DMG/Mori Seiki USA's X-Class machine has a thick, high-rigidity bed with X- and Z-axis linear guides in a high position, and a spindle with large-diameter bearing.
A new line of flexible, cotton fiber abrasive wheels for deburing, blending, and finishing a wide variety of machined, cast, and stamped metal parts is being introduced by Rex-Cut Products Inc.
EnKon Systems recently introduced a new electric ball screw lift table for automation and robotic applications that require maximum control. Control features such as long standing static load positioning, accurate repeatability and speed directed by variable frequency drives are said to provide manufacturing or assembly plants with the power needed to improve their application's operation.
PartMaker Inc., a division of Delcam Plc, has released PartMaker Version 2011, the latest version of PartMaker Software for programming CNC Mills, Lathes, WireEDM, Turn-Mill Centers and Swiss-type Machines.
A line of cotton fiber mounted points that are ideally suited for use on stainless steel sinks, tables, countertops, and related fabrications are available from Rex-Cut Products Inc.
With the FEEDERplus6, STROTHMANN has proved that a transfer system which unloads, orients, and feeds parts into presses all by itself can work more efficiently than double feeders or articulated arm robots, especially in small press gaps.
Doosan Infracore introduces the DNM 400A vertical machining center, designed for high productivity with precision tolerances, and built to fit the most crowded shop floors — and all at a price below $70,000.
Operating on just 0.7 amps per 1,000 cfm of capacity, Smog-Hog electrostatic precipitators from United Air Specialists Inc. offer one of the lowest-energy, highest-efficiency air cleaning technologies available, capturing up to 99.9 percent of submicron smokes, mists and emulsion oils using washable collection cells.
The DD100 high-speed, direct-drive Super-Precision Rotary Table manufactured by Hardinge Inc. is a high-speed parts positioner with +/1 3 arc-sec accuracy and 4 arc-sec repeatability.
The 30-minute TRU TEMP low temp black oxide process is now available in a new Zero-Discharge configuration that totally eliminates the need for a drain connection. This new TRU TEMP system from Birchwood Casey utilizes Ion Exchange technology to purify and recycle the rinse waters, resulting in a "closed-loop" zero-discharge installation.
Northfield Precision Instrument Corp., a designer and manufacturer of precision workholding chucks, introduces their special 6" diameter 6-jaw chuck with ½" of jaw stroke on diameter and a ½" counterbore in the center.
A new series of damped-type spring mounts from Advanced Antivibration Components are designed for use in corrosive environments with loads from 150 to 750 lbs.
The Nanovea Jr25, 3D Non Contact Portable Profilometer—with an optional battery pack and carrying case—provides measurement capability rarely available during field study. The Jr25 is designed to easily utilize leading-edge optical pens using superior white light axial chromatism measurement.
