Product News

Heidenhain Corp. offers a compact touch probe primarily for use in NC-controlled grinding machines and lathes.

Iscar Metals Inc. has expanded its popular HELIDO milling cutter family to optimize facemilling, especially for cast iron. The new HELIDO S865 FSN mill has a 65^o lead angle to minimize burr formation and edge breakout, which can complicate cast iron applications.

With its left and right spindles and upper and lower turrets, Okuma America Corp. reports that the LT-2000EX-MY horizontal lathe enables complete production on a single machine.

Rockford Systems Inc. has introduced a new line of electrically interlocked heavy-duty lathe shields.

MAG's new FTR 3500 floor-type horizontal boring mill (HBM) is a versatile, mid-sized job-shop machine, capable of a full 2 m reach inside parts with a ram-supported spindle.

PRAB has recently released an innovative off-set trough design for its ScrapVeyor stamping scrap conveyor to meet the unique space requirements for retrofit in-floor applications.

ATI Stellram has introduced the 7792VXE16 high-feed shell mill cutter for machining titanium and nickel- and cobalt-base alloys.

Heller Machine Tools announced the development of a technically and economically viable feed-out system that uses an additional axis to provide radial feed movement of the tool cutting edge.

For exact machining of thin-walled rings on rotary tables, cylindrical grinding machines, and lathes, Schunk Inc. now offers a vast program of standardized magnetic chucks with radial pole pitch.

Northfield Precision Instrument Corp., a leader in the design and manufacture of precision workholding chucks, introduces their 5C Collet Chuck.

Optical Gaging Products (OGP) announces new stage travel options for its popular, small-footprint floor model SmartScope Flash 500 automatic dimensional measurement system.

Mastercam Art from CNC Software Inc. lets users quickly bring 2D sketches, clip art, photos, and CAD files to 3D life by crafting them on-screen and cutting them with easy, specialized toolpaths.

Gleason Corp. has introduced a new series of Opti-Form Honing Wheels that reduce the time typically required to perform the initial tool dressing by as much as 50 percent, while at the same time improving both the tool life of the honing wheel and the master gear used for dressing.

Bosch Rexroth Corp.'s rapidstar supply unit for metalworking coolant is comprised of a range of low- and high-pressure valve blocks, filters and screw pumps for customized pressure supply in remote systems.

CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels has expanded its high performance line of abrasive wheels with the introduction of its 3-in-1 cut/grind/finish combo wheels.

New from Sumitomo Electric Carbide Inc., the SumiMill GOALMILL Milling Cutter finishes cast iron with exceptional accuracy.

Micron Milling Chucks by Showa Tool guarantee tolerances as tight as 1µm at the chuck nose and 2µm at 3xD. ERI-America stocks Showa Toolµm Milling andµm Mold chucks in CV40/50, BT40, HSK63A, HSK100A and BIG Plus. ERI America is the exclusive distributor of Showa Tool, including theµm Milling andµm Mold Chucks in North America.

A new automatically changed grinding attachment adds surface finishing to the one-stop processing capabilities of MAG's vertical turning centers, allowing finishing of ID, OD and plane surfaces on parts up to 4700mm (185 inches) diameter.

DMG/Mori Seiki USA's DMU 50 eco CNC 5-axis control machining center is designed to be the ideal 5-axis machine tool for low-cost, high-quality parts machining with a shortened delivery time.

FARO Technologies Inc. introduces the new FARO Laser Scanner Focus^3D, a high-performance 3-D laser scanner for detailed measurement and documentation.