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Interactive Microlearning Courses On Cybersecurity Awareness
Mobile-friendly eLearning Brothers Cybersecurity Awareness training modules keep students engaged and moving quickly through the content with short, bite-sized activities structured around the goals of ‘learn, rehearse, and perform.’
Autonomous Bin Picking Kit Provides the Vision Minus the Collision
Machine tending steps into a new playing field with Universal Robot’s ActiNav, where pick and place accuracy exceeds dropping into a box. With minimal operator intervention, parts are inserted into a fixture for their next step in the processing journey.
Versatile Vertical Gear Cutting Machine for Medium to Large Parts
Helios’ Hera 500 CNC gear hobbing machine harnesses advanced technologies such as servo motors and a direct-drive work spindle to meet diverse parts-manufacturing needs. Its cast iron base gives plenty of stability in tough cutting conditions.
Shrink Fit Machine Heats Chuck Only Where You Want
The Power Clamp Preset NG from Haimer features a new generation coil that adapts to the size of the shrink-fit chuck. With 13 kW power, it’s made for solid-carbide and HSS tools from 3 mm to 32 mm in diameter.
First Indexable Drill For 7xD Hole Depth
The CoroDrill DS20 indexable drill from Sandvik Coromant offers reliability and predictability for longer tool life in four 7xD applications. Replacing the CoroDrill 880 and CoroDrill 881 tools, the DS20 can improve tool life up to 25 percent.
New Grooving Toolholder Ideal for Small-Part Machining
Change inserts approximately 70% faster with Walter’s G4014-P groove turning holder and double-edged DX18 indexable inserts. ‘SmartLock’ feature enables users to access the clamping screw from either side.
Laser-Based Sharpening Facilitates Machining of Ultrahard Cutting Tools
The VLaser 270 completes Vollmer of America’s range of grinding and erosion machines for tool manufacturing. Fixed-beam laser machines polycrystalline diamond (PCD) into highly precise cutting tools for chip guide notches and chamfers.
Superior Abrasives Offers Custom Flap Wheels
Can’t decide which material, grit pattern, mounting option, and/or other attribute is appropriate for a particular application? Superior Abrasives provides recommendations for more efficiently processing the workpiece.
Modular Toolholder Simplifies Swiss-Style Machining
Seco Tools’ quick-change system enables fast, easy, and repeatable insert indexing and tool changes outside of tight machine work spaces. Both cutting heads and inserts can be removed as a single assembly for quick indexing and reinstallation.
New-Generation Taps for Hardened Steel and Cast Iron
Emuge Corp.’s A-H taps penetrate materials up to 48 RC hardness. Available with or without coolant thru-holes and with TiCN coating or NT nitride surface treatment for longer tool life.
Toolholder System Improves Shoulder-Grooving Performance and Reliability
Designed for high-volume production via CNC lathes and multispindle machines as well as automatic lathes, Walter’s G4014-P grooving toolholder and MX22-2L/R indexable inserts with two new geometries provide stability, precision, and indexing accuracy.
Compensation Nuts Quickly Correct Runout Errors and Misalignment
The newest version of Monaghan Tooling’s Reamtec easyZERO nuts feature six adjustment screws that allow for more accurate machining. Users can correct runout errors and misalignment for all round tools with virtually no scrap.
