Southwest Manufacturing News • August 2012

SW SOUTHWEST Vol. 47 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial IMTS 2012 North Building MC Machinery New Product Lines See new wire EDM cylindrical drive technology, waterjet series and MC Milling line. See Page 12 for Details No. 8 August 2012 Online Publication: www.mfgnewsweb.com Mitutoyo America and Dynamic Technology Open Metrology Showroom was developed by Dynamic Technol-ogy Inc. and Mitu-toyo America as a joint venture to in-troduce Mitutoyo products to cus-tomers and distrib-utors in Texas and adjoining states. The majority of the Mitutoyo prod-ucts purchased by Dynamic Technol-ogy Inc. provide an overview of the com p r e he ns i v e line of measuring (l-r) John Westhaus, Executive Vice President; instruments that Tom Toyota, Special Accounts Manager; Mitutoyo offers. Shigeyuki Sasaki, President, Mitutoyo America Corporation. There is also a full-Mitutoyo America Corporation time Mitutoyo Application Engineer and Dynamic Technology Inc. an-on-site who is available for training nounce the opening of the Irving, TX, and product demonstrations. The new Mitutoyo metrology showroom. The Metrology Showroom is located at: foundational concept of this showroom Continued on Page 10 IMTS Show 2012 One of the Largest Ever The 29th edition of IMTS -The In-ternational Manufacturing Technology Show 2012 -is on track to rank among the top five largest IMTS events covering almost 1.2 million net square feet of ex-hibit space with more than 1,800 exhibit-ing companies. The show will be held at Chicago’s McCormick Place Sept. 10-15. IMTS Show hours vary from build-ing to building. The Lakeside Center (East) and West building hours are 9 AM-5 PMdaily; the North and South building hours are 10 AM-6 PMdaily. Continued on Page 6 IMTS 2012 South Building ICON Tripod 700S Powerflex A modular 6-axis machining center Parallel Kinematics Machine. See Page 40 for Details Mazak Announces Major Expansion of North American Manufacturing Plant Mazak Corporation has announced that it will significantly expand the company’s North American manufac-turing plant in Florence, KY. This ex-pansion will allow for increased pro-duction and support of new and addi-tional Mazak machine models in Ken-tucky and increase the facility’s poten-tial production capacity to 200 ma-chines per month to meet customer de-mands. Completion of the expansion Continued on Page 105 Applying Technology Technology Exceeded Our Expectations Using SWI’s ProtoTRAK CNC resulted with an in-process run time that is 50% faster per part. See Page 72 for Details Factory Outlet Tooling Appointed Blaser Swisslube Dealer Blaser Swisslube has announced that Factory Outlet Tool-ing will be the new exclusive dealer for Blaser products in North Texas. Blaser Swisslube is a Swiss-quality metalwork-ing fluid. Founded in 1936, Blaser pro-ducts were brought to the Villag e of Goshen, NY, in 1986 to be manufactured for the U.S. “The main focus of these products has always been improved tool life and productivity. Each Blaser distribu-tor is subject to a rigorous training course to identify challenges in the field and offer real-world solutions to our end users,” said a Blaser spokesperson. Chris Springer, Presi-d ent of F actory Ou t le t To ol ing , said about the ad-dition of the new product line: “We are very excited to be a Blaser dealer. Blaser Swisslube provides only per-formance prod-ucts. That is exactly what we are looking Continued on Page 104 IMTS 2012 East Building Fagor Unveils 8065 CNC Can control up to 28 axes + four separate spindles with four different execution channels... See Page 86 for Details Hermle Appoints P.D. Browne South as New Dealer Hermle Machine Company of Franklin, WI, announces P.D. Browne South as its exclusive dealer for the south Texas region. Gerald Levesque, President of P.D. Browne South said, “We are proud to add the Hermle five-axis milling ma-chines to our world-class machinery line-up. Hermle shares the same com-mitment to our customers, providing local service, readily available spare parts and factory support. P.D. Browne South was established in 1986, serving Continued on Page 10 IMTS 2012 West Building Jergens New ER Collets Designed to hold rods and other round workpieces. See Page 116 for Details Subscription Changes: To make name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@mfgnewsweb.com • www.mfgnewsweb.com CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. SOUTHWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE Advertiser Index Page 136 PAID