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Single, Dual, Adjustable Angle Heads for any Machining Application
Angle heads from Heimatec are ideal for milling, drilling and tapping, especially when tight and compound angles or deep recesses are involved that present significant torque challenges to the busy shop.
Advanced Machining and Measurement Systems
P.D. Browne provides advanced machine tools from Murata Machinery, You Ji, Johnford and Sodick, and innovative CMMs from Aberlink.
Affordable Wireless Shop Floor Tech
The WiFi USB Connect from Shop Floor Automations emulates a USB stick by allowing the machinist at his machine tool to share wireless network files, email, FTP, SMB, and cloud services with other PCs.
Large Diameter Flex-Hone Plays Critical Role in Oil and Gas Industry
Ideal for automotive, hydraulic, pneumatic and industrial applications up to 36 in, large diameter Flex-Hone tools from Brush Research Manufacturing can be run with virtually any rotating spindle, are self-centering, self-aligning to the bore and self-compensating for wear.
Let It Flow: Tube & Pipe Welding
As business picks up for tube and pipe fabricators, they must reduce their setup times and become more versatile in the flow of work they are able to handle, all while increasing their productivity to remain competitive. Here is some of the latest tube and pipe fabrication and welding equipment that can help these shops smooth out jobs so that their work goes with the flow.
Universal Hydraulic Toolholder
The TENDO E hydraulic expansion toolholder from SCHUNK works well across applications ranging from rough milling operations, where tool cost reductions up to 40 percent have been achieved, to finish operations such as reaming and fine milling.
Innovative Chucks for Oil/Gas Components
Röhm features HSFZ swivel chucks that permit machining of bushings, connectors and adaptors from both sides and LVE-V-AZ pneumatic 6-jaw front-end chucks that enable precise, centered and productive turning of large, long pipe ends.
Heavy Duty Shrink Fit Chucks
The Heavy Duty Shrink Fit Chuck from Haimer shrinks both carbide and HSS tools and accommodates round shank tools up to 2.0 in diameter in a variety of tapers.
Centerline Drilling Machines for Oil and Gas
B-Series ballscrew feed and rack and pinion feed style machines from Unisig are ideal for BTA deep hole drilling, trepanning, counterboring, and for on-center holes at extreme depth-to-diameter ratios on long cylindrical workpieces used for oilfield exploration or downhole exploration.
Modular Vertical Pick-Up Turning Centers
VL series vertical pick-up turning centers from EMAG are ideal for producing high precision chucked parts that require turning, gear hobbing, chamfering, induction hardening and other special capabilities.
Precision Honing Systems
Advanced honing machines, tooling and abrasives from Ohio Tool Works are ideal for the value-minded honing shop that needs high quality or increased performance.
Machining Heat Resistant Super Alloys at High Speeds
Cutting speeds soar on tough-to-machine materials with these new tools from NTK Cutting Tools.
