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Honing system for sizing complex bores

The SSH-1680 honing system is designed for multiple-land and tandem bores, heavy/odd shaped parts, keyed or splined bores, blind bores, and thin-wall parts. The hone features zero shutoff for automatic cycle control and consistent bore size, finish, and geometry with minimal operator attention. Rough-and-finish honing capability eliminates preliminary reaming, boring, and grinding operations to help lower per-part costs. An adjustable spindle allows the operator to eliminate mandrel runout, making it easier to achieve precision bore geometry. Multiple land and tandem bores are bridged with long stones, maintaining alignment and consistent size without camber or washout.

The hone cuts a wide variety of materials and handles part lengths up to 9.84" (250mm) with bore diameters from 0.12" to 2.36" (3mm to 60mm). Diameters 1.57" (40mm) and smaller are said to be a sweet spot for this machine, when compared to ID grinders.

A rigid cast iron machine base provides strength for handling heavy parts and isolates moving components to eliminate vibration problems. The machine’s robust design enables rapid stroking for shorter cycle times. Incrementally adjustable stroke rate (80spm to 310spm) and spindle speed (250rpm to 2,500rpm) deliver fast stock removal rates. The spindle and stroker are both powered by variable frequency drives, eliminating drive belt changes and allowing dial-adjustment of speeds via the swiveling control panel.

The unit accepts standard Sunnen tooling, including K, P20, and P28 mandrels. A universal honing fixture is standard, with a variety of workholding options available to securely fixture odd shapes and thin walled parts without distortion.

All electrical components are housed in an interlocked, side-mounted enclosure.

Standard equipment includes a universal honing fixture, parts tray, spindle runout indicator, side splash guards, and detachable 25gallon (96L) coolant cart mounted on casters for easy filling.

Sunnen Products Co.
www.sunnen.com

Self-centering 5-axis vise

The V75100 self-centering 5-axis vise offers high rigidity and clamping force in a compact package that makes it suitable for smaller 4- and 5-axis mills.

The vise generates 4,000 lb of clamping force at 45ft-lb of torque and provides access to five sides of the workpiece. It features a built-in 45° dovetail and gripper teeth that bite into stock without the need for a stamping unit.

Built from heat treated steel, the V75100 is milled and precision ground to give it a centering accuracy of 0.0005". The removable and reversible master jaws allow for an increased clamping range of 0.05" to 3.5". The jaws are simple to remove, allowing for quick changeover between hard and soft jaws.

Two precision threaded shoulder bolts secure and locate the jaws of the V75100. The vise also utilizes a threaded centering hole and two self-centering clocking holes at 30mm.

5th Axis Inc.
www.fifthaxis.com

Hybrid CMM with laser line scanner and touch probe

The COORD3 Benchmark CMM offers a small footprint, half-gantry, advanced alloy design that places its X and Y axis at the same level for increased rigidity and thermal stability. The metrology platform is designed for high accuracy small and medium part CMM inspection.

The ergonomic open structure is suited for inspection of high-volume production parts or single part inspection at smaller manufacturing operations. For production CMM or quality room applications, its compact size fits through a standard-width door.

The full air-bearing CMM, with accuracy of 2.5µm and a measuring volume of 600mm x 500mm x 440mm, comes equipped with both a Perceptron Laser Scanner and a Renishaw touch-probe. The laser line scanning sensor has been integrated into TouchDMIS software, allowing the multi-sensor CMM to perform reverse engineering and dimensional inspection.

The CMM is available in manual or CNC configurations, and manual units can be upgraded to full CNC in the field at a later date.

TouchDMIS CMM software offers full CAD capability with newly- added point cloud handling capability and can be learned in just a few hours of training.

Perceptron
www.perceptron.com