ABRASIVE TID BITS

Short notes with information found in the trade literature. See also the Abrasive Users News Fax

• American Ceramic Society has published its edition of the ceramic Source 1997 which is a buyer's guide to the ceramic marketplace. The directory includes listings of companies who manufacture abrasives as well as manufacturers of ceramics used as structure components. Contact AcerS at 614-794-5890 or fax to 614-899-6109.

• Nalco Chemical Company has sold its superabsorbent chemical business to Stockhausen GmbH& Co. Nalcoat630-305-1197

• The Machinery Dealers National Association has published more a book of serial numbers for machine tools. The book contains a directory with addresses and phone numbers for hundreds of US and foreign machinery manufacturers. Text also gives details of mergers and reorganizations of companies in the machine tool business. The MDNA also released it latest edition of its Used Machinery Buyer's Guide. The Guide list 450 used machinery dealers and related firms who are members of MDNA. MDNA 800-872-7807.

• The largest manufacturer of synthetic diamond and diamond tools China is the Hunan Feidie Utra-Hard Machinery and Factory in Changsha Hunan, P.R. Contact Zengfeng at fax 0086-731-5560764.

• The American Welding Society and the Welding Equipment Manufacturer's Association have combined efforts and an new AWS Welding Equipment Manufacturer's Committee was created at joint meeting in Dallas earlier this year.

• Dynabrade has announced it Virtu_Finisher for superfinishing cylindrical parts on standard lathers or roll gridning equipment. The machine is designed to use microfinishing films (coated abrasive products manufactured by 3M, Moyco, or Mypox.

• Rex Cut offers a new line off latex bonded, laminated cotton fiber wheels for edge breaking, deburring, deflashing and finishing. Rex Cut 800-225-8182

• RMW & Sons (Oxford England) introduces a honing tool that fits on most machines including lathes, drills and milling machines. The unit has accuracies to .0025mm..

• Norton Company will open a Far Eastern grinding technology center next year. Norton will be working with its Japanese trading partner, Kure-Norton..

• Milacron will be producing BP Oil Deutchland GmbHs metalworking fluid in a BP Plant in Freibrug, Germany. This venture is the second Milacron expansion in Germany. Milacron acquired the German Manufacturer Widia, a maker of carbide cutting tools.

• Manufacturing Engineering February 1996 has two three articles of interest: Cost Conscious Grinding, Help, My Parts are Shrinking, and Battle of the Burr: New Strategies and New Tricks.

• There is now a standard for deburring in the World-Wide Burr Technology Committee's Standard for burrs. (WBTC STD 1.1995Draft) For technical help on deburring contact Dr. David Dornfeld at the Consortium on Deburring and Edge Finishing.

• Sunnen announces the EC-3500 power stroke honing machine with a two-stage feed pressure to reduce cycle times.

• DarmannProducts introduces at FA-V5 fused aluminum oxide honing stone.

• According to American Machinist Magazine the top 10 machine tool companies in 1997 for the US were: (The magazine and the Metalworking Insider produce lists annually, Contact the Abrasives Mall for links.
  1. Giddings & Lewis
  2. Ingersoll Milling
  3. Cincinnati Milacron
  4. Litton Industries
  5. Gleason Works
  6. Hurco Companies
  7. Fadal Engineering
  8. Hardinge Bros
  9. Monarch Machine
  10. Allied Products

• World wide the top 10 companies are
  1. Amada Co. Ltd
  2. Fanuc Ltd.
  3. Yamazkai Mazak
  4. Okuma Machinery
  5. Thyssen Machinebau
  6. Giddings & Lewis
  7. Schuler Group
  8. Komatsu Ltd
  9. Toyoda Machine Work
  10. Mori Seiki Co. Ltd

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