Products

Products • April 15, 2019

Positip 8016 Digital Readout

HEIDENHAIN announces the new Positip 8016 digital readout (DRO) with touch screen for manual machine tool applications. With its sturdy machined aluminum housing, this DRO promises to add reliability and ease-of-use to its milling, drilling, boring and turning jobs.

Products • April 12, 2019

Manage MyMachines Cloud-Based ‘Platform as a Service’

Siemens introduces Manage MyMachines, one of the MindApps within the rapidly emerging Mindsphere concept. This cloud-based "platform as a service" enables the full data tracking of machine kinematics, as well as production data, and Manage MyMachines serves as the initial point of entry into this digital world, combined with edge technology.

Products • April 12, 2019

Robotic AutoHone Reverse Drag/Stream Finisher

Extend the life and performance of carbide and HSS cutting tools dramatically by honing their edges and polishing their flutes. These hard materials are still susceptible to breakage. Edge prep processes have been shown to make cutting tools significantly less brittle.

Products • April 12, 2019

VLC 200 GT Turning and Grinding Center

It is no secret that e-mobility is a growing market. A current study by the consulting firm Strategy Analytics, predicts the production output of "electric vehicles" will increase to 25% of the global market by 2025. It should be noted that the study uses "electric" as an umbrella term that covers all aspects of e-mobility, i.e. hybrids, fuel cell drives, and pure electric vehicles, and that the markets are highly heterogeneous. It is expected that 50% of the production will take place in China, and the other 50% will be throughout the rest of the world.

Products • April 10, 2019

Collaborative Robots

Doosan Robotics (Doosan) offers a versatile lineup of collaborative robots (cobots) that are engineered to meet the needs of today's automation market. Doosan cobots have been particularly popular in France and Italy due to their strong capabilities and intuitive and easy application.

Products • April 9, 2019

MATE Wearable Exoskeleton

Comau introduces MATE, its first innovative wearable exoskeleton. MATE has been designed to improve work quality in an efficient and highly ergonomic manner by providing consistent and advanced movement assistance during prolonged overhead, as well as daily tasks.

Products • April 9, 2019

MiR1000 Autonomous Mobile Robot

Mobile Industrial Robots launched the MiR1000, the company's largest autonomous mobile robot (AMR). The MiR1000 can automatically pick up, transport and deliver pallets and other heavy loads up to 1,000 kg (2,200 lbs) through dynamic environments.

Products • April 9, 2019

AI Camera

With AI capabilities, MiR robots can efficiently and appropriately react to different types of obstacles to improve navigation and efficiency. They can now distinguish between e.g. AMRs from other manufacturers, AGVs, forklifts, humans, groups of people and adjust their driving pattern accordingly.

Products • April 9, 2019

Hazardous Location Cabinet Cooler Systems

EXAIR's new Hazardous Location Cabinet Cooler Systems have achieved the UL classified designation for Div1 environments. They have been tested by UL and passed their stringent requirements for use upon classified purged and pressurized electrical enclosures within Class I Div 1, Groups A, B, C and D; Class II Div 1, Groups E, F and G – and Class III environments.

Products • April 9, 2019

Web-Based eForm Configurator

Hoffmann Group USA announced that its Web-based eForm configurator has been optimized for free-form surfaces. Using eForm, Hoffmann Group USA customers can design their own customized rigid foam inlays, whereby individually placed tools are not only positioned next to each other, but also above one another. This enables a larger number of tools to be stored in tool cases, drawers and cabinets, in an orderly manner.

Products • April 9, 2019

Series 319SW Twin Cutter Boring Head

Limitations of using milling tools to prepare holes for finishing become apparent as hole depth and volume increase. This is where BIG KAISER's Series 319SW Twin Cutter boring head showcases its capabilities and can solve the issue along with virtually any other holemaking problem for the range of 0.787" to 8.000".

Products • April 9, 2019

WKV10 and WKV20 Turning Inserts

Walter has added two new cast iron insert grades to its Perform Line family of turning tools, the WKV10 and WKV20. These new negative geometry grades are versatile, cost-effective inserts and are ideal for those who machine small or medium batch sizes. These new grades in the Perform Line supplement corresponding grades for steels that were introduced last year.