Trigonometry for Engineering Technology by Gary Powers is a 280-page book from Industrial Press Inc. The book is designed to teach the fundamentals to students new to the subject and is also useful for in-house training programs and as a self-study refresher.
IONOGRIND from oelheld U.S. combines advantages of dielectric fluid used for metal removal and good surface quality, along with grinding oil that produces minimal foam or vaporization.
New developments in the 2013 release from Vero Software of the sheet metal CAD/CAM software Radan reportedly provide considerably improved support for multi-tools, meaning they are much easier to use.
The new Carr Lock System from Carr Lane Mfg. Co. allows accurately locating and clamping at the same time, with just the twist of a hex wrench, for mounting quick-change tooling on a subplate.
CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels expanded its surface conditioning offerings, adding a line of surface preparation aluminum oxide and silicon carbide wheels and discs.
With its new MIKRON HEM 800 three-axis vertical machining center, GF AgieCharmilles says it brings an excellent price/performance ratio to the high-precision production of medium to large-sized parts for several different industries, from aerospace to electronics to mold and die.
Coherent Inc. has extended its integrated laser machine tool product portfolio with its new META platform, offering improved performance and greater ease-of-use.
The Eriez Hydroflow line of heavy-duty industrial wet/dry vacuum sump cleaner units clean virtually any machine tool sump, tank or pit quickly and thoroughly.
Metal chips and fines that collect in machine tool sumps and large central systems can now be effectively removed with Eriez Hydroflow's Solids-from-Liquid Centrifuges using media free filtration.
In supporting phase one of the DMG/Mori Seiki standardization initiative, Gibbs and Associates will provide the machine tool builder's customers a smooth and reliable flow of programming data from any CAM system to the machine controls.