General Shop Equipment & Supplies

The price range for a new presetter is wide—units supplied by sources for this article range from $8,000 to $85,000 or more. But even a lower price model might be difficult for a shop to justify. "It is hard for a shop to see the dollar savings because the presetter doesn't make any parts," said Joe Halik, engineering manager for Koma Precision Inc., East Windsor, Conn., the North American importer of Elbo Controlli presetters. "But you have to look at how much time you are wasting by measuring tools on the machine tool and from scrapped parts and operator error."

Mori Seiki has started taking orders for the ULTRASONIC 65 monoBLOCK equipped with ultrasonic machining functions and the LASERTEC 65 Shape equipped with laser machining functions.

Manufacturers across the globe are always looking for reliable workholding devices to accommodate their manufacturing indexing and rotating requirements. CNC Indexing & Feeding Technologies has been proud to represent the complete Ganro Industrial Corp. (Golden Sun) product line of workholding rotary tables and indexers.

This short video provides some insight into the benefits and time savings afforded by a universal grinding machine. It is presented as supplemental information to Cutting Tool Engineering's December 2011 cover story, "A Pitch for Thread Grinding."

Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, responds to a shop that performs high-production grinding of small parts and experiences trouble when determining how much to dress a wheel. Watch the 24th episode now.

Siemens Industry has released Simatic STEP 7 Safety Advanced V11 option as part of its TIA (totally integrated automation) Portal, providing end users with all configuration and programming tools required for generating a fail-safe program within Siemens TIA Portal.

LMC Workholding introduces the newest model of the Atling self centering steady rest, the AX series.

A new sidehead option on MAG vertical turning centers (VTCs) utilizes a 250-mm-square (10 inch) ram to deliver 34,000 N (7,600 pounds) thrust from the optimum angle for efficient turning of tall or flanged parts in vertical orientation.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers series GN 475 Adjustable Two-Way Connector Mini-Clamps in metric sizes.

Vero Software announced the release of Machining STRATEGIST V13, a powerful multi-axis CAM solution that generates optimum HSM roughing and finishing CNC toolpaths for both the office and shop-floor environment.

Geometric announced the release of CAMWorks 2012, its solids-based CNC programming solution.

Kistler has introduced the USB-based Type 2825A DynoWare universal data acquisition and analysis software, designed for direct compatibility with Kistler stationary and rotary measuring systems, including single- and multi-component dynamometers and other force sensors.