Machine Tool Attachments & Accessories

Vertical machining centers play a central role in the growth of S&S Machine Shop.

When shops purchase new machinery, a common error some make is accepting the standard live tooling package from the builder without considering other options. This is not a criticism of those packages, but end users should do as much evaluation of their processes when determining the proper tooling package as they do when evaluating machine tools.

BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling, Hoffman Estates, Ill., has enhanced its BIG Profit Maker, KAISER and Unilock repair services by bringing services in-house that, until recently, were performed overseas. The company is also eliminating charges for some commodity parts, as well as offering same-day services.

Machine tool builder SMTCL-Americas, City Of Industry, Calif., has partnered with West Coast Customs by supplying a CNC machine tool to the Burbank, Calif., custom auto body shop. The VMC2100B vertical machining center will allow West Coast Customs to create customized wheels and body parts in-house.

Machine tool builder Mazak Corp., Florence, Ky., will host a "Discover More With Mazak" event for manufacturers at its Northeast Technology Center in Windsor Locks, Conn., May 12 and 13 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. A special student day will be held on May 14 for local educational institutions.

SMTCL- Americas, City of Industry, Calif., kicked off the beginning of spring with a sales training course and open house. Instructed by Chief Operations Officer Jerry McCarty, 18 individuals became certified on SMTCL machines. This creates a larger distributor network in California and other regions to better service potential customers, according to the company.

Methods Machine Tools Inc., a Sudbury, Mass.-based supplier of machine tools, automation and accessories, sponsored a senior year "capstone" project for several fifth-year electromechanical engineering students from Boston's Wentworth Institute of Technology. The project involved researching and designing a new type of infeed system for potential use in future Methods automated cell projects.

Soraluce America presents the KB-150-WR horizontal boring machine.

A full line of standard, off-the shelf hanging clear plastic holders for protecting documents in assembly, MRO, production and other industrial environments is being introduced by Vinylenvelope.com.

The new AU-1440iA Z800 submerged wire EDM From Absolute Machine Tools is engineered to process large as well as smaller parts with accuracy, speed and convenience.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers GN 927.5 stainless steel clamping levers with eccentrical cam, with plastic contact plate, tapped type, in inch and metric sizes.

Smart Vision Lights has introduced its Linear High Power (LHP) Line-Scan Light.