Gear Industry Product News 2013

Hexagon Launches Online Tech Support
Hexagon Metrology recently launched the new Hexagon Metrology Support Center in conjunction with World Metrology Day. The online portal i... (posted 2013-05-20)

Ingersoll Introduces RA Chipbreaker
Ingersoll is introducing a new RA chipbreaker for heavy rough machining of large sized parts. RA chipbreaker inserts maximize tool life d... (posted 2013-05-17)

Ovako Blanks Speed Production While Reducing Waste
Machining quality components from steel bar can generate large amounts of waste material, but with Ovako pre-components this waste can be... (posted 2013-05-16)

Romax Improves Driveline Design and Development
Romax Technology is enabling a rapid, seamless and lossless workflow for driveline design and development from planning to manufacture. T... (posted 2013-05-15)

Marposs Offers Gaging Station for Gear Inspection
The line of manual systems and machines for functional gear verification includes a wide range of highly precise solutions, to measure al... (posted 2013-05-14)

Mahr Federal to Display Portable Air Gages
Mahr Federal will be featuring the new Micro-Dimensionair II, the next generation of its well-established Micro-Dimensionair line of port... (posted 2013-05-14)

Ingersoll Selects LC1200 for Tech Center
Ingersoll Cutting Tools has selected a Liebherr LC1200 gear hobbing machine for installation in its Rockford, IL. Technical Center (ICTC)... (posted 2013-05-13)

Gleason Demonstrates Gear Measurement Technology at Control 2013
Gleason Metrology Systems will demonstrate their latest advances in gear measurement technology at Control 2013, May 14-17 in Stuttgart, ... (posted 2013-05-10)

Ingersoll Releases Super Finishing Face Mill
Ingersoll is pleased to announce the arrival of its newest super-finishing face mill. The generous .300” wide crowned wiper provide... (posted 2013-05-08)

Cleaning Technologies Introduces CleanVeyor System
CleanVeyor Ultrasonic parts washer utilizes a combination of spray, immersion, and ultrasonic cleaning technologies and has proven succes... (posted 2013-05-07)

Hardinge Offers Collet Blocks for Multi-Part Machining
Collet blocks can be used horizontally or vertically on mill tables, jig grinders, flat or angled fixture plates, tombstones or rotary tr... (posted 2013-05-06)

Leistritz Offers Keyseating Technology
Keyseating is a fundamental and traditional method to cut keyways in bores that has been stagnant and without development for many decade... (posted 2013-05-03)

ATI Stellram Introduces NL Turning Grades
These five new Stellram NL turning grades are specifically engineered to provide optimum performance in a given application and workpiece... (posted 2013-05-02)

LFG Machine Offers Precision and Productivity
This machine concept facilitates highly productive profile grinding for large workpieces. The range for external and internal gears compr... (posted 2013-05-01)

Sulzer Offers Coating Technology for Complex Surfaces
Sulzer offers a variety of coating equipment, material and services for the most complex surface applications. The company’s custom... (posted 2013-04-29)

Grieve Furnace Used for Gear Preheats
Grieve Corporation introduces No. 815, a 500°F electric rotary hearth oven, currently in use for preheating gears at a customer&rsquo... (posted 2013-04-26)

Northfield Introduces Air Chuck
Northfield Precision Instrument Corporation introduces their Model 625 Air Chuck. This chuck was custom-designed for a customer who had c... (posted 2013-04-25)

Wenzel Presents WGT 280 at Control 2013
Wenzel GearTec presents at Control 2013 in Stuttgart the new WGT 280, the first model of a new generation of gear measuring machines in a... (posted 2013-04-24)

Seco-Warwick Delivers Furnace to IBC Coating
Seco/Warwick will deliver a 12 Bar Universal HPQ (High Pressure Quench) vacuum furnace to IBC Coating Technologies, Inc. in Lebanon, IN t... (posted 2013-04-23)

LMC Partners with Tecnologie FRB for Face Drivers and Live Centers
LMC Workholding is no longer partnering with Neidlein Spannzeuge GmbH for the production of face drivers and centers. The partnership bet... (posted 2013-04-22)

Siemens Offers Automation Innovations to Gleason Titan Machines
With its new Titan machine series, Gleason-Pfauter enters a new era in toothed gear grinding: an automatic tool changer, together with ef... (posted 2013-04-19)

Seco Introduces X4 for Small Components
Seco has announced the introduction of X4, a new multiedged, tangential tool for grooving and parting off of small components. Available ... (posted 2013-04-17)

KISSsoft Releases Latest Software Update
KISSsoft is a modular calculation system for the verification, optimization, and sizing, of machine elements. The scope of the applicatio... (posted 2013-04-16)

Ipsen Ships TinyTurbo Units
Ipsen shipped three TinyTurbo units to a mid-Atlantic manufacturer. The furnaces were 18” x 18” x 24” (450 mm x 450 mm ... (posted 2013-04-05)

Mahr Federal Promotes Air Gages at Eastec
Mahr Federal will be featuring the new Micro-Dimensionair II, the next generation of its Micro-Dimensionair line of portable air gages, a... (posted 2013-04-04)

Gleason Installs 10 Meter Capacity Gear Hobber in China
Gleason Corporation recently announced the successful installation of a P 8000/10000 Gear Hobber at Changzhou Tianshan Heavy Industry Mac... (posted 2013-04-02)

EMAG Focuses on Energy Efficiency
Saving energy in the metal processing industry isn't just a question of protecting the environment. For years, energy consumption ha... (posted 2013-03-28)

Gleason Offers Profile Grinding on Threaded Wheel Gear Grinding Machines
Gleason Corporation  recently announced the availability of a Profile Grinding option for its 300TWG Threaded Wheel Grinding Machine... (posted 2013-03-27)

ITAMCO Releases DI Hardenability Calculator
ITAMCO has released another app in its popular series. The method of Jominy hardenability calculation from the chemical Ideal Diameter* (... (posted 2013-03-26)

ANCA to Demonstrate CNC Tool and Cutter Grinder
The new, affordable ANCA MX5 CNC tool and cutter grinder will be demonstrated at EASTEC Booth 1152. Designed with the volume end-mill pro... (posted 2013-03-25)

Liebherr Offers Automation Solutions
Humans have it easy. We intuitively use our eyes and sense of touch to grab and move objects. The mobility of our arms and hands are unri... (posted 2013-03-22)

Sandvik Offers Cooling Technology Solutions
Accurate targeting of coolant during machining provides maximum effectiveness in chip evacuation. However, precision and pressure are two... (posted 2013-03-21)

Tool Grind Workholding System Limits Runout
MicroPlus, ANCA's new high accuracy workholding and tool support system, significantly reduces tool runout during grinding, enabling ... (posted 2013-03-20)

Renishaw System Tests Accuracy of Machine Tools
The new Renishaw XR20-W calibration system measures the angular position of rotary axes to within ±1 arc second, wirelessly, for t... (posted 2013-03-19)

Vargus Offers Reliable Gear Milling Tools
A well-known gear manufacturer in the United States had an application they were currently using conventional hobbing methods on. They ha... (posted 2013-03-15)

Ipsen Delivers Custom Heat Treat Solutions
Customers from a variety of industries have had the opportunity to discuss with Ipsen what matters most to them when it comes to heat tre... (posted 2013-03-14)

KISSsoft Implements Marine Calculations
Det Norske Veritas provides with the standard No. 41.2 "Calculation of gear rating for marine transmission" a widespread gear ... (posted 2013-03-13)

EMAG Offers Hard Turning and Grinding Advantages
The advantages of the process combination hard turning + grinding lie in process stream consolidation, improved component quality and gre... (posted 2013-03-12)

Hardinge Releases FlexC Collet System
Hardinge Inc. announces the release of the 80 mm FlexC vulcanized collet system. The collet chucks mount directly to the machine spindle.... (posted 2013-03-11)

ALD-Holcroft Installs ModulTherm System
ALD-Holcroft, Wixom, MI, has successfully installed and commissioned a Four (4) chamber ModulTherm system; the first of three (3) systems... (posted 2013-03-08)

Sandvik Introduces CoroMill 357
Sandvik Coromant introduces CoroMill 357, a new tough multi-edge face milling cutter for roughing and cubing in steel and cast iron with ... (posted 2013-03-07)

Emuge Offers Extensive Thread Gage Line
Emuge Corp. has introduced a comprehensive line of precision fixed limit thread gages consisting of GO/NO-GO plug gages that are manufact... (posted 2013-03-06)

Renishaw Calibrator Offers Easy Set-Up in Compact Package
Recognizing the change in user requirements since the original RX10 was designed almost 20 years ago the XR20-W rotary axis calibrator by... (posted 2013-03-05)

Oelheld Releases DiaGrind 535-15
oelheld U.S. recently announced the availability of domestically manufactured DiaGrind 535-15. The multifunctional DiaGrind 535-15 is bee... (posted 2013-03-04)

AFC-Holcroft Installs CAAB Furnace in China
AFC-Holcroft is pleased to announce the recent installation of CAAB furnace for a division of a prestigious, multi-national corporation. ... (posted 2013-02-28)

Hexagon Metrology Releases PC-DMIS Gear
Hexagon Metrology announces the release of PC-DMIS Gear 2.5, a sophisticated software module, designed for basic and advanced gear meas... (posted 2013-02-26)

Linamar Purchases AFC-Holcroft Furnace System
Linamar, a multi-national supplier of automotive components, assemblies and castings, has purchased a new Batch Integral Quench System fr... (posted 2013-02-25)

EMO Hannover to Showcase Tool Innovations
At the 10th Tool Conference in Schmalkalden, the manufacturers and users of metal-cutting tools were not indifferent to the controversial... (posted 2013-02-21)

Sandvik Releases CoroChuck 930
CoroChuck 930 is a high precision hydraulic chuck from Sandvik Coromant for milling and drilling operations. The secret behind the high p... (posted 2013-02-19)

Mazak to Exhibit at PMTS 2013
Mazak will spotlight two small-footprint machines that are big on providing precision, productivity and profitability to shops across all... (posted 2013-02-18)

Okuma Introduces Next Generation Wheel Cell
Okuma America Corporation recently announced the launch of the new All-Okuma wheel cell. The new wheel cell includes the new MB-56VA-AW a... (posted 2013-02-15)

Walter Introduces Ceramic Grades for Turning Operations
Walter USA, LLC has introduced WIS10 and WWS20, two new ceramic grades that deliver superior results particularly when turning high-temp ... (posted 2013-02-14)

Hardinge Offers Super-Precision Turning Center
Medical part manufacturing continues to be a rapidly growing market due to the large population of aging baby boomers who are looking for... (posted 2013-02-13)

Emuge Introduces General Purpose Forming Tap
Emuge Corp. has announced the introduction of MultiTAP-Form, the industry’s first high performance forming tap designed to deliver ... (posted 2013-02-12)

KISSsoft Releases Software Beta
The KISSsoft 03/2013 Beta Version has now been released for a test run. The final release will be available from April 8th, 2013 - just i... (posted 2013-02-11)

Coord3 Launches 2013 CMM Model Range
Italian CMM manufacturer Coord3 has released its 2013 CMM model range offering improved measuring performances.The 2013 CMM series offers... (posted 2013-02-08)

Mahr Federal Introduces Latest Portable Air Gage
Mahr Federal has introduced the next generation of its Micro-Dimensionair line of portable air gages. The new Micro-Dimensionair II incor... (posted 2013-02-06)

Gleason Adaptive Honing Solutions Save Cycle Times
Honing is a fast, well-proven process in the gear manufacturing industry. It is used in high-volume production environments where every ... (posted 2013-02-05)

Dürr Ecoclean Offers Solvent Performance
In many industrial cleaning applications the use of solvents yields valuable process advantages. Dürr Ecoclean keeps refining and im... (posted 2013-02-04)

Hwacheon Introduces Turning Center
The Hwacheon Hi-TECH 450 turning center with its small footprint provides space efficiency, while offering the largest turning diameter i... (posted 2013-02-01)

Hardinge Releases Collet Adaptation Chucks
Hardinge HCAC Collet Adaptation Chucks will adapt most spindles to accept C-series pull back collets, J-series pull back collets, station... (posted 2013-01-31)

EMAG Offers Vertical Turning Machine
The strength of the VTC 100-4 is its four-axis machining which allows the machine to produce a large quantity of shafts up to 400 mm in l... (posted 2013-01-29)

Ipsen Projects Healthy Sales of Continuous Heat Treatment Furnaces
As new approaches to energy-efficient furnace operation are met with heightened interest by a diverse customer base, Ipsen has reported h... (posted 2013-01-28)

Mitutoyo Announces Gold Care Program
Mitutoyo America Corporation recently announced a new sales program based on "packaging" select Coordinate Measuring Machines (... (posted 2013-01-25)

Big Kaiser Expands Workholding Line
Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. has strengthened and expanded its Unilock line of 5-axis workholding product offerings. These multi-axi... (posted 2013-01-22)

Cimcool Offers Industrial Fluids
Cimcool Fluid Technology offers many technologically-advanced fluids for use in industrialoperations. The 600 series is Cimcool's top... (posted 2013-01-21)

Walter Introduces Counterboring Insert Geometry
Walter has introduced E47, the versatile new counterboring insert geometry designed for use with the Walter BoringMEDIUM and Walter Borin... (posted 2013-01-17)

Mahr Federal Displays MarSurfR XR 1 at MD&M West
Mahr Federal will be featuring the MarSurfR XR 1, an economical, mobile, PC based surface measuring system, at MD&M WEST, February 12... (posted 2013-01-16)

Ingersoll Switches to SintoGrind IG
To advance its grinding capabilities and improve the working environment, Ingersoll Cutting Tools has switched to SintoGrind IG, a synthe... (posted 2013-01-15)

Zoller Offers Inspection for Hob Cutters
Gear cutting is a challenging task. Only perfect and re-sharpened tools can guarantee correct workpieces, short setup times and low downt... (posted 2013-01-14)

Rex Cut Offers Cotton Fiber Abrasive Wheels
A line of Type 27 cotton-fiber abrasive wheels that can remove filet welds on stainless steel and aluminum and produce food-grade finishe... (posted 2013-01-10)

Sunnen Introduces New Honing Features
Sunnen Products introduces new servomotor and drive technology under the hood of its three primary vertical honing platforms, bringing ad... (posted 2013-01-09)

Lexair Offers Unique Workholding Vice
OML's new Genius five-axis vice turns workholding concepts on their head with a unique design that maximizes clamp force at the top o... (posted 2013-01-07)

Dontyne Develops Convoloid Analysis Software
Dontyne Systems has entered into an agreement with Genesis Partners to develop software for the tooth contact analysis of their Convoloid... (posted 2013-01-04)

Liebherr's RLS 800 Offers High Efficiency Production
Liebherr's RLS 800 rotary loading system is a welcome complement to the existing PHS linear pallet handling system. The system is sui... (posted 2013-01-03)