West Manufacturing News • August 2012

M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 1 No. 8 August 2012 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial MC Machinery New Product Lines Online Publication: www.mfgnewsweb.com IMTS 2012 North Building CGTech and ZOLLER Form Partnership to Simplify Tool Library Creation CGTech, the developer of VERICUT CNC verification and simulation software, and ZOLLER, a presetting and measuring machine manufac-turer, have announced a part-nership to better serve the customer base of the two companies. “The ZOLLER vision sys-tem provides a direct link be-tw een the p res ette r and VERI CUT,” sa id CGTec h President Jon Prun. “Our mu-tual customers benefit from this partnership by having the ability to scan accurate 3D models of tool assemblies which can be easily transferred to VERICUT in a vari-ety of CAD formats.” VERICUT simulates CNC machining to identify errors in the NC programs (such as collisions, over-travel, gouges, 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 cover-ing almost 1.2 million net square feet of exhibit space with more than 1,800 ex-hibiting 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 PM daily; the North and South building hours are 10 AM -6 PM daily. IMTS will host 85,000 -90,000 man-ufacturing industry professionals from Continued on Page 7 See new wire EDM cylindrical drive technology, waterjet series and MC Milling line. See Page 18 for Details ICON Tripod 700S Powerflex IMTS 2012 South Building etc.). Using VERICUT, manufacturers can verify the accuracy of the program before it is loaded on the machine, reducing or eliminating the need for the time-con-suming manual prove-out process and Continued on Page 5 Parlec Awards Hi-Speed Corp. Expanded Sales Territory Parlec has awarded Hi-Speed Cor-poration six additional states in addition to its West Coast sales and service terri-tory. Specifically, Hi-Speed Corporation will now provide Parlec manufacturing technology solutions in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and New Mexico, in addition to Southern California, Washington, Oregon and Arizona. “Parlec solutions are extensive and have contributed to process improve-ments in leading aerospace, automotive and general engineering organizations,” said Jonathan Saada, Hi-Speed Corp. President. With the agency’s recent opening of a Salt Lake City office, Saada sees the expanded Parlec business as adding significant value to existing and potential customers. Continued on Page 5 Mazak Announces Major Expansion of North American Manufacturing Plant Mazak Corporation has announced that it will significantly expand the com-pany’s North American manufacturing plant in Florence, KY. This expansion will allow for increased production and support of new and additional Mazak machine models in Kentucky and in-crease the facility’s potential production capacity to 200 machines per month to meet customer demands. Completion of the expansion is set for the Fall of 2013, and Mazak will host a special com-memoration event at that time. Continued on Page 5 See Page 34 for Details A modular 6-axis machining center Parallel Kinematics Machine with X, Y and Z motions that are performed by three parallel axis. Technology Exceeded Our Expectations Using SWI’s ProtoTRAK CNC resulted with an in-process run time that is 50% faster per part. See Page 48 for Details Applying Technology SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Expands Tooling Materials Inventory to California SCHMOLZ+BICKENBACH USA, Inc. has begun stocking tooling materi-als at its existing warehouse in Brea, CA, to better serve their customers in the Western USA, the company said. The products stocked in Brea in-clude Formadur Plastic Mold Steels, Thermodur Hot Work Die Steels, Cryo-dur Cold Work Tool Steels and Mold-MAX Copper-based alloys produced by Materion Brush Wellman. The Brea Service Center is one of seven locations for SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH Dis-tribution in North America. The improved access to the local Continued on Page 5 Celeritive Technologies SignsAgreement with Spirit AeroSystems Celeritive Technologies, Inc. has announced that it has signed an agree-ment with Spirit AeroSystems, head-quartered in Wichita, KS, for the use of Celeritive’s VoluMill technology. “VoluMill’s patent-pending technol-ogy generates toolpaths that produce a consistent material removal rate. Their smooth, flowing motion establishes and maintains ideal milling conditions in any part shape,” said a company spokesper-son. “Reduced forces on the spindle and Continued on Page 5 Fagor Unveils 8065 CNC IMTS 2012 East Building Control up to 28 axes + four separate spindles with four different execution channels and includes auto-tuning system set-up capability. See Page 58 for Details Jergens New ER Collets Addition of ER collets to Quick-Change Workholding System are designed to hold rods and other round workpieces. IMTS 2012 West Building 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: See Page 80 for Details Advertiser Index Page 57 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. WEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT4245 PAID