Product News

When you think of Fastenal, you probably think of fasteners. But soon you might be just as likely to think of cutting tools, abrasives and other metalworking products. Over the past year-plus, the company has invested aggressively to establish itself as a major national supplier to the metalworking industry.

The new Nissin HBM BHP130-3.5 Series Horizontal Boring and Milling Machine from SNK America Inc. is rigidly designed for accurate and tough, prolonged cutting.

Light and compact in design, easy to operate with long-lasting battery power, the Hommel-Etamic W5 surface roughness measuring system is ideally suited for measurements on the production line.

The DMU 60 eVo from DMG/Mori Seiki USA is the newest model in its successful eVo Series, having already sold more than 3,000 units throughout the world.

NuSoL Alumax 89 continues Chemtool Inc.'s line of enhanced NuSoL products.

Kurt Manufacturing Co. announces re-introduction of its flagship D688 vise model with more features.

Rollomatic Inc. continues the success and growth of its series of CNC multiaxis tool grinding machines by announcing the addition of the LaserSmart laser ablation machine.

Metabo Corp. offers the W780 4 ½" angle grinder.

With a new level of built-in asymmetry, ISCAR EC-H CHATTERFREE solid carbide endmills bring a new level of speed and process security to slotting and shoulder milling of ferrous metals.

Okuma America Corp. has introduced a new line of linear pallet systems to complement their expansive selection of horizontal machining centers.

The new TL Series Liftkleen semi-automatic, immersion parts washer from Graymills offers operating capabilities and features commonly only found in high end equipment.

Tungaloy America Inc. reports that its DoFeedMini milling tools from are suitable for high-feed milling on small and midsize machines without chatter.

Pinpoint Laser Systems is introducing a new precision Microgage Bore Alignment Kit for industrial applications.

Lucifer Furnaces has shipped two Red Devil Furnaces to Crystex Composites LLC, producer of Mykroy/Mycalex glass-bonded mica material used for electrical and thermal-insulating.

Rush Machinery Inc. offers a series of airbearing end mill grinding fixtures that allow precision sharpening of end mills, reamers, shell mills and other cutters.

Engis has just released a new three axis single-pass bore finishing system, the FPM-3X, which can finish stacked valve body bores to a cylindricity of 2µm and a diameter of +/- 1µm, especially those with multiple bores and bores of different diameters.

Behringer is heralding a major turning point in the field of high-performance band sawing.

Siemens Industry Inc. announced today that the new Sinumerik MDynamics technology package for milling applications is now available.

Dormer's new Elect APP range of micro drills has been engineered for exceptional performance in small diameter drilling applications in a wide range of materials and components.

The TQC Surface Profile and Coating Thickness Gage from Paul N. Gardner Co. Inc. is a combination gage that can be equipped with two different tips, one for surface roughness and another for coating thickness.