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74 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST April/May 2018 New Products Fully Automatic NC Circu- lar Cold Saw —Kaast Machine Tools, Inc. Kaast Machine Tools, Inc. an- nounces a new fully automatic NC cold saw in the company’s already impres- sive line of circular saws. The HCS boasts a rigid design and sophisticated anti-vibration features. The HCS is extremely fast at up to 500 cuts/hour for 2.75” bars, and 400 cuts/hour for 24” clean-cut lengths. The automatic material diameter sens- ing fast cycle times. The thin-kerf blade design (0.079”) keeps waste at a minimum. The design of the HCS also includes a top vice which keeps the material clamped allowing bundle cutting for increased throughput. The bar loading magazine can hold 13 pieces of 2.75” x 20” bar with the option to upgrade capacity. The electromagnetic brake and gear transmission are designed to decrease noise, vibration, and power consumption. Other standard features for the HCS include a NC Control with 7” touch- screen, trim and remnant sorting, fast bar feed (944”/min), and saw blade feed byAC servomotor and ballscrew. New Compact Brankamp Machine Monitoring Sys- tem —Marposs Marposs Corp. has announced the availability of its newBrankamp CMS- 02 stand-alone system for collision monitoring and crash damage mitiga- tion in machine tools. The system em- ploys a ceramic strain sensor to detect irregularities in the production process