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Sino-R
The new SINO-R from Schunk Inc. is a maintenance free toolholder especially well suited for rough milling.
CoroBore 825
Sandvik Coromant's CoroBore 825 is for finishing of holes with tight tolerances and surface finish requirements.
QS Holding System
Sandvik Coromant's innovative QS holding system, already available for users of Citizen and Star automatic sliding-head lathes, is now being introduced for machine shops with Tornos, Tsugami and Nexturn sliding-head models.
90 Degree Deco-Cut system
The 90° Deco-Cut system for sliding-head automatic lathes is available from Arno Rouse USA LLC. The system offers accurate and reliable machining of all materials and strong and accurate double-sided insert location, according to the company.
EG-225 digital indicator
Ono Sokki's EG-225 digital indicator is a multipurpose inch/metric switchable gage for a variety of applications.
Pitch Line Chuck
Northfield Precision Instrument Corp., a leader in the design and manufacture of precision workholding chucks, introduces their Model 1000 10"-dia. "Pitch Line" chuck.
NH10000DCG
Mori Seiki Co. Ltd. has announced the debut of the NH10000DCG machine tool.
Mikron back chamfer milling tool
A milling cutter from Mikron Corp. Monroe is for back chamfer milling of small contours and bores, starting from 0.4mm in diameter. The company recommends conventional milling in two steps to avoid secondary burrs.
F Series
Makino Inc. announces the new F-Series vertical machining center designed to provide stiffness and rigidity for chatter-free cutting, agility for high-speed and hard milling and accuracies for tight tolerance blends and matches typical of complex, 3-D contoured geometry associated with die/mold and medical production.
Dual-Chamber Atmosphere Muffle Ovens
Lucifer Furnaces Inc. shipped two dual-chamber atmosphere muffle ovens to a customer for the purpose of heat treating superconducting wire used in medical, pharmaceutical and industrial applications.
Compression Trimmers
Lovejoy Tool Co. Inc. manufactures tooling for composite machining.
HSK turning tools
BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. has expanded its turning tool line to include HSK T63 tooling for multitask machines. The line offers modular turning tools for mill/turn applications in either a 45° tilt style or a 90° right-angle style.
