Products

Fives upsizes features that can be turned on Giddings & Lewis boring mills with introduction of a larger-range integrated contouring head that handles up to 980mm I.D. (38.6 in) and 780mm O.D.

Turned or bored soft blank top jaws from Dillon manufacturing provide a smooth gripping surface that holds the work piece snugly as a result of a greater coefficient of friction with no marring of the workpiece.

Eltool Corp.'s compact angle head can mill and drill in bores or cavities down to 5⁄8" in diameter.

The market for commercial vehicles is experiencing a vibrant development. Emerging economies have a growing need for new technologies in the production of semitrucks and agricultural machines, enabling them to achieve the desired growth in the construction industry and agriculture. New manufacturers from China, for instance, intensify the price war, putting today's production planners under considerable pressure.

According to a recent study by Roland-Berger, the automotive supplier industry will grow at a rate of approximately 6 percent in the next two years with competition intensifying. To gain an advantage, manufacturers must take a close look at the profitability of production sites.

Emuge Corp. announced they are introducing a new tap program, Z-Taps, an extensive line of taps featuring design and engineering that make them ideal for stainless steels, high strength alloys, tool steels and cast steels less than or equal to 30 HRC.

Eriez Bi-Polar Lifting Magnets enable users to safely lift and move steel without direct attachment by slings, hooks or cables.

Flow International Corp. announces the next-generation direct-drive ultrahigh-pressure pump technology, the HyPlex Prime.

No. 891 is a specially modified 500°F electric universal oven from Grieve.

ETEL is offers short stroke actuators in North America through parent company HEIDENHAIN Corp.

A line of replacement CO2 nozzles offered in various materials and configurations for popular CO2 lasers such as Trumpf and Mitsubishi is being introduced by Laser Research Optics.

OML's VariClamp modular clamping system from Lexair Inc. uses a floating mechanism of fixed and moveable jaws and a variety of gripper forms to provide custom clamping of irregular-shaped workpieces, including round, curved, elliptical, rectangular, stepped and slanted parts.