Accordion bellows are convoluted, expandable, fabric or elastomer components used to protect screws, shafts, slide ways and other components from liquid, chips, dirt and other debris. Accordion bellows are round, square or rectangular in shape and can be manufactured with a variety of end configurations and options. Round and square accordion bellows can have either four closed sides, or three open sides and one closed side.
Acid etch marking machines incise an image, code, or mark into the surface of the metal part using an acid. The acid eats the metal, leaving behind roughened areas, or if the surface exposed to the acid is very narrow, burning a line into the plate.
A reamer that can be adjusted to desired dimension by adjusting the nut with a set of 3 to 8 cutting blades in the main body of the reamer.
A forging machine that applies compressed air to the piston to operate the ram and it is generally used in hot forging works.
An type of arc welding machine that uses alternating current.
Machine wherein the workpiece is the anode in an electrolytic cell immersed in an acid bath, resulting in chemical adsorption of oxygen from the bath. Anodizing is an oxidation process in which the workpiece surfaces are converted to a hard and porous oxide layer that provides corrosion resistance and a decorative finish.
Washing/cleaning system used in micro-chip and other production to remove waste products and other contaminants
A machine that produces single opening containers or sacks made of paper, vinyl and various other materials.
All operations on these machines are performed automatically, with tools attached to a turret. The bar stock is fed forward automatically after each part is machined to finished dimensions and cut off. These machines may be equipped with single or multiple spindles.
A type of machine that may have a horizontal or vertical spindle and does not have tailstocks; also called chucking machine. It is used for machining individual pieces of regular or irregular shapes and is available in either single or multiple spindle types.
A machine that handles the application of filler metal and flux, along with heating and cooling automatically. Material costs are controlled, since filler metal and flux are applied automatically—in just the right amount.
A welder that welds band shaped metal used for band saw machinery.
A type of electro plating machine that brings the workpiece into contact with an electrolyte while rotating in a perforated hardwood barrel.
A machine that manufactures tofu. It washes and separates beans and impure substances, the soaks them in a water tank and crushes and filters them appropriately. They are then boiled and poured into a mold.
A type of milling machine where the table is mounted directly on the bed, which replaces the knee, and can move only longitudinally.
A machine that is used for woodwork that combines the functions of disc sander and belt sander.
A small vertical drilling machine that is installed on work table or bench.
Depending on the grade of the grinding wheel it may be used for sharpening cutting tools such as lathe tools or drill bits. Alternatively it may be used to roughly shape metal prior to welding or fitting.
Machines used for cutting bevel gears. Bevel gear teeth may be straight, spiral or bevel.
A machine used for producing bevels. A bevel is a slant or angle on a surface. Two adjoining surfaces, if not at right angles are beveled. Bevel also has many industry-specific uses.
Equipment that sterilizes beverage product with high pressure steam during the manufacturing process for various beverages.
Machine that caps bottles through a rotational movement with the help of an upper belt conveyor supplied with magnets. Only caps adopting the right position are adhered.
A bottle filling machine is a device for filling bottles, jars etc with liquid in a repeatable and productive way.
A machine that removes impure substances from the interior and exterior surfaces of bottles and processes them for washing, sterilizing and drying.
A type of welding machine that uses a bronze or brass filler rod coated with flux to join steel workpieces. It is virtually identical to the equipment used in brazing, except there is no capillary action.
Bridge milling machines have a bridge over the fixed table and the crossbeam is fixed.
A type of grinding equipment that is used when making the surface of the processed metal sleek or glossy. The buff that is loaded on the rotation axis is processed with high speed rotation by connecting it to the workpiece.
Burnishing machines improve the surface finish of parts through a cold-working broaching process. Burnishing removes no metal, instead it compresses and smoothes out fine surface irregularities and is used for soft, ductile materials.
A device used to turn cream or milk into butter
Attachment for manufacture of steel cable or wire.
Can filling are designed to fill cans with a certain volume of liquid, paste, or other type of product. Can filling machines can be designed with different types of mechanisms to determine the proper volume of product to be filled including, piston fillers, liquid fillers, and pocket fillers.
Equipment used for sealing the lid to the can body.
A can packing machine is used throughout all packaging operations and involving primary packages to distribution packs.
A type of cutter best for cutting sheet metal, including stainless steel up to 1/8 thick.
A cutting tool that uses a continuous wave carbon dioxide laser beam.
A machine that brushes and straightens unorganised clumps of fibre and then aligns the individual fibres so that they are more or less parallel with each other.
A machine that is designed to find the central point on one or both sides of the workpiece prior to drilling and countersinking work to be turned on a lathe.
A type of grinding machine capable of precision grinding without the use of a work piece spindle.
Specific metal panels (adjustable or fixed) used in the agricultural machinery to clean and separate various grains/seeds from the waste material like straw, stones, and other soil impurities.
A machine used for producing chamfers. A chamfer is a beveled edge connecting two surfaces. If the surfaces are at right angles, the chamfer will typically be symmetrical at 45 degrees. Chamfers may be both exterior (cutting off an external angle) and interior(filling in an internal angle).
A machine that automatically produces cheese with milk.
Type of metal cleaner employing chemicals to remove the oil and grease from surfaces. Includes one or more of the following processes: solution, saponification, emulsification, dispersion, or aggregation.
A machine that takes out the feathers of chickens prior to processing for meat.
Metals are bonded with a thin layer of corrosion-resistant metal by applying pressure with rolls or other means.
A type of machine that is used to remove dust or debris inside a duct or pipe.
Equipment used in the coffee roasting process which follows coffee processing and precedes coffee brewing. The most common roasting machines are of two basic types: drum and hot-air, although there are others including packed bed, tangential and centrifugal roasters. Roasters can operate in either batch or continuous modes. The roasting process consists essentially of sorting, roasting, cooling, and packaging but can also include grinding in larger scale roasting houses.
A type of wood laminating machine that uses pressure rather than heat to join glued sheets of wood.
A type of welding machine in which joining takes place without fusion at the interface of the two parts to be welded. Unlike in the fusion-welding processes, no liquid or molten phase is present in the joint. Pressure is applied to the workpieces through dies or rolls thus producing adhesion.
General purpose milling machine where the milling cutter may be horizontal for slab milling or vertical for face and end milling, boring, and drilling operations. The knee supports the saddle and gives the table vertical movement.
A type of woodworking machinery that combines the functions of two or more separate machines into a single unit.
A machine that processes bulk product through a diverter whereupon sorted products are then classified manually or automatically using a reader.
A type of high speed steel cutter that is form-relieved for milling convex half circles in all types of materials.
A container filling machine is packaging machinery to fill the product into containers and bins.
A type of high speed steel cutter that is form-relieved for milling concave half circles in all types of materials.
A machine designed for milling profiles or relief contours --three dimensional milling-- on articles made of various materials by means of a cutting tool which reproduces on the article the surface or contour of a master device.
A type of cutter used to produce convex corner radii up to a quarter circle.
One-off devices built specifically for a particular production or assembly task
Single station machine designed and built for the assembly of specifically designed components or systems
A type of arc welding electrode that operates under high current, produces a sharp, high intensity arc which melts the portion of arc and displaces the molten metal from the arc pool.
A type of cylindrical grinding machine that is used for finishing the surface with high precision after rough grinding.
Mixing equipment used for preparing milk and milk products
A drilling machine that drills relatively deep holes with respect to the hole diameter.
A machine that removes unnecessary hair on the leather or textile product.
A machine that utilizes diamond cutting tools to precisely achieve bore (internal diameter) sizes.
A casting machine that uses air pressure (atmospheric or higher) to make product from the metal mold with low fusion point metals such as aluminum alloy, copper alloy and others.
Equipment used in dip molding processes.
An arc welder that uses direct current for welding current.
Equipment for the verification of an homogeneous mix and which components are in proportion that varies among certain limits
A large, vertical cylindrical column used oil, chemical and other process industries to heat process feedstock such as crude oil and separate out different distinct products or fractions each having different boiling points or boiling ranges.The lightest products (those with the lowest boiling point) exit from the top of the columns and the heaviest products (those with the highest boiling point) exit from the bottom of the column and are often called the bottoms.Column size ranges from about 65 centimeters to 16 meters and heights ranging from about 6 meters to 90 meters or more.
Material used as packing in distillation column.
A type of etching or marking machine in which a mark is made with a special pen on the surface of the metal material being processed.
A type of cutter used to produce dovetail slides for machine tool tables, jigs and fixtures
A type of woodworking machinery used to cut dovetail shaped grooves in wood.
A type of woodworking machinery that produces dowel rods. It does so by employing interchangeable cutting heads of varying diameters, thus enabling the machine to be quickly retooled to manufacture different diameters of dowel. Each head consists of a hollow chuck with cutting knives protruding inward, through which the wood passes as the knives cut it into cylindrical shape.
Device used in wire and cable manufacturing which reduces diameter of input wire through continuous"drawing" or pulling operation, thus stretching and transforming metal to produce smaller diameter wire.
The workpiece is clamped securely and the drill is lowered manually by hand wheel or by power feed at preset rates. Radial drills are larger drill presses.
A type of forging machine that makes the forging by dropping the hard steel hammer from appropriate height.
A large sander that uses a rotating sanding drum.
A dryer (or drier) is a machine or apparatus used to remove moisture. It may be a small laboratory oven taking a few grams of moist material or a large industrial unit handling tons of wet feed per hour. An industrial dryer is never a stand-alone unit; it is part of a drying system which includes the feeder, the heaters and product collectors besides the actual drying section itself
A device designed to test material to determine dyeing ability between fiber and dye.
A type of woodworking machine applies hot melt adhesive backed edge banding to straight edges of panels or planks of wood.
Machines used for winding electric coils
Electrochemical machining is basically the reverse of electroplating. An electrolyte acts as current carrier, and the high rate of electrolyte movement in the tool-workpiece gap washes metal ions away from the workpiece (anode) before they have the chance to plate on the tool (cathode).
A type of cleaning fluid used in conjunction with electrochemical processes to clean parts. Variations include, but are not limited to, alkaline solutions, emulsions, solvents, hot vapors, acids, salts, or organic compound mixtures.
Electrode ovens are designed to store welding electrodes properly in order to prevent moisture absorption, which produces porosity in the weld deposit. Electrode ovens also serve as a redrying equipment in order restore the welding electrodes' quality.
Attachment used in a wire electro discharge machine EDM. Removes metal by burning the work piece with a very thin wire instead of cutting or grinding. One of three basic types of EDM. The other two are electrode EDM and small-hole EDM.
A machine that uses electrolysis to mark metal material using an electrolytic marking stencil or character plate.
Electrolytic bath machines plate the workpiece (cathode) with a different metal (anode), while both are suspended in a bath containing a water-base electrolyte solution. The metal ions from the anode are discharged under the potential from the external source of electricity, combine with the ions in the solution, and are deposited on the cathode.
This machine has eccentric weights mounted to a shaft on top and bottom and the shaft is rotated by means of a motor. Vibration intensity is controlled by varying the angle between the two weights
A type of welding machine that uses an electron beam gun to produce electrons that strike the workpiece, at which point their energy is converted into heat, instantly vaporizing the metal under temperatures near 25,000 degrees C. The heat penetrates deeply, making it possible to weld much thicker workpieces than is possible with most other welding processes. However, because the electron beam is tightly focused, the total heat input is actually much lower than that of any arc welding process.
A machine that uses electrically generated heat transfer to mark tube material.
Electroplating racks are used in electrochemical plating operations. They hold the workpieces to be plate and are electrically conductive at certain contact points, to enable the plating process. Noncontact surfaces are covered with insulating material.
A type of welding machine employing a single pass welding process for thick --greater than 25mm up to about 300mm--materials in a vertical or close to vertical position. Welding is made by melting the basic material and wire by the heat of the current flowing into the slag.
Equipment used to apply brazing flux to parts using an electostatic charge
External grinders grind the external surfaces of the workpiece as the workpiece itself rotates.
A type of drill designed for general purpose drilling in deep hole applications where a 9 to 13 flute length is required.
Pictoric support, frame generally made in wood supporting a wood plate or painted fabric piece.
Industrial equipment to fuse small pieces such as cuffs, necks, waistbands, shirt front, tiles, etc.
A machine that produces fermented soybeans in standardized shape. After washing the beans to remove impure substances, the machines soaks them in a water tank and filters and steams them.
Equipment used in pharmaceutical production for mass processing of liquid chemicals. Comprised of blending tank, mixer, filter, and dump.
Fine blanking dies produce very smooth and square edges on sheet metal.
A machine that makes thread by twisting and thinning carded and drawn yarn --the roving-- to the desired thickness and winding it on a bobbin.
A type of woodworking machine that cuts multiple widths or fingers into the workpiece for joining together with glue another workpiece that is similarly cut.
A device that focuses an intense flame causing high heat and used to cut metal.
Specific check valve usually installed between torch and welding hose to prevent flow of burning fuel gas and the oxygen mixture back into hoses and regulators.
A type of butt welding machine that runs a strong electrical current through the touching ends of two unjoined pieces of rail. The ends become white hot due to electrical resistance and are then pressed together forming a strong weld.
A type of equipment used in paper recycling that removes ink from the recovered fiber by injecting air bubbles which adhere to the ink and float.
This dryer is used for drying pwoders and/or crystals (salt etc.)
Machinery used in the fabrication and finishing of folded tubular components
Equipment used for drying food products
A reactor that disintegrates organic compounds with microbes, such as yeasta and bacteria in order to generate alcohol, organic acid, carbon gas and others.
Industrial equipment that defrosts food materials such as frozen meat, fish, vegetables, and fruits.( excluding microwave ovens)
A machine designed to conserve food products by sterilizing and then cooling them prior to packing.
Dies are engraved or machined metal blanks used to form another object through a forging process.
Subjecting the material to shear stresses, typically between a punch and a die, cuts the material into a slug, billet, or preform used during the forging operation.
A machine used for producing molds that are used in a foundry.
A welding machine that employs a solid-state welding process that generates heat through mechanical friction between a moving workpiece and a stationary component. Because no melt occurs, friction welding is not actually a welding process in the traditional sense, but a forging technique.
Furnace brazing is when the parts are cleaned, loaded with brazing metal and placed into a furnace. The furnace then melts the filler metal to join the surfaces.
Furnace soldering is when the parts are cleaned, loaded with brazing metal and placed into a furnace. The furnace then melts the filler metal to join the surfaces.
FDM is the second most widely used rapid prototyping technology. A plastic filament is unwound from a coil and supplies material to an extrusion nozzle. The nozzle is heated to melt the plastic and is moved over the table in the required geometry. The nozzle deposits a thin bead of extruded plastic to form each layer. The plastic hardens immediately after being squirted from the nozzle and bonds to the layer below.
This machine aims at perforating wood to prepare the places where dowels are put for the joints of several types of furniture. In this case it is used to make a hole where the door lock is to be placed.
Drilling machines with multiple spindles that are capable of drilling as many as 50 holes of varying size, depth, and location in a single step.
Gantry milling machines have a bridge over the fixed table, but the crossbeam moves.
Gear grinding machines finish the gears by grinding them with grinding wheels in the exact shape of the tooth spacing of the gears.
Gear hobbing machines use a gear-cutting hob to cut the teeth of a gear. A gear-cutting hob is basically a worm or screw, made into a gear-generating tool by machining a series of longitudinal slots or gashes into it to form cutting teeth.
Gear honing machines use a plastic gear impregnated with fine abrasive particles. The process is faster than grinding and is used to improve the surface finish.
Gear lapping machines further improve the surface finish from honing machines. The ground gear teeth are lapped using abrasive compounds with either a gear-shaped lapping tool or a pair of mating gears that are run together.
A type of cutter used for chamfering, topping, protuberance, flat or fillet roots of gears.
Gear shaping machines use a pinion-shaped cutter to create a gear. The cutter has an axis parallel to that of the gear blank and rotates slowly with the blank at the same pitch-circle velocity with an axial reciprocating motion.
Gear shaving uses a cutter in the exact shape of the finished tooth profile and removes small amounts of metal from the gear teeth.
A machine that consistently removes the edges in accordance with the outline of the gear.
General goods packaging machinery is used throughout all packaging operations, involving primary packages to distribution packs. This includes many packaging processes fabrication, cleaning, filling, sealing, combining, labeling, overwrapping, palletizing.
An instrument that is used to shape molten glass by blowing on the glass lump that is softened by heat.
A machine used for joining plywood sheets or similar wood products by roller coating single boards or planks with adhesive material consistently.
Instrument of the overlock sewing machine used to thread
Drilling machine used for long holes such as those found in gun bores, gun drills are used. The length of the hole requires that coolant be delivered through the shaft of the gun drill to the cutting front.
Furnace used to relieve mechanical stresses during the manufacture of aluminum heat exchangers.
Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat treat metal or plastic objects.
Sewing machine accessory to perform light spiral binds of 2 fabric clothing
Short length bridge reamer seven inches long.
A forging machine that increases the speed of the hammer head much greater by compressing the vapor or air and momentarily releasing it.
A machine used to achieve very precise surface and geometry dimensions in non-gear applications by removing minute amounts of metal from the work piece.
A boring machine in which the spindle of the machine is oriented in the horizontal direction.
A machining center with a horizontal spindle. Horizontal machining centers are suitable for large as well as tall workpieces requiring machining on a number of surfaces.
A computer-controlled lathe or turning center with a horizontal spindle and several features including multiple turrets that hold a variety of tools and/or multiple spindles.
Press brakes bend sheet metal or plate by utilizing long dies and a hydraulic press. Hydraulic presses operate at constant speeds and can transmit large amounts of energy to the workpiece by maintaining a constant load throughout the stroke.
Hydraulic tensioning systems are hydraulic tools that use stretching to tighten studs. Once a stud is stretched, a nut is then put on the joint. Then the load on the stud is removed resulting in a clamping force on the now bolted joint.
Reactor internals refers to the flow direction inside the vessel, which in an Axial flow reactor, is along the vessel axis. Typically, the vessel axis is vertical, however horizontal reactors also have similar internals and flows.
General parts used in ice making machinery by the ice Industry
Two shaped dies are pressed together and the workpiece acquires the shape of the die cavities.
Induction brazing is when the parts are loaded with filler metal and placed near the induction coils for rapid heating.
The part to be heat-treated is heated rapidly by the electromagnetic field generated by an induction coil carrying alternating current, which induces eddy currents in the part. The coil may be shaped to fit the contour of the part and may be designed to also quench the part.
Induction brazing is when the parts are loaded with filler metal and placed near the induction coils for rapid heating.
An industrial variant of a threading die used in metal forming machinery. It cuts an external thread on cylindrical material, such as a rod, which creates a male threaded piece that functions like a bolt.
Industrial welding shop means a building or part of a building where material working involves the joining of two or more pieces of metal by applying heat, through various means, to produce a localized union through fusion across the interface.
A machine that uses a computer adjustable inkjet stream to mark processed material.
This machine uses a single jet each for a plastic build material and a wax-like support material, which are held in a melted liquid state in reservoirs. The liquids are fed to individual jetting heads, which squirt tiny droplets of the materials as they are moved in X-Y fashion in the required pattern to form a layer of the object. The materials harden by rapidly dropping in temperature as they are deposited.
Broaching machines that enlarge or shape an existing hole by either pushing or pulling a broach through the hole. Internal broach types include hole, keyway, internal gear, and rifling.
Internal grinders use a wheel to grind the inside diameter of a workpiece as the workpiece itself rotates.
A machine which accelerates the ions of a material in an electrical field and impacts them into another solid. This process is used to change the physical, chemical, or electrical properties of the solid.
Jig boring is used to accurately enlarge existing holes and make their diameters highly accurate. Jig boring is used for holes that need to have diameter and total runout controlled to a high degree.
The most common type of drill. The length of the flutes is ten times the diameter of the drill, that is they will drill a hole that is 10D deep.
A machine tool that is used to cut the keyway and key groove.
A machine tool that grinds the edge of chisels and other woodworking tools.
This tool is used in conjunction with a lathe to emboss the ends of metal tubes and shafts. The embossed grooves may act as hand grips for the user or better traction for rubber or plastic covers. The knurling tool itself consists of multiple rotary cutters which are held against the metal shaft as it turns on the lathe at a relatively slow speed (500 rpm on average).
Spinning equipment that is designed to be used in a laboratory for synthetic textile manufacturing. The spinning solution is extruded into an acid or alkali bath or air to form the filament and this machine winds it onto a bobbin.
Profiles of object cross sections are cut from paper or other web material using a laser. The paper is unwound from a feed roll onto the stack and first bonded to the previous layer using a heated roller, which melts a plastic coating on the bottom side of the paper. The profiles are then traced by an optics system that is mounted to an X-Y stage.
Lapping machines improve the surface finish of parts by using a lap tool, which is typically made of cast iron, copper, leather, or cloth. Lapping machines are used on flat, curved, cylindrical or spherical surfaces to improve the surface finish.
Laser cutting machines use high-powered lasers to cut, scribe, or perforate a variety of materials in plate or sheet form.
Machine using a laser beam to create a permanent mark, code, or design on a part for identification and/or tracking purposes.
A high power laser is used to melt metal powder supplied coaxially to the focus of the laser beam through a deposition head. The X-Y table is moved in raster fashion to fabricate each layer of the object. The head is moved up vertically as each layer is completed. Metal powders are delivered and distributed around the circumference of the head either by gravity, or by using a pressurized carrier gas.
Laser beam welding utilizes a high-power laser beam as the source of heat to produce a fusion weld.
A bite that has the processing blade for cutting in the lathe processing.
An attachment for a lathe consisting of a rotating cylindrical block holding various cutting tools.
Machine used to refine the laver to be easy to eat and stored through drying, seasoning, roasting and other processes
A large screw used to actuate precise movements of the tool or the work when performing cutting or grinding operations on a machine tool such as a lathe.
A bar shaped machine cutting tool used for groove cutting, side cutting, and contour cutting.
A material handling accessory used in machining operations.
A transmission is the transfer of energy from where it's generated to a place where it is used to perform work using simple machines, linkages and mechanical power transmission elements.
A table for metal working machines designed for easy setting of location of X-axis and Y axis for precision work, such as boring, drilling, grinding and milling.
Robotic equipment used to load and unload machines. For example, stand-alone robots used for automatic loading/unloading machining equipment.
Equipment that cuts, polishes and makes perforations in the development of wood music instruments.
Press brakes bend sheet metal or plate by utilizing long dies and a mechanical press. The mechanical press is either the crank or eccentric type, with speeds that vary from a maximum at the center of the stroke to zero at the bottom of the stroke.
Stand alone robots used for removing material (i.e. Grinding).
Device that facilitates bagging or netting of rolled meats, roasts, hams, etc.
A type of metal cleaner that physically disturbs the contaminants, as with wire or fiber brushing, dry or wet abrasive blasting, tumbling, and steam jets. Ultrasonic cleaners use high frequency sound waves to create bubbles for loosening and removing dirt, scale, and other impurities from parts. Mechanical or ultrasonic cleaners are particularly effective in removing rust, scale, and other contaminants.
A machine that passes wood chips between one rotating -rotor- and one stationary -stator- metal discs. This process is called refining and produces a pulp often referred to as a refiner mechanical pulp.
A machine that cuts metal by winding up and rotating a striped saw with a band shaped blade around the driving pulley and the driven pulley.
Machines that shape internal and external surfaces, such as holes of circular, square or irregular sections, keyways, teeth of internal gears, multiple spline holes, and flat surfaces.
A machine tool that cuts or engraves a design into a metal plate for subsequent use as a template for production.
Folding machines support the material through the whole cycle and the machine gauges off of the overall width of the part, not just the flange. The tooling for folding machines is almost universal, where press brakes require different tooling for every gauge and bend.
A MIG welding machine creates an arc between the work piece and a continuously consumable electrode, the wire in these wire welding processes.
Substances that promote the effects of various metal joining processes
Polishing machines produce a smooth, lustrous surface finish on parts. Polishing is done with disks or belts made of fabric, leather, or felt and coating with fine powders of aluminum oxide or diamond.
A machine with blades, or rotary disks, for dividing plates or bars of metal.
A machine that supplies metallic raw material to the process of cutting and dimensioning galvanized sheet, tin free steel plate, aluminum sheet, etc. which are then sent to the container manufacturing process.
A type of saw used for general slotting and sawing applications.
Metal spraying is spraying hot metal on to a surface to create a coating. It is an industrial activity in which a powder or wire is atomized at high speed with compressed gas and sprayed onto a metal surface.
A type of precision control equipment that removes and handles ultra fine glass tubes after heating.
A machine comprised of multiple spindles on same head capable of multiple drilling operations.
A type of drill that automatically deburs the drilled hole. Non-slipping point does not require a pilot hole and drills material up to 1/8 thick accurately and cleanly.
Machining centers that are equipped with both horizontal and vertical spindles. They have a variety of features and are capable of machining all surfaces of a workpiece (vertical, horizontal, and diagonal).
A type of drill that contains an entire drill set in one cutting tool.Especially useful for professional electricians and sheet metal contractors.
A machine that uses wheat and other flours to make noodles.
A metalworking machine that cuts off the edges or corners of the workpiece according to a predetermined dimension.
Numerically controlled drilling machines in which various drilling operations are performed automatically and in the desired sequence with the use of a turret.
A type of controlled nut driver, often with torque transducers in the head. It is used in precision fastening and assembly applications, and can be interfaced with SPC software for quality control.
A solid workpiece is placed between two flat dies and reduced in height by pressing the two dies together.
A type of grinding machine that precisely grinds the shape of the workpiece according to the design drawing projected on the attached screen.
A sander mounted on a rotating spindle, but also moves up and down at the same time.
Includes sealing bars and wires, suckers that grab paper or plastics, plows that push box lids down, heaters for film, vacuum dies, steel rule cutting dies, fingers that hold open bags for filling, etc.
A machine comprised of 4 process units that uses a specially woven plastic fabric mesh conveyor belt in the wet end to create a continuous paper web transforming a source of wood pulp into a final paper product.
Machine employing thermal process to reduce pathogen agents performed on food.
Equipment used to compound pharmaceuticals including TPN solutions.
Type of rack used in vapor deposition coating operations. It holds the workpieces to be coated.
A pneumatically driven and returned conical tipped pin that permanently indents the marking surface to form either dot matrix or continuous line characters.
A type of reamer manufactured with a taper of 3/4 per foot.
A type of high speed cutter used for surface cutting and finishing in all types of materials.
A type of large milling machine that is built in the same configuration as planers except with a milling spindle instead of a planing head.
A machine tool that is used to smooth or finish the surfaces of wood
Plasma-arc welding machines use a concentrated stream of plasma, and ionized hot gas, composed of nearly equal numbers of electrons and ions. Plasma-arc welds create deeper and narrower welds on a variety of metals.
Plasma cutting machines melt an area with an arc, and then cut by a high-velocity, high-temperature ionized gas.
The methods for joining plastics and composites can be divided into three major categories mechanical fastening, adhesive and solvent bonding, and welding. Welding is an effective method of permanently joining plastic components.
A welder designed to weld or seal pieces of thermoplastic together using any one of several techniques.
Machine that performs plucking by negative and positive rotation of the roller or cylinder and moves upward and downward. It is applied in large and medium slaughter-houses.
A positive pressure habitat, also known as welding habitats or hot work habitats, is a chamber used to provide a safe work environment for performing hot work in the presence of explosive gases or vapours. They are used in conjunction with the need for welding, grinding, cutting, sandblasting and metallisation.
A pressure vessel is a container designed to hold gases or liquids at a pressure substantially different from the ambient pressure.
Equipment used to manufacture the circuit pattern of the printed circuit board PCB that structures the electronic circuit.
Separation equipment screen made of profile wire
Profile milling machines have five-axis movements, three linear and two angular movements. Duplicating milling machines reproduce parts from a master model by using tracer fingers.
One or more projections (dimples) are embossed, forged, or machined on one of the surfaces to be welded. The two pieces are then pressed together and weld nuggets are formed as the projections are compressed.
A pulse tool combines the speed of an impact with the repeatability of a shut-off nutrunner. Shut-off pulse tools take speed and low torque reaction and add advanced automatic shut-off mechanisms to take the operator and the guesswork out of the fastening equation.
Separation equipment screen based on punch plate action
Quench refers to the rapid cooling of a part to prevent phase transformations. Quenching may be carried out in the following medias including water, brine (saltwater), oils, molten salts, air, caustic solutions, polymer solutions or gas.
A type of drilling machine with the drill head mounted on a radial arm and that can be freely rotated to allow a workpiece to be drilled at any point.
A machine that raises the soft nap on the surface of the woven fabric made in spun yarn to give cloth soft, fluffy texture.
A machine used for reflow soldering of components to printed circuit boards.
A device used for blending different products into ice cream.
Carbide grit edged sawing wire cuts tile, glass, marble, hardened tool steel, fiber board, and many other hard to cut materials.
A machine used in metal sheet manufacturing wherein metal sheets are passed through revolving rollers to achieve the desired thickness.
Single or multiple drill head, multiple work station rotating platen drilling machine
Equipment used to manufacture products using rotation molding processes
A machine which is widely used for cutting rubber bales in different sizes. The steel hardened rollers ensure smooth movement of the bale through the machine. Semi and fully automatic cutters are perfectly suitable for toughest natural and synthetic rubber bales.
A leather processing machine that squeezes and stretches the wet blue leather of pig and cattle. After being processed by this machine, the moisture of the leather is reduced to about 30 to 50 percent and it will not cause crease, meeting the precise split needs.
A metal surface treatment machine that uses sand at high pressure to remove impurities on the product surface.
Cores are formed in core boxes when the sand is packed into the boxes and the resulting product is the shaped core.
Patterns are used to mold the sand mixture into the shape of the casting. They may be made of wood, plastic, or metal.
A machine used to mix old sand and new sand or clay water on the molding sand.
Sawing and cut-off machines are used to cut raw material to specified lengths or sizes.
Schoepentoeter is a feed inlet vane device commonly used for introducing gas-liquid mixtures into distillation columns or gas-liquid separators . Schoepentoeter has two main functions 1) To separate the liquid from the gas and 2) To distribute the vapor in the gas compartment of the column.
A device of wire mesh or closely perforated metal, used for straining, sifting, ricing, or pureeing a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through.
A type of drill that excels at delivering better hole accuracy and longer tool life, even in use on difficult materials such as stainless steel or in heavy duty applications such as truck or mobile home bodies.
A welder that is used for joint welding of relatively thin metal plate as a type of electric resistance welding.
Machine that removes the shells of nuts or seeds.
A roller spreads Thermoplastic powder over the surface of a build cylinder. The piston in the cylinder moves down one object layer thickness to accommodate the new layer of powder. A laser beam is then traced over the surface of this tightly compacted powder to selectively melt and bond it to form a layer of the object.
A type of machine used to selectively solder individual or multiple components to printed circuit boards
Semi-automatic welding is manual welding with equipment that automatically controls one or more of the welding conditions. Includes Arc , Tig and Mig weldings.
Equipment that inspects for defects in the wafer and the final completed semiconductor chip in the semiconductor manufacturing process.
Cutters used during the shaping process in which the cutter travels along a straight path and the workpiece is stationary.
A machine that is used when the thin steel sheet is wound up in circular shape as a part of the press working machine.
A machine equipped with a steel bar used to hollow out a groove in the workpiece.
The cutters are used for face and slab milling in all types of materials.
A type of reamer designed to be used as a chucking reamer for reaming bearings and other similar work.
Stick, the most basic of welding processes, offers the easiest option for joining steel and other metals. SMAW or stick joins metals when an arc is struck between the electrode and the work piece, creating a weld pool and depositing a consumable metal electrode into the joint.
Tool that sews, glues or closes with a sensing device regulating the height of the shoe for a better ironing.
Machines with abrasive materials (usually sand) are propelled by a high-velocity jet of air, or by a rotating wheel, onto the surface of the workpiece. Shot blasting is particularly useful in deburring metallic and nonmetallic materials and stripping, cleaning, and removing surface oxides.
Shot peening machines repeatedly hit the workpiece surface with a large number of cast steel, glass, or ceramic shot (small balls), making overlapping indentations on the surface. This process improves the fatigue life of the component and is used extensively on shafts, gears, springs, oil-well drilling equipment, and jet-engine parts.
A type of cutter supplied in straight and staggered tooth form for light and heavy deep slot operations in steel and in most soft materials.
A type of drill used extensively in maintenance departments, machine shops, and in construction environments. Silver and Deming drills are perfect for portable drilling and drill presses where the chuck capacity is 1/2.Also called Blacksmith Drills or Prentice Drills (Canada).All S&D Drills are 6 overall length with 3 flute length.
A machine for giving material a smooth sleek surface by burning off projecting fibers on cotton yarn, spun silk or woven fabric with heat of the heat plates or combustion flame.
A type of cutter designed for chamfering or beveling parts.Manufactured in single right and left angle in 45¡Æ & 60¡Æ.
A machine that coats strands of yarn with size to stiffen and strengthen yarn for further processing.
Skiving machines perform a shaving process, which removes extra material from parts using specially designed knives.
Equipment used in slaughterhouses or abattoirs as part of the processing of meat.
A leatherworking machine that attaches the leather to the fasting plate from the fasting drying as part of the leather processing process.
Bar or ingot solder
Soldering irons are tools for bonding two or more metallic surfaces together with an intermediate alloy (such as tin/lead or zinc/copper alloys), which is melted and re-cooled as the bond.
Solder suspended in flux used for connection of terminations
Powder form solder
A type of ready-to-use combination die/die-stock for repairing external threads on bolts and threaded rod.
Spot welding is the most common form of resistance welding. Spot welding is usually used on sheet metal and in applications having some type of overlapping joint design. Resistance spot welds are made from electrodes on both sides of the joint and no filler metal is used.
Block that holds and supplies the water to dust supression spray in coal mining operations
an applicator resembling a gun for applying liquid substances in the form of a spray.
A specialized nozzle used to spray coal as it is being mined to control dust
Spray painting equipment refers to the collection of devices used to apply a surface coating to objects by the means of atomized liquids that are propelled through the air, usually by compressed air. It also refers to a series of devices used to optimize the coating application.
A type of forging machine that applies the strike by transmitting the rotation force of the crank to the hammer through the leaf spring for impact.
Steady rests are placed on the bed of a lathe to support long and slender parts from deflecting under the cutting forces.
A type of forging machine that ascends and descends with the hammer head by the vapor force to forging the material.
A metal forming machine that bends steel rod to desired shape.
Stereolithography is the most widely used rapid prototyping technology. Stereolithography builds plastic parts or objects a layer at a time by tracing a laser beam on the surface of a vat of liquid photopolymer.
A cutting tool that is used to polish drilled holes to precise dimension by biting on the chuck, and the shape of shank of reamer is straight line.
A special welding machine that joins a metal stud or nut to a metal plate.
A submerged arc-welding machine creates a thick layer of flux completely covers the molten metal and prevents spatter and sparks. The flux also acts as a thermal insulator, allowing deep penetration of heat into the workpiece.
Super-finishing machines are used to improve surface finish of parts by applying a very light pressure and having the stone move in a motion with short strokes.
A type of broaching machine that shapes the surface of a material by using a surface broach. Surface broach types include slab, slot, contour, dovetail, pot, and straddle.
A surface grinder has a head which is lowered, and the workpiece is moved back and forth past the grinding wheel on a table that has a permanent magnet for use with magnetic stock.
A metal working machine that is used to harden the surface of the product at a certain location and depth only.
A type of forging machine that puts the workpiece into the dies and repeatedly strikes dies at high speed with the hammer.
The tailstock, which can slide along the ways and be clamped at any position, supports the other end of the workpiece on a lathe.
A type of reamer manufactured with a taper of 1/4 per foot. They are used to ream holes into which standard taper pins will fit. The point of each reamer will enter the hole reamed by the next smaller size.
A cutting tool that is used to polish drilled holes to precise dimension by biting on the chuck, and the shape of shank of reamer is tapered.
A type of drill designed for maximum performance when drilling a wide variety of materials where the driving machinery has a taper shank arbor or spindle.
A machine tool that cuts female screws mechanically by using the tap on the straight hole drilled.
A machine that makes four angled protrusions --called tenons-- at the end of the wood material for linking square timber.
A machine designed for the insertion and assembly of wiring terminals.
It is composed of a fixed table or bench, a frame or mobile table and motor means to rotate angularly the frame or mobile table regarding the fixed table or bench by placing it between two end positions, usually for shirt necks and cuffs.
A machine used for rinsing and washing large volumes of textiles prior to their conversion to workpieces.
Machinery that employs elevated temperatures in combination with soaps, solvents or other cleansing agents for the purpose of removing residual oil, grease or other contaminants from the surfaces of parts.
The part is placed in a chamber, which is then injected with a mixture of natural gas and oxygen. This mixture is ignited, and a heat wave is produced that heats up the burrs and melts them away.
Coating machines that apply various metals and alloys, and ceramics by a spray gun with a stream of oxyfuel, flame, electric arc, or plasma arc. The coating material may be in the form of wire, rod, or powder.
A type of welding machine that uses thermite --5 parts iron oxide red powder and 3 parts aluminium powder by weight, ignited at high temperatures--to melt metal, which is poured between two workpieces to form a welded joint.
A cutter that works on making the screw shape in linear line on the round bars, such as pipe or bolt.
A machine used in weaving and knitting that unwinds and unravels thread.
Cart designed to properly store required tools and materials
Material used to create objects with rapid prototyping machines
A type of printing machine that uses a process that starts by depositing a layer of powder object material at the top of a fabrication chamber. To accomplish this, a measured quantity of powder is first dispensed from a similar supply chamber by moving a piston upward incrementally. The roller then distributes and compresses the powder at the top of the fabrication chamber. The multi-channel jetting head subsequently deposits a liquid adhesive in a two dimensional pattern onto the layer of the powder which becomes bonded.
Three-dimensional (3D) printing machine accessories are additional components or tools that enhance the functionality, versatility, and performance of a 3D printer. These accessories are designed to work in conjunction with the 3D printer to improve the printing process, allow for greater customization, and expand the range of materials and objects that can be printed.
Three-dimensional printing resin, commonly known as 3D printing resin or simply resin, is a specialized material used in resin-based 3D printing processes. Unlike traditional filament-based 3D printers, resin printers use a liquid resin that solidifies when exposed to specific wavelengths of light, typically ultraviolet (UV) light.
A machine which is used for Sheet metal is pressed into round pieces, those pieces are formed into cups, and the process goes on as a Tin or can or any product is made.
Tool measuring and inspection systems that provide tool presetting functions prior to the tool being used in a specific machine. A tool presetter may use video cameras, manage tool assemblies for jobs running on machining centers and cells, allow CAD files to be viewed on presetter, or run complex measuring routines.
A type of reamer designed for lining up bolt holes on cell phone towers, wind mills, and transmission towers.
Tracer lathes are machine tools with attachments that are capable of turning parts with various contours. The cutting tool follows a path that duplicates the contour of a template.
Trailing shield is a welding enhancement tool designed for high quality gas coverage during welding of Titanium and other high alloy metals. It provides better gas coverage in the heat effected zone (HAZ) and prevents oxidation, weld defects, re-work and allows faster welding.
Horizontal or vertical milling machines with a CNC moving column and fixed table/bed.
A frame consisting of a horizontal beam fastened to two pairs of spreading legs, used to support planks to form a table, platform, etc.
Trim presses are used after the forging press operations to remove excess metal or flash.
A type of cutter used for opening out the bottom of a previously milled slot to form a T-slot.
Bending machines that use internal mandrels, or filling tubes with particulate materials such as sand, which are often necessary to prevent collapsing of the tubes during the bending. Solid rods and structural shapes are also bent by these techniques.
The TIG process lets one weld thinner material than other processes and it also provides excellent fusion. TIG also produces the best looking weld beads, which are used when cosmetic appearances are important.
Turret lathes are capable of performing multiple cutting operations on the same workpiece, such as turning, boring, drilling, thread cutting, and facing. Several cutting tools are mounted on the main turret, which is rotated for each specific cutting operation. After the part is machined, a tool mounted on a turret, called the square turret, which moves radially into the workpiece, cuts the part off.
A type of vertical milling machine that has a stationary spindle and the table is moved both perpendicular and parallel to the spindle axis to accomplish cutting.
A machine that is used to manufacture rope, power cable, communication cable and the like by twisting the strands together to make a single stronger product.
A type of metal grinding machine in which an abrasive slurry freely flows between the workpiece and a vibrating tool.
Ultrasonic welding machinery joins the contacting surfaces of two pieces by subjecting them to a static normal force and oscillating shearing (tangential) stresses. It can be used with a wide variety of metallic and nonmetallic materials, including dissimilar metals and is extensively used for joining plastics.
A type of milling machine that can be used for either vertical or horizontal milling. The spindle head articulates to allow for either of type of milling.
A type of forging machinery that increases the diameter of the workpiece by compressing its length.
A type of welding equipment that binds two pieces together through direct pressure, high temperature and applied electrical current sufficient to expel surface contaminants --called upset-- from the weld. No external welding material is used.
Punch plate-based separation equipment screen that has been coated with urethane
Separation equipment screen made of woven wire that has been coated with urethane
Equipment used in the manufacture of polyurethane foam-based products.
Separation equipment screen made of urethane wire or rubber wire
Separation equipment screens made of urethane.
A sealing device that fills all interior spaces, and may or may not leave a thin coating on the surface, depending on the wash rinse performance. The main application of vacuum impregnation porosity sealing is in boosting the dielectric strength of transformers, solenoids, lamination stacks or coils, and some high voltage components. It prevents ionization from forming between closely spaced live surfaces and initiating failure.
A boring machine that has the main vertical shaft.
A machining center with a vertical spindle. Vertical machining centers are suitable for performing various machining operations on flat surfaces with deep cavities, such as in mold and die making.
A computer-controlled lathe or turning center with a vertical spindle and several features including multiple turrets that hold a variety of tools and/or multiple spindles.
Machines used to improve the surface finish and remove burrs from large numbers of relatively small workpieces. Specially shaped abrasive pellets or media are placed in a container along with the parts to be deburred and then the container is either vibrated or tumbled.
A type of separator machine that sorts granular material by designated size using a mesh net.
A machine that is connected to the chip pad and the lead frame to link the chip attached on the paddle of the lead frame and the lead frame electrically as the die bonding process in semiconductor assembly process.
A machine for preparing yarns in parallel, under the same tension, and in the right order according to color and end type, for weaving.
A machine that squeezes the fabric and connects the ends of the remaining yarn with the ends of the yarn wrapped in a straight roller one by one.
A washing drum is mainly used for washing material. It also can be used for desliming ,dewatering and washing ore. This has the features of simple structure, convenient maintenance, long-term running, good adaptability and high capacity, etc.
The force of a water jet acts like a saw and cuts a narrow groove into the material.
Machine used to attach components in the manufacture of printed circuit boards
Machinery used in the fabrication and finishing of welded tubular components
A torch that is used when welding with inert gas without reacting with the oxygen in air in the high temperature during the welding work.
Covering that provides protection from sparks, spatter and slag generated by welding or metal-cutting applications
A device designed to prevent excessive humidity absorbtion by the welding electrode.
Welding positioners and manipulators include tube and circumferential welder, turning roll and rotator, weld manipulator, positioner and turntable, longitudinal seamer, robotic positioning station, and head and tail stock type positioners and manipulators.
A type of protective screen, made of a polyvinyl chloride plastic film, used to protect nearby workers from exposure to the UV light from the electric arc.
The transformer, housed in a welding machine, is used to convert the high-voltage input or, primary power, from the wall plug.
Assembly machine used in the fabrication of wire and cable.
Equipment for cutting wire, preparing ends and assembling terminals
A metal processing machine that reduces the diameter of worked material by pulling or drawing it through metal dies with the cross section of product shape.
A type of paper making equipment that dissolves wood pulp or old paper in water to make a slurry that is then processed into paper.
A type of cutter used for cutting the smaller Woodruff keyseats.
A machine that is used to trim a side of lumber in order to create a flat surface on one edge of a board.
A type of grinding machine that grinds the tooth profile of the worm with the twisted tooth of one line or several lines of screw shape.
Separation equipment screen made of woven wire
A machine that combines 2 string, 3 string or more of single yarns in consistent tension.