SCHUNK News

SLIM 5-AXIS VISE WITH TOOL-FREE JAW QUICK-CHANGE AND ACTIVE PULL-DOWN FUNCTION FOR PRECISE MACHINING OF THE SIXTH SIDE

For those who believe that the potential for innovation in stationary clamping systems has long since been tapped out, it is high time to have a look at SCHUNK. With the 5-axis vise KONTEC KSX-C2, the gripping systems and clamping equipment specialist is continuing its success story with the KSX family and providing new momentum for high-precision 6-sided machining. The first thing that catches the eye is the upwardly tapered external contour, which improves accessibility with standard tools.

Tungaloy News

Tungaloy Expands Range of WavyJoint CBN Inserts

Tungaloy has announced a major expansion of its WavyJoint CBN insert series with additional grade and geometries, increasing the current standard range more than eight times.

VOLLMER News

TOOLMAKER AT THE GREAT LAKES PUTS ITS TRUST IN VOLLMER

The name of the US company Great Lakes Custom Tool Manufacturing (GLCT) says it all: GLCT produces special tools and is situated at Lake Michigan, one of North America's five Great Lakes. In order to machine tools and circular saws that are tipped with carbide or PCD (polycrystalline diamond), the toolmaker uses 19 VOLLMER machines in total. Recently, the Swabian sharpening specialist supplied GLCT with a VPulse 500 wire erosion machine and a VGrind 360 tool grinding machine, amongst others.

Andritz News

ANDRITZ to supply new lacquering line to ElvalHalcor, Greece

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from ElvalHalcor to supply and install a new lacquering line (# 2) at Elval, the aluminum rolling division of ElvalHalcor Oinofyta, Greece.

Lampas News

New laser system to create Grease-Repellent Metal Surfaces

The end of scrubbing ovens and home appliances with chemicals or heat could soon be in sight, thanks to a new high-power laser system being developed to put ‘self-cleaning’, grease-repellent and antibacterial properties into sheet metal.

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