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EXAIR's new patented High Lift Chip Trapper offers a fast, easy way to clean coolant sumps, waste oil pits or wells. High Lift Chip Trapper removes the solids such as chips, swarf and shavings out of used coolants and other liquids with up to 15 feet of lift or 20 feet of horizontal vacuum.

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence announced its GLOBAL S coordinate measuring machine (CMM) platform. The Global S measuring solution is the initial offering in Hexagon's Enhanced Productivity Series (EPS) featuring smart technologies, such as user experience (UX) enhancements, measurement software and advanced "green" options.

To minimize such unexpected downtimes and provide reliable connections, Mencom offers a range of industrial Ethernet switches, such as managed switches, unmanaged switches, gigabit switches, harsh-environment switches, and EN50155-certified switches. The company also offers secure routers, media converters, serial device servers, modbus gateways and power supplies.

Master Fluid Solutions reports that TRIM MicroSol 590XT, a semisynthetic microemulsion, in addition to being qualified for areas 5 and 6 of the Boeing process spec BAC5008, is now also qualified for use in area 2. The approval for Boeing usage area 2 includes machining heat-treated steels as described in BAC5008 and BAC5440.

Carmex Precision Tools LLC has announced the latest addition to its family of tooling for Swiss-style applications. The Swiss-Line combines a new type of polygon insert and holder for external turning, grooving, parting and threading. The precision ground inserts are constructed of solid carbide with specialty coating for longer tool life and increased productivity, according to the company.

With the new HALCON 13.0.1 release, MVTec Software GmbH makes its machine vision software readily available for ARM-based platforms running the Linux operating system. This version provides a straightforward way to use HALCON's functions on the widely distributed ARM processing technology.

Sensofar Metrology has announced two new measurement technology features, as well as a hardware add-on, for its existing S line 3-in-1 surface metrology systems. Continuous Confocal refers to a proprietary measurement technique that represents a revolutionary step in confocal measurement technology. With Continuous Confocal, Sensofar has developed a confocal technique that utilizes a continuous Z-axis scan.

SmartCAMcnc has announced the release of SmartCAM v2017. SmartCAM v2017 delivers new verification technology, as well as expanded rotary axis and code generation support, and improvements to the user interface and rough milling functionality. The SmartCAM CAM software family consists of toolpath creation applications for CNC milling, turning, fabrication and wire EDM.

Three-dimensional molded interconnect devices are a welcome addition to conventional printed circuit boards and are particularly well suited to Industry 4.0 applications. The example of a smoke detector illustrates how design and functional integration are simplified with this technology.

Omegasonics has introduced a new cleaning unit, the 1900BTX, that features two cleaning technologies, a water agitation cleaning process and ultrasonic cavitation. Each operates independently to facilitate a more thorough, yet gentle, cleaning process. The unit is especially effective for cleaning 3D prototype parts.

The Ecotech Machinery is a single-source of the following top-quality products: CNC cylindrical grinders, CNC Roll grinders, CNC vertical rotary grinders, CNC crankshaft grinder and special customer-built grinders. Ecotech grinders feature a heavy base design and hydrodynamic wheel spindle, which are reportedly essential to the Ecotech grinders ability to accurately machine larger parts.