Julia Hider

Julia Hider Senior Editor

Filler Metal Solutions Improve Productivity, Quality

Fabtech 2017: Hobart will showcase filler metal solutions that are designed to improve productivity and quality and offer cost savings for the fabrication and manufacturing industries.

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Turn/Mill

Multitasking Machines Perform Gear Work, Traditional Machining

Gear Expo 2017: Mazak will demonstrate its multitasking equipped with the latest Mazatrol Smooth CNC and Mazak Smooth Gear Cutting Solutions for making precision gears of all shapes and sizes.

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Grinding

Grinding Machine Includes Software for Parameterization

Gear Expo 2017: Kapp Niles will release its KNe3G grinding machine.

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Pallet Handling Software Plans Production from ERP System

Gear Expo 2017: Fastems will introduce version 6 of its Manufacturing Management software (MMS) for automated pallet handling, which plans production from an ERP system, administrating NC programs and tool data.

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Digital Micrometer Transmits Data Wirelessly

Mahr wireless data transmission capability is now integrated in its Micromar 40 EWRi digital micrometer, the latest addition to the company’s integrated wireless products which are designed to measure quickly, easily and reliably.

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Hobber’s HMI Software Speeds, Simplifies Programming

Gear Expo 2017: Bourn & Koch will feature its 100H horizontal gear hobber. Capable of producing gears up to AGMA Q-13 (with Q-9 to Q-10 typical), it features BK-HMI conversational gearcutting software, which is designed to reduce the time and specialized knowledge required to program a gear.

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Gear Skiving Machines Provide Rigidity, Powerful Spindles

Gear Expo 2017: Liebherr Gear Technology will introduce its LK 300 and 500 gear skiving machine series.

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Laser Displacement Sensor Includes Profile Analysis Library

MKS Instruments’ Ophir business unit offers the Optimet ConoPoint-10 Smart Sensor, a non-contact laser displacement sensor with built-in profile analysis library for fast, accurate product inspection and 2D profile measurements of complex parts.

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Cutting Tools

Tool Kits Enable Cutting, Finishing Ports

Allied Machine & Engineering announces the expansion of its AccuPort 432/AccuThread 856 program to include more than 120 kits for manufacturing hydraulic ports and manifolds.

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Measurement

Metrology Software Communicates Results in 3D

InnovMetric Software has launched the 2017 version of its PolyWorks universal 3D metrology software, which, according to the company, can increase productivity by communicating results in 3D.

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Touch Screen Controls Speed, Simplify Navigation

Heidenhain’s TNC 620 contouring controls now include touchscreen technology designed to enable operators to navigate quickly and intuitively through lists, programs, tables and other content via kinetic scrolling. 

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Instrument Calibrates Variety of Indicators

Mitutoyo America Corp. announces the release of the i-Checker, an inspection instrument specially designed to calibrate a variety of indicators, including bore gages, Digimatic indicators, dial indicators, dial test indicators and linear gages.

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