Stephanie Hendrixson Executive Editor

EDM 16 Jan 2015

Sinker EDMs Enable Zero-Electrode Wear

Sodick’s AD series of sinker EDMs includes the AD35L and the AD55L high-performance models.

Workholding 16 Jan 2015

Modular Vises Clamp with Tension

Available from Exsys Tool, Gressel’s Gripos machine vises clamp by tension rather than compression to eliminate baseplate deflection and promote high accuracy.

15 Jan 2015

Seco Tools Appoints New President

Robert Keenan now leads the company’s North American operations.

Grinding 15 Jan 2015

Diamond Wheels Produce Carbide Flutes and Periphery Edges

Norton, a Saint-Gobain brand, has introduced its Paradigm diamond wheels, which feature a new bond designed to deliver high grinding performance on carbide round tools, and periphery grinding on carbide and cermet inserts.

Workholding 15 Jan 2015

Custom Chucks Designed to User Requirements

TMX Workholding offers large custom chucks in addition to its standard workholding products that include manual, collet and power chucks.

14 Jan 2015

Toyoda Machinery Partners with Michael Waltrip Racing

The racing team has added four Toyoda machines to its shop floor as a result of the partnership.

14 Jan 2015

AFM Fosters Creation of ADDIMAT

The new organization brings together Spain’s additive manufacturing stakeholders.

Grinding 14 Jan 2015

Gundrill Grinder Enables Concurrent Grinding, Measuring

Unisig’s Gundrill Grinder enables concurrent grinding and measuring operations to help ensure process repeatability and accuracy while speeding the gundrill grinding process.

CAD/CAM 14 Jan 2015

Design Software Promotes Efficiency

Dassault Systemes’ Solidworks 2015 version includes simplified geometry creation tools, faster simulation analysis and an updated graphical interface, all said to enable users to design more efficiently.

CAD/CAM 14 Jan 2015

Geometric Modeling Software Simplifies Complex Modeling

Version 27.1 of Siemens PLM Software’s Parasolid software is said to simplify complex modeling tasks that previously required multiple steps into single operations, promoting efficiency.

13 Jan 2015