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HIGH RPM AND HIGH FEED RATE FINISHING WORK ON EXOTIC METALS
Primary Cutter offers seven-flute SUPERMILL high-performance carbide endmills for finishing work, peripheral cuts in titanium, high-temperature alloys, harder stainless steels and heat-treated materials.
INSERTION TOOL AUTOMATES BRAILLE SIGN-MAKING
Used on any CNC router, this insertion tool from Techno CNC Routers is the easiest way to automate any Braille sign-making business and make it more competitive.
CUSTOM ELECTRIC TOP-LOADING INDUSTRIAL OVEN
The No. 882 specially designed 500-deg F electric top-loading oven from Grieve is being used for testing down-hole oil field equipment. Nichrome wire elements heat the workspace, while a 600 cfm horizontal front-to-rear airflow is provided by two 3 hp recirculating blowers.
MOBILE WATERJET COLD CUTTING APPLICATIONS
Jet Edge‘s 80 hp, 60,000 psi iP60-80DS diesel-powered water jet intensifier pump is capable of producing up to 1.35 gpm (5.1 l/m) of ultra-high pressure water for mobile water jet cutting applications.
SHOWTIME: FABTECH 2010
The largest annual metal forming, fabricating, finishing and welding event in North America returns to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on November 2-4, 2010. Come join 22,000 visitors and over 1,000 exhibiting companies that will cover more than 350,000 net sq ft of floor space. Don’t miss it.
HIGH-PERFORMANCE DUAL-COLUMN AUTOMATIC BANDSAW
The ABS 320C fully automated bandsaw from KNUTH Machine Tools features a powered pin roller system with .75 hp hydraulic motor for automated, rapid material advancement.
3D PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE SIMPLIFIES PART PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS ROBOTIC BENDING
The latest version of CADMAN-B 3D programming software for bending applications from LVD Strippit automatically determines the bend sequence, automatic gauging positions and tool selection, all optimized for minimum tool stations and part turns. The bending program, tool set up data, and 3D images are sent directly to the press brake control via a standard PC network.
FULLY AUTOMATIC 2D SHORT-GANTRY FLYING OPTIC LASER SYSTEM
Han-Kwang USA introduces the Series PS with a 60-in x 120-in-workpiece capacity, improved part quality and consistent beam quality at the focal point of a powerful Panasonic CO2 laser resonator up to 6 kW in power.
THIN WHEEL ABRASIVES LAST LONGER WHEN CUTTING PIPE STAINLESS STEEL METAL
DEWALT launches a line of hubbed thin wheel and contaminant-free thin wheel abrasives for welders, fabricators and mechanical contractors that last about three times longer than any others.
END FORMING/ROLL FORMING MACHINE IS EASY TO USE
The M10-H3-R from Manchester Tool & Die uses an HMI (Human Machine Interface) programmable flexible control system that includes diagnostics for machine maintenance.
HIGH SPEED MACHINING CENTERS PROVIDE EXCELLENT THERMAL CONTROL
Mikron high-speed machining centers from GF AgieCharmilles use the Swiss-designed Opticool concept to quickly disperse heat, resulting in a geometric stability that provides extremely high repeat accuracy in axial movement.
MULTI-THREADING DRAMATICALLY REDUCES CYCLE TIMES
The multi-threading function from Mastercam Mill not only decreases toolpath processing time, it and allows you to work on other tasks in Mastercam while the multi-threading manager processes toolpaths.
