Products

Cutting Tool Packaging Series Expands with New Sizes

IMTS 2018: Beckett Packaging has added 20 sizes to its SQT series of square telescopic tubes, with more styles and shapes to follow. 

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Toolholders

Shank Attachments for Angle Heads Accommodate Deep Cavities

IMTS 2018: Tecnara’s line includes angle heads designed for light-duty work, heavy-duty work and short runs, as well as shank attachments for NSK angle heads.

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Laser & Waterjet

Waterjet Series Offers Range of Options

IMTS 2018: Flow International introduces the Mach 100 to its series of waterjets for manufacturing leading parts, components and products.

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IMTS

Bar Loader Reduces Cycle Times, Increases Turning Quality

IMTS 2018: Index introduces its bar loader to pair with its multi-spindle machines for increased turning quality.

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HMC Built for Mass Production

IMTS 2018: The SH-5000P HMC from Tongtai, displayed in the booth of Absolute Machine Tools, is designed for high part volumes and offers a smaller footprint than the previous model.

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IMTS

VMC Precisely Machines Large Blisks

IMTS 2018: Mitsui Seiki’s Vertex 100 five-axis VMC is designed for precision milling of large parts, such as blisks for aircraft engines.

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Five-Axis Vertical Machining Center for Titanium Applications

Work hardening makes machining titanium incredibly difficult and in some extreme cases, causes surface or internal damage to the metal—rendering it scrap.

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Automation

Autonomy, Intelligence, Precision

Brining the next level of automation to production facilities, the KMP 1500 is an autonomously controlled, omnidirectional mobile platform that can independently transport products through all process steps while seamlessly integrating into the production environment.

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Roughness Sensor Measurement on a CMM

The new Zeiss Rotos sensor enables the use of coordinate measuring machines to completely inspect surface waviness and roughness, even on complex workpieces, and all in a single measurement run without any reclamping.

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Cutting Grades Increase Stability in Gray Cast, Ductile Iron

New from Sumitomo Electric Carbide, the AC4010K- and AC4015K-series turning grades for cast iron feature recently-developed technologies that result in longer and stable tool life.

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The Equator 500 Gaging System

The Equator system is a flexible gage, designed to provide speed, repeatability and ease of use for manual or automated applications, which is why hundreds of manufacturers worldwide are replacing their current gaging method with Equator systems.

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Mahr Inc. Introduces MarSurf CM Optical 3D Microscopy

Mahr, a provider of dimensional metrology solutions, introduces a series of MarSurf CM optical 3D surface metrology systems for industry and research.

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