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‘Plasma Cutting’
A Manufacturingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Insert drills raise fabricator's throughput from
Allied Maxcut Engineering Co, which we summarised at the time by saying "By using AMEC's T-A holders with TiAlN and TiN inserts a steel fabricator has improved manufacturing throughput by 25% and has increased tool life by a factor of 10 over the original tooling.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release WNT inserts cut production costs from
WNT (UK): "WNT has introduced five families of insert grades to provide a high-performance product for machining common material groups. ".
In October 2008, we covered the news from SSAB Swedish Steel
- take a look at SSAB and Uddeholm publish steel tooling guide
which says: "SSAB Swedish Steel and Uddeholm Tooling have released a guide entitled 'Tooling Solutions for Advanced High-strength Steel'.".
Take a look also at the news release from Kerf Developments, Kerf supplies plasma-arc cutter to welding firm,
as well as Unicut automates swarf and coolant handling from Unicut Precision,
and Delcam enhances FeatureCAM system from Delcam.
Latest stories...
Yamazaki Mazak offers multi-tasking machine tools (October 2008)
Yamazaki Mazak's Integrex e-H II series and e-V II series multi-tasking machine tools can machine workpieces up to 2.35m in diameter and more than 4.1m in length.
General Electric buys Stationary IV stripper (October 2008)
KMT has delivered a robotic waterjet cleaning system to General Electric's Engine Services facility in Strother, Kansas, for stripping thermal sprayed coatings from jet engine components.
DMG offers the Deckel Maho DMU 60FD Duoblock (October 2008)
DMG's Deckel Maho DMU 60FD Duoblock has a five-face capability for machining parts within a working envelope of 600mm in X, 700mm in Y and 600mm in Z.
Gewefa introduces the Variaset range (October 2008)
Gewefa has brought out the EWS Variaset bench-top pre-setters.
Aerotech releases the Nmark SSaM (October 2008)
Aerotech's Nmark SSaM (Synchronised Scanner and Motion) has extended the application potential for galvanometer-based laser scanners.
Sigmatek combines technology and service at Katmex (October 2008)
Katmex, part of the Katsushiro Matex Group, supplies fabricated components and assemblies to construction equipment manufacturers including Komatsu, JCB, Toyota and Hitachi.
Xuron releases the 2275 Quick-Cutter (October 2008)
Xuron Corp has introduced a flush cutter for rapidly and cleanly cutting cable ties and other soft plastics in a range of manufacturing and field service applications.
Vargus offers free Widia milling cutter bodies (October 2008)
Vargus Tooling UK, Widia's UK and Ireland master distributor, is offering free cutter bodies on a range of Widia milling tooling for a limited period.
Further reading
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Compact plasma cutting tool is portable
Hypertherm has unveiled its new compact plasma cutting tool, the Powermax30, at the EuroBLECH exhibition in Hannover, Germany.
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Plasma cutting range with high cutting speeds
The most recent addition to ESAB Automation's plasma cutting range is the Suprarex SXE-P.
