General Shop Equipment & Supplies

Dillon Chuck Jaws announces a new line Air Chuck Jaws including both Style M and Style R, such as those often machined using air chucks. CNC-machined for accuracy, the pins serve as a locator and allow precise repeatability plus fast installation.

KISTERS has announced the release 2016.1 of the 3DViewStation Desktop version. By adding 2D analysis and markup functionality 3DViewStation continues its expansion to 2D market. The KISTERS 3DViewStation Desktop is known for its modern user-interface, high-performance viewing, advanced analysis and integration capabilities into leading systems.

E-TURN, the all-electric tube bender from BLM GROUP USA, can bend a variety of tube configurations including round, square, rectangular, flat-sided, oval and elliptical. Tube can be automatically loaded, bent and unloaded all in one machine.

In two separate personnel moves, YG-1 Tool Co., Vernon Hills, Ill., recently promoted Shane Hollenbaugh to Executive Director of Sales and hired Bill Pulvermacher as Director of Marketing. Pulvermacher will be responsible for marketing, strategy and brand development.

Sunnen's new SV-15 honing machine combines the DNA of the legendary Cylinder King machine with a new 9-inch Siemens touchscreen PLC to provide more features, convenience and even greater precision and consistency than the "King" of motorsports honing. The multilingual control provides a real-time display of the bore shape, allowing the operator to confirm bore straightness and make on-the-fly adjustments to correct taper or simply confirm the action of the auto-dwell feature that efficiently concentrates honing action in tight spots.

Hardinge Inc. announces the release of its newest vertical machining centers, the Bridgeport V480 and V710. The Bridgeport V480 and V710 machines feature fast rapid rates, high axis and spindle acceleration/deceleration, and a powerful Mitsubishi control packed with many standard features.

Whether you produce high-quality molds and individual parts or complete draw dies, dies or models, the Die and Mold manufacturing industry package from Tebis provides an ideal solution for every application. The design functions provide a variety of methods from the modification of existing CAD models to reverse engineering. from Tebis provides an ideal solution for every application. The design functions provide a variety of methods from the modification of existing CAD models to reverse engineering.

The Positrol cartridge arbor with interior swing clamps is designed to increase part rigidity during machining operations without interfering with tool paths.

NUM (NUM Taiwan Ltd) and Taiwan's Feng Chia University have jointly developed an intelligent CNC gear hobbing machine with an advanced electronic gearbox that completely eliminates the time overheads of changing mechanical gears on traditional machine tools.

Gehring L.P. has released the Lifehone L630 – the newest in its line of modular honing machines for precision metal components. The Lifehone L630 offers a systematic approach to help ensure an efficient manufacturing process. Features include standard part applications that can be honed on the Lifehone range from sun gears to connecting rods, hydraulic sleeves and injector pump components.