Product News

Norton | Saint-Gobain has introduced a major upgrade to its Norton Gemini RightCut Wheels, reportedly providing an optimal aluminum oxide option for cutting steel and ferrous metals.

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

Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc.'s new MSX high-speed milling cutter achieves feed rates of up to 0.055 ipt for significantly reduced cycle times.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ingersoll Cutting Tools announced the next step in the evolution of the fixed-pocket, indexable BTA drill head.

LMT Onsrud LP introduces a new cutting tool to machine composite materials.

The duMONT Co. offers the "Minute Man" Tooling System. Single-point Inserts and Holders designed for use on a variety of machines, such as CNC Lathes and Machining Centers, as well as Conventional Lathes, Shapers and Slotting Machines.

Phillips Precision announced the latest weapon in its Inspection Arsenal, Open-Sight, the lean, fast-swap fixture plate system for vision inspection.

Hexagon Metrology announced a new generation of external laser scanner for use with the new ROMER Absolute Arm.

Eriez HydroFlow industrial filtration and fluid recycling systems are optimally suited for a range of applications, including machining, conventional grinding, creep feed grinding and CBN grinding/machining.

HEIDENHAIN's top-of-the-line lathe control, the CNC PILOT 640, offers enhanced functions and new hardware.

Walter is offering its counterboring and precision boring tools with connections for Walter Capto adapters.

J.W. Winco Inc. offers DIN 580-NI Stainless Steel Lifting Eye Bolts in metric sizes.

Fives brings off-centerline turning, drilling, milling and tapping capabilities to its Giddings & Lewis vertical turning centers with a new Y-axis attachment, that combines a C-axis head with table and X and Z axes motions. The attachment, available fully integrated on new VTCs or as a retrofit, allows for single-setup processing of flanged parts, pumps, compressors, motor housings, fluid routing parts, intakes and exhausts, among others.

A line of welding end prep tools that are now available in battery and electric powered models for machining tube and pipe where air is not available is being introduced by ESCO Tool.