Products

Micron USA's new heavy-duty, dual-support centerless grinder offers 16" (405 mm) wheel width capabilities and twin-grip. This design improves on the company's existing designs and integrates the latest control technology.

Seco Tools released two new solid-carbide endmills that significantly boost metal-removal rates and offer exceptionally long tool life for a variety of today's challenging workpiece materials. The Jabro-HFM JHF181 is suitable for high-feed milling strategies in hardened steels and nickel-based alloys, while the Jabro-Solid2 JS564 and JS565 represent Seco's continued focus on developing tools for optimized roughing strategies for materials such as steels, stainless steels and titanium alloys.

Walter has added to its range of solid-carbide milling cutters with the introduction of its MC232 Perform product line. This versatile, cost-effective new cutter type is available with 2, 3 or 4 flutes, in a diameter range of 1/8 in. to 5/8 in. (2 to 20 mm).

PhotoMachining, Inc. and LightFab GmbH announced a collaborative effort to promote selective laser etching using femtosecond lasers in the U.S. market.

The Thermo Scientific Explorer 4 Analyzer with MQA software now offers improved throughput for analysis of nonmetallic inclusions in steel. The platform is a fourth-generation scanning electron microscope (SEM)/x-ray spectroscopy (EDX) for industrial manufacturing.

Balance Systems' Top Gauge Absolute (TGA) helps to improve precision and efficiency in manufacturing processes through an accurate measuring of workpiece diameter.

Allied Machine & Engineering announces its new GEN3SYS XT Pro line of high-penetration drilling products. The product line features enhanced holders and inserts with three unique geometries, and two advanced coatings.

Klüber Lubrication has introduced Klüberoil SUL 1 US series oils, a synthetic refrigeration compressor oil designed for requirements of closed-loop ammonia refrigeration systems.

Tool identification using Balluff industrial RFID increases production efficiency, as it makes incorrect tool allocation or missing tools a thing of the past. This enables optimizing the service time utilization of the tools.

Leybold GmbH, a German company of the Atlas Copco Group and vacuum pump manufacturer, is testing the diverse application possibilities of augmented reality (AR). While executing tasks, service technicians obtain useful additional information and graphical documentation, partly in 3D. Leybold plans to extend the scalable AR apps to other product areas, such as training, repair and maintenance purposes.