Product News

New machining projects and ones requiring improved throughput can benefit from a custom engineered workholding system from Kurt Manufacturing Co.

The new 430 BeamDirector from Prima Power Laserdyne is available with a newly developed right angle nozzle which is used for close in cutting, welding and drilling.

Lexair's Mini Rhinobar bar feeder automatically centers and feeds small-diameter bar stock to maximize the productivity of Swiss-style CNC screw machines and small fixed- or sliding-head lathes.

OSG Tap & Die (OSG) announces the addition of 8D sizes to its HY-PRO-CARB drill series offering.

MSC Industrial Supply Co. expands its Accupro line of high-performance, high-value metalworking products with the launch of new milling, threading and tool holding solutions.

As the demand for functionally safe equipment products grows, so does HEIDENHAIN's component product offerings. Now new to the market are HEIDENHAIN's ROx 400 absolute rotary encoders, available in a functionally safe design including a mechanical fault exclusion for the shaft.

SICK announced the launch of the Flexi Loop safety controller node.

Makino announces the release of the UPN-01 ultra-precision horizontal wire EDM for micro-tolerance and fine surface finish applications.

Hexagon Metrology announced the availability of PC-DMIS 2013 MR1, a mid-term release of its popular measurement software used to collect, evaluate, manage and present manufacturing data.

Mazak now offers its space-saving, highperformance VERTICAL CENTER NEXUS COMPACT 5X Vertical Machining Center as part of a self-contained, prefabricated automated cell that provides efficient, lights-out manufacturing for small-to-medium sized parts.

Methods Machine Tools Inc. has introduced the Nakamura-Tome AS-200 High Performance Multitasking Turning Center featuring a single spindle, single turret in a heavy duty and compact machine.

If moving cables in the workspace of lathes, milling and sawing machines need protecting, cable carriers must be chip tight, while simultaneously guiding the cables with low abrasion. For this purpose, igus has developed its first foldable plastic energy tube, the R68 in the Energy Chain System line of cable carriers.

Hypertherm announced the launch of the Powermax125, a new cutting and gouging system.

A line of direct field-replacement CO₂ laser optics for Amada, Coheren, Cincinnati, Epilog, Mazak, Synrad and Universal laser systems are available from Laser Research Optics.

HEIDENHAIN offers a new EIB 742 external interface box for precise position measurement.

MTI Systems Inc. announces the release of Costimator version 12.

Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC offers Rutten turbines.

Kurtz-Ersa, a European manufacturer of solder equipment, has switched from box assembly to flow assembly. This conversion enables them to process the rising number of orders without having to extend the shop floor. The machines which weigh several tons are transported through the assembly stations by means of RoundTrack technology from STROTHMANN Machines and Handling.

Autodesk Inc. announced the availability of HSMWorks 2014, the integrated CAM solution for SolidWorks users.

Hexagon Metrology announced the Leica B-Probe, an entry-level, wireless probing device, extends the capability of the Leica Absolute Tracker AT402.