Exair Introduces Custom Coolers for Electrical Enclosures

The Cabinet Coolers can be customized for specific Btu/hr., high-temperature environments, corrosion resistance and more.

Exair’s Cabinet Cooler systems can be customized to provide cooling within electrical enclosures in NEMA 12, NEMA 4, NEMA 4X and hazardous location environments, according to the company.

These customizations include specific Btu/hr. values ranging from 275-5,600 Btu/hr.; adaptations for high-temperature environments up to 200°F (93°C); and a selection of materials, including aluminum, type 303ss and 316ss, to combat corrosive environments. Additional customizations include settings to maintain a specific cabinet temperature, special coatings, high-temperature materials, special cold air distribution kits and more.  For dirty and dusty environments, a nonhazardous purge option can create a positive pressure inside the cabinet to keep dirt and debris from entering the control panel. All systems are UL listed and CE compliant.

Cabinet Cooler systems are designed to convert a supply of compressed air to cold, 20°F air without refrigerants. The cold air is circulated through the enclosure to eliminate heat damage and control shutdown.

Exair says the Cabinet Coolers can be installed through a standard electrical knockout hole. The thermostat control option is designed to minimize compressed air use. There are no moving parts to wear out and no maintenance is required, according to the company. These systems are suitable for cooling PLCs, microprocessors, variable frequency drives, industrial computers and robotics.

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Marposs Adds to Family of Optical Measuring Solutions

Marposs’ OptoFlash XS60 is suited for fasteners and medical implant inspection. It’s capable of 360-degree analysis of machined and plastic parts.

Marposs has added the OptoFlash XS60 to its family of 2D optical measuring systems. According to the company, it is capable executing a 360-degree analysis of components, both machined and plastic, and returning a graphical report of the measurements within seconds. The OptoFlash XS60 is suitable for 100 percent inspection of small fasteners, screws, medical implants and so on, in a production environment or a lab.

The OptoFlash enables over 100 static measurements on parts up to 60 mm in length and 20 mm in diameter within two seconds at U95 = 1 µm + D/200 (D in mm) with the ability to switch from one part type to another with one click. It captures images of the component over the 360 degrees, combining several images to determine part optical axis and measurements of the features.

According to the company, it is a compact solution measuring 610 mm × 545 mm × 400 mm (2′ × 1.75′ × 1.25′). It accommodates both manual and automatic loading by robot, as well as dynamic or static measurement.

OptoFlash XS60, like the smaller XS30 version, is suited for measuring small chamfers or grooves, even below 100 µm extension, or small changes of diameter along the part axis, thru hole diameters, Run-Out, perpendicularity, barrel shape, profiles and more.

All OptoFlash systems feature Marposs’ new software designed with an intuitive interface that allows anyone to use and configure new measurements on an OptoFlash system, providing an efficient measuring process, says the company. All measurements are archived for retrieval by the smart search function, and the included monitor comes on a flexible arm that can be installed on either side of the system. An integrated USB hub with seven ports provides connection capabilities to printers, code readers or external memory. The ethernet port allows users to connect the XS system with their network anytime.

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Zeltwanger Processing Platform Enables Laser Integration

The X-Cell processing platform is designed for the integration of laser applications, enabling a range of functions within the cell.

The processing platform X-CELL from Zeltwager was designed for the integration of laser applications. It is also suitable as a laboratory system for process development or as a manufacturing platform for series production.

The X-CELL is equipped with a laser source and optics as standard. This enables laser cutting, laser welding and laser marking, among other things, within the cell. In addition, assembly, screwing and leak testing processes can be integrated. Due to the standardized and modular concept, the user can easily adapt and expand the system, according to the company. For example, if the number of items increases, additional optics, clamping devices or sources can be quickly integrated into the cell. Different supply systems, such as drawers, a rotary indexing table or a belt circulation with lifts, are available to adapt the system to the respective production conditions.

With new electric drive concepts, as well as with conventional drives, the laser serves as “enabling technology” in mass production, Zeltwanger says. In many cases, the required cycle times can be reached by means of laser process application. The X-CELL is equipped with a clamping system also developed by Zeltwanger for increasing production volume. This module is designed to compensate for manufacturing and assembly tolerances so that a process-reliable hairpin contact can be realized. The clamping system can be retrofitted to different stator variants. Various process monitoring systems can be used to check the seam quality.

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Expand Machinery Offers New Five-Axis VMC

The company is introducing the GEN MILL 5X-4, a five-axis milling machine that provides fast tool indexing, rapid rates and more.

Expand Machinery is now offering the GEN MILL 5X-4, a five-axis milling machine that features:

• 4-inch zero-backlash roller gear cam tilting rotary table
• 12,000-rpm inline direct-drive beltless spindle
• 7.5-hp spindle motor with 6000-rpm synchronous rigid tapping
• BT #30 BBT dual contact “Big-Plus” spindle
• 21-tool drum turret with 1.6-second tool-to-tool tool change time
• 2,362-ipm rapid rates in X, Y & Z-axis for fast production

According to Expand Machinery, the machine provides exceptionally fast tool indexing. Its cast iron construction is matched by the crossroller bearing way system, reported to be twice as stiff as ball bearing methods to provide improved cutting rigidity and tool life as well as a high degree of positioning accuracy. The Mitsubishi M80 control keeps up with the five-axis moves with a 135,000-block-per-minute processing speed and a 1,350 block look-ahead. It also features Nano smoothing and a 32 GB, solid-state data server.

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Absolute Machine Tools Offers New Automation Package

Absolute Machine Tools and Kurt Workholding have partnered to offer an automation package designed to make automation simple.

Kurt Workholding’s distribution partner, Absolute Machine Tools, has created an automation package featuring a Mitsubishi LoadMate Plus, Kurt 3600A Pneumatic Vise and Kurt RV36 Robotic Gripper working in tandem with a Tongtai VP-10 mass-production high-speed vertical machining center. The package is designed to be a simple way to incorporate automation into a shop’s production.

The Mitsubishi LoadMate Plus Machine Tending Robotic Cell was a collaboration between Absolute Machine Tools and Mitsubishi Electric. “Absolute is very excited to have this opportunity to collaborate with Mitsubishi Electric to design and build the new LoadMate Plus robotic automation cell. In fact, we are currently the only distributor able to sell the LoadMate Plus because it hasn’t been formally introduced to all distribution channels across the U.S. market,” said Courtney Ortner, Absolute Machine Tools Director of Marketing. The LoadMate Plus is designed to be a “plug & play” machine-tending robotic cell.

The Tongtai VP-10 has X, Y, and Z axis travels of 40.2" × 20.1" × 23.6" (1021 mm × 510 mm × 600 mm). High power servo motors produce 1,890 IPM (48 m/min) in X and Y and 1,417 ipm (36 m/min) in Z. Acceleration in X, Y, and Z is 1.18 G, 1.0 G, 0.7 G, respectively. It comes with a 10,000-rpm, 20-hp direct drive spindle and tool changer that can hold as many as 30 tools. The standard Mitsubishi M80A control features a 10.4" (265 mm) touch screen.

Also featured in the demo package is the Kurt 3600A VersatileLock pneumatic vise and RV36 Robotic Gripper, which is designed for precision clamping. 

Absolute Machine Tool customers can purchase Kurt Vises and RV36 Grippers as part of a package with the Tongtai VP-10 and Mitsubishi LoadMate Plus. The LoadMate Plus also packages as a stand-alone robot cell using an RV-8 Mitsubishi robot.