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Manufacturing Systems Designed For Continuous Or High-Volume Production
The company offers two manufacturing system design approaches for the automotive industry: Agile Systems and the Global Transfer Line. Agile Systems consist of CNC machines and inter-machine part handling automation, built for production of engine blocks, cylinder heads, transmission cases and other parts using eit
Read MorePlastic Grid For Warehouse Safety And Organization
The company’s RackGuard is a plastic grid material used to contain warehouse goods on storage racks or to contain moving parts on conveyor belts. The containment netting is designed to ensure warehouse safety. According to the company, the netting resists sagging and is strong enough to improve storage and containm
Read MoreGrinder Designed For CBN Peel-Grinding Applications
The Altaira is designed to satisfy high-production OD grinding applications on work parts with diameters ranging to 16", with an overall length ranging to 40" and as heavy as 600 lbs. The grinder’s high-speed spindle capability and the inherent stiffness are suited for high speed CBN peel-grinding applications.
Read MoreManufacturing Management Software Supplies Real-Time Information
Version 8.5 of SMARTer Manager manufacturing management software offers enhancements designed to assist manufacturers and job shops with achieve greater productivity and supply real-time information to and from the shop floor. The software features customizable data reporting, which gives software users the ability
Read MoreInspection Machine Measures Virtually Any Parameter
The genius 3 inspection machine with the pilot 3.0 vision system software features a graphical user interface and is capable of measuring virtually any parameter on any type of tool, the company says. Measurements of tool features, including assigning upper and lower tolerances, can be made from either an absolute
Read MoreModular Design Enables Precision Boring Over Large Diameter Range
The B4035 boring head features an optoelectronic adjustment measuring system and digital display with 0.0001" accuracy in the diameter range of 0.118" to 4.882" (3 to 124 mm). Maintenance-free automatic balance compensation and flexible screw fit connections make this tool suitable for virtually all spindle adaptat
Read MoreMachine Medium To Large Parts With Full 50-hp Cuts
The Niigata HN80D HMC machines medium to large parts in a wide range of materials with traverse rates of 1,181 ipm and feed rates of 592 ipm on the box ways. Full 50-hp cuts are achieved through an advanced two-range geared headstock. With only three rotating components, maximum power is transmitted to the cutting
Read MorePower Chuck Minimizes Vibrations
Machine and cutting tools reach their capacity on speeds and feeds as soon as they begin to vibrate. The vibrations are transmitted through the tool and lead to chatter marks of the workpiece. The Power Shrink Chuck is designed to reduce the amount of vibration transferred onto the workpiece, thereby improving th
Read MoreHMC Accommodates 1,102-lb Loads
An addition to the company’s Ecoline series of fully featured CNC machine tools designed for job shop use, the DMC H Eco is a compact HMC with X-, Y- and Z-axis travels of 22.1" × 23.6" × 23.6"; a 26.8-hp main drive; spindle speeds to 18,000 rpm; rapid traverse to 1,970 ipm; CAT 40 tooling; a 45-position tool magaz
Read MorePower Chucks Feature Dual Actuator Design
The company’s high-precision power chucks (PPC) feature a dual actuator design to provide increased clamping force and higher rpm capability. The design is said to achieve greater rigidity, resulting in improved accuracy at high draw tube forces. Increased chuck life is also said to be attained because the internal
Read MoreGraphical DRO With LCD-Based Display
Newall Electronics offers its DP900 digital readout (DRO) for manual lathe and milling machine application. Said to be the company’s most powerful DRO to date, it offers a graphical LCD-based display available in two, three or four axes and a host of advanced features aimed to increase machine tool efficiency. Inte
Read MoreGraphite Series Offers Strength
Toyo Tanso’s TTK-4 grade of graphite is the fine-grain offering of the TTK series product line of ISO statically molded graphite. It is suitable for the medical and aerospace fields. The key attributes of this grade are said to be strength, machineability and resultant-quality surface finish. The company’s other
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