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CoroMill Plura with iLock
Sandvik Coromant introduced its new CoroMill Plura with iLock system at the imX event at the Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 12-14. The new system will be available in 2012.
Making magnesium auto parts
Video submitted by Fraunhofer Institute shows a testing geometry, or tank, being formed using a tool with different radii at die and punch for researching critical dimensions.
FANUC’s New Automotive Solution
FANUC FA America featured a seamlessly integrated automotive solution at the imX event held in Las Vegas Sept. 12-14. The new system integrates CNCs, robots, Rockwell Automation PLC Pack Motion and Enterprise Software solutions.
FANUC Robotics: Intelligent Machining Center
Joseph A. Cvengros, Marketing Director at FANUC Robotics, Rochester Hills, Mich., points out the new connectivity driving FANUC's Intelligent Machining Center: Fixtureless IR Vision, Force Sensing device and Machine Tool Connect software.
FANUC Connectivity: A Focus on Fast Atom
FANUC FA America's Paul Webster provides a tour of the company's Fast Atom plant floor management/connectivity system. In addition, Webster explains how the company is extending its assistance to help keep legacy equipment connected.
All bark, no bite
Dr. Jeffrey Badger, the host of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine's Grinding Doc Video Series, fields a question from a shop taking smaller and smaller finishing passes and several spark-out passes in order to get tight tolerances and a good surface finish. But the shop is having trouble getting the wheel to bite into the workpiece.
MicroEDGE Pro CNC
Hypertherm plans to make the new MicroEDGE Pro CNC with the latest Phoenix Version 9 Software available to customers this summer.
Megamat RS Vertical Carousel
The new Megamat RS Vertical Carousel from KardexRemstar Inc. features a new intelligent drive design, providing metalworking operations a more reliable vertical carousel requiring less maintenance and lower energy requirements.
ChilAire Lite Coolant System
The ChilAire Lite system from Cool Clean Technologies is a cost effective way to implement CO2 cooling into any firm's current processes.
Cyclo Cool 900 and 5000 Coolant
MAG's new CYCLO COOL 900 and 5000 series synthetic coolants are additive free, low foaming and specially formulated for machining titanium, Inconel, beryllium copper, hardened steels, stainless steels and other superalloys.
Chainflex CF Thermo
igus Inc. now offers a thermocouple cable especially designed for continuous-flexing applications.
LMF 2000-SM Laser Marker
Miyachi Unitek Corp. announces the release of its new 20W single mode fiber laser marker, which yields a finer beam with a variety of advantages for marking, scribing and cutting applications.