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Compound Tooling Sets,
Thread Form Tools, More
Dayton Progress Corp. Booth 1405
Dayton Progress, Dayton, OH, intro- duces a variety of products, including Day- Set compound tooling sets, Cumsa in-die
marking tools, JIS die springs, thread-form tools, DayStrip steel stripper units and Day- Lube nano- ceramic lubri- cating grease. Use DaySet tools to produce
high-quality, cost-effective washers in a single-step operation, eliminating the need for progressive dies. The thread-form punch and die-button units offer a single-step method for punching and forming threads, forming a complete self-locking fasten- ing system that holds the screws tightly. www.daytonprogress.com
Software for 3D Die Design,
Quoting and Flat Blanks
Accurate Die Design, Inc. Booth 1508
Accurate Die Design, New Berlin, WI, provides Logo- press3 3D die- design software (Solid- Works Gold Cer- tified) as well as stand-alone Forming Technologies Inc. forming-simulation, flat-blank predic- tion and quoting software. Logopress3 features automatic 2D drawing creation, tool animation and dynamic interference detection, and includes a vast intelligent component library of catalog components in both inch and metric sizes. The firm also produces a fast, economical finite- element-analysis software package called
Logopress3 Blank, which requires no formal training. In addition to the blank, it analyzes stress, strain and thinning. www.accuratediedesign.com
Grinder Boasts Flexible
Driveshaft
CS Unitec Booth 7507
CS Unitec, Nor-
walk, CT, intro-
duces its
flexible-dri-
veshaft grinder, finishing
work on awkward pieces and in hard-to- reach areas. The flexible, easy-to-position shaft converts any industrial angle grinder with a 5⁄8 x 11 spindle into a lightweight, hand-held grinding/polishing tool. It’s ideal for use with the firm’s Multi-Max multi- purpose grinding/polishing machine and the Varilex angle grinder. Accommodates 1⁄8- and 1⁄4-in.-shaft abrasives and polishing rings up to 6-in. dia. (with mandrel). www.csunitec.com
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