Products

POLIFAN-CURVE flap discs from PFERD INC bring advantages to rough and finish grinding applications. A patented, proprietary design to PFERD, POLIFAN-CURVE offers a fast, productive and economical way to go from rough grinding to smooth finishing in a single step, according to the company.

Available from German Machine Tools of America (GMTA) is the laser technology of Arnold Ravensburg, a leading supplier to the German gearmaking, automotive and off-highway powertrain markets. New machines are being offered by GMTA, along with full laser integration technology through application engineering.

Mazak developed its new VARIAXIS i-800T multitask machine specifically to enhance milling operations and significantly boost productivity, especially for those manufacturers in the aerospace industry.

Glebar Inc. says the GT-610M is an affordable, compact, high-precision centerless infeed/through-feed grinding system, built for the machine shop. The GT-610M includes independent upper and lower slides, and a blade height ramp system for finite blade adjustment.

Diamond dressing plates, such as sintered versions, were the innovations of yesterday. »Dia-Fliese-perfect« from Lach Diamond Inc. is today's new standard diamond dressing tool for perfect cuts, particularly in series production.

Niagara Cutter has launched a new portfolio of solid-carbide thread mills that bring strength and process reliability to a broad range of general-purpose machining applications. Overall, the portfolio comprises thread mills for the cost effective, highly accurate production of Unified, National Pipe Tapered and metric thread forms.

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has released its new HP-S-X1 series of compact probes for 3D coordinate measuring machine (CMM) tactile scanning. The HP-S-X1 product line features a new bearing system for better joint repeatability and accepts longer horizontal styli for improved flexibility.

Jet Edge introduces its latest generation of waterjet shuttle systems. Designed especially for high-volume water-only waterjet cutting applications, Jet Edge waterjet shuttle systems reportedly increase productivity by allowing operators to continue cutting as they unload finished parts.

A line of CO2 laser optics optimized for 10.6 microns that are in-stock for popular etching, marking, and thin metal cutting lasers are available from Laser Research Optics.

Marposs offers its new BLÚ distributed control network for machine tools. The BLÚ system represents a new approach to the concept of a localized network on a machine tool.

NTK Cutting Tools offers a line of high-feed cutters (HFC) for milling aluminum. This series maximizes teeth/cutter, from seven teeth on the 50mm-dia. cutter to 22 teeth on a 125mm-dia. cutter, to reduce production time.

NTK's new 3D molded chipbreakers are enhanced to achieve optimal chip control on the company's Swiss tooling. They include: CTP–CX for cutoff operations, GTMH-GX for grooving or side turning, and TBP/TBPA-BM for "single-pass, back-turning" operations.