Products

ERP Enhancements Streamline Operations

Westec 2017: Henning Software will present additions to its Visual EstiTrack ERP shop management system, which include a touch scheduling board and an add-on phone and tablet app called iVET.

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Measurement

Tool Presetting Machines Reduce Setup Times by 70 Percent

Westec 2017: Haimer will feature its Microset tool presetting machines, which are said to streamline tool setting processes to reduce set up times by as much as 70 percent. 

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Workholding

Collet Pads Enable Top-Jaw System to Hold Small Bar, Tube Stock

Dillon Manufacturing offers S- and Warner & Swasey-type collet pads for top-jaw systems.

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Portable Coolant Recycling System Runs During Machining

Westec 2017: The Eriez SumpDoc is an all-in-one portable fluid recycling system designed to completely filter and rejuvenate metalworking fluids in a machine tool sump without interrupting production.

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Grinding

Production Machine Grinds Internal Diameters with High Speed, Precision

Fives introduces the Landis-Bryant UL2, a high-speed production ID grinder designed for machining workpieces with external diameters ranging to 177 mm.

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Laser Processor Includes Two Lasers to Increase Throughput

Prima Power Laserdyne’s Laserdyne 606D laser processing machine is composed of two independent laser machines within a single unitized structure, which can be operated by one person to increase throughput.

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Cutting Tools

PVD Coating Offered on Round, Diamond Locating Pins

Westec 2017: Carr Lane Mfg. Co. now offers its Life-Ex PVD coating as an option on its round and diamond pins.

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Automation

Bar Puller Actuated by Coolant System

The Grippex 20L CNC bar puller is actuated by a CNC lathe’s coolant system.

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Presetting, Measuring Machine Works in Digital, Networked Environments

EMO 2017: Zoller will showcase its Venturion presetting and measuring machine, which is designed for process reliability in a digital, networked environment and is also offered with BIS-V RFID technology for data transfer to the machine.

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Workholding

Grippers Designed for Ultra-Low Profile Clamping

Westec 2017: Fixtureworks will highlight its TG GripSerts carbide gripper inserts, which are designed for ultra-low-profile clamping with no dovetail workpiece preparation.

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Laser Micromachining Platform Machines Minute Features

GF Machining Solution introduces its Microlution ML-5 femtosecond, industrial-grade laser micromachining platform.

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Workholding

Rotary Table Affordable Option for 5C Workpieces

The TJR AR-5C pneumatic collet rotary table is designed to provide an affordable alternative to three- or four-jaw chucks for workpieces requiring 5C collets.

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