OMCG Installs Wire-EDM Machine for Tool Cutting OMCG NA, Bensenville, IL, a supplier of slideforming and CNC wire- and strip-forming machines, has installed an Agie wire-EDM machine for the manufacture of tooling. The unit can cut tool steels to 4 in. thick, and taper tools for compound bending. It also will easily cut the complicated profiles of plate cams to allow the fine-tuning of the multislide-forming process. OMCG machines, manufactured by OMCG Spa of Italy, can handle strip to 4-in. wide and wire to 5/8-in. dia.; www.omcg.com.
Bosch Rexroth to Acquire Fluid-Filter Manufacturer Drives and controls manufacturer Bosch Rexroth announced its intentions to acquire K. and H. Eppensteiner, Ketsch, Germany, a manufacturer of fluid filters for installation in hydraulic and lubrication-oil systems. Adding the products--which purify and recycle hydraulic and lubrication oil—to its resume will allow Rexroth to expand its hydraulic-system, service and retrofitting business.
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