Product News

Sandvik Coromant Co.'s CoroDrill 870 is now available for both steel and cast iron drilling operations.

With the recent addition of the Studer CT internal cylindrical grinding machine series, United Grinding has substantially increased their ID grinding capabilities. In the area of internal grinding of chucking components, the Studer CT550 sets new standards.

With its new LASER 4000 5Ax, GF AgieCharmilles now claims to offer the largest laser-texturing machine on the market.

FANUC FA America introduces the new Panel i 19" industrial PC utilizing a color LCD display with new touch panel.

An upgraded line of blending, finishing, and polishing wheels that operate at higher RPMs for use in automated and hand finishing operations has been introduced by Rex-Cut Abrasives.

Nikon Metrology announced significant improvements in optical performance with the CF160-2 Series Objective Lenses for Industrial Microscopy.

Verisurf Software Inc. says its new 3DGage enables manufacturers to quickly implement lean model based inspection right on the shop floor that yield real improvements in production and quality while reducing costs.

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.

NUM Corp. has launched a new generation of its CNC platform, providing machine tool manufacturers with an exceptionally flexible and scalable solution for safe control of machine tools.

With the newly revised LF series linear scales, HEIDENHAIN says it now offers higher precision than ever for use on high accuracy machine tools, jig bore and grinding machines, and linear motors.

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp. introduces its Model 1070-250W Air Chuck.

Royal Products, a leading live center manufacturer known for custom designs, has standardized five live center point styles.

Pat Mooney Inc. — The Saw Company offers the Nishijimax NHC-100ND Cutoff System, which features an exclusive patent-pending remnant reduction device to greatly reduce the amount of the remnant in auto cycle.

The new HLM Stroke Module from SCHUNK is compact, precise and resilient.

GROB Systems Inc., Machine Tool Division has introduced its G550 high-precision horizontal machining center, which has unique features and an innovative design allowing it to machine parts in 5-axes using less motions, with reportedly twice the rigidity of conventional quill feed machines.

MAG's Complete Care program is helping shops squeeze higher productivity out of the latest machine tool technology by addressing six areas where small details add up to big savings.

Industrial Magnetics Inc. announces a line extension of its Rare Earth Bullet Magnet called the 4JIT Bullet, designed for flexible-hose pneumatic line systems to improve product purity and protect processing machinery from tramp metal damage.

REGO-FIX's new secuRgrip anti-pull system locks the collet and cutter to the toolholder body to eliminate cutter slippage during demanding metal removal applications so that the only possible failure mode is that of the cutting tool.

Techniks Inc.'s lineup of Nexus Cutting Tools includes face mills that feature an innovative shrink-fit connection to the arbor (ShrinkMILL), indexable end mills that also can be shrink-fit into a holder (PowerLOC), and high-performance inserts for milling, turning, and boring.

Mazak Corp.'s ORBITEC 20 employs a unique headstock design to generate turned features on large valves and other big, odd-shaped parts with ease and accuracy.