Gleason introduces the new online selector for its renowned LeCount Expanding Mandrels. Customers can now select required mandrels from Gleason’s standard range or request special LeCount mandrels with just a few clicks, including simple re-orders and certification services for mandrels in use.
Indiana-based Speedgrip Chuck Company has been awarded a $200,000 Manufacturing Readiness Grant by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) to boost the company’s investment in advanced manufacturing technology and products.
Jergens partners with Norgren to engineer the Adaptix vise jaw system into its line of production vises. The unique design – which incorporates sliding fingers with replaceable studs and fingertips – clamps challenging workpieces quickly and securely for machining. With this, Adaptix is mounted to the vise body in place of standard jaws to accommodate part configurations, adapting to asymmetrical and other features quickly.
Dillon Manufacturing’s capabilities to manufacture special top jaws that securely grip any workpiece are detailed in a new full-color 4-page Special Jaws brochure. Virtually any jaw dimension can be modified, including extra wide jaws for maximum part contact and penetration, jaws with several diameters to hold multiple surfaces, extended length jaws to grip small to medium diameters, jaws to mirror the ID of the workpiece, and more.
For the second year in a row, customers who choose best-in-class cutting tools, tool holders, and workholding products from Big Daishowa will support their local manufacturing training programs at the same time.
Dillon Chucks and Jaws presents their HPG500, a premium boundary lubricant that is water resistant, environmentally friendly, and prevents metal-to-metal contact under high load and slow speed conditions. It is available in a convenient grease kit, containing 2 tubes of grease, a grease adaptor, and a grease gun to provide out-of-the-box functionality.
Jergens announces Barry Schwartz will take on business development for the Canadian market to further support customers and channel partners throughout the country. Mr. Schwartz joined Jergens in June and brings with him 40 years of metalworking experience including consulting, sales and marketing management, and broad product line distribution. The appointment comes amidst the company’s strategic moves for further developing international business.
A range of gear manufacturing applications such as planetary carriers and gear wheels with strict tolerances demand comprehensive, reliable clamping solutions. Whether the objective is to reduce vibrations or ensure concentricity of only a few microns, the clamping must meet challenging requirements.
With global wind turbine demand set to quadruple by the end of the decade, manufacturers are seeking new technologies to ramp up production of gears that can operate in any environment, around the clock, for years to come.
2023 is shaping up to be our planet’s hottest year on record, and the wind energy industry is feeling the heat. The GWEC (Global Wind Energy Council) says that the rate of wind turbine installations will need to quadruple globally by the end of the decade if we’re to achieve the IRENA’s (International Renewable Energy Agency) goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050—and keep the average annual temperature worldwide from increasing more than the predicted 1.5° C. Fortunately, “net zero” commitments are gathering global momentum. Before year’s end, total global windpower is expected to reach a historic milestone of 1 TW of installed capacity, eliminating 1.2 billion tons of CO2 annually, roughly the equivalent of all the carbon emissions of South America.
From amusement park rollercoasters to cranes, mining equipment, conveyors, automotive assembly lines, and many other applications, SEW-Eurodrive manufactures the gearmotors, electronics, and software that keep things moving. Based in Bruchsal, Germany, the company maintains a network of 16 production plants and 79 Drive Technology Centers in 50 countries around the world. The plant in Lyman, South Carolina, one of the four facilities in the U.S., is staffed by the 300 employees and incorporates more than 100 robots in its automated production processes.