Grinding Machines & Equipment

The dual-station universal belt grinder from Palmgren delivers enhanced grinding and finishing productivity, all in one machine. Equipped with two belt heads, it provides optimal flexibility from roughing to intermediate grinding and blending to final finishing and polishing.

Toolmakers can now easily grind small PCD insert pockets in one simple process. The new Spindle Speed Increaser from ANCA enables customers to easily grind PCD tool blanks, allowing for greater speed and efficiency.

Weiler Abrasives Group has announced the addition of Tiger Ceramic to its portfolio of bonded-abrasive solutions. Tiger Ceramic is a maximum performance line of cutting, grinding and combination wheels that delivers an enhanced combination of product life and cut rate to help users maximize time on the job in a range of metal fabrication applications.

Built to handle general-purpose to precision finishing applications, Palmgren's 24" high-performance disc-finishing machine completes medium to large parts fast and effectively. The disc machine can grind, deburr, contour and finish all sizes and types of workpieces including metal, wood and plastic due to its larger area of contact.

Supertec introduces three sizes of jig grinders covering a full range of capability. Models offered include the pictured JG-510M (20" x 12" x 4" x 13" X,Y,Z,W), the JG-1270CM (47" x 27" x 4" x 16") and the JG-1010G (39" x 39" x 10" x 16"), a double-column style.

Innovative Products of America (IPA) announces the #8150 4.5" diamond grinding wheel. The disc's innovative, 3D contour with topside abrasive coating and thin-profile edge allows for cutting, back cutting, gully cutting and bead finishing with one wheel.

The cordless belt grinder ABC 7 from Suhner is for when you are working on applications with tight spaces. For example, in fillet welds or miters. The machine is characterized by extremely fast belt changes for grinding or polishing applications.

For more than 75 years, Fives has been synonymous with quality diamond dressers from CITCO Tools. Today, Fives continues this tradition by offering a broad line of diamond dressing tools.

UNITED GRINDING recently launched Fine Pulse Technology that significantly boosts surface and cutting edge quality and, therefore, overall resulting tool performance reliability in the production of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) metalworking tools. All UNITED GRINDING's WALTER erosion machines, such as those in the HELITRONIC line, will offer the new technology.

The SBS External Balancer system from Schmitt Industries Inc. is elegantly simple; a computer control, sensor, spindle mounting adaptor, and balance head. It is designed as an inexpensive, permanent installation on grinding machines. It takes the magic out of wheel balancing.

Glebar has developed a double-disc grinding process on its DD-7 double-disc grinder for materials suppliers and manufacturers of high-performance composites that expedites the grinding of composite strips used as low friction, bearing elements in various industries from aerospace to automotive, leading to reduced production costs and enhanced quality.

ANCA's new RoboTeach solution enables greater efficiency and accuracy when setting up robot automation on their CNC grinding machines. By automating the teaching of the RoboMate FANUC 200iD robot, the new product significantly decreases downtime, supports greater productivity, and reduces the need for specialized operator skills.