Machine Tool Attachments & Accessories

Utilizing a single-point tool, Engis Corp.'s FastLap facing device brings plate flatness to within a micron and can machine a custom groove pattern in a second pass, according to the company.

THINBIT offers Form-A-Groove tools, which can consist of simple groove combinations or more complex combinations of grooves, arcs, angles and convex and concave radii.

MAG's E Mill is a machine for economical machining of long, small cross-section parts used in aerospace, construction, shipbuilding and wind power.

END USER: Brinkman Machine Tools and Manufacturing Laboratory, Rochester Institute of Technology, (585) 475-6573, www.rit.edu/kgcoe/ise/brinkman. CHALLENGE: Teach engineering students to use new machining technology. SOLUTION: Integrated machining system, including tool management and tool presetting. SOLUTION PROVIDERS: Okuma America Corp., (704) 588-7000, www.okuma.com; Kennametal Inc., (800) 446-7738, www.kennametal.com; Zoller Inc., (734) 332-4851, www.zoller-usa.com

Machine Technology column for the August 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Toyoda Machinery has announced its new quill spindle horizontal machining center, the FH1250SW.

Makino says its new F5-5XR vertical machining center combines the speed, precision and flexibility required for tight tolerance, five-axis, hard-milling applications.

Machine Technology column for the July 2010 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering.

Advances in machine tool controls and software drive better maintenance.

Hardinge Inc. announces the release of two new Bridgeport 50-taper vertical machining centers to its machine tool product line.

Hardinge Inc. has introduced the GS 51 A turning center.

Mitsui Seiki's "Vertex" line of Vertical Machining Centers got bigger with the addition of a new, larger machine, the Vertex 750-5X.