Southwest Manufacturing News • July 2013

SW SOUTHWEST Vol. 48 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial Automation/ Robotics/Manufacturing Systems Destacker Tooling Design Feeds aluminum and steel blanks in various sizes... See Page 14 No. 7 July 2013 Complete Online Digital Editions at www.mfgnewsweb.com Versatile New CNC Horizontal Boring Mill Summit Machine Tool recently added the HBMC-4 CNC Horizontal Boring Mill to its array of horizontal and vertical boring mills. Sum-mit HBMC-4 CNC Horizontal Boring Mills are highly accu-rate and versatile. “The HBMC-4 is an eco-nomically priced CNC hori-zontal boring mill that fills a gap between a simple manual machine and the much higher priced CNC ma-chines on the market. It’s a niche machine,” said James Brown, Sales Manager at Summit. This machine is designed to fulfill the requirements of a variety of ma-chining needs, from roughing out a large component to drilling precisely tapered holes on a small surface, ac-cord ing to the com p any. The spindle is m ou n ted on hig h The inaugural National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA) South-western Regional conference is sched-uled for August 9-11, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Phoenix, AZ. The Sr. Vice President of R&D at the Federal Reserve Board is a featured speaker. Technology updates will be given on robotics, tooling, integration and additive manufacturing. Educa-tion panels will discuss training pro-grams, apprentice programs and online training. Discussions will be held on 401Ks, new healthcare regulations, So-cial Security issues and ownership and Continued on Page 10 NTMA Regional Conference Plant Safety/ Worker Protection/ Ergonomics Pneumatic Rod Locks Heavy-duty clamp system and power-off clamping, anodized aluminum... See Page 34 precision angu-lar contact ball bearings and is equipped with a 2-step gearbox for au-tomatic spindle speed change. The spindle has an oil cooler for the lubri-cation circuit and temperature control Continued on Page 6 Precihole Appoints Absolute Machine Tools Exclusive Importer Absolute Ma-chine Tools has been appointed the exclusive im-porter for deep hole drilling ma-chines manufac-tured by Preci-hole Machine Tools Ltd. “Pre-cihole is one of the worlds’ lar-gest producers of deep hole drilling and hole finishing machines,” said a company spokesperson. Parag Kulkarni, Precihole Sales and Development Manager said, “We chose Absolute Machine Tools to partner with Continued on Page 9 AcraTex Industries announces that the co mp a ny has r ec eived I S O 9001:2008 certification for precision machining and grinding of parts and components for various commercial in-dustries. ISO 9001:2008 is a quality manage-ment system recognized by organiza-tions a r o und the w orl d a s the benchmark for continual quality im-provement. Its network consists of 163 countries working in partnership with Continued on Page 9 AcraTex Industries Receives ISO 9001:2008 Certification Applying Technology Zak Inc. Wins Global Competition with quality, cost and reliability performance... See Page 60 Micro Manufacturing Small Precision Finish Boring Head Sterling Fabrication Technology Grand Opening Sterling Fabrication Technology plans a Grand Opening of its 5,000+ sq. ft. showroom in Dallas, TX, July 17-19, 2013. “Our state-of-the-art showroom features laser, plasma and waterjet cut-ting, as well as press brake forming, and finishing equipment all under power. Conveniently located near Love Field Airport, the facility is equipped for fab-ricators to come and see the latest tech-nology,” said Clay Kehrer, President. Sterling’s showroom will feature leading manufacturers like TRUMPF, Continued on Page 11 For micro milling machines with high-speed spindles as HSK-E25, E32 or E40... See Page 72 EDM Machinery & Consumables EDM Graphite Online Graphimator 24/7 estimating and ordering software for graphite blanks... See Page 90 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: Advertiser Index Page 113 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. SOUTHWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 PAID