Ingersoll Cutting Tools introduces the T-Micro system specifically designed for the machining of very small internal diameters.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers series GN 7336.7 Clamping Knobs with Indexing Plunger as well as GN 7366.8, a version with safety function.

Cutting Tool Engineering Editorial Director Alan Rooks ponders one of the metalworking industry's biggest challenges of late—filling numerous job vacancies.

Kistler has introduced the Type 9129A, a three-component system, designed to offer high-precision measurements of cutting tool machinery forces of up to 8 kN, when turning outside and inside turret lathe diameters, in support of critical manufacturing process monitoring requirements.

Carmex Precision Tools LLC's new BLU Grade thread turning inserts combine a newly developed sub-micrograin grade with PVD triple layer coating to deliver high strength, longer tool life, more accurate thread and better surface finish, even in the most difficult materials.

For the first time as a combined company, DMG/Mori Seiki hosted the open house held annually at the Deckel Maho Pfronten (Germany) GmbH plant. The event took place Feb. 7 to 11 and reportedly drew more than 5,000 industry professionals from around the world.

GenSwiss offers the new Multidec Back Tool tool holders for turning operations on the subspindle and from an ID tool position.

The most recent addition to Kitagawa-NorthTech Inc.'s family of solutions is a custom designed steady rest for the Haas ST-40 high performance turning centers.

Bar feeders, once known as slow and inefficient 'rattle tubes,' are now high-speed, automated units.