Northeast Manufacturing News • May 2012

NORTHEAST Vol. 8 No. 5 Serving Since 2005 Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont & West Virginia M ANUFACTURING N EWS May 2012 Feature Editorial Dapra Corporation Offers New RHINO-FEED Mid-Feed Cutters and Inserts Dapra’s Mid-Feed line is optimized for cuts of 1” to 3” diameter and a .045” maximum depth. See Page 16 for Details Complete Online Digital Editions go to www.mfgnewsweb.com Cutting Tools & Accessories New Hyundai WIA LM1600/1800TT Multitasking Turning Center Methods Metal Storm June 13-14 Methods Machine Tools, Inc. has announced it is hosting an open house event called Metal Storm 2012. The event will take place June 13-14, 2012, at the company’s headquarters and northeast regional technology center at 71 Union Avenue in Sudbury, MA. Metal Storm 2012 will feature over 50 machines under power. Attendees will see live demonstrations on ma-chines such as Matsuura 5-axis preci-sion vertical and horizontal machining centers, Nakamura multitasking turn-ing centers, KIWA-Japan horizontal and vertical machining centers, FEELER Continued on Page 12 New Die Mold Vertical Machining Center VB53 from OKK The VB53 is standard with 20,000 RPM spindle with big plus double contact, 41.34” X-axis travel, 20.87” Y-axis travel and 20.08” Z-axis travel. See Page 34 for Details Moldmaking Hyundai WIA has announced an all-new series of twin spindle multitask-ing CNC turning centers, the LM1600/ 1800TT. With upper and lower turrets and available Y-and C-axes, processing of complex parts in volume production runs, the new series is really four ma-chines in one -two lathes and two mills. These new turning centers feature high power built-in spindle motors and upper and lower turrets for high pro-ductivity. Precise synchronized facing twin spindles reduce idle time and BMT-type turrets guarantee accuracy and power, the company said. “The challenge today is for shops of all sizes to machine as many part fea-tures as possible in a single setup on a Continued on Page 11 DMG / Mori Seiki Innovation Days May 8-10 DMG / Mori Seiki USA has an-nounced the annual Innovation Days 2012 event will take place at the com-pany’s headquarters and Chicago So-lution Center on May 8-10, 2012, where progressive machine technology will combine with the latest tooling, au-tomation, software, training and appli-cation strategies. Manufacturers will have the opportunity to experience everything needed to stay at the fore-front of manufacturing, all in one place. This once-yearly event gives machine Continued on Page 8 State-of-the-Art Automation Reduces Set-Up Time from Four Hours to 15 Minutes A flexible assembly of grippers, swivel units and linear axes from SCHUNK feed the cold forming press with blanks and removes finished machined components. See Page 40 for Details Applying Technology Mazak Optonics and FISHER/UNITECH A.W. Miller Join Forces Grand Opening In an effort to move business for-ward and further meet the laser cut-ting needs of manufacturers along the Eastern Seaboard, Mazak Optonics re-cently named A.W. Miller its new dis-tribution partner for upstate New York, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylva-nia, West Virginia and Eastern Canada. Headquartered in East Aurora, NY, with fully equipped regional technical centers in the United States and Canada, A.W. Miller is an engineering-based distributor. This approach enables the company to successfully sell Mazak Optonics 2D and 3D laser machines and solutions, as well as fully engage Mazak customers on emerging tech-nology and solution ideas for boosting Continued on Page 6 FISHER/UNITECH has announced the grand opening of its new office space in West Warwick, RI. The new lo-cation is larger than the company’s North Kingstown office space and will accommodate more students for train-ing events. “Our new location and expanded training opportunities will positively impact our customers in Rhode Island who attend training here,” said Tim Sheehan, Northeast Regional Sales Manager at FISHER/UNITECH. “Cus-tomer satisfaction truly starts with a great training program and we feel confident the new facility will provide our customers with a perfect environ-ment for learning.” Continued on Page 33 Tech Molded Plastics’ Expanded Facility Up and Running In February 2011, Tech announced plans to acquire an adjoining facility to meet strategic planning goals even though the economy was still in tur-moil. Since then, the ISO 9001:2008 in-jection molded plastic company made major investments in facility up-grades, plasticizing technology, computerized monitoring of plastics processes and advanced RJG training certification in plastics processing, the company said. Tech’s total footprint has almost doubled to over 92,000 sq. ft. “This Continued on Page 33 2,000-Degrees F Gas-Heated Box Furnace from Grieve Corporation No. 871 is an electrically heated 2,000-degrees F gas-heated box furnace currently used for heat treating and high-temperature testing. Heat Treating See Page 54 for Details KOMA Precision Introduces Industrial Distributor Catalog This catalog is a complete guide for profesionals in the machine tool industry looking to enhance their productivity. 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