News releases on Manufacturingtalk categorised by date
Sunday 30 December
to Saturday 5 January 2008
Milling cutters reduce cycle time
Rough milling cutters for machining steels and SS cut cycle time/workpiece by one-third, said a manufacturer, which has also introduced a new supernitride PVD coating for insert tooling.
News from Kennametal UK ( 4 January 2008)
Horizontal machining centre has twin spindles
To minimises costs in the high-productivity machining of steel and cast iron workpieces, a twin-spindle hoizontal machining centre is designed for 3- and 4-axis production work. Brochure Available
News from Emag UK ( 4 January 2008)
Compact gear shaving machine is productive
A compact, highly productive machine for the fine finishing of soft spur and helical gears performs plunge as well as diagonal and parallel shaving processes.
News from Gleason Corporation ( 4 January 2008)
Monitor checks minimum aerosol quantity
lubrication An aerosol monitor enables continuous reliable recording of statistical data relating to aerosol flow to ensure optimum minimum quantity lubrication when metal cutting, producing chips. Brochure Available
News from SKF UK ( 4 January 2008)
Compact CNC millers pass office doorways
Very compact CNC milling machines re small enough to fit through a 914 mm doorway, and can easily be moved with a pallet jack or equipment dolly.
News from Haas Automation ( 4 January 2008)
Variable speed drives cut air handling costs
User Application Article Variable speed electric motor drives has reduced the cost of providing air circulation at commercial/industrial units from GBP 180/week to GBP 50/week.
News from ABB Automation Tech (Drives and Motors) ( 3 January 2008)
Milling cutters extend metal cutting efficiency
Latest milling cutter developments include a Z-axis plunge mill that maximises metal removal rates and solid carbide end mills for machining SS and alloys and hard materials up to 67 HRc.
News from Kennametal UK ( 3 January 2008)
Imaging software inspects micro products
User Application Article A multi-purpose, modular system for the supply and recognition, inspection, handling, and placing of micro-assembly parts uses software for product recognition and inspection tasks. Brochure Available
News from Matrox Imaging ( 3 January 2008)
Rotary indexer takes heavier loads
Robust rotary indexer takes heavier radial and axial loads and offers greater accuracy and more spindle clearance and tooling access.
News from Hardinge Machine Tools ( 3 January 2008)
Compact blast unit cleans cutting tool parts
User Application Article Woodworking cutting tool manufacturer has equipped a service centre with a blast cleaning system for treating a wide variety of component sizes without using too much space. Brochure Available
News from Guyson International ( 3 January 2008)
Digital DC drives made for automation
A range of digital DC drives is designed to minimise user system requirements, with optional functions and dedicated application packages available for complex industrial automation systems. Brochure Available
News from Gefran SIEI UK ( 3 January 2008)
Valve terminal is highly configurable
A highly flexible valve terminal permits any combination of valves and regulator modules and has advanced industrial Ethernet and fieldbus-based diagnostic capabilities. Brochure Available
News from Festo ( 3 January 2008)
5-axis machine grinds different broaches
For grinding flat, cylindrical or helical broaches, a 5-axis machine produces exceptionally high accuracies owing to the machine's rigid and robust construction.
News from Schneeberger, J ( 3 January 2008)
Free maintenance products catalogue published
The latest Screwfix free catalogue (issue 90) offers over 1,100 pages of high quality, low cost building, maintenance and refurbishment items.
News from Screwfix Direct ( 3 January 2008)
Parting and grooving steels, SS, HRSA and CI
Insert grade is claimed to give excellent performance in the parting-off and grooving as well as turning and profiling of steel, stainless steel, HRSA and cast iron components.
News from Sandvik Coromant UK ( 3 January 2008)
Compact laser systems lighten plastics welding
Compact air or water cooled, fibre coupled, high power diode laser systems can be used for welding polymers, laser hardening of fine features and laser soldering electronic components. Brochure Available
News from Rofin-Baasel UK ( 2 January 2008)
Italian machine tool sales to slow in 2008
Looking at 2007-2008, the Italian machine tool industry foresees an ongoing positive sales trend, but with a considerable slowdown on growth.
News from UCIMU ( 2 January 2008)
Encoder system checks rotary, linear moves
A flexible, magnetically encoded tape scale for rotary and linear automation applications can be mounted quickly and easily on any fixed surfaces using the adhesive side of the tape. Brochure Available
News from Newall Measurement Systems ( 2 January 2008)
Adding accuracy to long tool grinding jobs
To increase rigidity and accuracy when grinding long tools on a universal grinding machine, a P-axis that includes two travelling steadies and a CNC tailstock.
News from Anca Pty ( 2 January 2008)
Moving table band saw eases material handling
Sawing large billets are large diameter bars has been made easier by a moving table, on which the work is clamped away from the band saw and thn the table moves it into into the cutting area.
News from Kasto ( 2 January 2008)
Energy buffer made for servo press machines
An accumulator module smoothes out power consumption peaks on power presses that use high performance servo motors as ram drives. Brochure Available
News from Fanuc GE CNC UK ( 1 January 2008)
Ethernet IP protocol specification released
Ethernet IP protocol allows standard Ethernet IP communication with a SERCOS III network both during cyclic real-time network operation and during non-real time operation.
News from Sercos North America ( 1 January 2008)
CNC sliding head automatic takes 32mm bar
CNC sliding head automatic accepts bar up to 32mm diameter and has two independent, but identical, tool systems to machine workpieces simultaneously in forward and backworking operations.
News from Tornos Technologies ( 1 January 2008)
CNC multi-slide lathes replace automatics
CNC-multislide lathes are compact machines to replace older single spindle automatics for the serial production of medium-size, simple workpieces made from brass, aluminium and steel.
News from DMG (UK) ( 1 January 2008)
External cylindrical grinder is high speed
Capable of grinding external contours on cylindrical components at high speed, an external cylindrical grinder has sensitive guidance systems and powerful software.
News from Danobat Group ( 1 January 2008)
Deep hole drilling at high penetration rates
Carbide drills for drilling holes up to 30 x diameter have a 'wave' type cutting edge for improved penetration and a decrease in tooling load.
News from Mitsubishi Carbide ( 1 January 2008)
Die-sinking EDMs offer higher accuracy
Die-sinking EDMs have, as standard, quality glass scales, which continuously measure and correct axis positions, ensuring that all components are in the required range of accuracy.
News from Agie Charmilles ( 1 January 2008)
Robotic grippers streamline palletising
Designed to streamline the automation of depalletising applications, a robotic gripper system can secure handling and depositing of layers of products, with or without shrink wrap. Brochure Available
News from KUKA Automation + Robotics ( 1 January 2008)
Structural adhesive has high shear strength
A heat curing, one component epoxy, structural adhesive has high shear strength and high temperature resistance up to 205 deg C.
News from Master Bond ( 1 January 2008)
Safety stack software to be developed for SERCOS
IXXAT is to develop a portable stack software consisting of a CIP Safety layer and a CIP Safety on SERCOS adaptation layer for the CIP Safety on SERCOS safety protocol.
News from Sercos North America ( 1 January 2008)
2008 will be 'difficult' for UK economy
The director-General of the UK's Confederation of British Industry said 2008 will be a 'difficult year' for the UK economy owing to rising commodity prices and the continuing credit crunch.
News from CBI ( 1 January 2008)
UK/India deal made in heavy duty machine tools
UK machine tool builder is to have most components mad in India, except for the 'core' assemblies such as heads and rams for its heavy duty moving column machining centres.
News from AsquithButler ( 1 January 2008)
Using trichloroethylene safely for metals
Three European Trichloroethylene producers have signed a product stewardship charter aimed at ensuring the safe and sustainable use of trichloroethylene in metal cleaning.
News from SAFECHEM Europe (31 December 2007)
Fork lift safety advances reviewed
This year's National Fork Lift Truck Safety Conference included reports from overseas researchers, which included findings on main causes of employee accidents.
News from Fork Lift Truck Association (31 December 2007)
Special enclosure furniture can be customised
Enhanced functionality or aesthetics can be achieved with customisation of existing products or start from scratch original designs of specialist enclosure furniture, said a design service. Brochure Available
News from Emka UK (31 December 2007)
Surface finishing firm opens logistics centre
German manufacturer of surface finishing, grinding and cutting tools has extended its logistics centre to speed delivery services throughout Europe and worldwide.
News from Pferd (31 December 2007)
CNC turning centres are highly user-friendly
Three CNC turning centres offer reliable 'one-hit' machining - including parts too big for sliding head automatics - and a highly user-friendly control system.
News from Miyano UK (31 December 2007)
CNC turning centre parts collected automatically
A patented part accumulator system gathers parts automatically allowing the turning centre to run unmanned for extended periods whilst eliminating part damage.
News from Hydrafeed (31 December 2007)
Capacitor stored electricity discharged safely
Portable, self-contained safe discharge device protects the operator while safely discharging high power capacitors used for power factor correction and energy storage applications. Brochure Available
News from Seaward Electronic (31 December 2007)
Torque motors suit turning centres
Latest torque motors presented at EMO 2007 ensure optimized latching force and load pulsation, reach peak forces of 13,000N and are now suitable for use in large machining centers. Brochure Available
News from Schaeffler (UK) (31 December 2007)
Greaser for linear guides and bearings is compact
Compact greasing unit for repacking linear guides and rolling bearings in machines and systems automatically supplies as many as five lubrication points with lubricant. Brochure Available
News from SKF UK (31 December 2007)
Variable speed pump drives save on energy
Variable speed hydraulic pump drives offer energy savings and noise reduction and two recently introduced systems can control pressure and flow on a machine.
News from Bosch Rexroth (31 December 2007)
Heavy duty vertical machining centre is compact
Vertical machining centre with extended Y-axis, a 1015 x 660 x 635mm work envelope, 50-taper spindle and small footprint, provides heavy-duty metal cutting capability.
News from Haas Automation (31 December 2007)
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