Southwest Manufacturing News • April 2012

SW SOUTHWEST Vol. 47 No. 4 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial Hardinge Gang Tool Turning Centers Designed for Medical Parts April 2012 Online Publication: www.mfgnewsweb.com Medical Manufacturing Sikorsky Aerospace Services Opens Bi-Directional Whirl Tower for Rotor Blade Balancing AMT & AMTDA Announce Merger AMT (The Association For Manu-facturing Technology) and AMTDA (The American Machine Tool Distribu-tors’ Association) announced the merger of the two associations that will integrate their products and services to better serve the members of both asso-ciations. The announcement was made at The MFG Meeting (Manufacturing for Growth) held in Orlando, FL, which is a gathering of hundreds of manufac-turing leaders. The new AMT will be headquar-tered in McLean, VA. All current Continued on Page 8 Available in two spindle sizes (27 or 42 mm) and capable of holding tight tolerances... See Page 12 for Details Drilling/Tapping/ Threading Linear adjusting drills were incorporated for varied hole spacing options on a large part. See Page 30 for Details AutoDrill System Increases Production “Composite Technology Inc. (CTI), a Sikorsky Aerospace Services company based at DFW International Airport, has opened one of the world’s most power-ful structures to dynamically balance Continued on Page 69 C4 Inc. to Extend Mitsubishi Representation to Texas MC Machinery Systems, Inc. has announced that Oklahoma distributor C4 Incorporated extends representa-tion of Mitsubishi Laser, Waterjet and MC Press Brake to Texas. New Sales Manager Bryon Machado will manage the new territory, adding a new level of expertise and MC Machinery support in this region. Machado, a graduate of Oklahoma State, spent seven years with KMT Wa-terjet prior to joining C4. During his Continued on Page 69 Command Tooling Reduces Cost and Improves Quality Manufacturing in USA Implementing multi-tasking machines and automation solutions.... Applying Technology Yama Seiki Introduces Goodway SW Series Swiss-type Turning Centers “Yama Seiki introduces its new maximum per-formance Goodway Swiss-type turning centers with leading technology and high quality components,” said a Yama Seiki spokes-person. “The Goodway Swiss-type turning center SW machines provide the best solution for work-pieces with diameters smaller than 32 mm.” Ma-chines in the SW series in-clude the SW-20 (20 mm max. machining diameter), the SW-32 (32 mm max. machining di-ameter) and the SW-42 (42 mm max. ma-chining diameter). Additionally, the SW series machines are available with a See Page 56 for Details Machinery: Metalforming/ Fabricating/Waterjet Robotics Industry Record-Breaking Year North American robotics compa-nies sold more robots in 2011 than ever before, according to new statistics from Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the industry’s trade group. A total of 19,337 robots valued at $1.17 billion were sold to companies in North America, beating the previous record of 18,228 robots sold in 2005. When sales by North American robot suppliers to companies outside North America are included, the totals are 22,126 robots valued at $1.35 billion. Compared to 2010, North American Continued on Page 70 sub-spindle, live tooling and a barfeeder. “The SW series offers flexible oper-ations such as turning, milling and Continued on Page 10 Precision engineered, computer-controlled abrasive waterjet systems.... See Page 72 for Details OMAX Waterjets for Many Applications Madaula Large Angle Heads See Page 94 for Details Replacement Parts & Accessories To make name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@mfgnewsweb.com • www.mfgnewsweb.com Subscription Changes: Angle heads to perform heavy milling operations.... Advertiser Index Page 81 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. SOUTHWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 PAID