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Fiber-lined Oven
Lucifer Furnaces recently delivered a large fiber lined forced air recirculating oven to The Lincoln Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio.
Chandox Rotary Table Air Chucks
LMC Workholding offers Chandox brand rotary table air chucks for dividing or cutting work pieces.
Haas Lathe Adapters
Lockwood Products Inc. is pleased to introduce two new Lathe Adapters.
Carbon Dioxide Laser Lenses
A full line of CO2 lenses that feature a broad selection of focal lengths plus low absorption coatings for 100 Watt and up engraving and marking lasers is available from Laser Research Optics.
HD and HDL Vises and Towers
When machinists asked for new workholding features to meet the needs of the latest machining centers, Kurt answered with its HD and HDL Vises and Towers.
Vertical Milling Machine
KBC Tools & Machinery added the KBC CNC Vertical Milling Machine with Acu-Rite CNC to its machinery lineup.
Rustlick Ultracut 380R
Rustlick is excited to announce the release of a new premium, ultra-long lasting semi-synthetic coolant, Ultracut 380R.
Cutting Tool Information
New product videos and new-generation catalogs hot off the presses, IMCO Carbide Tool introduced the latest wave of its customer-focused product information system.
RotaFoam Cuting Fluid
Hougen Manufacturing Inc. announces their new RotaFoam Cutting Fluid.
Magafor Micro and Mini Reamers
Hassay Savage Magafor has a line of standard carbide reamers from .0078" in .0002" increments to .0236" and in .0004" increments up to .3760".
Sure-Grip Expanding Collet
Expanding collets and between center arbors (mandrels) grip the internal diameter of a part for turning, milling, grinding, assembly, inspection and automation applications. Hardinge Workholding Div.'s Sure-Grip Expanding Collet Systems have design features that provide durability for long production runs with superior surface finishes and fast collet changeover from the front.
RXS-900 Rotary Spindle Blast System
Guyson Corp. has integrated a machine-tending robot to automatically load and unload its RXS-900 rotary spindle blast system in an unmanned blast finishing work cell.
