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Rotary Ball Spline
NB Corp.'s rotary ball spline has a nut that rolls on the ball spline shaft making it capable of both linear and rotary motion and provides sub-millimeter accuracy every time.
NTX2000 Mill/Turn Center
DMG/Mori Seiki's NTX2000 integrated mill turn center is a new model in the range of the X-class machines that have been designed to meet the needs of today's machine tool users. The NTX2000 is a compact integrated mill turn center with a maximum workpiece size of 660mm x 1,540mm.
X-Class machine
DMG/Mori Seiki USA's X-Class machine has a thick, high-rigidity bed with X- and Z-axis linear guides in a high position, and a spindle with large-diameter bearing.
ZE40A Gear Grinder
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed a universal gear grinding machine, the ZE40A, which is capable of high-precision machining of various sizes of gears up to 600mm in diameter.
ZE15B Gear Grinding Machine
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) has developed a new gear grinding machine, the ZE15B suitable for volume production of gears up to 150 millimeters in diameter.
CrazyDrill
Mikron Corp. Monroe offers the CrazyDrill drill with cutting depths of 15, 20 and 30 diameters starting from a 1mm diameter and 40 diameters starting from a 2mm diameter.
Fanuc RoboCut iE Wire EDM Series
Methods Machine Tools Inc. has introduced the new FANUC RoboCut iE Wire EDM Series, featuring a new power supply for highly accurate and efficient cutting performance in challenging materials.
KNSE 12-150 Fillet Weld Grinder
Metabo Corp. offers the KNSE 12-150 Fillet Weld Grinder for finishing various metals, including stainless steel.
MarCheck Measuring and Evaluation Unit
Mahr Federal has introduced a new MarCheck measuring and evaluation unit for its high precision Linear 100 universal length measuring instrument.
Model 7000 AM
Lucifer Furnaces Inc. has supplied a leading ISO 9001 certified analytical testing facility in the Midwest with a model 7000 AM box furnace for stress relieving.
Flex-Grip Collet Closers
Lexair Inc. introduces a new low-profile stationary collet closer that uses quick-change vulcanized collet heads.
LRO Cavity/Resonator
A new series of aftermarket OEM-quality cavity and beam delivery mirrors for Trumpf lasers that are available from stock with 24-hour delivery is being introduced by Laser Research Optics.
