Product News

Okuma's MA-12500H horizontal machining center provides a good balance of speed and cutting power for machining of aluminum alloys, cast iron and difficult-to-machine materials.

ETEL announces the XYZT Planar Platform is now available in North America through HEIDENHAIN Corp.

Manufactured by Jobs (Piacenza, Italy), JomaX is a family of big, high-power milling centers with a configuration of both vertical and horizontal axes.

Fischer Special Tooling introduces the Hyper-Change, a quick-change system that makes tooling changes fast and repeatable for consistent positioning of form cutting tools.

Like its HMC400, OKK's new HMC500 Horizontal Machining Center is thoroughly built for speed and faster cycle times.

MetalMizer introduces the new MV2018 metalcutting bandsaw.

A line of pipe beveling tools featuring cutter blades that incorporate a radical chip breaker to draw heat away from the surface and don't need cutting oils is available from ESCO Tool.

J.W. Winco Inc. announced it offers EN 239.4 plastic hinges with an integrated switch, in metric sizes.

OPEN MIND Technologies AG has released version 2014.1 of the hyperMILL CAM software.

Medical device contract manufacturer Norman Noble Inc. announced it has begun providing additional design and testing services to its medtech customers.

KLINGSPOR's newly formulated 0.8mm (.031") A 980 TZ Special cutoff wheel enhances performance and safety.

In response to customer needs for a safer material lift for automation duty applications, Wildeck's VRC product development and marketing team has unveiled a new fully integrated VRC system incorporating automated flush-mounted conveyors, with either a straddle or 4-post vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC), and Wildeck Overhead Safety Gates at each level.

Sunnen Products Co. is introducing a 60-grit premium red aluminum-oxide honing abrasive that reportedly cuts material 25 to 50 percent faster than other conventional stones, depending on the workpiece material.

KAAST Machine Tools offers a new fully-automatic bandsaw.

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc.'s new RSX Radius Mill Cutter Series is designed for a wide variety of applications, including face milling, ramping, slotting, 3-D interpolation and helical boring.

ABB Robotics has introduced the FlexMT, a flexible, pre-engineered system designed to load and unload machine tools using vision guided robotics.

Available for Heidenhain, Leine & Linde's 800 rotary encoder series now includes an integrated over-speed capability with programmable switching speeds.

Technifor, a division of the Gravotech Group, introduces its laser marking machine, the TF450.

Zebra Skimmers is optimizing compressor condensate discharge performance by offering the f16ac system, combining features of a durable translucent barrel, spin welded fittings preventing leaks, permanent coalescing media that collects gravity separating oils, oil drain spigot automatic air release vent, automatic de-oiled water drain port and overflow protection.

Breuning IRCO's ecoPROFI from Lexair delivers automatic, multi-size barfeeding in an economical, small-footprint package suited for job shops and others looking to increase flexibility, productivity and efficiency.