Products

U S Shop Tools offers round jaws in sizes up to 28 inches in diameter. In addition, large diameter steel round jaws, up to 15" with a height of 6", are also available.

Bluco Corp.'s modular fixturing system is for fixturing low-volume/high-mix work. Using an alternating pattern of dowel and tapped holes, fixture plates are accurate to +/- 0.0004" between centers.

Wayne Products releases the Mini-Skimmer R.S., a belt-type oil skimmer that collects over a quart of oil per hour despite its tiny housing that measures just 3"x3"x2.75". Designed as an easy-to-use solution for small machine shops, Mini-Skimmer R.S. skims unwanted tramp oils from coolants, but can rest easily with the flip of a switch once its job is complete.

The Mazak VTC-805E vertical traveling-column machining center brings high versatility and productivity to those shops that need to tackle long and/or heavy parts. The machine combines an increased Y-axis stroke, long bed/table size, high spindle speed and torque and Mazak's new SmoothG CNC for efficient, powerful machining, according to the company.

BIG KAISER announces the release of the Smart Damper boring bar for lathe applications. A heavyweight, strengthened damping mechanism integrated into the toolholder functions as both a dynamic counter and friction damper.

SideWinder vises mount directly to the back of 6- or 8-inch Kurt vises and make an ideal setup when configured in tandem with two or more vises. The Kurt SideWinder vise provides vertical workholding without interfering with an existing host vise or the machine spindle.

No. 876 is a 500º F gas-heated belt conveyor oven from Grieve, currently used for drying brass and aluminum parts at a customer's facility. The workspace dimensions of this unit measure 22"W x 126"D x 15"H.

For more than 75 years, Fives has been synonymous with quality diamond dressers from CITCO Tools. Today, Fives continues this tradition by offering a broad line of diamond dressing tools.

Makino announces its newest addition to the nx-series, the a120nx horizontal machining center. As the largest machining platform within the nx-series to date, this machine is built to take on oversized structural components for industrial equipment, diesel engines and semiconductor manufacturing, while delivering high levels of speed and accuracy.

The cordless belt grinder ABC 7 from Suhner is for when you are working on applications with tight spaces. For example, in fillet welds or miters. The machine is characterized by extremely fast belt changes for grinding or polishing applications.

Emuge Corp. has introduced tool grinding and reconditioning services based out of the company's North American headquarters in West Boylston, Mass. A clean, new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Emuge is now equipped with the latest technology CNC grinding machines and inspection equipment, providing tool reconditioning for U.S. and Canadian customers for Emuge taps, drills and endmills, in addition to other brands of carbide drills and endmills.

Leading drive and control specialist Bosch Rexroth has further enhanced its IMS-A position measurement system with the introduction of a DRIVE-CLiQ interface, enabling even more rapid setup. An innovative, robust and accurate measuring system, the IMS-A is, uniquely, fully integrated in the linear guide, resulting in a mechatronic system that combines the functions of guiding mechanical loads and measuring their absolute positions in a single unit.