In anticipation of continued growth and to further strengthen the company’s management team, Matthew Williams has been appointed General Manager of Dimac. Matthew will be working closely with MD Paul Fowler to ensure they continue to provide customers with innovative and productive solutions combined with professional levels of service, support and back up. “Matthew’s intimate knowledge of the CNC machining industry and the needs of our customers will be of huge benefit to the business,” said Dimac’s Managing Director, Paul Fowler. Matthew’s extensive industry experience includes managing sales for a leading CNC woodworking machinery provider for the past five years. Read the full article…

Since its founding in 1918, Kitagawa has been supplying power chucks and CNC rotary tables to the global machine tool industry. The Kitagawa standard power chuck is acknowledged worldwide for its quality and longevity and the company has developed a well-earned reputation for designing workholding products that maximise productivity and minimise downtime. Power chucks are installed on machine tools such as CNC lathes and machining centres to fix a workpiece. The power chuck is equipped with top jaws to fix the workpiece and they are opened and closed by means of a rotary cylinder. The new BR Series power chucks Read the full article…

German workholding manufacturer Lang Technik has added a new product to their popular Makro-Grip range: the Makro-Grip Ultra. Thanks to the expandability of its modules Makro-Grip Ultra is capable of clamping single or multiple parts of 810 mm length and beyond safely. This capability pushes workholding to new heights and is particularly suitable for mould making and clamping applications of flat and large parts including deformation-sensitive parts. Different system heights, individually expandable clamping ranges, interchangeable clamping jaw types and a range of useful accessories add to the versatility of the vise. “Makro-Grip Ultra is extremely flexible and equally capable of Read the full article…

Leading workholding manufacturer Lang Technik, has added a new product to their highly respected Makro-Grip range: the Makro-4Grip. This innovative clamping system allows Lang’s stamping technology to now be utilised for round parts. The stamping is a patented form-closure technology which provides the highest holding power for 5-face machining worldwide. Often referred to as pre-stamping, it involves the workpiece being stamped outside of the machine tool with up to 20 tons of hydraulic pressure. Clamping scenarios that require high holding power, no work stop in the machining area or where the danger of workpiece deformation exists, can be mastered with Read the full article…

Over the last few years it has become general knowledge that a barfeeder significantly increases the productivity of any CNC turning centre. But like any piece of equipment, not all barfeeders are created equal. The Hydrafeed barfeeder offers a number of unique features. One of those is that it is a full servo-driven barfeed eliminating the need for compressed air. It can also accommodate different bar diameters and lengths including random bar lengths; it’s also suitable for both bar or shaft feed. One of the most important time saving features of the Hydrafeed is that once you’ve set a bar Read the full article…

Malaga-based CTM Engineering Supplies has recently expanded its showroom and added a new training facility to provide customers with an enhanced purchase experience. CTM is one of Dimac’s largest and most successful distributors responsible for the sale of Dimac’s extensive range throughout the Western Australian market. CTM was founded by industry veteran Uli Stumpf, who started his career in Germany as an apprentice toolmaker before emigrating to Australia in 1989. He initially worked as a machinist before ending up working for the Sandvik Group for 15 years. In 2013 Mr Stumpf opened his own business to distribute and re-sell an Read the full article…

Locally owned and operated in Burnie, Maltec Engineering is a family business dedicated to providing state-of-the-art engineering services to clients across a broad range of industries including mining, food, agriculture, construction, forestry, and more. Founded in 2002 by Lindsay and Kelly Malley, the company is a Contract Manufacturer specialising in CNC machining and small to medium fabrication. Its extensive range of services also include profile cutting, a robot welding cell, sandblasting and painting utilising both advanced and lean manufacturing principles. Hydraulic manifolds, tapping blocks, drive shafts, hardened pins and bearings and small to medium fabricated assemblies are some of the Read the full article…

Fairlane, a well-known manufacturer of workholding grippers, has recently released a new range of grippers called ‘TG GripSerts’ to complement their existing range. Michigan-based Fairlane design, manufacture and stock a wide range of workholding and positioning components. Fairlane grippers grip and penetrate the work piece to provide superior holding power. Used in jigs, fixtures and chuck jaws, these grippers are versatile enough to fit any number of applications and their modular and economical replaceable wear surfaces extend the life of expensive clamping mechanisms. The replaceability of the grippers enhances a fixture system by minimising downtime during setup. Adjustable grippers are Read the full article…

Tramp oil is probably one of the most common contaminants in metalworking fluids. The term is a catch phrase for all sources of non-soluble contaminants (usually oil-based) that can come into contact with the metalworking fluid as a function of the process or the equipment. The sources are varied but can include hydraulic fluid as well as slideway oil, gear and spindle lubricants. Whatever the source, tramp oil is a foreign contaminant that can create numerous problems. Most CNC machine tools, especially those using slideway oil will develop a layer of oil on top of the coolant. This oil layer Read the full article…

Tool presetters improve quality and boost productivity by precisely measuring any tool off line with micron accuracy. This enables a CNC machine to keep cutting so machine uptime is optimised and tool life is maximised. Tool presetters provide three key features in the one machine: measuring, presetting, and inspecting tools. They save set-up time, improve accuracy, produce better quality parts, whilst minimising scrap. A state-of-the-art image processing system measures the cutting edges of tools in seconds, then saves and documents the measurement results – simple time-wasting fine adjustments are a thing of the past. Adjustable boring bars can be easily Read the full article…