Machine Tool Attachments & Accessories

Products • January 22, 2021

Athena Voice Assistant

Athena was initially launched by iTSpeeX, LLC in the spring of 2018. Since then, the voice assistant—who interacts with machine tool operators via a machine's existing control screen or a separate display—has expanded to include over 500 commands designed to make machine operators more independent and more productive. She is able to listen to voice commands, provide instructional content, perform complex machine functions quickly and walk through vital checklists.

Articles • January 21, 2021

Retrofit, CNC upgrade improves productivity

30-year-old Ewag RS12 five-axis CNC insert grinder gets new lease on life.

Products • January 15, 2021

GYROFLEX Ultimate Multitasking Machine

The GYROFLEX offers the flexibility to meet a variety of production demands, from low production volume and parts prototyping to high-volume and high-mixed production. A single GYROFLEX requires reduced setup and changeover times and completes complex parts efficiently and accurately.

Products • December 17, 2020

Lynx 2600SY Compact Turning Center

The Lynx 2600SY is designed with a rigid bed structure and incorporates roller type LM guides for all axes. The maximum turning diameter is 14.9" and the maximum turning length is 24", and the main spindle incorporates a 10" chuck while the sub-spindle handles either a 6- or 8-inch chuck size. The main spindle has a speed of 3,500 r/min (25HP) while the sub-spindle turns at 4,500 r/min (15HP), making quick work of complex parts. The Y-axis travel is 4.13", and a 12 station servo-driven BMT tool turret with a half index feature (24 positions) is standard.

Products • December 15, 2020

Universal 24/48 V DC Power Supplies

With the PS device series, Beckhoff offers high-quality power supplies for almost all applications in both the 24 and 48 V DC range, including motion control applications with stringent requirements for handling back EMF (electromagnetic force). Excellent convection, minimized power loss and high efficiency of up to 96.3% optimize the service life and reliability of the devices. The peak power capability of up to 150% makes it possible to provide up to 1.44 kW output power for short periods of time.

Products • December 15, 2020

DZ 22 W Five Axis

The Series 22 combines both high-speed and high-precision processing for complete production of even large high-precision components. Featuring two workpiece-changing table variants, part capacities are generous - the 4-axis trunnion plate version handles 680 mm x 1,330 mm dia., up to 600 kg; and the twin-spindle 5-axis version handles 2 x 599 mm x 340 mm dia., up to 150 kg.n

Products • December 8, 2020

DX4 Servo drive and MX Servo Motor Series

The launch of the new DX4 servo drive and MX servo motor series expands Trio's machine solution and now makes it faster and easier for OEMs to utilize the high performance motion control available from Trio's range of Motion Coordinators. The DX4 servo drive has plug-and-play compatibility with Trio's controllers and slice I/O systems, all programmed within a single software, Motion Perfect 5. This increases the speed of application development and commissioning for OEMs in industries including packaging, medical, metal, CNC, robotics and 3C. The DX4 servo drive operates at 200V AC and power extends from 50W to 3kW.

Products • December 3, 2020

XYZ Piezo Stage

PI's closed-loop piezo system handles the motion part in the TERA-print TERA-Fab™ E series platform. The piezo XYZ stage precisely moves the substrate under the beam pen array between light exposures and enables rapid reconstruction of an arbitrary, high-resolution pattern - up to 100,000s of sub-250nm pixels at a time. The nanopositioning mechanism is actuated by special multilayer piezo stacks whose ceramic encapsulation provides protection against humidity and moisture, important in bio-chemical applications.

Articles • December 2, 2020 • William Leventon

Lathe-robot redesign

CSD-300II front-facing, twin-spindle lathe from Fuji Machine America Corp. sports a variety of new and improved features.

Products • December 2, 2020

RESOLUTE Encoders

The encoders are offset and coupled directly to the drive, as the motors are very small. A motor has a rotor and a stator component, so what we do is couple the ring to the rotor component. As the motor starts to spin, it accurately rotates the ring with respect to the encoder readhead, which is placed outside the entire mechanism. The beauty of the radar application is that the RF energy propagates in free space through the bore of each motor.

Products • December 1, 2020

ToolConnect

This system uses a customized RFID read station and an intuitive interface tailored to the user's tool load and unload process. The ToolConnect HMI displays all user-specified tool and process info, along with a tool image to easily verify that the correct tool is being loaded. The system can automatically index to the correct magazine position for further error-proofing of the process on some machine tools.n

Products • November 25, 2020

Protective Tool Covers

The advantage of these covers is that a small range of sizes will fit snugly over a wide range of both imperial and metric tool sizes. Use Beckett Packaging Protective Tool Covers to protect and organize your cutting tools while in storage at your workspace, in your tool drawers, chests or cabinets.