On the Radar

Solid Carbide Drill
The CoroDrill 860 is for conventional drilling, chamfered holes, inclined surfaces, crossholes, stack drilling, and convex/concave surfaces. With excellent chip evacuation control, when using high cutting data in long and short chipping materials, the drill provides consistently problem free drilling at high penetration rates.

The unique geometry combined with the flute shape provides a cutting edge shape for effective clearance of the chip, even at increased penetration rates.

Sandvik Coromant
Fair Lawn, NJ
sandvik.coromant.com/us

Versatile Gaging System
Based on an easily scaleable and adaptable parallel kinematic structure, the Equator's principle allows high speed scanning and rapid moves between features, while retaining stiffness that delivers impressive point to point repeatability, critical for accurate gaging.

Equator systems are available with two levels of software, a programmable version for production engineers to create DMIS programs and, at a lower price, a shop floor system that allows those programs to be executed, while preventing the operator from making modifications.

Renishaw Inc. WESTEC Booth #1600
Hoffman Estates, IL
renishaw.com

Waterjet Versatility
Demonstrations of the 80X JetMachining center with a 50hp EnduroMax pump and Tilt-A-Jet cutting head, as well as the Maxiem 1530 JetCutting center with an A-Jet multi-axis cutting head will occur throughout WESTEC 2012.

The OMAX 80X JetMachining center is a bridge-style machine with a table size of 15ft x 7ft 5" (4,572mm x 2,261mm), and is available with the DualBridge system as an option for increased machining capacity.

The Maxiem 1530 proves that technology into a cost-efficient fabricating solution. Perfect for fabrication shops, metal service centers, trade schools and job shops, the Maxiem 1530 has a table size of 12ft 7" x 5ft 9" (3,835mm x 1,753mm) and an X-Y cutting travel of 10ft 2" x 5ft 2" (3,099mm x 1,575mm).

OMAX Corp. WESTEC Booth #1912
Kent, WA
omax.com

PinLock, Locating, Mounting System
The PinLock system makes attaching and removing fixtures, subplates, and vises from machining centers precise, fast, and easy. An exclusive helical extraction design aids in overcoming binding in side load conditions and enhances removal in any application.

The system consists of high precision pins, bushings, and liners that provide locating repeatability up to ±0.0005". The system handles fixture plate thickness of 0.75" to 2.00".

The PinLock is the ideal addition to Kurt grid plates, caged modular tombstones, and vise adaptor plates.

Kurt Mfg. Co. WESTEC Booth #1900
Minneapolis, MN
kurtworkholding.com

Monitoring, Controlling System
The CTM-V5 system is suitable for a wide variety of applications in metalcutting. Various options are available to permit monitoring of tool breakage, missing tools, monitoring of tool wear, machine condition and collision monitoring, tool and machine protection, automatic process control, process analysis and statistics, and process visualization. The system is available for use in single item or series production. The status of various machine components records with the CTM-V5 system for preventive maintenance. The versatile and powerful monitoring and adaptive control capabilities make the CTM-V5 system particularly beneficial for protecting large and/or high-value components such as those in aerospace manufacturing.

Marposs Corp. WESTEC Booth #1944
Auburn Hills, MI
marposs.com

New MC Milling Line
Expanding its product supply chain with a new MC milling line, MC Machinery’s Diamond Cut general milling line is comprised of five series of vertical machining centers, drilling, and tapping machines. The MCV Series, DV Series, DM Series, SV Series, and TV Series provide customers with the ingenuity and innovation to stay competitive on all levels.

MC Machinery Systems Inc.
Wood Dale, IL
mitsubishi-world.com

PowerMill 2012
PowerMILL 2012 features Flowline Machining, a dedicated strategy for high speed machining which divides the toolpath between a pair of drive curves in a constant number of passes, rather than having a varying number of passes with a constant stepover. This approach provides lower cycle times and superior part surface finish, minimizing wear on the cutter and the machine tool.

FeatureCAM 2012 includes a range of enhancements for quick and accurate CAM programming for production machining on lathes, mills, and mill-turn machines.

Delcam WESTEC Booth #2812
Salt Lake City, UT
delcam.com

Productivity Enhancements
Highlighting automatic color and hole feature recognition, 5-axis drill cycle options, and support for 5-axis tilting live tooling (B-axis) on lathes and multi-task machines. GibbsCAM’s also features various high speed machining (HSM) capabilities, such as plunge roughing and VoluMill, which yield the lowest bulk-material-removal costs for most geometry.

Gibbs & Associates WESTEC Booth #2720
Moorpark, CA
gibbscam.com