Product News

Two alternative portable pipe milling tools for performing welding end preps on pipe and tube from 0.5” I.D. to 3” O.D. with different bores and wall thicknesses are available from Esco Tool.

The new release of Edgecam, from Vero Software, contains 54 items of new or enhanced functionality that improve productivity for manufacturers by using a range of cutting technologies and machining strategies. They include significant changes to the Pre-Drill Approach Roughing cycle, creating features from wireframe entities, 3D milling cycles in mill-turn Rotary mode, 28 new technology databases in the Wire EDM module and Tombstone.

Uniform color means high quality and therefore is an essential QC criterion. The spectro2guide spectrophotometer from BYK-Gardner represents the next step in the evolution of color measurement.

For those new to the world of AutoCAD, as well as those honing longtime skills, an effective resource is the "Beginning AutoCAD 2019 Exercise Workbook" by Cheryl R. Shrock and Steve Heather from Industrial Press Inc. Two new features are included in the 2019 edition, “Drawing Compare” and “Shared Views,” both of which make it easier for colleagues and clients to share and comment upon changes to drawings in real-time.

The new reference-class linear stages family, L-417 and V-417, from PI (Physik Instrumente), are available in ballscrew and linear motor configurations, both cost effective designs, offering high resolution with improved tracking performance, smaller tracking error and improved settling time. Applications for both include high demands on dynamics, precision, smooth scan motion, short settling times and low tracking error, such as laser cutting, scanning, digital printing, electronics assembly and inspection, AOI (Automatic Optical Inspection), automation, and flat panel manufacturing.

Fastems LLC is launching a new generation of flexible manufacturing systems engineered to fulfill manufacturers’ growing needs to handle shorter product life cycles, higher product mixes and lower volumes.

The SCHUNK ELP can be adjusted in two simple steps, making it a very user-friendly electric linear module. The end positions can be mechanically adjusted with a screw, and the speed of extension and retraction is adjusted using rotary switches on the side of the unit.

Customers can now receive real-time updates as they design and modify conveyor systems when using 3D Preview in DTools, Dorner’s online conveyor configurator. 3D Preview, a fully interactive, live experience for customers that gives them more information than ever before, is available for Dorner’s 2200 series Precision Move Pallet System.

Sandvik Coromant has introduced a high-precision hydraulic chuck for turning operations that offers enhanced pull-out security. CoroChuck 935 has been designed to deliver fast, rigid and secure clamping, time after time.

Users of the Mitsubishi Electric Automation MELSEC iQ-R automation platform can now achieve even greater productivity and lower cycle times with the introduction of the C80 Series CNC. The rack-based C80 features a CNC-dedicated CPU to maximize the control’s performance.

Walter has introduced the Walter Prototyp ceramic milling cutters MC275/MC075. These two new tools deliver significantly increased productivity, cutting speeds and high metal-removal rates in the machining of nickel-based alloys.

If you’ve ever struggled with inserts coming loose during a slotting operation, keep reading. How about inconsistent slot widths, fumbling with awkward screws and inserts on a slotting cutter, or having to use a piece of shim stock to pry wedged chips from deep inside a slotted workpiece? These are just a few of the problems machinists face when trying to cut narrow slots and grooves, but thanks to the newly introduced Kennametal Narrow Slotting (KNS) cutter, the days of “slotting dread” are over, according to the company.

Milwaukee Tool announces the next breakthrough in M18 FUEL, a 18V large angle grinder. The new M18 FUEL 7”/9” large angle grinder generates the power of a 15-amp corded LAG, is up to 2 lbs. lighter than the leading corded unit, and features a 9” grinding capacity.

The SCHUNK Vero-S Aviation product line is designed to rigidly clamp large parts accurately, and through its unique design enable the user to release the part enough to allow the part to move (compensate) due to the stresses of machining without fully releasing the part. Therefore, the clamp/unclamp and reclamping of the stress relieved part can be done in under a minute without losing the established primary reference datums.

WorkXplore, by Vero Software, has completely updated its online help in the latest version to include new icons, along with dialog and menu screen captures, so that users can easily recognize where they are in the help file.

Kitamura Machinery announced its new SUPERCELL-300G 5-axis, horizontal flexible manufacturing cell. It has a 20-station APC with work ID system and 174 tool matrix-style tool.changer.

The latest release of the Radan sheet-metal solution, by Vero Software, includes new functionality giving users a greater degree of manual control where flexibility is required for certain aspects of their individual production processes.

WIDIA has announced a special collaboration with H. Gerstner & Sons to bring two shop originals together in a limited-edition H. Gerstner & Sons tool chest. H. Gerstner & Sons has been recognized for more than 100 years as the manufacturer of iconic tool chests designed to store journeyman’s tools and precision measuring tools.

Kyocera Corp. announced that it has developed a new ultradurable coating technology and base material for indexable industrial cutting tool inserts to improve steel machining. The new CA025P CVD coated carbide grade will be available to the U.S. market from the middle of May 2018.

TM Smith Tool announces its new general-purpose compensating tapholder for a broad range of tapping applications. The LCTH has tension and/or compression for nonsynchronous machines, and radial float to compensate for misalignment between the workpiece and spindle. The new tapholders are available with a straight shank manufactured from premium-grade steel that can withstand harsh environments and rigorous use.