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Sandvik Coromant Opens New Aerospace Application Center
Sandvik Coromant (Fair Lawn, NJ) announces the establishment of a new Aerospace Application Center in Fair Lawn, NJ. This state-of-the-art center, which officially opened its doors on April 28th, will focus on projects for machining in high temperature and titanium…
Douglas K. Woods Elected President of The Association For Manufacturing Technology
The Association For Manufacturing Technology?s (AMT, McLean, VA) Board of Directors has announced that it has elected Douglas K. Woods as AMT President. Woods comes to AMT from Parlec, Inc., a company that specializes in tooling, workholding and presetting solutions,…
Meta Appoints North America Sales Director
Meta Vision Systems, Inc. (Montreal, Canada) announced that Stephen Thacker has been appointed Director of Sales for North America. The company is a world leader in the design and manufacture of laser- and camera-based systems for automating production processes, notably…
Rourkela Steel Mill Achieves Record Hot-Metal Output of 2 Million Tons
India's first public sector integrated steel manufacturing unit, the Rourkela Steel Mill in Sundergarh, Orissa, registered 2 million tons of hot metal production during the 2008-09 fiscal year, a target achievement for the third consecutive fiscal year. Industrial Info Resources…
Rego-Fix Expands into Mexico with Exsys Tool Partnership
Rego-Fix (Indianapolis, IN) has partnered with Exsys Tool, Inc., a Florida-based distributor of high precision rotary and fixed toolholders for the turning industry, to expand its reach into the high precision milling market in Mexico. "After establishing operations in Mexico…
HK Metalcraft Manufacturing to Receive OSHA's SHARP Award
HK Metalcraft Manufacturing Corp. (Lodi, NJ) will be awarded the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) SHARP award by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, on Thursday, May 7, 2009. The SHARP (Safety and Health Achievement Recognition…
Dubai Aluminium Continues Expansion by Acquiring 19 percent Stake in Brazilian Alumina Refinery
State-owned Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (DUBAL) (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) plans to acquire a 19 percent stake in Companhia Alumina do Para (CAP), a subsidiary of mining company Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). According to…
AMI Metals Named Boeing 2008 Aerospace Commodities Supplier of the Year
AMI Metals, Inc. (Nashville, TN), a subsidiary of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (Los Angeles, CA), has been named 2008 ?Supplier of the Year? in the Common Aerospace Commodities category by The Boeing Company. AMI Metals was one of nine…
NEW TORQUE WRENCH PROVIDES EXACT CLAMPING OF LOCKNUTS
Haimer USA will feature its new torque wrench, which provides exact clamping of locknuts without influence of shear forces. The new ER Collet Chuck Torque Wrench clamps all standard ER collet chucks exactly and without over-tightening, which improves run-out and limits damages to small collets due to excessive clamping efforts.
NEW AUTOMATIC BAR LOADING MAGAZINE FEEDERS FEATURE UPGRADED DESIGN
Edge Technologies offers the FMB Turbo 2-20 and MiniMag 20, Automatic Bar Loading Magazine Feeders designed for feeding round, square and hexagonal bar material into CNC lathes.
REVOLUTIONARY TOOLHOLDING SOLUTIONS WITH HIGHEST CLAMPING FORCE
REGO-FIX® will display an extensive lineup of Swiss quality toolholding solutions. Their powRgrip PG system uses a toolholder and collet to generate the highest clamping force in the industry ? higher than any shrink-fit holder ? while still maintaining a T.I.R of less than 0.0001 in. The system is ideal for high speed machining applications.
QUALITY SHRINK FIT TOOLHOLDERS OFFER CONSISTENT AND HIGHLY REPEATABLE RESULTS
Lyndex-Nikken?s Shrink Fit Holders are quality designed and constructed for optimum accuracy, rigidity and balance. Featuring solid construction and Japanese engineering, these holders offer minimal variations of unbalance when changing cutting tools. Used in combination with a Shrink Fit Unit, Shrink Fit Tool Holders rapidly heat up to expand the inside diameter of the holder.
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