HOW TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF HEAT EXCHANGERS
Without heat exchangers, all process and thermal powergen plants would grind to a standstill. To meet demand, a new milling cutter from Ingersoll Cutting Tools has debottlenecked one of the most time consuming and repetitive operations in shell-and-tube heat exchanger fabrication and reduced tube sheet grooving down to one third the time so that finished units can ship days or even weeks sooner.
S-PADS REPLACE COLLETS IN MULTI-SPINDLE SHOPS
S-pads from Hardinge are much faster to change than collets from job-to-job and can be shared between many brands of machines, whether the master collet is mounted directly in a machine spindle (single or multiple), in a collet adaptation chuck, or in a collet block.
VERSATILE T-SLOT BLOCKS MAKE MACHINE JOBS FASTER AND EASIER
The versatile color coded T-Slot Block workholding system from from Tau Ceti Co. is modular, so it can also be used as dedicated fixture plates or dedicated setup stations.
Sandvik Coromant Opens New CA Productivity Center
This new facility has an opportunity to reach a huge customer base in the southwest region with better support and training through with live demonstrations, seminars and advanced theory-based training courses.
OPEN MIND Dealer in Ontario Adds New Leader
Marty Cornacchi joined CAM Focus as the vice president of operations and now leads a team with veteran sales resources, skilled machinists and hyperMILL users that provide 2.5-axis through 5-axis and mill-turn applications solutions.
Metalworking industry veteran Mirko Merlo succeeds Andreas Evertz, who is now the president of the Sandvik Machining Solutions Division.
S-PADS REPLACE COLLETS IN MULTI-SPINDLE SHOPS
S-pads from Hardinge are much faster to change than collets from job-to-job and can be shared between many brands of machines, whether the master collet is mounted directly in a machine spindle (single or multiple), in a collet adaptation chuck, or in a collet block.
METALWORKING CATALOG HAS THOUSANDS OF NEW PRODUCTS
The V80 Metalworking catalog from MSC Industrial Direct is the most comprehensive inventory of cutting tools and metalworking products of its kind in the entire industry.
UNIVERSAL HYDRAULIC TOOLHOLDER
With the TENDO E compact advanced hydraulic expansion toolholder from Schunk, using different holder technologies for milling, drilling, and reaming is no longer required because it can safely transfer torques of up to 520 Nm (384 ft-lb) at a 20 mm clamping diameter and is perfectly suited for high volume cutting.
