Product News

FANUC FA America introduces the new Panel i 19" industrial PC utilizing a color LCD display with new touch panel.

With its new LASER 4000 5Ax, GF AgieCharmilles now claims to offer the largest laser-texturing machine on the market.

Nikon Metrology announced significant improvements in optical performance with the CF160-2 Series Objective Lenses for Industrial Microscopy.

Metal chips and fines that collect in machine tool sumps and large central systems can now be effectively removed with Eriez Hydroflow's Solids-from-Liquid Centrifuges using media free filtration.

With the newly revised LF series linear scales, HEIDENHAIN says it now offers higher precision than ever for use on high accuracy machine tools, jig bore and grinding machines, and linear motors.

GROB Systems Inc., Machine Tool Division has introduced its G550 high-precision horizontal machining center, which has unique features and an innovative design allowing it to machine parts in 5-axes using less motions, with reportedly twice the rigidity of conventional quill feed machines.

A low-cost LED ring illuminator from Titan Tool Supply Inc. features a constant-current design to provide powerful, microscope-quality light output with no color shift when dimming.

Telesis Technologies Inc. announces the new TeleScribe SS3700/470 marking system.

Industrial Magnetics Inc. announces a line extension of its Rare Earth Bullet Magnet called the 4JIT Bullet, designed for flexible-hose pneumatic line systems to improve product purity and protect processing machinery from tramp metal damage.

Techniks Inc.'s lineup of Nexus Cutting Tools includes face mills that feature an innovative shrink-fit connection to the arbor (ShrinkMILL), indexable end mills that also can be shrink-fit into a holder (PowerLOC), and high-performance inserts for milling, turning, and boring.

Mazak Corp.'s ORBITEC 20 employs a unique headstock design to generate turned features on large valves and other big, odd-shaped parts with ease and accuracy.

In supporting phase one of the DMG/Mori Seiki standardization initiative, Gibbs and Associates will provide the machine tool builder's customers a smooth and reliable flow of programming data from any CAM system to the machine controls.

The enhanced ROMER Absolute Arm with integrated laser scanner is more rapid than previous versions, offering an acquisition speed of up to 50,000 points per second.

Mahr Federal has introduced a new generation of instruments with a number of improvements and innovations. Reportedly, together the new LD 130 and 260 feature longer travel, the longest in the industry for the LD 260, the fastest positioning and measuring speeds in the industry, an innovative biomimetic probe arm design with magnetic mounting and automatic probe recognition, dynamic measuring force, extremely low residual noise, and a plethora of other improvements.

Hexagon Metrology announced the release of the LSP-X1h probe head for analog scanning on select Global Silver Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs).

Walter USA LLC has introduced Blaxx, a new shoulder mill that reportedly combines precision, high metal removal rates and process reliability in a single tool, with a high-gloss black finish that is both wear and corrosion resistant.

ESAB Welding & Cutting Products introduces the PowerCut 400 and PowerCut 700 manual plasma cutting packages.

Siemens' newest solution for the job shop floor, the Sinumerik 808D, is a CNC for entry-level milling and turning machines.

Eriez Bar Magnets, available in a variety of sizes, can be used in a wide range of separation and automation applications.

J.W. Winco Inc. announced it now offersseries GN 113.7 Ball Lock Pins with Plastic T-Handle, in metric sizes.