Product News

Metabo Corp. introduces a new lightweight, ergonomic angle grinder designed for applications in the field using AC/DC power sources.

Okuma America Corp. announced the launch of the new All-Okuma wheel cell.

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc. has announced the release of the new DNX 25°Facemill for iron and steel applications.

From HEIDENHAIN Corp. comes a new online interactive training tool for CNC instruction called HIT (HEIDENHAIN Interactive Training).

Comco Inc. offers the latest advances in Shot Peening Technology with our new Precision Shot Peening Equipment for demanding production or job shop environments.

OSG Tap & Die has introduced an all new premium tap series, the EXOPRO-Ti, ideal for machining titanium alloys.

The CoroChuck 930 is a high precision hydraulic chuck from Sandvik Coromant that brings secure tooling performance to milling and drilling operations.

SPRING Technologies, a vendor of solutions that optimize the use of complex NC machines, recently launched a new version of NCSIMUL Machine 9, its flagship software for machine simulation.

Vortec's new Dual Action Personal Air Conditioner (PAC) is meant for employees working in extreme temperatures, and is said to result in increased productivity, according to a news release from ITW Vortec.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers series EN 239.1 and EN 239.2 Hinges with Integrated Safety Switch, in metric sizes.

Hardinge provides gripping solutions for machining small-diameter parts for medical component manufacturing. One category of products includes Swiss-type headstock collets, pickoff collets, carbide guide bushings, bar loader collets and custom manufactured solutions for Swiss turning.

Hypertherm announced the launch of the EDGE Pro Ti, a new CNC designed with integrated drives, motors and multiple torch height control interface options.

How many times have tool manufacturers wished they could grind the slot for coolant holes, the chamfer on the end of the shank, and the pre-shaped point on drill blanks in one quick, easy automated process that is both precise and cost-effective? Rollomatic has made this a possibility by offering a new feature on the ShapeSmart NP5: an integrated CCD camera.

A full line of Rotary Stroke Bearings is available from Mahr Federal.

Guyson Corp. has designed and built a 7-axis robotic grit-blast machine that is configured for precision roughening of component surfaces in a production thermal spray coating cell.

I-Mark I-Series (Integration) dot-peen and scribe marking systems from Columbia Marking Tools gives users enhanced flexibility with many standard features.

NUM has released a sophisticated system-wide functional safety architecture for its CNC system, providing an exceptionally scalable solution that can be applied very easily to almost any type of machine tool — regardless of complexity or number of axes. Known as NUMSafe, it includes a dedicated safety PLC, safe input and output modules, and digital servo drives with built-in safe motion monitoring.

Walter has introduced E47, the versatile new counterboring insert geometry designed for use with the Walter BoringMEDIUM and Walter BoringMAXI tooling systems.

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp. introduces their Model 1000 10-inch diameter, 3-jaw air chuck.

The Mägerle MFP 50 5-axis CD (continuous dressing) grinding center from United Grinding Technologies Inc. has an automatic grinding wheel and tool changer. The ATC can switch the wheel or tool in 8 seconds using a swing-arm configuration.