Tech Zones

Its bright, shiny, richly-colored walls are bringing a lot of attention to Chicago's Parkview West Condominiums, the first high-rise building to feature copper-colored anodized metal wall panels that will not patina.

Convey the Way: With higher-capacity machine tools, the right combination of conveyors and coolant cleaners has literally become the difference between backlog and breakdown vs. productivity and profits.

Wesgo Metals offers its PSPs. Ideal for high temperature applications in the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul industry, PSPs can be used for crack repair and dimensional restoration of aero-engine components such as turbine blades and vanes.

Motion Control and Positioning Systems: This white paper explores how the phase-shift measurement technique for optical position measurement stands alone in its ability to provide an overall functional balance of output value reliability and speed for closed-loop motion control and stable, reliable positioning feedback.

This case study explores how Union Tank Car protects its torch-cut steel plate with an environmentally friendly corrosion inhibitor.

Dynocom Industries offers its DC-POD, a revolutionary Portable On-Vehicle Dynamometer that is vastly different from standard chassis roller dynamometers providing the main benefit of utmost in portability in a small package.

CWT Industries offers the CWT Multi-Bal 5000 HMVF Balancer, which sets the standards for accuracy and versatility. Whether you balance cranks, cams, driveshafts, props, or anything else that rotates, the 5000 series allows accurate and profitable processing of your customers products.

Kaeser Compressors's new Airtower series is perfect for small shops. The new Airtower compressor packages, which are competitively-priced models, combine a rotary screw air compressor, storage tank and dryer in one durable and compact unit.

Machine Builders of New England, LLC, offers its re-manufacture services. The company is the sole manufacturer of the Bridgeport 2J milling head, the Bridgeport X axis power feed, and the X, Y, Z axis acme feed screws that all go into new Bridgeports.

Ultrasonic Power Corporation has introduced new 1000 watt and 1500 watt generators that offer higher efficiencies than competitive units and the convenience of a 2-in-1 generator without plug-ins or modules.