Machining

All part of the Spanish company’s strategic plan to improve current product competitiveness is the new range of wire EDM machines, from ONA AV, which is now available from the exclusive UK and Eire agent, Warwick Machine Tools. With the introduction of high performance ‘Premium’ machines that were initially established with the recent launch of the highly capable QX die sink CNC EDM range, a comprehensive range of ONA AV models are available.

If you are a machinist in need of flexible 5-axis workholding tool, the MaxLock HP420 5-axis vises from Kurt maybe a solution. These vises combat jaw deflection and part lift with Kurt AngLock design and Kurt’s new patented lift control system, for 5-axis workholding rigidity. For precision parts, this could mean the difference between machining pass or rejects.

It was an astute decision according to NSK to use a selection of its spherical rolling bearings in one of the world´s largest bucket-wheel excavators. Despite six years of heavy duty operation at RWE Power´s opencast mine in Hambach, Germany; the bearings are still going strong, without any relubrication.

Explaining the advantages of using German-built INDEX CNC multi-spindle automatics (multis) has been published by Geo Kingsbury. When producing highly accurate turn-milled parts, a 40% increase in price-performance ratio is claimed for INDEX MS-Series multis, which have six (or eight) independently controllable C-axis spindles served by static and driven tools.

Their rigid construction, wide range of spindle speed and power options, and low-mass moving elements means the Sahos 5-axis machining centres from the Czech Republic are suitable for producing components from light materials. Aluminium, model board, plastics including varieties reinforced with carbon fibre and glass fibre, and composites and such as bonded honeycomb and multi-layer structures can all be machined accurately and with a high degree of efficiency.

It requires multiple engineering design disciplines to manufacture a coupling that maintains smooth operation and avoids rotation through the system’s axial natural frequency (ANF) when connecting motion components over a long space. This Zero-Max Custom CD Coupling design is one of many different ones available for difficult and challenging motion system applications.

Image processing software HALCON is the new version 13 from MVTec Software to a broad target group. From September 2016 until well into the first quarter of 2017, companies will get to know the comprehensive new functions down to the last detail in numerous events as part of a global road show. Approximately 1,800 participants have registered so far.

Capable of measuring all six degrees of freedom from a single set-up, in any orientation for linear axes, is the XM-60 multi-axis calibrator from Renishaw, which was exhibited at IMTS 2016, Chicago, USA and AMB 2016, Stuttgart, Germany. It offers significant improvement in simplicity and time saving over conventional laser measurement techniques.

According to DIN EN 50047 the light and robust Ex 97 switching devices look like a completely normal compact position switch with standard dimensions. However the construction details of the Ex 97 switching devices with plastic housings now available from the steute business unit ‘Extreme’ make these devices unique.

Precision, experience and sometimes a little assistance from a similarly skilled company is required when designing and manufacturing high voltage coils for large generators and motors. Colombian coil manufacturer worked with Sulzer to outsource a complete set of new windings.