Machine Tool Attachments & Accessories

Videos • September 16, 2014

Makino features its a61nx-5E machine at IMTS 2014

Makino Inc. featured its a61nx-5E horizontal machining center at IMTS 2014. Designed with an innovative pallet-change system, the a61nx-5E provides enhanced rigidity through a three-point bed casting and tiered column structure. It has X-, Y- and Z-axis travels of 730 mm (28.7 inches), 730 mm and 680 mm (26.8 inches), respectively. Linear acceleration is 1G on the X- and Y-axes, and 0.8 in the Z-axis. The twin-direct-drive rotary tables are said to offer improved access to all sides of a part, especially when using shorter tools.

News • September 16, 2014

ITAMCO donates Zeiss CNC

Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Cos. donated a Zeiss DuraMax coordinate measuring machine to the Precision Tool Manufacturing Training Program for students who attend Plymouth High School. The donation was announced at the 2014 International Technology Manufacturing show in Chicago. The new machine shows ITAMCO's continuing support for the program that Mark Neidig, purchasing manager at ITAMCO, proposed to the Plymouth School Corporation superintendent in 2013.

Videos • September 14, 2014

ANCA USA introduces tubular linear motor technology at IMTS 2014

ANCA USA introduced its tubular linear motor technology in three machines at IMTS 2014. The line of FX linear tool and cutter grinders incorporate the new LinX tubular linear motor technology developed by ANCA Motion. The LinX motor is said to be an efficient, high-performance cylindrical motion system that provides improved performance at alower cost when compared to conventional linear and rotary motors.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Christopher Tate

Getting ‘goodies’? Make sure they’ll be used

Do your homework when adding labor-saving devices to your shop, urges the Shop Technology column in the September 2014 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

So cool it’s crazy

Solid-carbide end mills with unique cooling channels to enable significant productivity gains.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Shrink-fit insert body

Semifinished inserts within which PCBN tips are fixed in a steel body via thermal shrink fitting.

Articles • September 1, 2014

Connecting with everything

For a guy like me who remembers when a landline telephone was the only way for an individual to share information immediately over long distances, today's world of infinite connectedness still has an otherworldly, "Alice in Wonderland" feel to it.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Alan Richter

Mega-Multiplex

Heavy-duty multitask machine tools provide numerous benefits for producing large, complex components -- when the application is right.

Articles • September 1, 2014 • Evan Jones Thorne

Preset in stone

When tool pre setters are integrated into a shop, a key question is who will take the measurements.

Products • September 1, 2014

Cincinnati XP Aerospace Profiler

Fives says the new 5-axis, 5-spindle Cincinnati XP aerospace profiler lives up to its name, delivering "X-treme Productivity" in machining of structural aluminum parts.

Products • September 1, 2014

SBS ExactControl Process Control Card

Schmitt Industries Inc. announced today that it has added a new advanced multi-functional process control capability to its line of SBS balancing and process monitoring products for the grinding industry.

Products • September 1, 2014

Vigilant LED High Bay Fixture

Dialight announced the availability of its new CE compliant and UL-certified Vigilant LED High Bay fixture with integrated controls and cloud based monitoring for industrial applications, including manufacturing, material processing and other rugged applications.