April 2016
This Product Showcase & Buyers Guide is designed to help you learn more about some of the new equipment and services that can give you a competitive advantage in your operations.
This Product Showcase & Buyers Guide is designed to help you learn more about some of the new equipment and services that can give you a competitive advantage in your operations.
IPA explains how perforated materials can be used in acoustical Sound Transparency and Tuned Resonant Absorption.
Here is some of the latest metal forming and fabrication equipment to help your shop become more competitive.
Plasma oxidation will be key to expanding the carbon fiber market from 83,000 metric tons per year to over 219,000 tons per year by 2024.
Gopher Motorsports has enlisted Jet Edge to cut carbon composite, steel and aluminum parts for their Formula SAE race car using waterjet technology.
Opposition increases against China’s designation as a market economy.
A new metal forming process has been introduced to economically produce metal parts that previously could not be formed.
A comprehensive guide from Micro Waterjet compares the strengths and weaknesses of all major cutting methods.
The VL600Q Wire EDM from Sodick utilizes the first SuperJet Automatic Wire Threader with an integrated “Pop-Up” search function that is not only ideal for unattended machining, but also improves the success of multi-hole threading and the threading of curved surfaces.
Ideal for edge beveling for weld preparation and finish chamfering, the lightweight Model 4000 Bevel-Mill plate beveler from Heck Industries uses a monster 4 hp motor to create bevels up to 3/4 in wide at 5-6 fpm.
These high-speed, lean-style machining centers from Haas provide high acceleration rates, fast axis speeds, and short tool change times inside compact footprints that can be placed side-by-side for efficient use of floor space.
Here are some of the latest machine tools to help your shop become more competitive.
Shops of all sizes across the world can test Mastercam 2017 before its release.
By providing complete control of voltage at the weld joint – without the use of control cords — ArcReach technology from Miller Electric helps welders improve their productivity, quality and safety.
Automated laser welding cells from Arnold Ravensburg use either CO2 or solid-state lasers for mass production or smaller batch operations.
Here is some of the latest welding equipment and accessories to help your shop become more competitive.
The Series 320 Electronic Weld Head System from Amada Miyachi America is ideal for precise position and force control needed for welding squib wires, fine wire welding, welding wires to electrodes, and welding of hearing aid components, electronic components and medical devices.
Fiback 200 AMP welding tape from Aquasol is ideal for Stick, TIG and MIG welding of thin aluminum, carbon steel, chrome steels, cast iron, nickel and cobalt alloys, and copper nickel.
Installed in the spindle of the machine tool, the Spindle Assessment Kit from SKF USA validates vibration, thermal behavior, running accuracy, natural frequency and other performance indicators.
Here are some of the latest industrial chillers, cleaners for metal finishing, software, fine filtration and dust collectors to help your shop become more competitive.
Yaskawa Motoman robots perform logistics that were not practical or could not previously provide a suitable ROI for part induction, bin picking, kitting, and random and unstructured depalletizing.
The SHM SmogHog Media Mist Collector from CLARCOR Industrial Air uses a three-stage filtration process that progressively reduces the mist concentration, resulting in greater than 99 percent particle removal efficiency.
The POW•R•PATH IP Series of cutting tools from IMCO use 7-flute configurations that take full advantage of continuous tool paths for maximum performance.
Check out how a special dual contact stick turning toolholder developed by Briney Tool Systems eliminated the need for one shop to re-engineer their catalog of lathe stick tools.
Impax Tooling coil and nitrogen die springs from Wilson Tool provide longer spring life, ensure compliance and offer optimum safety during high volume or standard production operations.
SuperMax tool coating from Mate outperforms currently available premium coatings by two to eight times in applications with 3000 and 5000 series aluminum, galvanized and stainless steels, pre-painted material, vinyl coated material and fiberglass.
Here are some of the latest cutting tools, chucks, collets, toolholders and finishing tools to help your shop become more competitive.
The amount of tooling work being awarded on progressive payment terms remains stable, but a significant portion of this tooling is on hold due to program delays.
MeasurLink 8.0 software from Mitutoyo America allows an operator to collect data from most measuring instruments, and analyze, monitor and manage the results to monitor the production process in real-time.
The Wilson VH3300 Vickers / Knoop fully-automated hardness test system from Buehler is ideal for more advanced heat treatment processes like the aerospace, energy, construction and transportation industries that require hardness testing systems to be durable while maintaining precise control during critical test data generation.
The Millimar C1200 from Mahr Federal is a low-cost, easy-to-view and easy-to-use Digital IC Amplifier with a new high resolution, high color contrast display that provides clear and very responsive analog readings with selectable scales.
Here are some of the latest boring gages, stud sensors, laser scanners and CMMs to help your shop become more competitive.
The COORD3 Universal CMM from Perceptron uses the latest REVO-2 5-axis measuring system to minimize CMM dynamic error by managing all part feature scanning motion within the REVO-2 head.
