As the aerospace, automotive and mold and die industries trend toward monolithic components and large structures, there is a growing need for large-travel machining centers. To accommodate large-volume machining, Haas Automation Inc. has expanded the capacity of its EC-1600 horizontal machining center with an additional 10" of Y-axis travel.
Higher productivity, lower energy consumption and offloading of the machine-drive are the highlights of the new carbon, ultra-light clamping devices that Hainbuch offers for machine tools.
Iscar Metals Inc. says its 11mm profiling insert does the job of a bigger one, thus enabling finer-pitch cutters for smoother profiling and lower chip loads.
Iscar Metals Inc. says it has improved its line of CUT-GRIP and HELI-GRIP groove/turn tools with a new CVD-coated substrate that doubles tool life while raising productivity by 15 percent.
The innovative Beyond platform of high-performance tool grades from Kennametal has garnered exceptional reviews from customers worldwide. Now the company is introducing the first Beyond inserts for holemaking applications.
Kistler Instrument Corp. has announced the North American debut of Type 5697-DAQ, a powerful piezoelectric force measurement data acquisition system controlled by Kistler's own proprietary DynoWare software.
BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. introduces the Perfect Jet Collet to optimize coolant supply in high-speed machining operations, resulting in better coolant delivery and the option to seal the collet for coolant-through tools.
Mahr Federal Inc. has introduced a new option package for their MarForm mmQ 200 Formtester which provides the measurement of surface finish parameters according to accepted ISO, ASME and JIS standards.