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CNC WEST October/November 2018 www.CNC-West.com 75 The demonstrations were per- formed on a Toshiba TVL 700 robot and a Lyndex-Nikken five-axis rotary table. Numerous operations were pro- grammed to highlight dramatic im- provements in time savings, machine uptime, unmanned applications and ergonomics in cases where operators are managing one or more machining centers. Brother USA Native Proto- col Added to FactoryWiz Monitoring —Refresh Your Memory Refresh Your Memory, Inc. devel- oper of FactoryWiz Monitoring and DNC announced the latest addition to its Native FactoryWiz Monitoring protocol suite. The Brother USACNC protocol for Brother B00 and C00 machines has been released to industry and employed in practical applications. FactoryWiz™ Monitoring is MT- Connect compliant but also supports the most direct native protocol con- nections in the monitoring space. Included native protocols such as Fanuc FOCAS, OPC/UA, Kitamura, Siemens, Mazak, Okuma, Haas, Fagor, Heidenhain, are standard with Facto- ryWiz Monitoring. There is no need for additional hardware/middleware for most modern Ethernet equipped machines. In addition to having the most NATIVE direct connections, Facto- ryWiz™ Monitoring and DNC also New Products supports legacy RS-232 machines us- ing readily available non-proprietary hardware for DNC and monitoring data collection. New 4TEX Drill Engi- neered for Toughest Jobs —Allied Machine Allied Machine & Engineering an- nounces the new 4TEX drill, ideal for making shallow 2xD, 3xD, and 4xD holes in the .472” – 1.850” range. The drill is also a great choice for making interrupted cuts, or drilling on an incline or angled surface. The new design means certain operations can be performed without having to first mill the surface. Allied reports the 4TEX drill’s single effective cutting edge provides higher penetration rates than standard twist drills for light duty machines. The center coolant outlet was eliminated to increase the drill’s core strength in this design, resulting in improved hole size and straightness. Instead, twisted coolant outlets were added to improve hole straightness and penetration rates by enhancing coolant flow and superior chip evacuation. Insert geometries for standard