The Nanotech 100UPG brings a new generation of accuracy, productivity, and simplicity in ultra-precision aspheric grinding. The system is available in either a XZ or XZB configuration. Although its primary application is the grinding of Tungsten Carbide and Silicon Carbide aspheric optical mold inserts used in glass press molding or the grinding of glass lenses directly, it also provides a 250mm diameter capacity for diamond turning applications.

Nanotech has continued its history of setting new industry standards in the ultra-precision machining systems field with their latest innovation. The Nanotech 100UPG is the most technically advanced aspheric grinder available, with a great emphasis having been placed on making operation of this system easy and intuitive. Whether the application is Tungsten Carbide / Silicon Carbide precision optical mold inserts or aspheric glass lenses, this total flood coolant containment design has been engineered to add value to the process in terms of both efficiency and performance. Available in either XZ or XZB configurations, the machine offers a 100mm diameter swing capacity for optical grinding. It can also serve as an ultra-precision diamond turning system with a 250mm diameter capacity.

The 100UPG has been developed with many new precision engineered components and features. These include high stiffness thermally controlled hydrostatic oil bearing slide ways, a compact utilities cabinet with integrated hydraulic and pneumatic systems, on-machine CNC controlled wheel dressing and metrology measurement, and a new control system. The main work spindle consists of an exclusive 10,000 rpm heavy-duty groove compensated air bearing design while the air bearing grinding spindle has a speed range of 5,000-45,000 rpm with less than 50 nanometers of radial and axial runout throughout its entire range. Both spindles benefit from total liquid cooling for long term thermal stability. Due to the high overall loop stiffness and exceptional quality and technical performance of all major components used on the Nanotech 100UPG, this equipment has been optimized to provide superb grinding performance. The optional Heavy Duty Oil Hydrostatic B-axis allows simple expansion of the basic two axis system to 3 axes of continuous path motion. The machine’s enclosure has been engineered for total flood containment with a smooth gliding curved door enabling easy and complete access to the work area for production loading/unloading and quick machine cleanup. Either temperature controlled or non-temperature controlled flood coolant delivery systems are available.

This system also features Nanotech’s New PowerNC™ Windows 7 based HMI Controller with superior processing speed over previous control systems in the ultra-precision industry. This combined with the industry’s first touch / swipe gesture interactive 22” wide screen display brings a simplicity and functionality unlike anything else while assuring high productivity and reliability.

Moore Nanotechnology Systems, LLC is a global supplier of ultra-precision machining systems for single point diamond turning, micro-milling, micro-grinding, and glass press molding. With machine installations in 28 different countries, Nanotech’s 2 - 5 axes symmetric and freeform optical machining systems offer the flexibility and reliability to cover R&D or production needs in a broad range of current and emerging markets. All systems achieve nanometer level surface finishes directly off the machine, most often eliminating the need for secondary post-polishing operations, while at the same time maintain sub-micron form accuracies. There are ultra-precision systems and then there are Nanotech ultra-precision machining solutions.


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Tungsten price is set for a period of stability over the next few years as the trend of falling Chinese exports is offset by expansions elsewhere and increased secondary supply, David Merriman, senior analyst at industry consultancy Roskill, said.

"We see the current price level as what it will be over the long-term," he said at Roskill's Minor Metals Seminar on Tuesday.

Ammonium paratungstate (APT) prices are currently quoted around $390/410 per kilo following a min-bounce this year from depressed late-2012 levels but they remain below the 2011 peak of $460.

"Restocking pulled prices up in early 2013. That has slowed and prices are expected to stabilise," Merriman said.

China will remain the key influence in the market on the supply side - the country accounted for 82 percent of global mine output in 2012, producing some 67,500 tonnes of tungsten (in terms of metal content). Production growth generally runs at around four percent per year, he noted.

But less of this increased supply is directed towards the export market amid quota restrictions. From the 2005 level of 18,200 tonnes, the quota has been cut to a current 15,400 tonnes. For raw material APT, exports are down 24 percent since 2011 but tungsten carbide shipments have fallen just 3.5 percent.

"This represents a move by China to reduce exports of intermediate material in favour of value-added products. Exports are likely to continue to decline as more material is consumed domestically," Merriman said.

China’s government regulates its tungsten industry by limiting the number of exploration, mining and export licenses it grants, limiting or forbidding foreign investment, imposing constraints on mining and processing and establishing quotas on production and exports.

Despite this, additional availability is expected from Russia, Spain and Portugal, as well as from the growing recycling sector.

"Secondary output is expected to increase by eight percent to 2018, mostly from Asia and Europe, and will account for 28 percent of production then," Merriman said.


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Trent West, owner of nine patents related to the concept and manufacture of Tungsten Carbide rings in the United States, has come to a settlement agreement with DAXX.

As part of the settlement agreement, DAXX, aka Silver Bin, (Draper, UT) has agreed to no longer sell Tungsten Carbide rings to its customer base and will pay West an undisclosed amount for damages.

West also has four cases pending against internet sellers for allegedly distributing and/or selling Tungsten Carbide rings throughout the United States over the Internet without a license.  The defendants identified in this claim are:

Ultimate Metals Co., aka Metal Masters Co. ("Ultimate Metals") of Los Angeles, CA
Zenga Inc. ("Zenga Inc.") dba King Ice, of El Monte, CA
Bonndorf ("Bonndorf') of Los Angeles, CA
Peora ("Peora") of Los Angeles, CA

Trend West is seeking permanent injunction against all defendants from further infringement and is also seeking monetary damages due to the infringement.

"We are extremely pleased with the settlement. This settlement is another major development in recognizing the validity of Trent West's patents and his ability to enforce his rights to protect his patent rights," states West's attorney, Edward King of King & Kelleher, LLP.  "This sends a clear message to violators who infringe on the nine patents covering all Tungsten Carbide rings in the U. S. market."

Trend West continues to enforce his patents and exercise his rights against manufacturers and retailers infringing on those patents.

Representing nearly one third or 32 percent of the men's wedding band market, Tungsten Carbide has become one of the most popular contemporary metals used in wedding bands. As one of the hardest materials used in the manufacture of rings, behind a diamond on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, Tungsten Carbide is also the most scratch-resistant metal on the jewelry ring market.


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Mark Saxon, President & CEO, is pleased to announce the execution of an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in a portfolio of tungsten projects in the Bergslagen mining district of south-central Sweden. This new tungsten portfolio includes several of the largest known tungsten occurrences in Scandinavia, including the former Yxsjoberg mine which accounts for more than 90% of the tungsten previously produced in Sweden. The projects lie 200 - 300km north of company's flagship Norra Karr heavy rare earth element project and were purchased outright for a total consideration of 100,000 fully paid common shares in Tasman Metals Ltd and C$45,000.

Tasman has acquired 6 tungsten projects (Yxsjoberg, Gussarvet, Wigstrom, Sandudden, Gustavsberg and Gensgruvan) which are secured by 7 exploration claims totaling 3,680.4 hectares in size. All projects have extensive historic information including drilling, production and metallurgical data, and are supported by excellent road, rail and power infrastructure.
"Acquisition of this tungsten portfolio, including a former tungsten producing mine, has provided an excellent opportunity for Tasman to expand its position as a potential strategic metal supplier for Europe" said Mark Saxon, Tasman's President and CEO. "While we maintain focus on our globally significant Norra Karr heavy REE project, tungsten is an essential industrial metal that faces the same resource security challenges to REE's, with a Chinese supply monopoly and strongly growing demand. Tasman shall continue to seek additional aligned opportunities during this challenging market for junior resource companies."
Based on its economic importance and high risk of supply disruption, tungsten has been named a "critical" metal in recent British Geological Survey (BGS) and European Commission (EC) publications. Tungsten is an essential industrial element with hundreds of end-use applications. It has the highest melting point (3,410°C) and highest tensile strength (19.3 gms/cc) of all pure metals and is therefore highly sought after for drilling and cutting equipment (termed hardmetals), specialty steels and aerospace applications.

Today, greater than 80% of tungsten is sourced from Chinese mines, therefore, presenting similar resource security challenges to rare earth elements. Since 2008, Chinese domestic demand has exceeded its own supply, resulting in a near doubling of price for tungsten concentrate over this period, and a gradual increase in total traded volume. Tungsten demand growth has consistently outperformed GDP growth.

Tungsten (the chemical symbol for which is W) holds a strong historic connection with Sweden. The name tungsten is derived from the Swedish for heavy (tung) stone (sten) relating to the high density of the metal. In 1781, mineral samples now known to be scheelite from the Bispberg mine (located 60km NE of Yxsjoberg) were analyzed by renowned Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. Scheele demonstrated that the mineral contained calcium and a material he named tungstic acid.


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Engineering productive and profitable tungsten carbide turning operations for common but demanding steel materials, such as the ISO P25 material classification, is a challenge. Steel workpiece materials in this category are found in a range of applications—from automotive parts to heavy-duty fasteners to aerospace components. Many of these parts are made in high volumes.

Sandvik Coromant, has been focusing on promising developments in tungsten carbide turning insert technology specifically targeted to P25 turning applications. The result of these development efforts—a new grade of tungsten carbide turning inserts for P25 steels—is already in the hands of selected U.S. manufacturers as part of the company’s final field testing and evaluation procedures. The new grade is designated GC4325.

One of these manufacturers, GKN Walterscheid in Woodridge, Illinois, reports a significant gain in productivity with this tungsten carbide insert grade. In one test, these inserts outlasted previous insert choices by 50 percent. (Sandvik Coromant indicates that these results are typical for the entire test group, which includes numerous shops in the United States and Europe.)


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Swastik Tungsten Pvt Ltd has recently increased its manufacturing capacity for tungsten metal powder at its facility in Shrirampur, Maharashtra, India, some 130 km from Mumbai. The company states that it has installed a modern state of the art tungsten metal powder manufacturing unit at the site, with a monthly capacity of 22 mt.

Swastik Tungsten was established in 2000 and supplies tungsten metal powder and other non-ferrous metal powders to the domestic and international markets.
“We have a team of advanced professionals who are committed towards bringing innovation in terms of the features of the products. Our professionals adopt a committed approach towards excellence,” states the company.  

“We are equipped with advanced testing equipment to ensure that the products are properly checked for specific qualities. We have our own laboratory to test the products and ensure that the clients get the best.”

Swastik Tungsten's Managing Director, Ajit Arbatti, also announced plans to set up a sintered carbide MIM plant to further diversify the company's activities.


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Plymouth Minerals (ASX: PLH) will look to leverage expected supply shortages in tungsten by acquiring a brown fields tungsten project in Spain which could see exploration commence in Q4, 2013.

This should provide momentum for lightly capped Plymouth of under $3 million.

Under the deal, it will acquire the Morille tungsten-tin Project for cash and share based payments of €300,000 or A$420,000 over 12 months to earn 80% interest in the project.

Now tungsten project had previously produced tungsten and it was high quality tungsten concentrate evidently, until its closure in 1985 due a decline in the tungsten price.

Big A’s Place, the online leader in sandblasting parts, now has Trigger Operated Sand Blaster Guns in stock. The new guns at Big A’s Place are all available with Tungsten Carbide Nozzles, Boron Nozzles and Ceramic Nozzles.

At Big A’s Place, customers can also purchase sand blasters, sandblasting helmets and sandblasting cabinet gloves. At Sandblaster-Parts.com, clamps for sandblast gloves, sandblast hose couplers and sandblaster nozzle holders and air valves are also on sale. Sandblasting cabinet parts and sandblaster reclaimers and accessories as well as vacuum heads are also available. Sandblaster filter cartridges and dust bags and sandblaster cabinet glass and Sandblaster moisture traps and moisture separators are also available at Sandblaster-parts.com.

Pressure gauge needles, blast tungsten carbide nozzle(or other nozzles) and orifice gauges and even leather, double-palmed sandblasting gloves, for only $12.25, can be found at Big A’s Place / Sand Blaster Parts. At Sandblaster-Parts.com, customers can also find competitive prices that give Big A’s Place / Sand Blaster Parts an edge over the competition. CLIP safety clips are also available at Big A’s Place / Sand Blaster Parts.

Customers can find detailed product information at Big A’s Place. There is even an explanatory chart detailing how to size sandblasting gloves as well as a sandblasting chart to explain how to size a pressure nozzle. Nova Sandblasting Helmets are also sold at Big A’s Place / sandblaster-parts.com. Big A’s Place can accommodate customers in any part of the United States as well as Canadian customers. Customer service representatives are also available by phone or email in order to answer every customer’s question. Whatever the need, Big A’s Place can deliver.


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Avrupa Minerals (CVE:AVU) says it has started phase 2 diamond drilling program at its Covas tungsten joint venture in northwest Portugal, which is operated by the Canadian company and fully funded by partner Blackheath Resources (CVE:BHR).

The new diamon drilling program, which will include up to 2,000 metres of drilling at up to 19 separate locations, will aim to expand known deposits and mineralization around the Covas property.

This latest round of drilling follows the previous phase 1, which the partners completed earlier this year.

"We are excited about the start-up of Phase 2 drilling at Covas. After good success in the Phase 1 diamon drilling program, we have developed a number of new targets designed to enlarge and upgrade the known tungsten mineralization in our key areas, as well as several other new areas," said Avrupa president and CEO, Paul W. Kuhn, in a statement released Thursday.

"We are eager to continue to expand the historic resources at Covas and move towards the next phase in the exploration and development of the project."

Specifically, the phase 2 program will focus on step-out expansion targets in several of the known tungsten-bearing skarn zones that were found in the previous round, the company said. It will start with the Lapa Grande area, following on results from phase 1 which included an intercept of 2.89% tungsten over 5.10 metres. The Telheira deposit will also be drilled after results of 2.11% tungsten over 7.98 metres.              

Covas is a past-producing tungsten mine, and remaining historic resources on the property have been estimated at 922,900 metric tonnes of 0.78% tungsten by Union Carbide in 1980, based on work including 327 drill holes on the property. Avrupa says mineralization is open to expansion.

The price of tungsten has increased significantly in recent years and is currently approximately $41 per kilogram of contained tungsten trioxide, according to the Canadian junior explorer's statement.  

Avrupa, which has properties in Portugal, Kosovo and Germany, holds a total of 16 exploration licenses in these European countries, including 10 in Portugal. It operates three joint ventures in Portugal, including the Covas partnership with Blackheath and the Alvalade joint venture with Antofagasta Minerals in the southern part of the country.        

Earlier this year, it signed a third deal to option out its Arga tungsten-gold project to tungsten explorer Blackheath, giving Blackheath the option to acquire up to an 85 per cent interest in the property over several years.


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Allegheny's tungsten material business, ATI Tungsten Materials, makes tungsten powder, tungsten heavy alloys, tungsten carbide materials and carbide-cutting tools.

"It is a very core strategic deal for (Kennametal) that enhances its tungsten recycling capability," Longbow Research analyst Eli Lustgarten told Reuters.

Kennametal said the acquired business, which recovers tungsten from scrap, would boost raw material sourcing and accelerate plans to develop an advanced tungsten carbide recycling facility in the United States.

"We expect this acquisition to reduce our raw material costs while securing our supply of tungsten," Chief Financial Officer Frank Simpkins said on a conference call with analysts.

Kennametal's metal-cutting tools, tooling supplies and other products are used for making products such as airframes, and in mining operations and oil wells.

The deal with Allegheny also aligns with Kennametal's acquisition of Comercializadora Emura S.R.L. that closed in August, the company said.

La Paz, Bolivia-based Emura processes and sells tungsten ore material.

Kennametal's shares were up 1.2 percent at $46.54 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange, while those of Allegheny Technologies were up nearly 9 percent at $31.12.

Allegheny said the sale would help it concentrate on its high-performance metals and flat-rolled products businesses.

Kennametal said the acquisition would also strengthen its tooling business in the areas of metal cutting and metal finishing technologies, adding brands such as Stellram Products and Garryson Products.

The company said it expects the acquisition to reduce planned capital expenditure by about $30 million-$35 million.

Kennametal said it plans to fund the acquisition through a combination of cash and credit. The deal is expected to be neutral to earnings for fiscal 2014 ending June.

"The acquisition will be accretive to earnings per share within a year," Chief Executive Carlos Cardoso said on the call.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC advised Kennametal. Goldman, Sachs & Co was the financial adviser to Allegheny, while K&L Gates LLP was the legal counsel.

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