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Sunnen Benchtop Air Gage Provides Real-Time Quality Monitoring

The PGA-1000 air gage is designed to simplify quality control documentation and traceability.

Sunnen Tube Hone Boosts Precision, Efficiency in Bore Finishing

Sunnen Products Co HTA Tube Hone features an all-electric design for quieter operation and enhanced control in hydraulic cylinder repair applications.

Sunnen Bore Gaging System Provides High-Precision Measurements

The PGE-6000 bore gaging system is designed to provide accuracy, versatility and efficiency in dimensional measurement.

Sunnen Honing Machines Provide Process Flexibility

Eastec 2025: Sunnen Products Co. showcases a range of honing machines as well as inspection and measurement technology.

Sunnen Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Sunnen Products Co. is celebrating its 100th anniversary, highlighting the history of its line of honing and precision solutions.

Sunnen Presents Vertical Honing Systems for Increased Process Control

IMTS 2024: Sunnen presents its SV-3000 series vertical honing machines with Sunnen2 system control and OPC protocol for minimized setup times, automatic cycles and robotic load/unload for mid- to high-production part production.

Sunnen Receives Exports Award From US Department of Commerce

Sunnen Products Company receives the President’s “E Star” Award for the furthering of U.S. exports.

Electronic Bore Gage Automates Bore Data Acquisition

This new portable gage provides precision measurement and verification of custom parts with integrated data collection.

Sunnen Products Company Partners With Hendrick Motorsports

The partnership puts the new Sunnen SV-series honing machine in the Hendrick Motorsports engine operation alongside other Sunnen honing and engine building machines.

Sunnen's Electronic Bore Gage Provides Flexible Measurement

The PGE-6000 gage brings reliable, flexible ID gaging to the manufacturing floor with no need for probes or master rings.

Sunnen Offers Vertical Honing System for Heavy-Duty Parts

The SV-2010 AXYS CNC honing system integrates a vertical honing column with a high-resolution industrial camera and a heavy-duty i5 CNC-controlled servo X-Y table.

Sunnen Products Company Acquires Partner Hommel Präzision

Hommel Präzision has been the exclusive sales and service partner of Sunnen in Germany since 1950.

Automation and Flexibility Counter Inflation at BI-MU 2022

Automation headlined BI-MU 2022, while flexibility underscored exhibitors’ products. These twin benefits may be shops’ greatest assets against inflation.

Next-Generation Vertical Honing System

IMTS22: Sunnen Products Company’s new SV-3000 series vertical honing system incorporates synchronized servo stroke and spindle motors that enable constant crosshatch finishes the length of the bore.

Deep Hole Drilling Without Drift

A deep hole drill with intuitive controls and minimal hole drift was one shop's pipe dream — until the shop helped a machine tool builder make it.

Sunnen Expands Line of All-Mechanical Bore Gages

Sunnen’s PG series brings reliable ID gaging to the manufacturing floor with no need for electrical or air connections, which reportedly makes them immune to fluctuations in line voltage or air pressure.

Sunnen promotes new CEO

F. Christopher Miltenberger joined Sunnen as president and COO in 2015 with operations, engineering and business development experience. During Miltenberger’s tenure, he has helped Sunnen transform its global operations, as well as improve its customer contact management and relationship development.

Sunnen's New Servo-Precise Machining Center

Eastec 2021: Sunnen’s new honing machine is engineered for medium to high production of parts with bore diameters from 1.5 to 102 mm (0.060" to 6.50").

Sunnen SHO-965 Maintains MB-30 Performance With Lower VOC

Sunnen’s SHO-965 honing oil combines the high performance of the MB-30 oil while lowering VOC emissions to meet SCAQMD’s strict standards.

Sunnen Products Co. Launches Rebranding, e-Commerce Site

The rebranding reflects Sunnen’s acquisition of BTA Heller, expansion of worldwide manufacturing operations and entry into the deep-hole drilling machine market.

Answering 5 Honing FAQs

Honing is typically performed to bring bores to a precise size or achieve a specific surface finish. Here, a leading honing equipment manufacturer answers a few commonly asked questions about this process.

Sunnen's SV-15 Honing Machine Features Tourchscreen PLC

Sunnen’s SV-15 honing machine features a Siemens touchscreen programmable logic controller (PLC) to provide greater convenience, precision and consistency.

CNC Machining and Motorsports

Have a look at some of the new manufacturing equipment spotted in “Machinery Row” at the recent Performance Racing Industry Show.

Sunnen's DirectDex Deep-Hole Drilling System for Heat-Resistant Superalloys

Sunnen Products Co.’s DirectDex series of drill heads, inserts and pads are said to be directly interchangeable with Sandvik deep-hole drilling tools.

News of Note: August 2019

A market development agreement on a new finishing process, a conference on quick-response manufacturing, new robotics training centers in the United States, and other industry news.

Sunnen and ANS Collaborate on Friction and Wear Reduction Technology

Triboconditioning is a combined mechano-chemical surface treatment process which uses a machining procedure to level off surface peaks and apply a friction- and wear-reducing compound to the component surface.

Sunnen's SVL-2115 Lapping Machine Improves Worker Safety

EMO 2019: Sunnen’s SVL-2115 multi-stage automated lapping machine laps and air gages a bore in one setup, freeing operator time and increasing part consistency.

Sunnen’s SV-30 Honing Machine Reduces Setup, Changeover Time

Westec 2019: The Sunnen SV-30 cylinder honing machine is designed for compressors, engine cylinder blocks, cylinder liners and other industrial parts.

Sunnen Relocating BTA Heller to Missouri Headquarters

The move from Troy, Michigan, will be completed by March 31, 2019, with key personnel making the move.

Industry News of Note: February 2019

Additive Manufacturing Conference issues call for speakers, Mazak makes big “smart factory” investment and other manufacturing industry news.

Custom-Built Engine Helps to Raise Over $100K for Sunnen Engine Charity Sweepstakes

Sunnen’s Engine Charity Sweepstakes has broken their fundraising record by offering a Sonny Automotive Racing custom-built engine as the prize for its 30th annual sweepstakes.

Skiving, Roller Burnishing System Speeds Surface Finishing

IMTS 2018: Sunnen’s SHD-series skiving and roller burnishing system is said to be 60 to 70 percent faster than traditional honing.

Deep-Hole Tooling Covers Range of Applications

IMTS 2018: Sunnen Products Co. offers deep hole tooling and systems for primary hole generation, single-source bore creation and finishing solutions, and automated and manual honing systems.

Sunnen Products Co. Acquires BTA Heller

The acquisition is intended to expand the honing systems manufacturer’s capabilities to include tooling for initial hole creation as well as bore sizing and finishing.

Honing System Eliminates a Gun Barrel Lapping Operation

Pac-Nor Barreling Inc.'s manual lapping of gun barrels was tedious and time-consuming. Sunnen's HTE honing machine eliminated manual pre-lapping and improved barrel consistency.

Remote Honing Analytics with MTConnect-Compliant Machines

Sunnen offers what it says is the first honing equipment that’s compliant to the MTConnect communication protocol.

Honing Expertise Provides Winning Finish for Pro Stock Engines

Elite Performance needed to produce a rounder, straighter bore to increase engine performance. Sunnen's SV-20 machine and multi-stone diamond abrasives provided greater honing control, flexibility and repeatability.

February 2015 Product Spotlight Slideshow: Grinding

Click through this slideshow for a sampling of grinding equipment, ranging from hand tools and abrasives to complete grinding systems.

Houstex 2015 Preview Slideshow

Click through the slideshow to see a selection of technologies to be displayed at Houstex in advance of the February 24-26 trade show.

Honing Stones Offer Alternative to Superabrasives

Sunnen’s 60-grit red aluminum-oxide honing stones are designed to provide an alternative to superabrasives for heavy stock removal.

CMM Reduces Manual Inspection, Increases Efficiency

By integrating a Contura CMM from Carl Zeiss into its production process, Sunnen reduced manual inspections helped make the most of other improvement efforts.

A Preview of Houstex 2013

This slideshow provides a sneak peek at some of the technologies that will be on display at Houstex 2013.

Vertical Honing Machines Offer New Capabilities

Sunnen Products has replaced its SV-1000, SV-400 and SV-500 vertical honing platforms with the SV-2000, SV-2400 and SV-2500 series with upgraded capabilities.

Hone Refurbishes Cylinders to Cat Specs

Seeing a need in the industry to salvage hydraulic cylinders to Cat-specific requirements, Whayne Supply purchased an all-electric HTA hone from Sunnen that enabled it to bring previously outsourced work in-house.

Honing Solves Problem in 1/4-Scale Engine

Gary Conley used honing to solve a problem inside a tiny engine.

Catalog Provides Honing Supplies, Information

Sunnen’s Precision Honing Supply catalog provides 12 tabbed sections of information on the company’s mandrels, tooling, abrasives, machine accessories, gaging, filters, honing oils and coolants.

Single-Pass Vs. Multi-Stroke: The Ins and Outs of Honing

Two principal honing processes are available. It’s important to choose the right one for the application requirements.

Ultra-Sensitive Honing Is Right on Target

The Sunnen HTC-series tube honing system can impart accuracy-enhancing bore geometry and size (±0.00005 inch end-to-end) with a finish of 3 to 8 microinches Ra. This technology is critical for honing small-caliber barrels efficiently and precisely.

Automated System Delivers CNC Honing Control

Sunnen's SV-410 automated CNC honing system is designed to help performance builders and production rebuilders achieve precise cylinder geometry, surface finish and crosshatch parameters, for increased ring seal, uniform lubrication, decreased leak down and high horsepower.

Honing System Offers Increased Part Capacity, Stroker Torque

Sunnen’s all-electric HTA hone is designed to increase part capacity and stroker torque in applications such as bore resurfacing of hydraulic cylinders, extruder barrels and die casting shot tubes, manufacture of gas flow meter tubes, and repair of actuators for construction, mining, farming and forestry equipment.

Move to Single-Pass Honing Cuts Stator Scrap

This automotive Tier 1 supplier reduced scrap on its variable valve timing (VVT) stator bores by replacing roller burnishing operations with a Sunnen VSS-2 single-stroke honing machine.

Air-Gage-Equipped, Vertical CNC Honing System

The SV-1005 series vertical CNC honing system with integrated air gaging system provides closed-loop control of tool size and downloadable SPC data.

Machining for Air Quality

Honing experts describe the significance of this machining process for meeting the most recent emissions standards affecting cars, trucks and other vehicles.

Automated Honing Reduces Cycle Time by 75 Percent

Faced with increased demand for a critical aerospace part, this manufacturer sought to replace its manual honing machines with a CNC model. As a result, the company achieved a 300-percent increase in production, better ID surface finishes and dimensional tolerances, and the ability to produce a wider range of part sizes.

Focus on Low Cost, High Accuracy and Short Cycle Times in the Mfr. of Orifice Meter Tubes

A low-cost automated honing system uses existing tools and protects workers.

Thriving By Honing The Hard Stuff

Advanced machines, a healthy tooling supply and years of experience allow a Texas shop to take on honing jobs that others simply can’t do. A good portion of that complex work is tubes for offshore oil rigs. These components require bores that must maintain straightness and accuracy over lengths approaching 50 feet.

New Honing Options For Hypereutectic Aluminum Cylinder Bores

Hypereutectic aluminum is saturated with silicon particles that must be exposed during honing. A two-stage process first hones a cylinder’s wall to a mirror-like finish and then relieves aluminum around the silicon particles.

How to Hone an Atypical Aluminum Alloy

Hypereutectic aluminum used for engine blocks contains silicon particles that must be exposed during cylinder honing. This can be done using a cushioning, elastomer honing tool that allows individual abrasive particles to “bounce” over the silicon particles.

Precision Hole Making At High Cpk

Many shops and plants are moving from manual honing machines to CNC honing machines, as well as to robotically automated cells capable of controlling holes size to accuracies of 0.25µm (0.00001 inch). The inherent accuracy and process stability of honing have promoted this changeover because precision parts produced today must meet high Cpk requirements.Honing can produce a specified finish and a desirable crosshatch pattern on the bore surface, which helps retain a lubricating film for sliding components. Makers of outdoor power equipment, motorcycles, ATVs, hydraulics, pneumatics, gears, and valves are some of the users who have "discovered" automated honing in their drive to make parts with tolerances as tight as ±0.0002 inch (±5 µm) at high Cpk levels.

Why We Use Honing

A gear manufacturer describes the advantages it realizes by sizing and finishing bores through automated honing.

When You Need Really Accurate Bores

When bore specifications move beyond the capability of more traditional cutting operations, shops look to honing as the next step in the finish and accuracy continuum. Here you'll find a process that, in some applications, produces better results than honing can.

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