Solid Carbide Drill with Multilayer Coating Technology
April 1, 2024Walter has added the Xtreme Evo Plus drill to its DC180 Supreme product range. Designed to boost productivity and process reliability, the solid carbide drill with internal coolant is suited for drilling steels, stainless steels, cast irons, nonferrous metals, heat-resistant super alloys and hard materials (ISO P, M, K, N, S and H workpiece groups). Being a Supreme category drill, the drill is designed not just for the highest tool life, but for the highest process parameters and productivity.
According to the company, users can achieve maxi...
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The Fundamentals of Deep Hole Drilling
April 1, 2024Deep hole drilling is a machining process that revolutionized the manufacturing industry after World War I. Originally developed for making gun barrels, this technology has now expanded its applications across 15 different industries with over 200 unique uses. Following are the fundamentals of deep hole drilling, its major applications and how Precihole Machine Tools provides innovative solutions in this field.
Understanding Deep Hole Drilling
Standard drilling techniques have their limitations when it comes to length-to-diameter (L/D...
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Micropsi Industries Names Jackson as CEO
April 1, 2024Micropsi Industries, whose artificial intelligence (AI)-powered vision system MIRAI enables the automation of tasks too complex or costly to automate with conventional methods, announced the appointment of Gary Jackson as CEO. With more than 30 years of executive leadership experience, Jackson succeeds Micropsi Industries founder Ronnie Vuine, who will remain responsible for the product.
Prior to joining Micropsi Industries, Jackson served as the CEO of Drishti, an AI-powered video analytics technology company that was recently acquired. He...
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Easy to Use Pipe Beveling Tool
April 1, 2024An air-powered portable pipe machining tool that is lightweight and easy to handle by one person for preparing a wide range of different size piping systems for welding has been introduced by ESCO Tool.
The ESCO Mini-MILLHOG is a portable pneumatic I.D. clamping tube and pipe beveling tool for machining tube and pipe from 1.25" I.D. to 6.625" O.D. that is self-centering with one mandrel covering the majority of the range. Featuring a working weight of 27.5 lbs., this high torque tool is easy to handle and provides smooth chatter-f...
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Variety of Round Bumper Styles, Configurations
April 1, 2024Fairlane Products now offers a complete line of inch and metric rubber and polyurethane bumpers. The bumpers are designed to guard, stop, align and protect a machine or workpiece during the manufacturing process. The round bumpers are available in popular inch as well as metric sizes with a variety of different styles that integrate well into an industrial application.
The bumpers, commonly identified as RB-516, come in a variety of mounting options such as tapped hex shoulder and threaded, stud mount and steel plate mounted. They come in b...
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Mastercam Appoints CFO
April 1, 2024Mastercam has announced that Karen Gibbs has joined the company as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Gibbs will lead financial efforts in support of the company's ongoing market expansion.
Gibbs comes to Mastercam with wide financial experience, most recently in the software and automation industry, where she oversaw the entire organizational finance team, was responsible for general accounting, AP, treasury and forecasting.
"I am proud to join the Mastercam team and believe my extensive financial experience within the softwar...
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