Product News

Italian workholding manufacturer Gerardi SPA offers its new line of self-centering CompactGRIP vises for 5-axis machining. The line offers higher clamping power than existing vises, because the clamping screw design is positioned very close to the workpiece and the integral design of slides and jaws, according to the company.

Helfer Tool Co., Santa Ana, Calif., offers carbide cold heading tools, including carbide extrusion pins, carbide punches, and carbide hammer pins. Please give Helfer Tool a call, e-mail and attach a CAD file, or fax us a print for a prompt competitive quote.

Seco developed its new thread chaser insert holder to bring high levels of precision and rigidity to threading operations that involve tough materials including the hard, gummy or high-­chrome content ones used in the oil and gas industry. Such achievement is possible via a special carbide-­pin locating system combined with a patented pocket seat surface pattern and high-­pressure coolant capabilities.

Titan Tool Supply Inc. announces the introduction of its new line of flexible diamond finishing files for the removal of material in the maintenance of extrusion dies, aircraft components, and other difficult-to-reach areas for conventional means of finishing. They are designed for working with materials such as tungsten carbide, stone and marble, composite materials, industrial ceramics, reinforced plastics, fiberglass, ferrite materials, nonferrous materials, rubber, and glass. 

Fly Cutter Sets; Minimum Head Diameter (Inch): 3/4; Maximum Head Diameter (Inch): 2-1/2; Shank Diameter (Inch): 1/2; 5/8; Minimum Tool Bit Size (Inch): 3/16; Maximum Tool Bit Size (Inch): 1/2; Number of Bits Per Cutter: 1.

Conventional "bump" knurling methods are undesirable for smaller diameter parts because the forces deflect the workpiece, according to Genevieve Swiss Industries Inc., Westfield, Mass. To control this problem, the company recommends using a straddle knurl holder to provide support to the workpiece while the knurling operation is performed.

The new Top Cut 4 indexable drilling platform from WIDIA is targeted to end users that machine a broad assortment of products and need one drill for a variety of drilling applications and workpiece materials. 

Morse Cutting Tools has a companion for its popular SHEARTAP, the new SHEARDRILL. The SHEARTAP is a go-to tool in the Morse Tap Offering and like its companion, the SHEARDRILL, is designed to run in a wide variety of materials providing a performance production solution. 

Even with minimal runout near the nose of the holder, conventional collet holders frequently see larger runout when measured at the cutting edge of longer tools. NT Tool’s original “R” Zero system eliminates this problem by utilizing a four-point adjustment mechanism to adjust runout at the tool tip to as low as 0µm to 2µm.

J. Schneeberger Machinen AG offers two new grinding machines: the Gemini NGM (pictured) and the Sirius NGS. With both machines, space requirement was give special attention to achieve smallest footprint with a large work envelope. 

Deemed the most compact laser production center in diamond tool manufacturing, the new EWAG LASER LINE PRECISION serves as an alternative to conventional grinding and eroding methods that are unable to handle the level of precision required for processing complex cutting contours and narrow tool tolerances in CBN, PCD and CVD-­D materials. 

Walter Tools, Waukesha, Wis., recently introduced its new Advance product line, which the company claims increases tool life up to 50 percent. The MC251 Advance solid carbide milling cutters from Walter's Prototyp brand is said to be the ideal geometry for machining stainless materials from material group ISO M and for secondary applications in ISO S materials, according to the company.

Okuma America Corp. introduces ServoNavi, which improves cycle times and accuracy when machining heavy parts.

toolcraft is now once again investing in the future and will take its first step towards Industry 4.0 in early 2016.

RÖHM Products of America the new, customizable RRMG synthetic gripper.

Techniks offers small, powerful EZ-Lift Magnets.

The OMAX 55100 JetMachining Center is the largest of the company's cantilever-style machines.

ngineered for drilling multiple plates, RotoBrute stack-cut cutters from Champion Cutting Tools are manufactured with a special ID grind, that cut cylindrical steel slugs without leaving the traditional "top hat brim."

The Eldorado M75-30T from Kays Engineering Inc. is a twin-spindle gundrilling machine widely used for the manufacture of orthopedic implants, including femur nails and bone screws.

The upgraded C6915 control cabinet Industrial PC from Beckhoff, which measures only 48 x 164 x 119mm (without mounting plate), is the most compact model in the Beckhoff Industrial PC (IPC) range.