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IMTS: BIG Kaiser's "Productivity Deck"
- Aug 19, 2014
- Cutting Tools
- Product Release
All attendees receive a free giveaway.The schedule is as follows:"New Products Introduction" Every Day @ 10am"BIG-PLUS or HSK?" Mon/Wed/Fri @ 11am"Managing Tool Data with Presetter Software" Mon/Wed/Fri @ 2pm"Multi-Axis Quick-Change Workholding Systems" Mon/Wed/Fri @ 3pm"Deep Hole Boring Solutions"...
IMTS: KOMET's expanded milling line, and more
- Aug 19, 2014
- Cutting Tools
- News Release
Particular highlights to be found in the KOMET booth at IMTS include:• KOMET Milling Tools: Built on the success of its line of drills, KOMET features an expanding lineup of milling tools, including indexable, solid carbide and PCD milling cutters intended for various milling operations. Of...
Featured at IMTS 2014: MA-12500H Horizontal Machining Center
- Aug 19, 2014
- Metalworking
- Product Release
Okuma will display the MA-12500H horizontal machining center, which is suitable for machining of aluminum alloys, cast iron, and difficult-to-machine materials. Built on an integral bed and base and designed with reinforcing ribs for increased stability and load-carrying capacity, this...
Featured at IMTS 2014: Gear Grinding Machines
- Aug 19, 2014
- Metalworking
- Product Release
Kapp Niles will showcase two gear grinders. The ZP 12 provides the range to grind any gear diameter up to 1,250 mm with a fully dressed grinding wheel. The direct-drive tool spindle has increased power compared to older machines, and the dual dressers shorten dressing time. Hob cutters and...
SME success stories: A different kind of shop
- By Jim Anderton
- Aug 19, 2014
- Metalworking
- Article
In Pointe Claire, Quebec, just outside Montreal, Youssef Nakhoul owns a very nice job shop. There are lots of small shops in Canada, but Mitacor Industries takes a slightly different approach to management, one that is paying off for Nakhoul and his 11 employees. Nakhoul established Mitacor in 2006...
IMTS 2014 Preview: Samchully
- Aug 19, 2014
- Metalworking
- Product Release
Samchully Workholding, Inc. offers premium quality work-holding products to our consumers for over 30 years. Their product range includes Rotary Tables, Special Chucks, Power Chucks, Manual Chucks, and Milling Vises. They will be exhibiting many of their products at IMTS 2014, in...
IMTS 2014 Preview: Liebherr
- Aug 19, 2014
- Metalworking
- Product Release
Liebherr is set to demonstrate its new single table gear grinding machine and robotic bin packing automation at IMTS 2014 in booth N-6930. Single table gear grinding machine The LGG machines are easily coupled with Liebherr automation solutions to create a fully automated production line for...
Yaskawa Motoman celebrates its 25th anniversary
- Aug 18, 2014
- Fabricating
- News Release
The company was launched with 59 employees and was considered a niche player in North America. Within just a few years, Motoman Inc. was considered a leading force in the America’s robot industry. In 1994, Motoman Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yaskawa Electric Corporation...
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Hard Turning Doesn’t Have to Be Hard
- By Joe Thompson
- Aug 18, 2014
- Management
- Article
Hard turning is replacing grinding operations in some shops thanks to CBN tooling.
Manufacturers Gear up for IMTS
- Aug 18, 2014
- Management
- News Release
The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2014, Sept. 8-13, takes place once again at Chicago’s McCormick Place. A highlight of this year’s show is daily conference sessions for manufacturing professionals. “The IMTS community has made it clear that educational events for...
SME success stories: Building a boom town
- By Nick Healey
- Aug 18, 2014
- Fabricating
- Article
It’s hard not to notice the scope of expansion going on in Calgary these days. Housing developments dot the city’s perimeter, a brand new tower gleams in the city centre, and roads are being built faster than GPS systems can manage. It’s definitely a different city than your...
IMTS 2014 Preview: GROB Systems
- Aug 18, 2014
- Metalworking
- Product Release
GROB Systems brings the G-Series universal machining centers to IMTS this September. GROB will be featuring several machines at booth S-9490. Based on a horizontal machining center platform popular with automotive OEMs, GROB universal machines are designed for manufacturers in medical,...
IMTS 2014 Preview: EXSYS Tool
- Aug 18, 2014
- Metalworking
- Product Release
EXSYS Tool, Inc. will be presenting a wide range of innovative manufacturing technologies at IMTS 2014. EXSYS will be at booth W-1671 at IMTS 2014, and will feature several products for display including PRECI-FLEX modular quick-change tooling system, the compact EPPINGER C3, C4 and C5...
Ledcor's Marine Division award Tug contract
- Aug 15, 2014
- Metalworking
- News Release
Ledcor’s Marine Division announced that it has awarded the construction of two A.G. McIlwain-designed tugs to Bracewell Marine Group Ltd. The two tugs will be built concurrently at the Bracewell shipyard facility at Shelter Island Marina located on the South Arm of the Fraser River in...
Stats Can reports growing manufacturing sector
- Aug 15, 2014
- Metalworking
- News Release
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 0.6 per cent in June to $52 billion — the fifth increase in six months.The agency says the gain resulted from a 3.0 per cent increase in non-durable goods sales, notably by chemical, petroleum and coal products and...
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