Siemens Digital Industries, Nuremberg, Germany, is offering the new Sinumerik MC controller, a universal, open, industrial PC-based CNC system. Its optimized motion control, high-performance automation and integrated Windows® 10 operating system make it an ideal control for fabrication and specialty machines, including woodworking, stone-cutting, laser and conventional basic … [Read more...] about Sinumerik Motion Control (MC) Offers New Open Industrial PC-based CNC
Progressive Components Releases New Nozzle Tip
Progressive Components has released a new nozzle tip design engineered to eliminated mold-damaging strings, reduce cycle time, prevent leakage and improve molded part quality. The new design features heat sinking fins made to decrease solidification time; a tapered bore with a large radius, a textured front face to improve the seal, a smaller contact area, lower tip mass and an … [Read more...] about Progressive Components Releases New Nozzle Tip
Emerson’s Ultrasonic Systems Reduce Mold Cleaning Time
Emerson, St. Louis, Missouri, has announced its new Branson™ MCX Series ultrasonic mold cleaning systems, which feature side-mounted immersible transducers and powerful immersion heaters that can provide effective, fast and efficient cleaning. Compared to the manual cleaning of plastics injection molds, which may take up to three hours or more, the Branson MCX Series does a … [Read more...] about Emerson’s Ultrasonic Systems Reduce Mold Cleaning Time
ANCA Launches AutoMarkX at EMO 2021
ANCA, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, introduces AutoMarkX as an automatic stand-alone laser marking station replacing manual and labor-intensive processes. It is AIMS (ANCA Integrated Manufacturing System) compatible, which means it can work in a fully automatic mode without a need for human intervention, if required. The operator can load pallets full of tools and … [Read more...] about ANCA Launches AutoMarkX at EMO 2021
Stefan Steenstrup Appointed President of Seco
Seco Tools, Fagersta, Sweden, appoints Stefan Steenstrup as President and CEO as of October 1, 2021, succeeding Fredrik Vejgården who decided to leave Seco to start his own business. Steenstrup has been working for Sandvik for more than 20 years most recently serving as President of Dormer Pramet since 2017. Prior to that, he held various positions at Sandvik Machining … [Read more...] about Stefan Steenstrup Appointed President of Seco
Hot Runner Systems from Oerlikon HRSflow
Oerlikon HRSflow, San Polo di Piave, Italy, has developed a Mechanical Stroke Regulator (MSR) for hydraulic driven valve gate systems that makes it easy to individually preset the opening positions of the pins in hot runner systems. Via a graduate scale adjusting screw, the user specifies the individual oil volume, which the valve gate system then uses to bring the needles … [Read more...] about Hot Runner Systems from Oerlikon HRSflow