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Industry Veteran Joins Guarantee Electrical
John Brown will establish a robust national automation and controls practice targeting several instrumentation-dependent industries.
Is It Time to Rebuild or Retrofit Your Hydraulic Press?
Hydraulic press operators must keep their costs down while meeting shorter lead times and the demand for higher precision parts. New press technology has already outdated some presses that were purchased as recently as ten to fifteen years ago. Is new machinery the only answer? Here’s why the answer is no.
Gilman USA Adds Matus As Sales Representative
The partnership will promote Gilman machine spindles, slides and other products in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and 39 counties of West Virginia.
Compact Harmonic Gearhead for Machine Tools, Robots
With space at a premium in machine tools and automation equipment, this automation gearhead from Nexen can fit virtually any machine requiring a minimal footprint, such as machine tools, robots and robotic arms, and numerous general industrial positioning and motion control applications.
Gilman Promotes Skilled Trades at High School
The manufacturer of customized slides and spindles introduced students to potential careers in skilled trades by offering good-paying jobs that can be obtained with a two-year degree from a technical college.
Ball Pein and Cross Pein Hammers for Machine Shops
Ball pein and cross pein hammers from Wilton have drop-forged steel heads for metal forming, forging, shaping, center punch, riveting and peining.
Making the Upgrade
Making an upgrade while a spindle is already down and due for repair makes economic sense and makes the most of an opportunity. But what types of upgrades can be performed and what benefits can be expected? Ed Zitney of SKF Machine Tool Services explains.
Magnetic Filter Puts a Brake on Fines
This magnetic separator Magnetic Products removes fines from a drilling operation and automatically feeds the fluids back into the integrated reservoir tank for fewer messy, oily pools around machinery, improved coolant recovery and reduced fluid replacement costs.
Gilman USA Adds Kacey Enterprises for Sales Support in Upper Midwest
The manufacturer of customized slides and spindles adds an outside sales representative to cover Northern Illinois, Northwest Indiana, Iowa, most of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Spindle Repair: The New Way to Save Money
If a spindle on one of your machines fails tomorrow, what’s your backup plan? Can you afford to wait several weeks to receive a new spindle? Spindle repair is another option that many companies are now considering.
Anodizer Puts Brakes on Weakest Link
New oil shear brake technology from Force Control Industries eliminates crane downtime and maintenance for this high volume anodizer.
Safe Travels for Large CNC Lathe
Machine tool manufacturer Tornos Gurutzpe S.A. was one of first to implement a new horizontal guiding cable carrier system from igus designed to stop metal chips from causing abrasion and wear on large machines with extremely long travel cable carrier applications.
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