Winners of the AWFS Visionary Awards announced

Eight exhibitors were recognized for their creativity and innovation with Visionary New Product Awards this morning at the AWFS Fair in Las Vegas.

3M won in the Components category for its Xtract Cubitron II Net Disc 710W, a sanding disc that features a unique abrasive pattern on a netbacking that allows for virtually dust-free sanding.

The Shaper Plate and Hardware Catalog from Shaper Tools won the Hardware category. The Plate offers a wide array of indexing positions for alignment purposes, while the Hardware Catalog provides customers with free access to hundreds of Shaper-vetted digital templates.

Hand Guard, sliding table saw safety technology from the Altendorf Group, won the Machinery Over $50,000 category.

The iGlue, an automatic dovetail gluer for drawer boxes, from NorthtechMachine won the Machinery Under $50,000 category.

Nederman won the Industry 4.0 category for SAVE, which optimizes air filtration performance through intelligent airflow control.

The Blu-Mol Xtreme QuickCore, a hole saw system from the Disston Co., wonthe Power Tools category.

The Transfer Tool from a True Position Tools, a company that manufacturescabinet hardware installation jigs, won the Tooling category.

SurfPrep won the General Category for its redesigned ProFoam abrasive.