Products

Shops that need a highly efficient digital solution to surface texturing for product design and moldmaking will gain new levels of design quality and productivity with the new AgieCharmilles LASER S series from GF Machining Solutions. This all-in-one texturing solution applies designs to challenging surfaces while it controls cost per part, cuts lead and machining times and significantly improves quality.

WDS offers stainless steel versions of many of the components that it supplies to machine and equipment builders across the UK and around the world. Wherever possible it offers stainless steel versions of its most popular components.

A new energy chain from igus in small and medium sizes is quieter, stronger and dramatically reduces assembly time. The new E2.1 series chain saves users 50 percent on installation time, and adapts to the requirements of the machine. The chain offers long service life and silent operation, and in the future, users will be able to choose the ideal energy chain or the correct energy tube for reliable cable guidance for over 850 different variants.

The Hurco BX40Ui 5-axis CNC double-column machining center, with trunnion table mounted along the Y-axis, combines performance and flexibility. The ladder structure and double-column design provides extreme rigidity and outstanding support to the head casting.

Columbus McKinnon Corp. announced its CM Lodestar VS electric chain hoist is now available in higher capacities up to three tons. The CM Lodestar VS combines the company's hoist design with best-in-class adjustable frequency drive performance.

MC Machinery has introduced the Van-TG Lower Roller Nest Conversion Kit. With this kit, users can quickly upgrade their Mitsubishi EDM FA series machine(s) lower roller housing to the new Van-TG replaceable nest developed for Mitsubishi's latest MV series EDMs.

Special top jaws from Dillon Manufacturing can be manufactured to grip a components ID, OD or a combination of both, to suit any workholding application. Available in soft or hard jaws, or full grip jaws, for virtually any chuck manufacturer, Dillon manufactures special top jaws from 1018, 1045, 4140, 8620, A-2, 6061 aluminum, and stainless steel.

Tungaloy is expanding its MiniForce-Turn, an economical turning tool series, to include the -JS style chipbreaker insert promising efficient chip control and machining stability.

Columbia Marking Tools Inc. pioneered the development of the double-acting air-operated impact marker and for many years the patented 8-ton Model 751 and high-powered 12-ton Model 851 Slide-A-Mark units have been the preferred choice for applying impact marks into a wide variety of materials.

Aerotech's AGV-SPO single pivot-point galvanometer scanner enables a larger field of view and reduced spot distortion for critical laser micromachining applications. A unique optical design effectively controls the beam entrance pupil to be coincident for the X and Y scanner motion, increasing the effective numerical aperture of the scanner system.

Emuge Corp. has introduced an advanced line of endmills featuring unique geometry designed specifically for the high-performance machining of turbine and bladed components. New Emuge Turbine End Mills offer unprecedented cycle time reductions and long tool life in challenging forms and materials, including titanium, nickel alloys, aluminum alloys and more.

Chemtool Inc. announces Lubricut 4284, the newest in its line of high-performance metalworking fluids. Lubricut 4284 is a synthetic coolant, specially formulated for machining and grinding aluminum (and other ferrous and nonferrous alloys).