


The furnace makes it possible to reap the benefits of an all-metal furnace while minimizing the overall cost. The additional furnace increases Solar’s capacity for processing sensitive materials such as PH stainless, nickel-based superalloys, titanium, and ferritic / austenitic stainless steels, yet focuses on smaller lots and one-off items. The furnace is a new Mentor model, built by sister company Solar Manufacturing, has a working zone of 12" x 12" x 18", and is the first of its kind. This is Solar’s sixth all-metal hot zone furnace installation, and the fourth for their climate-controlled room. Solar Atmospheres recently installed another all-metal hot zone vacuum furnace at its 1969 Clearview Road facility in Souderton, PA. Solar Atmospheres adds sixth all-metal hot zone furnace

This time-saving benefit gives more users access to the latest product innovations we have to offer.” This partnership provides the Mastercam user base of over 275,000 with direct import of SGS-branded round solid carbide cutting tools, along with tool data to use on their projects and jobs. Mark Stockinger, vice president - sales and marketing, KYOCERA SGS Precision Tools, stated, “We’re excited to team up with Mastercam. The native libraries represent more than 12,000 tools including ferrous and non-ferrous cutting tools ranging from end mills, routers, micro tools, and drills, to reamers and countersinks. These offer the latest KSPT innovations and SGS product introductions, including their latest Z-Carb HPR roughing line and H-Carb end mills for Dynamic Milling. The native Mastercam 3D tool databases are fully compatible with Mastercam 2020 and subsequent releases. With this collaboration, Mastercam users can download both inch and metric SGS round solid carbide cutting tool libraries from the Mastercam Tech Exchange. “As a result, Mastercam users gain fast, seamless access to the latest high-performance SGS round solid carbide cutting tools,” Mylek continued. We’re excited to offer ten specialty series tool libraries of SGS tools in a native Mastercam tool library format for download,” says Stas Mylek, partnership program manager, CNC Software, Inc. “CNC Software is proud to partner with KYOCERA SGS Precision Tools. announced a new partnership with KYOCERA SGS Precision Tools (KSPT) to provide tool libraries to the Mastercam user base. SGS round solid carbide tool libraries available for Mastercam CNC Software Inc.
