Products

Live Centers, Accuracy to 1 Micron
Gepy live centers are now available in the United States in an accuracy of 1 micron (0.000040") TIR., making them the most accurate product of its type. This level of precision allows use of a live center for applications where a dead center was normally required. The design combines a high precision tapered roller bearing with an outer bearing race, formed by the center body itself, and allowing for maximum dimensional compactness while providing for a greater revolving point diameter. The tapered bearing system eliminates the need for radial or thrust bearings as well as adjustment issues. Standard tapers are available from Morse taper #1 to #5 and special application design inquiries are welcome.

DA Swiss Inc.
Southampton, PA
daswiss.com

European-Style Collets, Feed Fingers
Supporting European-style, multi-spindle machine owners in North America is the manufactured and inventoried line of solid collets, master collets & pads, solid feed fingers, and master feed fingers & pads for Euroturn, Gildemeister, Index, and Schütte machines. Hardinge institutes a semi-finished blank program for fast turnaround of pickoff burring collets and special-shape collets. According to Hardinge, the collet should match the bar stock exactly. If you use inch bar stock, you should use fractional collets – not metric. Very few metric sizes have a direct fractional equivalent. Metric collets for metric bar stock, fractional collets for inch bar stock, and decimal collets for decimal bar stock will provide the best results. Match the collet size (order hole) exactly to the workpiece or bar stock diameter.

Hardinge Inc.
Elmira, NY
shophardinge.com

High-Precision Products, Custom Developed Materials
Compass Technology, a co-development for silicone extrusion is available from Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. With Compass Technology, a closed-loop system automatically adjusts the extrusion process to reduce variation from production run to production run, while constantly monitoring in-process manufacturing data. This in-process data is captured and available as part of a detailed data package to expedite product validation for medical device OEMs. Extruded tubing manufactured with Compass Technology is ideal for a wide variety of medical applications, including ophthalmic pumps, enteral feeding, and IV therapy. Utilizing Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics material science expertise, engineers take critical needs of the application and translate that into key material properties for formulation into a custom compound.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
Northboro, MA
medical.saint-gobain.com

Pilot-Operated Check Valves
The JPC Series check valves utilizes Clippard’s poppet design and providing a variety of port configurations. The JPC series works as a standard check valve, but can operate with an air pilot signal providing free flow in the normally checked position. This new valve provides the user with a reliable method to check flow in one direction, with the ability to signal, remotely, a free flow through the valve. With high flow, low pressure, and ease of connection, the JPC Series is an ideal check valve for many applications.

Clippard Instrument Laboratory Inc.
Cincinnati, OH
clippard.com/jpc

Accurate Material, Product Identification
To protect against product reverse engineering and enable easy identification of original and spare sealing components, is the safe (secure adaptive Freudenberg encryption) laser technology. Simrit’s safe technology marks elastomer components, such as seals, diaphragms, and elastomer composite parts, with an anti-fraud designation that is invisible to the naked eye. This identification contains key product information, including an item description, model number, dimensions, material, date of manufacture, and serial numbers. The system consists of a laser marker with coding software and a reader that allows the customer to interpret the code located on the part. Two different safe product markings are available.

Simrit
Elgin, IL
simrit.com

Bipolar, Ultrasonic Energy Platform
Thunderbeat is the world’s only surgical device that combines advanced bipolar and ultrasonic energies into a single multi-functional hand instrument allowing surgeons to simultaneously seal and cut vessels up to and including 7mm in size with minimal thermal spread. Additionally, it boasts the fastest cutting speed, delivers reliable vessel sealing, and provides the highest grasping forces at the tip when compared to the leading energy instruments currently on the market. Thunderbeat, when combined with the versatility of the ESG-400 electrosurgical generator, is the only surgical tissue management system that delivers every common form of energy used in surgery today.

Olympus Medical Systems
Center Valley, PA
olympus.com

Compact Point-of-Use Automated Inventory Control Device
Offering advanced value-added solutions that allow customers to optimize their tooling stock, reduce costs, and increase productivity is another advantage from Seco Tools. One such solution is the SupplyPod automated inventory control device with reporting and order management capabilities. As part of the company’s Seco Point point-of-use vending program, the compact SupplyPod offers big inventory control of small metalworking tools, such as inserts, drill bits, taps, fuses, and small hand tools. With dimensions of 22" x 18" x 14", the durable SupplyPod easily mounts to a desk, table, workbench, or even a wall. Available in three standard configurations, the easy-to-use SupplyPod dispenses 80, 96, or 44 individual part numbers.

Seco Tools
Troy, MI
secotools.com/us

Eco-, Budget-Friendly Pump
The 55KSI 30hp Eco-Jet Waterjet Pump is eco-friendly and budget-friendly, and features an efficient direct drive pump design that consumes up to 40% less electricity than a 50hp pump, but produces the same output. The Eco-Jet produces up to 1gpm of 55KSI ultra-high pressure (UHP) water for precision cutting, cleaning and surface preparation applications. It runs a 0.015" waterjet orifice and can power most manufacturers’ waterjet cutting systems and waterjet tools.

Jet Edge
St. Michael, MN
jetedge.com