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82 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST June/July 2018 New Products NOW STOCKING ON THE WEST COAST Heimatec now offers a cool- ant-through feature on all the com- pany’s current line items. Heimatec reports that coolant-through technol- ogy is often the answer for faster, cleaner cutting on larger and deeper parts, where the chips and excess heat build-up are significant challenges. Heimatec offers high-pressure coolant-through designs up to 1,000 PSI on straight and 2,000 PSI on angle head tools. Company president Preben Han- sen commented, “Production drilling should almost always be done with internal coolant tools and this develop- ment means we will be able to satisfy more customer needs in that area.” A full range of styles and pressures is available. Heimatec literature is offered, fully detailing all products available, both with and without this coolant-through feature. CNC Machines are Now Equipped with iMachine Communications System TM —Chevalier Chevalier Machinery USA, a long- time innovator in the CNC machine tool industry, has launched a product that they report enables users to avoid downtime and a loss of productivity. “Our clients are able to connect to MT-LINKi on Chevalier’s machines via our patented iMachine Commu- nications System TM at any time for performance data, which includes anticipating potential issues and pre- venting stoppages,” says Johnson Lan, vice president of Chevalier Machinery. Efficiency is no longer about a machine’s uptime but how the entire machine line works as a whole. Che- valier’s iMachine Communications System TM reporting enables remote machine monitoring, alarm history,