West Manufacturing News • November 2012

M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 1 No. 11 November 2012 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial Cutting Tools Thread Whirling Long threads on Swiss type machines... See Page 12 for Details Online Publication: www.mfgnewsweb.com Mitsubishi Introduces New Fiber Laser Technology at FABTECH Verisurf Software, Inc. and Inspec-tionXpert Corporation announced they are partnering to provide integrated In-spectionXpert and Verisurf functional-ity designed to accelerate the process of completing first article inspections. The new partnership is intended to provide quality inspectors with an integrated solution to streamline their inspection process that combines the value of both 3D model based and 2D drawing based inspection information. “InspectionXpert’s automated bal-looning and inspection reporting, com-bined with the powerful inspection Continued on Page 9 Mitsubishi is introducing a new fiber laser line at FABTECH in booth C-3040. The new 3015 NX-F Fiber Laser comes standard with a fiber laser oscil-lator, a Z-axis linear drive, head preset auto-focus processing, a 64-bit NC with 15” touch screen NC-panel and more. The stroke on the new NX-F is 125.9” (3,198 mm) by 62.9” (1,598 mm) by 4.7” (119 mm), with positioning accuracy of 0.0019/20” (0.05/500 mm). The rapid traverse rate on the single axis ma-chines is 4,724” (120 m) per minute, or 6,680” (170 m) per minute on simulta-neous machines. The company is also offering the Continued on Page 6 InspectionXpert and Verisurf Announce Partnership Finishing/ Grinding/Abrasives Abrasive Disc Brushes Ceramic and silicon carbide filament reinforced.... See Page 20 for Details Applying Technology MTConnect Institute [MC] 2 2013 Conference Announced Machine Rebuild Aero Race Wheels accelerates production... See Page 36 for Details Gov. Hickenlooper Announces Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance Gov. John Hickenlooper joined leaders from Colorado’s manufactur-ing industry to announce the launch of the Colorado Advanced Manufactur-ing Alliance (CAMA). The alliance is comprised of members of the manu-facturing industry, as well as leaders in government and education, who will work to enhance the global competi-tiveness of advanced manufacturing in Colorado and create jobs across the state. “The Colorado Advanced Manu-facturing Alliance is a perfect example of the collaboration needed to create new jobs and more capital investment in our state,” said Gov. John Hicken-looper. “Advanced manufacturing is uniquely positioned to lead our state’s recovery because it cuts across many of Colorado’s key industries. The alliance will help address the business needs of Colorado’s manufacturers today and pave the way for the innovators and manufacturers of the future.” The idea for CAMA grew out of the state’s Bottom-Up economic devel-opment initiative, which gathered input from over 5,000 people to help create the Colorado Blueprint. Key in-dustry and regional development pro-grams grew out of this process, calling for collaborative asset-based economic development efforts to advance the key industries in every region. As part of Continued on Page 6 The MTConnect Institute formally announced [MC] 2 2013 MTConnect: Connecting Manufacturing Conference that will be held in Cincinnati, OH, at the Hyatt Regency on April 10-11, 2013. According to a spokesperson, MTCon-nect is the communications and inter-connectivity standard that is allowing manufacturing shops and plants to save both time and money because, for the first time, they can easily retrieve Continued on Page 9 Metalworking Fluids MAG Coolants CYCLO COOL 900 and 5000 Series Synthetic coolants.... See Page 44 for Details Bilz, Innovative Tool Sales Open West Coast Warehouse Bilz Tool Inc., in partnership with Innovative Tool Sales (ITS), has an-nounced the opening of a West Coast product warehouse in Anaheim, CA. “The West Coast, specifically Cali-fornia and Arizona, are strong manu-facturing and industrial markets in the aerospace, medical and technology sec-tors,” said a Bilz spokesperson. “These businesses require a quick product re-sponse and a local inventory for sup-port.” Bilz Tool Inc., in partnering with ITS, will warehouse a significant inventory of ThermoGrip toolholder Continued on Page 10 Material Handling/ Inventory Control Gantry Laser Large part laser marking and part serialization See Page 52 for Details Special Machinery Additive Manufacturing Pump for energy made using this process.... See Page 64 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. WEST 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 55 PAID