Methods Machine Tools, Yasda Renew Strategic Partnership
June 1, 2023Methods Machine Tools, supplier of high-quality, high-precision CNC machine tools, automation and engineering services, has announced a new commercial agreement with Yasda Precision Tools K.K. that continues Methods? role as the single importer, distributor and service provider of Yasda?s portfolio of precision machining centers in the United States.
The formal relationship between the two companies began in 2014, when Methods began importing Yasda?s 3- and 5-axis lines, including the YBM vertical and horizontal series, YMC series and the P...
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FlexxCNC Now Includes Hurco, Siemens, HEIDENHAIN Compatibility
June 1, 2023Flexxbotics has expanded the functionality of its FlexxCNC cobot to CNC communications interface to include compatibility with Hurco, Siemens and HEIDENHAIN controllers.
"The FlexxCNC interface enables machine shops to integrate their Universal Robot cobot onto any machine in their shop in half a day," said a company spokesperson. "FlexxCNC forms an important element of our FlexxTend complete automated machine tending solution. FlexxTend is the leading choice for machine shops looking to adopt CNC automation but are busy gett...
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FFG Americas Signs Distributor Partnership with Greenway & Associates
June 1, 2023MAG has announced a distribution partnership with Greenway & Associates (Orange City, IA). Greenway & Associates will distribute LEADWELL vertical machining centers, horizontal and vertical turning centers, bridge mills and boring mills and SIGMA vertical and horizontal machining centers in the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
?We are very excited to begin supporting existing LEADWELL users with replacement parts, service and applications support along with offering SIGMA, FFG?s newest s...
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Second Generation Die Grinders
June 1, 2023Milwaukee Tool offers the next generation in cordless die grinding with the M18 FUEL Variable Speed Braking Die Grinder, Paddle Switch w/ONE-KEY and M18 FUEL Braking Die Grinder, Slide Switch. These die grinders feature enhanced safety, precision and control. Providing 11A corded performance without the frustrations of hoses, cords and compressors, they are designed to help cut the cord of AC and pneumatic die grinding to drive more productivity, the company reported.
?When faced with a situation that requires grinding in tight spaces or ir...
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Linear Position Detector Series for Compact Machines
June 1, 2023Nidec Machine Tool Corporation offers the MPLS series, an inductive coupling principle-type linear position detector that determines a machine?s position and detects its feed digitally.
This product, intended for compact machine tools, utilizes a signal-detection method and integrates numbers of substrates to realize a simple structure that does not require scale wiring or an analog/digital converter, and to have a narrow width of 30 mm. In addition, by adopting an absolute (absolute mobility value-based) detection method, the MPLS series d...
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Compressors with Increased Capacity, Reduced Noise
June 1, 2023It is not only in foundries, the mining sector and the construction industry where dust and dirt can hamper even the best efforts to generate reliable, continuous compressed air. Other industrial sectors find themselves facing challenging conditions. This is where a compressor with a virtually maintenance-free hermetically sealed direct drive comes into its own: wear and tear are minimized, which increases the device?s service life. All of the models in BOGE?s S-4 series have this ?IntegrateDrive? airend, including the new compressors with a pe...
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