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How to Form Your Own Inserts for About One Penny
The thermal drilling process using Formdrill tools can help form and tap strong or stronger inserts out of the same part’s material for about one penny to replace the equivalent welded nut of the same diameter.
How to Make Large Precision Measurements Simple and Affordable
With greater air bearing separation for increased stiffness and accuracy, the new Zenith-3 CNC coordinate measuring machine from Aberlink USA can be supplied with any Renishaw touch trigger probe and probe head.
Inspecting Large Shapes
Here are some of the latest systems in metrology that can help shops increase their measurement accuracy and productivity of large-scale parts and reduce their inspection costs.
Precision Flange Adapter Plate Fixturing for Piping Weldments
The ANSI 1,500 lb Flange Adapter Plate from Bluco is precision fixturing for piping weldments that is used to reduce downstream installation times by welding piping assemblies correctly the first time.
Presetting Made Easy
With absolute ease of use, uncomplicated software and stable cast iron base construction, Microset tool presetting equipment from Haimer streamlines tool setting processes, reducing set up times by as much as 70 percent to minimize idle time and increase machine utilization.
How to Replace Tedious Hand Filing and Sanding
The Dynafile abrasive belt machine from Dynabrade grinds, deburrs, blends and finishes normally inaccessible areas on metal, plastic, fiberglass and other composites, and does light corner weld removal and blending of welds.
How to Eliminate Difficult Tube Bender Programming
By storing bend information and producing the desired bend in seconds, the new Ercolina Super Bender Plus rotary draw tube and pipe bender from CML USA eliminates the intense labor and difficult programming associated with many entry-level benders.
Connecting Multi-Purpose Machine Tools with Robotic Loading Centers
To effectively process large parts, Selway Machine Tool connects a compact Eurotech Spinner TTC300 dual spindle/dual turret multi-process turning center to a Trinity TCL-10 loading center with a Fanuc M10iA robot, and a compact Matsuura MX-330 5-axis vertical machining center to a Trinity MCL-35f loading center with a with a Fanuc M20iA-35M robot.
CNC Measurement of Large-Scale, Heavy, Cylindrical Parts
The custom-built RA-6000CNC roundness/cylindricity measuring system from Mitutoyo provides best-in-class accuracy for measuring large parts generally associated with automotive, energy, marine and aviation applications.
Long Tapes with Blade Cleaning System for Large-Scale Measurements
The 100 ft and 300 ft Open Reel and Closed Reel Long Tapes from Milwaukee Tool each use a Grime Guard blade cleaning system with a wiper that keeps dirt, mud, and other jobsite contaminants out of the housing and internal components of the long tape as its reeled in for much longer tool life.
Affordable Wireless Laser Tracker for Large-Scale Measurement
Ideal for shipyards, construction sites and other large industrial applications, the portable OT2 Core wireless laser tracker from Automated Precision weighs only 10.9 kg, making it ideal for many measuring applications with its 50 m operating range.
Smart Technologies Impact Dimensional Inspection Operations
Ideal for the higher productivity demanded by automotive, aerospace, general mechanics and precision mechanics industries, the GLOBAL S CMM platform from Hexagon utilizes smart technologies and PC-DMIS software for collection, evaluation, management and presentation of manufacturing data.
