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Metal Forming & Fabricating Products
Incredible Hulk: This new hot-rolled structural steel from strip opens the door to stronger cranes, containers and heavy vehicle applications.
Sheet Flatness Achieved Without Distortion: A special forming tool embosses stainless steel exterior wall panels for a spectacular Manhattan condominium.
The HF Stacking Cradle System from Schmidt Structural Products is a modular system that easily stores long goods, coils, and flat stock. The system is transportable and adaptable. Designed to easily store long material lengths in capacities from 2 to 5 tons and up to 10 units high, it can help to increase usable facility floor space and avoid material loss or damage due to excessive handling.
Beckwood Press Company has built a technologically advanced deep draw press for Orange County Choppers, and will be displaying the drawn tanks and fenders on a production chopper at the 2008 Regional Metalform Show in Birmingham, Alabama on April 1st-3rd at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. Beckwood will also be exhibiting one of their latest press designs, displaying the latest in hydraulic press technology and features.
Controlled Automation now offers a range of automated shotblasting machines manufactured in the U.S. and specifically designed for cleaning structural steel sections and plates. These include the SBM4-60, a four-wheel (blast wheels: 4 x 25 hp) blast cabinet with an opening of 60 in wide x 40 in high. Cleaning capacity is 530 to 1,075 sq ft per hour. Dust collector capacity is 8,000 cfm. This is the most popular machine for the general fabricator.
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Welding Products
Victor®announces a new ordering process for Specialty Gas Regulators that simplifies the procedure and improves delivery of the product.
Thermal Dynamics announces the addition of the PAK 200 to its product line. Designed to meet the most demanding of manual plasma cutting applications, the PAK 200 provides 200 amps of cutting and gouging power in a manual system.
Rex-Cut Products, Inc. (Fall River, MA) offers a line of quick change cotton fiber abrasive discs that feature layered construction and reportedly last up to 25 times longer than resin fiber discs.
Miyachi Unitek Corporation has released a new "Mini Compactor."
EWP announces the availability of the ALM line of mobile laser welding units.Users can weld virtually any size part, anywhere and at any angle.
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Metal Cutting Products
MAG Cincinnati clears the table and collects all the chips in high-value aluminum machining, introducing the industry's highest output 5-axis horizontal machining center for clean, contained cutting of parts up to 2 m x 4 m. Designed especially for high-throughput, precision machining of next-generation aircraft components, the new HyperMach H4000 adapts proven modular components from the company's advanced high-speed vertical profiler family.
Hardinge Inc. (Elmira, NY) is expanding its spectrum of turning centers by introducing the Hardinge-designed and -built GS 150, GS 200, GS 200/66 and GS 250 machines. Positioned in the center of the company's turning center portfolio (above the SV-Series and below the SR-Series), the all-new GS-Series offers users an exceptional combination of performance features for speed, power, accuracy and durability in a compact design.
LVD Strippit adds the Orion 4020 to its Orion Series of laser cutting systems. The hybrid-style CO2 laser cutting system is engineered for economical processing of large sheets up to 157 in x 78 in or 4 m x 2 m. Orion laser cutting systems feature a highly rigid, high-precision rack-and-pinion drive system which provides precise motion and position control. This rigid design permits the machine to maintain high processing speeds without loss of cut quality.
PartMaker Inc., a division of Delcam Plc, is a leading provider of CAM solutions to six of world's 10 largest medical device manufacturers (ranked by revenue by Reuters Group Plc), including such companies as Medtronic and Zimmer, Smith & Nephew, Biomet, and Johnson & Johnson. Many contract manufacturers serving the medical device industry rely on PartMaker CAM software to automate the programming of their multi-axis lathes and Swiss-type lathes, which are ideal for manufacturing such medical devices as implantables like bone screws and dental implants and instrumentation for use in surgical procedures.
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co., Rockford, IL, innovators in sawing technology, announces the AMSAWâ S300, the new addition to their family of carbide sawing systems. The S300 is designed for efficiency, speed and increased productivity for cutting ferrous and non-ferrous materials. It has a capacity of 3.00 in - 12.00 in and utilizes saw blade diameters from 24 in to 36 in. The spindle motor is 60 hp (45 kW) and provided with operator friendly controls. This saw allows for cut lengths up to 30 in and multi-indexing when length exceeds 30 in. Accuracy for length is ±0.005 in.
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Tooling & Workholding Products
Mold Making Delight: Ideal for machining complicated workpieces in a single clamping operation.
A Jig-less Tooling Concept: Sweden is a high-cost country, but SAAB Aerostructures keeps winning orders – currently supplying the latest programs of both Airbus and Boeing with composite parts. Richard Lindquits of SAAB shows us one of the key techniques he uses to remain a preferred supplier to the big integrators.
Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. offers its C-Cutter Mini
BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. offers its Rotary Indexer Adapter Kit
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Inspection Products
CMMs designed with a granite base construction give some old-school manufacturers the confidence and the accuracy they require.
Swanson Tool Manufacturing's High-Speed Steel TiN Coated Thread Gages offer significant savings over tool steel gages because they last up to 10X longer. The TiN (titanium nitride) coating is recognized for its enhanced lubricity, corrosion resistance, and is harder than both chrome and carbide material.
Cognex Corp. offers its Checker 200 part inspection sensors.
Helmel Engineering Products offers its Microgage coordinate measuring machine.
Marposs Corp. introduces its M1 Star EBG electronic bore gaging line suited for measuring of inside diameter, ovality and taper.
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Maintenance Products
Machine Tool Dream: Ideal for moving and elevating ferrous materials such as chips, turnings, small parts and stampings.
Manufacturers Find Perfect Bolt Preload – Visually: The guessing game of obtaining the optimum bolt preload is over, thanks to a true innovation in bolt indicators.
SKF® profile rail guides provide precise positioning, smooth operation, high load-carrying capacity, high stiffness, and unlimited stroke to satisfy linear motion system demands in a wide range of industry applications, including medical, factory automation, assembly, and electronics manufacturing, among others.
Misumi offers its precision linear shaft that features a consistent hardening depth.
SKF offers its recirculating and planetary roller screws for linear-actuation applications.
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Safety Products
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.215 for grinders is one of the most frequently cited machine-safety standards for violations during OSHA machine-safety inspections. This is due to improperly adjusted work rests and tongues on bench grinders (sometimes called offhand or pedestal grinders).
Guyson Corporation introduces the Model D1000 cartridge-type dust collector that has sufficient capacity for large manual blast cabinets with direct pressure media delivery. The D1000 is suitable for dust collection of moderate-sized automated blasting systems with multiple blast guns.
North Safety Products offers its NorthFlex NF11 safety glove.
Frommelt Safety Products offers its Enviro Saf-T-Cell, a standardized safety cell enclosure with an integral air filtration system.
SmartMove Conveyor offers its modular conveyor.
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