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Tiger, Tiger + Wet-Blasting Systems
The company's Tiger system has firmly established itself as the gold standard for cutting tool insert finishing, with installations in many of the world's leading cutting tool insert manufacturers. The system can be configured to process inserts for all essential pre-coating, edge honing or post-coating operations.
MV 600H
The MV 600H's compact design, high-end features, expansive workpiece envelope, and powerful torque work in harmony to create an all-purpose machine tool that can handle any job, any material, for any industry. Its ready-made versatility positions owners to accept a wider range of jobs across a wider customer base with consistent machining experiences.
Control system secures Swedish production line
With a modern control system, a 20-year-old production line can perform and have the same availability as if it were new. Shiloh in Olofström, Sweden is well aware of this – they tasked AP&T with exchanging the control system on one of their existing press lines in 2019.
Tools and partnerships can achieve long-term quality
Anyone who manufactures sophisticated precision parts and highly complex assemblies for fluid technology must rely on their supply partners. If the partners also bring an understanding of the procedures and competence in the processes, this can lead to fruitful and long-term connections.
Automation Technology for Robotics (ATRO)
With a wide variety of modules, ATRO gives users the power to create almost any custom robot design within the rated payloads for their application – from a simple single-axis rotary indexing table application and delta kinematics up to multi-axis articulated robots. Expansive configurations with as many as 16 robotic arms are possible.
Quick Vision Pro Series
The QV Pro Series features newly developed StrobeSnap vision measuring function that speeds up run time by approximately 35 to 45 percent regardless of measurement position or continuity while achieving higher throughput and high-precision measurements. Auto focus on the QV Pro Series is about 39 percent faster than previous models, which were already fastest in their class, without loss of accuracy.
The seven pillars of Vollmer sustainability
A passion for perfection – for decades, this quote has stood for reliability and quality from Vollmer. The company has delved deeper into this concept.
Double-digit growth for robot sales in North America
The North American robotics market experienced its best quarter ever to begin the year.
PermaClean, FlexForce and Will-fill
The PermaClean Filtration System eliminates sludge build up by adding optional agitation to the coolant collection tank. FlexForce is a high-pressure coolant system that dramatically outperforms ordinary flood systems. Will-fill combines automatic volume measurement and metalworking fluid analysis with faultless filling, permanent conditioning and timely reporting to provide worry-free coolant care.
Perfect surface finishes for prosthetic and orthotic components
The Ottobock company in Duderstadt, Germany, a manufacturer of all kinds of orthopedic systems, recently commissioned two new mass finishing systems from Rösler. The equipment is utilized at a factory in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, which was opened in 2021.
SpyroTec Helical Countersinks from Guhring
This innovative, helical HSS and HSCO countersink drastically reduces axial and radial forces that occur during countersinking, due to the unique geometry of the cutting edge design. SpyroTec's convex form and variable pitch cutting edges provide a stable countersinking process and minimal vibration – even when using a hand drill.
Robotics Results: Beyond the obvious
Robotics Results: Beyond the obvious. Watch Cutting Tool Engineering's video coverage, featuring original footage and context from the related product, process, event, or shop-floor demonstration.
