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Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives Announces New Online Safety Resource

Saint-Gobain Abrasives, one of the world’s largest abrasives manufacturers, has announced a new Safety Resource Microsite, offering a wide range of resources to help ensure the safe design, application, and use of Norton abrasives products.

Beginning in 1885 with the research, advocacy, and leadership of the founders of Norton Company, the company’s commitment to safety has continued through the work of its Product Safety Department. Norton | Saint-Gobain Abrasives has over 100 years of service to various safety programs such as ANSI, UAMA and others.

Educational content on the new Online Safety Resource includes Safety Data Sheets, which are accessed by entering the UPC code found on Norton products. Safety guides for Norton’s most popular products such as grinding wheels, portable wheels and coated/nonwoven abrasives are offered. Ten informative safety videos cover a range of applications including using form belts, precision grinding and dressing, guard conversions on right angle grinders, wheel mounting, abrasives use on railroads and in foundries, and grinding wheel safety presented in English, Spanish and French.

A Safety Icon Library shows how to identify different types of safety icons including hazard alert, prohibition, mandatory action and proper machine use. Visitors can browse the latest articles to gain insight from Norton experts on abrasives safety and more. And the latest Norton Safety Poster is also available to order in English, Spanish and French.

Visit the Norton Online Safety Resource at https://www.nortonabrasives.com/en-us/norton-product-safety.

Integro Fever Detection System

Integro Technologies, a globally recognized machine vision integrator, now offers a portable, fever detection solution.

Integro’s solution is an easy, one-stop, no contact solution to detect a person’s temperature to keep team members and visitors safe from the effects of COVID-19.

While this solution cannot treat or diagnose COVID-19, thermal fever scanning is the least invasive method of checking the health of staff and visitors.

Fever detection can be completed at a rate of one person every 3.5 seconds with people walking through the machine from start to end at social distancing standards, or approximately 17 to 20 people per minute or up to 1,200 people per hour.

For more information, contact Tara Van Geons, Integro Technologies, 704-636-9666, tvangeons@integro-tech.com, or see the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcNq4hxOhdw.

HBF1150-II Electric Bucket Conveyor Furnace

HSI has introduced its new HBF1150-II Electric Bucket Conveyor Furnace. The furnace includes outside dimensions of L: 11500 x W: 1950 x H: 2180 mm (L: 453" x W: 77" x H: 86"), a conveyor width of 1270 mm (50”) and a heating area length of 8900 mm (350"). An HMI panel ensures easy operation and remote monitoring, good for automatic processing of heavy springs.

Optional accessories are available for HBF1150-II, including CQI-9 for automotive industry (CQI9) and AMS2750E for aerospace industry (AMSE2). For additional information, please contact Forming Systems, Inc. at info@formingsystemsinc.com or 269-679-3557.

Grieve’s Two-Zone Gas-Heated Belt Conveyor Oven

The No. 791 gas-heated, two-zone belt conveyor oven from Grieve is currently used to stress relieve heavy-duty steel springs. This unit has a maximum operating temperature of 850°F and workspace dimensions of 48" W x 360" L x 15" H.

The conveyor includes a 4' long open belt loading zone, 2' long insulated unheated entrance vestibule, two 15' long insulated heating zones with independent recirculated airflow and temperature controls, 2' long insulated unheated exit vestibule and 31/2' long open unloading zone.

Kwik Mark’s New HF-5 Hose Band Marking Fixture

The Band Marking Fixture from Kwik Mark is made in the U.S. and provides a solution for permanently marking your hose bands five at a time, with alphanumerics, serial numbers, date codes and graphics. Variable data from external files may also be marked.

The product features five rows of clamping with 12 “fingers” on each row that flex and conform to part dimensional variations as well. One toggle lever clamps all five bands and draws them down securely for the dot peen marking operation. Custom configurations and pneumatic powered designs are also available.

The marker display includes a batch counter, cycle timer, current status, production history log and percentage of completion information.

For more information, visit kwikmark.com or call 815-363-8268.

Heat is provided by 1,600,000 BTU/HR installed in two modulating natural gas burners. Two 10,000 CFM, 71/2 HP recirculating blowers provide vertical downward airflow over the workload.

All safety devices required by IRI, FM and NFPA Standard 86 for gas-heated equipment are included on this Grieve oven, which also features a two-pen, 10" diameter circular chart recorder.

Other construction features on No. 791 comprise a 42" wide, 1" x 1/2" flatwire conveyor belt with 1/3 HP motor drive, variable speed from 5.8 to 16.1 inches per minute, 7" insulated walls throughout, a Type 304, 2B finish stainless steel interior and an exhaust hood over each end of the oven, equipped with a 12" dia. tubeaxial fan driven by a 1/2 HP motor.

For more information, contact: Frank Calabrese, The Grieve Corporation at 847-546-8225, visit www.grievecorp.com,

or email: sales@grievecorp.com.

Starrett Introduces Large Format Multi-Sensor Vision System

The L.S. Starrett Company, a global manufacturer of precision hand tools and gages, metrology systems and more, has introduced the new AVX550 Multi-Sensor Vision System, equipped with dual optical systems and touch-probe capability to measure parts with a diverse range of feature sizes and geometries. According to the company, the Large Format AVX550 System can be equipped with two cameras and lenses to be used sequentially in the same program, along with touch probe options, making this system one of the most versatile multi-sensor platforms available today. For accuracy, durability and stability, including under demanding requirements, the AVX550 system features a granite base and bridge design.

The new Starrett AVX550 Multi-Sensor System features dual optical systems that work in tandem to measure a broad range of features. The primary zoom lens enables small intricate features to be inspected with high precision and resolution of up to 2 microns. A secondary large field-of-view camera is equipped with a telecentric lens that can simultaneously inspect large areas of a part, or an entire part itself. A broad range of zoom options also means that measurement configurations can be custom tailored to meet specific application requirements, and eliminates the need to change lenses or recalibrate the system. Throughput is further enhanced with fast platform travel speeds and dual collimated profile lights which are essential to the effectiveness of the dual optical systems.

Equipped with the M3 software package from MetLogix, a traditional mouse as well as a touchscreen monitor makes user interaction easy and intuitive. Auto part recognition enables creating a part measurement program that comprises the desired features of a part for inspection, which can automatically be saved in the system or to a network. The Starrett AVX550 Multi-Sensor System has several options for lens configurations. For more information, visit starrett.com/avx.

New WAFIOS Compression Spring Coilers

WAFIOS has introduced its newest generation of compression spring coilers in its FUL “+” product line. Available in two sizes, the FUL 26+ an FUL 36+ offer higher productivity through higher maximum infeed speeds.

For even higher speed, the company offers the 4-speed option for the machines. The 4-speed option features a water-cooled drive system and an innovative accumulator-based wire supply system, to ensure a tension-free supply to the infeed system that enables maximum feed speeds of up to 600 m/min.

For more information, visit www.wafios.us.