Mass production components always present challenges: planning the machine installation site, linking machines and coordinating cycle times all to achieve the perfect combination of quality and cost efficiency. The larger the workpiece the more demanding the planning process for the manufacturing set-up.
The new Genesis 400H gear hobbing machine for workpieces up to 400mm in diameter and module 8mm supplements Gleason's successful line of Genesis hobbing machines in the medium-sized workpiece range.
Greenlee offers its new XT Cobalt Step Bits, designed specifically for drilling clean, smooth holes through stainless steel in commercial, industrial and residential applications.
Guyson Corp. has designed and built a robotic blast system with an extended lance nozzle for precision grit blasting and surface preparation of the inside diameters of industrial gas turbine components in manufacturing and repair operations.
The ITI-Exact MTS, ATS and BTS tailstocks accommodate many of Indexing Technologies Inc.'s non-lifting indexing and NC rotary tables when heavy and/or long piece parts are being machined.