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Wider, Taller Crane System Adapts Where It’s Needed
Engineered Material Handling’s NOMAD XW, the latest in its modular, freestanding line of bridge cranes, assembles easily with bolts and most can be installed without footers, thanks to practical design details. Choose from options to suit 1- to 4-cell manufacturing systems, as well as optional travel speeds, and battery or rechargeable radio controller.
Fast, Powerful 5-Axis VMC Simplifies Program Simulations
The VARIAXIS i-800 NEO from Mazak features optional proprietary technology that optimizes processing and facilitates more accurate configuration of machine programs. Easy automation helps less experienced operators quickly build confidence to run complex parts.
Next Gen Horizontal Machining Center Expands Range of Applications
Mazak’s HCN-6800 NEO comes with upgraded standard features and numerous options, too. Its cycle times are faster, its footprint is smaller, and its range of part and tool capacities are wider.
New AM Alloy Swings Open 3D Options for Turbines and More
EOS NickelAlloy IN939 from German 3D metals printer company, EOS, combines high-temperature strength – at over 1500 degrees F – with crack and corrosion resistance. Its potential ranges from industrial gas turbine and microturbine parts to turbochargers, power industry parts and other extreme-conditions applications.
Specialty Purging Prevents Oxidation in CMV Steel Welds
Available in many pipe sizes, HotPurge from Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT is an inflatable, specialty system designed to address the inherent challenges of keeping mechanical properties intact. Through continuous purging, it can maintain oxygen levels below 100 ppm.
The Ultimate CNC Tube Bending for Subcontractors
Unison’s 130-mm diameter tube bender is a robust, multiradius and multistack machine with the benefit of additional component length to give buyers an edge in the subcontractor marketplace. Users are able to achieve right-first-time manufacturing for repeat subcontract work.
Change 3D Metal Printer’s Deposition Head While Printing, Coating
Chiron Group’s flexible additive manufacturing machine – the Chiron AM Cube – is designed with laser metal deposition technology to work efficiently in the mechanical engineering, tool manufacturing, energy production, and aerospace sectors. Its three deposition heads can perform different functions on a single workpiece.
Nitrogen Generation, Gas Mixing Products Reduce Costs and Floor Space
Bystronic Inc. and MSS Nitrogen Inc. partner to sell Bystronic’s Nitrocube nitrogen generation and NitrO2 gas mixing products, powered by MSS, in the North America market. Nitrocube’s nitrogen purity is 99.999%, while NitrO2 mixing can triple laser cutting speeds.
OPC Connectivity Solution Collects, Distributes Factory-Wide Data
GF Machining Solutions has launched Version 1.0 of the Open Platform Communications (OPC) Unified Architecture (UA) interface as a single connectivity solution for North American manufacturers. It will help reduce machine downtime, monitor performance across entire facilities, automate operations, and ensure manufacturing process compliance.
Cart-Based Material-Handling System Maximizes Storage Space
Signode’s StorFast is an automated storage and retrieval (ASRS) system that provides high-density, lights-out, 24/7-access to products and materials. Unlike cranes, the cart-based system allows for unlimited configurations.
Tower System Provides Lights-Out CNC Machine Tending
Designed to automatically feed CNC machines, Kasto’s Unitower CNC is a smart material-handling system controlled by software that monitors production to optimize order handling and ensure necessary NC programs and tools are available.
Handheld Analyzer For Metal Alloy Analysis
Smaller and lighter than other laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analyzers, Rigaku Analytical Devices’ KT-100S identifies difficult materials including low-alloy steels, stainless steels, high-temperature alloys and lithium.
