Automation & Controls

Articles • April 1, 2011

Washed Away

With a substantial portion of the U.S. manufacturing base in earthquake-prone California, we would be wise to study how Japan orchestrates this recovery, suggests CTE Editorial Director Alan Rooks in his April 2011 Lead Angle editorial.

Articles • April 1, 2011

Automated surface finishing is a ‘game changer’

END USER: RCBS, (800) 533-5000, www.rcbs.com. CHALLENGE: Automate ID finishing of ammunition reloading dies. SOLUTION: Flexible brush hones on CNC equipment that improved quality and throughput while eliminating operator injury and fatigue. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Brush Research Manufacturing Co. Inc., (323) 261-2193, www.brushresearch.com

Products • April 1, 2011

Vibration Isolation Mounts

J.W. Winco Inc. offers series GN 351 Vibration Isolation Mounts, Cylindrical Type in metric sizes.

Products • April 1, 2011

Absolute Gaging Package

HEIDENHAIN Corporation has coupled the new ACANTO Absolute Length Gage with the established and versatile ND 2100G GAGE-CHEK metrology readouts.

Products • March 1, 2011

MPmax (Machine Productivity Maximizer)

Makino has released its new real-time machine process monitoring and data management software solution, the MPmax (Machine Productivity Maximizer).

Articles • February 1, 2011

Automated honing boosts production

END USER: Sonic Industries Div., Sargent Aerospace & Defense Group, (310) 532-8382, www.sargentaerospace.com. CHALLENGE: Reduce cycle times while holding critical dimensional and finish tolerances. SOLUTION: Automated honing machine with superabrasive tools. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Sunnen Products Co., (800) 325-3670, www.sunnen.com

Products • January 1, 2011

Rotary Ball Spline

NB Corp.'s rotary ball spline has a nut that rolls on the ball spline shaft making it capable of both linear and rotary motion and provides sub-millimeter accuracy every time.

Articles • September 1, 2010

Night moves

Five shops use different lights-out machining strategies, but all are focused on creating stable processes.

Articles • May 1, 2010

Enabling product line expansion

END USER: The M.K. Morse Co., (800) 733-3377, www.mkmorse.com. CHALLENGE: Eliminate dirt and debris from machine coolant when grinding cermet-tipped saw blades. SOLUTION: Filtration system capable of removing particles to 1μm. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Transor Filter USA, (800) 354-3040, www.transorfilter.com

Products • May 1, 2010

Quadra-Check

Continuing to provide the Quadra-Chek metrology digital readout for 2-D geometries, Heidenhain Corp. introduces it with a new dark gray faceplate. It is now called the Quadra-Chek ND 1200.

Articles • December 1, 2009

Grinding burs

Productive Times. End user: Specialty Carbide Products. Challenge: Productively and consistently grind carbide burs. Solution: A CNC grinding machine integrated with a robot for loading/unloading. Solution provider: Excalibur Tool Inc.

Articles • October 1, 2009

Probing questions

While some may question its use, on-machine probing can reduce setup time while boosting in-process dimension control and enabling part verification.