US cutting tool manufacturer McQuade Industries, Inc., has gained a highly cost-effective productivity advantage by implementing a CNC upgrade program for a line of 5-axis insert grinders. The upgraded machines are much easier to set up and operate, which has enabled the company to shave more than ten minutes per part off the production time of complex geometry cutting tools.
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that its Wi-Fi® and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth® combos and i.MX RT Crossover MCUs are now supported within its MCUXpresso software, which dramatically simplifies product development.
Siemens is expanding its offer for the Simatic WinCC Unified visualization system to include two new plant intelligence options: Line Coordination (LCS) and Sequence (SES) enable the fast orchestration and adaptation of production sequences for the control and monitoring of recipe-controlled processes, such as those used in the food and beverages industry.
For applications up to 250 kNm, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS provides robust industrial gear units that are characterised by very high power density, quiet operation and top reliability. The modular system with its multiple options ensures an extremely high level of design flexibility.
The largest Electro Overband Magnet ever built at the Bunting manufacturing plant in Redditch, UK is destined for installation in a gold mine in Northern Finland. Over a twelve-month operating period, the Overband Magnet will lift and separate damaging tramp metal from approximately 2.7 million tonnes of conveyed ore, protecting crushers, screens and other up-stream process plant.
RAFI has expanded its RAFIX 22 FS+ control component program with a signal indicator featuring an integrated red and green LED. The indicator can display three status conditions in one light. The translucent bezel is a neutral white in standby mode, green indicates regular operating condition, and red signals faults.