Product Demos

During IMTS 2012 in September, the Morris Group Inc. announced an exclusive agreement with SU-matic, a subsidiary of Suhner Holding AG of Switzerland. The deal means Velocity Products, a division of the Morris Group, will supply the North American metalworking industry with tooling for Okuma lathes, multitasking machines and machining centers.

Scott Etling, manager of Global Product Management for Kennametal Inc.'s indexable milling products, discussed the company's Dodeka face mills and Rodeka copy mills for a CTEplus video report shot during IMTS 2012.

Peter Kummerle, applicationsengineer with United Grinding Technologies, offers an on-camera overview of the Helitronic Vision Long, which is said to expand production capabilities on tools up to 700mm long without exceeding the working envelope of the classical Helitronic Vision.

Datron Dynamics Vice President Bob Murphy offers an overview of the M10 Pro, considered to be the "next generation" in the company's line of high-speed machining centers. The M10 Pro features linear scales on all axes driven by over-sized motors and drives that yield a +/- 5µm-position accuracy.

Dr. Tilo Krieg, director of Global Holemaking and Solid Endmilling Products at Kennametal Inc., offers an overview of the KSEM Plus, which combines the advantages of modular drills with indexable milling inserts on the outside diameter.

Rich Denton, product management director of Kennametal Inc.'s Indexable Milling and Turning Products, unveiled a new geometry for the company's A4 grooving system for a CTEplus video report shot during IMTS 2012.

Larry Marchand, vice president of the Profile Grinding Technologies Division at United Grinding Technologies, provides a brief look at the company's Magerle MFP 50, which features an automatic tool changer that enables grinding, milling and drilling in one setup.

Don Nelson, publisher of Cutting Tool Engineering and MICROmanufacturing magazines, spoke with Sandvik Coromant's John Dotday about the company's new solid-carbide CoroDrill 860 and exchangeable-tip CoroDrill 870.

Demonstration of Allied Machine & Engineering Corp.'s Alvan replaceable head reamers reaming in Inconel 718.

Introduced at IMTS 2012, EMAG L.L.C.'s VL 2 P machining system with pendular technology gets its nickname, "The Nebenzeit Killer," from its reported ability to kill idle time.

Exechon AB, Sollentuna, Sweden, highlights the tripod technology and parallel kinematics of the Tripod 700S Powerflex 6-axis machining center, which Hydromat Inc. introduced to the North American market at IMTS 2012.

Presented as an online supplement to Cutting Tool Engineering's August 2012 report on "New Life for Old Iron," the following video offers a look at several examples of machines retrofitted by Machines in Motion Inc. with the help of Centroid CNC controls, Yaskawa drives and motors, Magnescale positioning scales, and Atrump CNC machinery.