Machine Tool Attachments & Accessories

Hwacheon Machinery America has introduced a line of large turning centers specifically for machining large oil field components, called Big Bore, based on its successful Hi-Tech 550, -700, and -850 horizontal turning centers.

Drivers are already used to the sixth gear, and the development continues. There are plans afoot for an automatic gearbox for a 9-gear transmission system. The reason is obvious, since it allows the car to be driven at optimal speeds for longer intervals and that saves fuel.

GTI Predictive Technology Inc., creators of the iPad Vibration Analyzer, offers a complete predictive maintenance solution for iPad.

Elbo Controlli, distributed through Koma Precision Inc., is continuing its advancement into the tool management market with a new generation of tool presetters.

ETEL has introduced the LMS ironcore linear motor series, distributed through Heidenhain Corp.

ISCAR is introducing the SD-SP15, a new family of narrow slotting and groove milling cutters, featuring 1.25" diameter milling heads with 8 teeth in a width range of .125" — .250" for maximum depth of cut up to .315".

The right-hand and left-hand versions of the EMCO Maier VT 160 and VT 250, when linked with one of three basic conveyor options--oval, meander, and crossover-meander designs--provide a complete machining solution for workpieces with diameters of up to 250mm, a workpiece weight of 8 kg, and a workpiece height of 150mm with 30 workpieces (oval) or 50 workpieces (meander).

A new cryogenic cooling milling tool.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers GN 440.6 Stainless Steel Leveling Feet with Fixing Lug with Tapped Socket, With Plastic Base Cap or Rubber Pad, in inch and metric sizes.

Threading and grooving toolmaker Tool-Flo Manufacturing, Houston, has added polycrystalline diamond (PCD) and polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (PCBN) tools to its product line. The ultrahard materials allow for longer tool life when cutting abrasive materials such as graphite, hard rubber, plastics, carbon, fiberglass components, ceramics, wood, copper, bronze, brass and aluminum alloys, and permit higher removal rates and faster cycle times.