Midwest Manufacturing News • September 2012

MW MIDWEST Vol. 6 No. 9 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 2007 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin Feature Editorial Quick Jaw Change Chucks Designed for efficiency and accuracy... See Page 16 for Details Workholding September 2012 Complete Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Bettinardi Golf/X-Cel Technologies Installs First Scotchman U.S.-Manufactured Mori Seiki NHX Machine Open House Will Celebrate 45 Years Scotchman Industries, Inc. of Philip, SD, is celebrating 45 years of manufacturing the Scotchman hy-draulic ironworker with an open house. It will be held Tuesday, Septem-ber 18th, 2012, from 9 AM to 3 PM (MDT). Attendees will have the oppor-tunity to tour the 120,000 sq. ft. factory and view live machine demonstrations. In 1967, Arthur A. Kroetch, founder of Scotchman Industries, saw an oppor-tunity in the form of a newly designed hydraulic ironworker. With financial as-sistance from the Small Business Ad-ministration, Art purchased the U.S. Continued on Page 8 (l-r) Mark Mohr, President, DMG / Mori Seiki USA, recognizes Robert Bettinardi, Bettinardi Golf, at the installation of the first American-made NHX Series machine. Energy Manufacturing Designed to shorten machining time.... See Page 26 for Details Ring Groove Cutters Bettinardi Golf / X-Cel Technolo-gies has announced the installation of a Mori Seiki NHX4000, the very first manufactured at Mori Seiki Manufac-turing in Davis, CA. “Bettinardi Golf / X-Cel Technolo-gies sets the standard of milling with their dedication to precision, perform-ance and excellence,” said a company spokesperson. “With the arrival of the Mori Seiki NHX4000 they will set the Continued on Page 5 HELLER Announces Technology Days Open House Sept. 26-27 Heller Machine Tools will open its doors September 26-27, 2-7 PM each day, to showcase its new machining centers and flexible systems for heavy-duty flexible production. Twenty-five supplier and complementary technol-ogy firms will also participate with dis-plays including tooling and automation. At its bi-annual Technology Days exposition, the company will demon-strate on its assembly floor: • The new, patented cylinder bore coat-ing (CBC) process, which imparts a high-durability coating to aluminum Continued on Page 8 Welding Data Monitoring Applying Technology Provides the power of information.... See Page 56 for Details Compact Lathe Features Live Tooling and Box Way Rigidity to be Displayed at IMTS 2012 The new Sam-sung SL-20MC is a compact lathe fea-turing box ways and live tooling. A g earles s m ain spi n dl e coupled with a 3-poi nts ball screw support-ing design and AC servo motors are designed for m inim al ma -chine vibration, backlash, and thermal deformation for improved machining accuracy. The SL-20MC has an 8” chuck and a spindle speed of 4,000 RPM. IMTS 2012 Product Preview Four new turning centers... See Page 70 for Details Hardinge CNC Turning Centers Southwestern Industries to Host Open House According to the company, the high-speed turret and fast rapid tra-verse minimize downtime while the Continued on Page 5 S ou thw es tern Ind u s tries , a provider of CNC technology for small lot machining, will showcase its TRAK LPM machining center on October 3rd and 4th at its new showroom in Rancho Dominguez, CA. “The TRAK LPM is the only ma-chining center that combines the ma-chine, control, fixturing and setup into one complete system and reduces setup labor and changeover time from hours to minutes,” said a company Continued on Page 5 Nikon Metrology Quality Control & Measurement Supports Renishawʼs REVO probe... See Page 80 for Details 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: Offers intelligent welding with new controller.... See Page 98 for Details FANUC Robotics Welding Advertiser Index Page 66 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. MIDWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 PAID