Latest tooling for sliding-head lathes

Floyd Automatic Tooling (Hall 20, Stand 472) will have sliding-head machines on its stand from the world’s leading manufacturers, all featuring the latest tooling innovations that now include the Swiss cutting tool brand Denitool and the German JBO brand. Both JBO and Denitool will be making a MACH exhibition premiere, and the addition of the former to the Floyd stable will give the tooling specialist a wide range of thread milling cutters, shell-type thread milling tools, threading dies, combination tools, precision thread gauges and more.

Also on show will be the new Hydro-Swiss Turn range (pictured) of compact hydraulic clamping tool holders for cylindrical tools. Capable of maintaining precision and run-out levels of less than 1 µm, ‘ultra-precise’ is now possible for sliding-head CNC turning centres. Hydro-Swiss Turn holders are compatible with all leading sliding-head machine brands, and are available as a standard or as an ultra-precise (UP) variant that can achieve run-out of 0.003 and 0.001 TIR respectively.

For further information www.floydautomatic.co.uk

Saws UK selling Meber machines

Saws UK has struck up a partnership with Italian machine manufacturer Meber, to distribute its industrial cutting products in the UK. The 60-year-old family-run company manufactures a range of bandsaw machines for cutting wood, steel, aluminium, cast iron and plastic. To that extent, Meber has created customised machinery in order to cut materials requested by customers. According to the company, investing in a Meber product guarantees a sawing machine that will last a very long time, thanks to its robust design, reliability and expert build quality.

“We are extremely pleased to be the only company supplying Meber products to the UK market,” says a Saws UK spokesperson. “As a result, we’re looking forward to a productive business relationship. In fact, the first delivery of Meber machines has already arrived on the shop floor of our Crowborough showroom in East Sussex.”

In terms of products, Meber offers a range of manual and semi-automatic machines, including double-mitre, fully-automatic CNC machines. The type of companies that can benefit vary from one-man workshops and small steel fabrication companies, to steel stockholders and large industrial environments, such as the automotive sector and other heavy industries, as well as production engineering firms.

Meber can also manufacture customised in-feed and out-feed material handling systems equipped with different material end stops to suit individual company requirements.

“We’re not only delighted with the quality of the products, but happy to say that we can offer a very short lead time to deliver the majority of items in the Meber range,” says Saws UK.

For further information
www.sawsuk.com

End-to-end CAM solution

Open Mind Technologies (Hall 17, Stand 440) will showcase version 2022.1 of its hyperMILL CADCAM software, which offers more features, optimised strategies and a host of major enhancements. For instance, enhancements to the five-axis strategies in Virtual Machining provide users with better results in terms of surface quality, new options for 2D functionality and efficient innovations in electrode manufacturing that deliver more convenient and faster programming. Virtual Machining is all about generating, optimising and simulating NC code reliably through a collection of targeted solutions. It can map all process steps in CNC manufacturing for optimal process control. In addition, the modular technology supports additive machining programs.

For further information
www.openmind-tech.com

New modular tools for reaming operations

Horn (Hall 20, Stand 340) will launch new tools for reaming. Offering precision, flexibility and easy handling, DR-Large series reamers have exchangeable cutter heads with multiple solid-carbide inserts. The interface of the insert seats offers precise interchangeability to within a few microns and tool setting is unnecessary when exchanging the cutter head. The versatile, interchangeable reaming system is suitable for bore diameters from 140 to 200.2 mm. Six cutter heads cover the range of diameters in 10 mm increments, with two sizes of head fitting on each size of reamer shank.

For further information www.phorn.co.uk

Solving every component cleaning task

Ecoclean (Hall 6, Stand 549) will showcase several new developments, including the EcoCwave for challenging aqueous cleaning tasks. Designed for immersion and spraying processes, the system has a vacuum-tight work chamber and is capable of anything from preliminary and intermediate cleaning, right up to precision cleaning. To achieve this, the all-rounder comes with two or three tanks as standard, which are arranged vertically and designed for optimal flow conditions. This prevents chips and dirt from accumulating. Each tank has a separate wash solution circuit with full-flow and bypass filtration.

For further information www.ecoclean-group.net