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Precision Manufacturing Supplier Launches New Website
AFCO Precision Manufacturing (Napoleon, OH), focused on producing large, precision fabrication, machining and assembly capabilities to heavy industry, recently introduced a new website that outlines the company?s capabilities and equipment/facility capacity. The site includes details about the company?s vast resources…
Contract Manufacturer Launches Virtual Factory Tour
Plouse Precision Manufacturing (Harrisburg, PA) one of the nation?s leading precision contract manufacturers, recently announced its extensive online virtual factory tour. This unique tool enables visitors to the company?s website to take an up-close, inside look at the state-of-the-art manufacturing…
Westfield Steel Adapts New Model For Weak Economy
Westfield Steel, Inc. (Westfield, IN) is delivering steel to its customers and providing other hauling services through Westfield Steel Express, a newly-formed, authorized-for-hire common carrier. With processing centers in Westfield and Terre Haute, IN, the service is uniquely designed to…
Suppliers Combine To Offer Machine Tool Builders Full Menu Of Products And Services
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME; Rockford, IL)) and its sister company, Hennig, Inc. (Machesney Park, IL), have joined forces on many occasions in the past, to benefit common customers. Today, that synergy has coalesced in a powerful combination of…
Detroit-Area Machine Shops Discover the Roadmap to Wind Energy
Over 50 machine shop owners and representatives recently attended the Seco Tools (Troy, MI) ?Tooling up for Wind Power Generation? conference co-sponsored by the Sterling Heights Chamber of Commerce, Automation Alley, and Oakland County Planning & Economic Development. This was…
Five Japanese Steelmakers to Develop Technologies to Reduce CO2 Emissions 30 Percent
In an effort to achieve a 30 percent reduction of carbon-dioxide emissions from the domestic steel industry, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX) reports that five Japanese blast-furnace firms have joined to establish and promote the "Development of Environmental Technology…
FLEXIBLE COLLET SYSTEMS INTERCHANGE IN SECONDS
Hardinge (Elmira, NY) FlexC? Collet Systems are flexible, sealed collet heads that interchange in seconds and are available with spindle mounts for all brands of CNC lathes. The FlexC line compliments their large selection of collets, step chucks, collet chucks and other workholding products.
GANG CHUCKS OFFER HIGH PRODUCTIVITY
MicroCentric Corp. (Plainview, NY) has Production Milling Chucks, a low profile manually actuated concentric clamping system to integrate with tombstones and pallets for machining centers, milling machines and grinders to provide the ultimate in high productivity and high precision workholding.
SIMPLE, VERSATILE POWER CLAMPS WITH LONGER LIFE
The Power Clamping Swing Cylinder line from Jergens, Inc. (Cleveland, OH) offers better-engineered swing cylinders that improve function and lessen friction for longer wear life and smoother operation.
CHUCK OFFERS EXTREME HOLDING FORCE FOR HIGH METAL REMOVAL RATES
Storch Magnetic & Material Handling Solutions (Livonia MI) introduces its new Electro-Magnetic, Power Matrix Chuck that offers up to 132 tons of holding force per square foot for all types of machining applications. Storch Magnetics is an Eclipse Magnetics authorized reseller.
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC CLAMPING SYSTEM FOR 5-SIDED MACHINING
Schunk Inc. (Morrisville, NC) expands its workholding product range with several new lines of magnetic clamping. The new lines include a complete line of permanent and electro permanent grinding and EDM magnets, bipolar magnets for holding round bars to cut Key-Ways and Whip Stocks or Radial magnets for holding rings, as well as other magnets for special applications.
INSPECT PARTS QUICKER & FASTER WITH MODULAR FIXTURING
Turn your vision system into profit by increasing productivity with your fixturing. Inspect parts quicker and faster than ever before with the R&R Sales and Engineering (Grand Haven, MI) vision frame and interchangeable sub-plates allowing for continuous inspection on your machine.
