Machine Tool Attachments & Accessories

Products • February 1, 2019

drylin W Linear Guides

igus has developed an exchange bearing for its drylin W linear guides that allows for swift replacement in high-frequency applications. To execute the exchange, users simply unlock the bearing, push out the old liner and replace it. The exchange bearing saves time and cost, and is available in sizes 16 and 20 for linear guides on the drylin W series, besides the standard installation size 10.

Articles • January 31, 2019 • Robert Weinstein

Putting a damper on vibration

Look Ahead: The Self-Tuning Mass Damper from MAQ and its adaptable polymers help curb machine inefficiencies

Products • January 31, 2019

Model E-619 High-Power Piezo Amplifier

PI (Physik Instrumente) LP has released the new model E-619, a high-power piezo amplifier designed to drive high-capacitance multilayer piezo actuators with rapid rise times or high frequencies. As a special form of electro-ceramics, piezo materials are the industry standard when it comes to speed, force and precision in a small package.

Products • January 29, 2019

LC 201 Absolute Linear Scale

Long machine tool axes are increasingly being equipped with linear drives, and HEIDENHAIN's new LC 201 absolute linear scale was introduced to specifically meet those drive position feedback needs. This new scale is a single-section METALLUR tape encoder, which is suitable for use in linear motor applications that may be required to reach high acceleration levels within the linear drive systems.

Articles • January 23, 2019 • Kip Hanson

The ins and outs of machine tool spindle maintenance

A robust spindle maintenance plan helps avoid unexpected repair bills and days or even weeks of downtime.

News • January 22, 2019

How to choose the right material for CNC machining

CNC machining is one of the most common methods used to manufacture parts and products. The use of computer numerical controls allows parts to be manufactured using a highly automated process, which has the upper hand on many conventional manufacturing methods in terms of speed, production rate and accuracy. However, determining the right material for the process can be a daunting task.

Articles • January 16, 2019 • William Leventon

Industry 4.0: Advantages of edge computing

The industrial internet of things would work better if computing tasks came down from the cloud.

Products • January 16, 2019

Henninger Speed Increasers

Platinum Tooling, an importer of live tools, angle heads, marking tools, Swiss tools and multiple-spindle tools manufactured by various global suppliers, is now importing Henninger Speed Increasers for North America. The announcement was made by company president, Preben Hansen, at the company's headquarters in Prospect Heights, Illinois.

Articles • January 15, 2019 • Alan Richter

5 stages of automation collaboration

Shop Operations: Safety the key to humans and robots working together.

Articles • January 9, 2019 • Doris Schulz

Industrial parts cleaning faces challenges

Evolving market needs and technical demands transform parts cleaning.

Products • January 9, 2019

XL4s Linear Amplifier

Aerotech's XL4s linear amplifier is designed for closed-loop servo control of voice coil and single-phase motors, eliminating the non-linearities common with PWM amplifiers. The XL4s provides deterministic behavior, auto-identification, and easy software setup and features a multiple-core, double-precision, floating-point DSP that controls the digital PID.

Articles • January 8, 2019 • William Leventon

Alexa and Siri, meet Athena for machining

Machine Technology: New voice-enabled digital assistant can make it easier to learn about, operate and maintain a machine tool.