Product News

Two specific concerns with plasma holes are the taper and the ding or divot that is present on the interior of the hole. Both of these cut quality issues prevent a bolt from being able to pass through the hole; therefore, operators typically would have to perform secondary operations in order to improve the roundness of the hole to the point where a bolt would cleanly fit. After years of research, Hypertherm developed True Hole Technology in order to address these concerns.

Seco Tools has announced a new line of Super Turbo chamfer mills designed to provide high metal removal rates while reducing production costs.

SafeHold MPL Series permanent lifting magnets from Eriez make quick work of difficult, time-consuming steel handling.

Danray Products LLC has introduced a line of heavy-duty lathe carriage (saddle) shields that are designed for manual lathes or similar machines.

Mahr Federal Inc. has introduced the next generation of its well-established μMaxμm line of digital indicators.

The VLC 250 P vertical turning machine from EMAG L.L.C., Farmington Hills, Mich., is said to reduce workpiece changeover time by 83 percent with the application of its pendulum technique.

Sanborn Technologies has introduced a line of NF (Nanofiltration) membrane systems for recycling the rinse water from dye penetrant inspection stations.

The O-INSPECT multisensor measuring machine from Carl Zeiss allows the very easy, very accurate and thus very efficient inspection of complex parts.

MSC Filtration Technologies now offers a standard line of Tramp Oil Separators (TOS) providing extended coolant sump life by removing liquid and solid contaminants that cause coolants to lose their effectiveness.

Peros R1 vacuum solvent cleaning systems from ZPS America LLC is suitable for any type of machined or formed metal components that can fit into a standard 530 x 365 x 250mm basket (other sizes are available as special order).

For demanding applications where highly flexible, impact resistant bonds are required, Master Bond developed Polymer System EP37-3FLF.

New DAYLube high performance grease, which uses nanoceramic particles that act as sub-microscopic ball bearings to provide continuous lubrication to steel surfaces, is now available in 1 and 5-gallon pails from Dayton Progress Inc.

Kennametal is introducing the first Beyond inserts for Kennametal's FixPerfect system, promising improved toughness and wear-resistance, resulting in higher turning productivity and safety.

Renishaw says Equator is a radical new alternative to traditional dedicated gaging, filling a gap in the market never before addressed.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has developed a new 5-face plano miller type machining center, the "MVR-5X," suitable for machining of free-form curved surfaces such as aircraft parts and metallic molds.

Carpenter Technology Corp. has developed a new ultrahigh-strength steel (UHSS) alloy that is a lower cost alternative to many cobalt-containing precipitation hardenable alloys.

ISCAR has launched a line of improved CUT-GRIP grooving inserts for ID grooving that features the N-type chipformer that has proven so effective in OD turning of problematic metals.

A major expansion of the ISCAR HELIDO 845-13 mill family brings the efficiency and economy of these popular tools to a wider size and application range.

Sandvik Coromant introduces a new range of small CoroMill Plura ball nose end mills for profiling in medium hard to hard steels.

Scotchman Industries Inc. has introduced their largest band saw to the market.