Southwest Manufacturing News • August 2013

S W SW SOUTHWEST Vol. 48 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial Lasers in Manufacturing Fiber Laser New laser processing with advanced fiber laser beam and preset auto-focus processing... See Page 14 No. 8 August 2013 Complete Online Digital Editions at www.mfgnewsweb.com CNC Indexing Acquires MTA International CNC Indexing & Feeding Tech-nologies, provider of rotary tables, high pressure coolant systems, barfeeders, oil skimmers and other CNC machine tool accessories has purchased MTA In-ternational, which imports, distributes and services a wide range of bar feeder and bar loader systems. “The transaction, completed on April 1, 2013, has been seamless and immedi-ately beneficial,” said CNC Indexing president Jamie Schwarz. “Combining the resources of the two companies en-hances service and support for all of our customers and distributors.” CNC In-dexing will conduct barfeeding equip-ment business out of MTA International’s facility in Cincinnati, OH, and Earl Botkins, Owner of MTA International for more than 25 years, will remain as a con-sultant to Schwarz. MTA International has served the metalworking machine tool industry since 1989 as an import, distribution and service organization, providing barfeeding solutions from suppliers in the U.S.A., Germany and Asia. With its wide selection of barfeeding equipment and experienced team of regional sales agents and service technicians, the com-pany helps customers tailor barfeeding Continued on Page 116 PowerSource Machine Tools has been chosen as the exclusive distributor of Romi in Oklahoma, Arkansas and the Southern Kansas area. “With this addi-tion to our line of machine tools, we are quite confident that we can provide our customers with the finest quality equip-ment available,” said Hugh Dunagan, President, PowerSource Machine Tools. “Our customers look to us for so-lutions to increase productivity in en-gineering and manufacturing, and all of these Romi products help companies Continued on Page 117 Romi Appoints PowerSource As Distributor for Oklahoma, Arkansas, Southern Kansas Area Metalworking Fluids & Lubricants Dry Machining with Cooling System ChilAire cooling system for dry machining requires no cutting oils or coolants... See Page 34 Hermle Machine Company Appoints New Dealer Hermle Machine Com-pany of Franklin, WI, has an-nounced Eagle Machine Inc., Arlington, TX, as its exclu-sive dealer for North Texas. Eagle Machine will handle all sales of Hermle Machine Company products. Eagle Machine is a machine tool distributor representing in-ternational machine tool builders. Sam Alnesr, Presi-dent and Founder of Eagle Machine, said, “We look for-ward to building a long last-ing relationship with Hermle to serve the North Texas market with its state-of-the-art five-axis machining centers. Hermle is well established around the world and particularly here in the USA. Its organi-zation has established an infrastructure to effectively support customers with serv-The new Haco-Atlantic Blue Line program of less expensive press brakes includes hydraulic press brakes, type ATP in the range of 50 to 300 ton with a working length up to 13 ft and hydraulic guillotine shears, type ATS in the range of 1/4” to 5/8” with a cutting length up to 13 ft. A 30-ton hydraulic CNC turret punching machine, type ATT, completes t h e p ro g r a m . “ T h e m a c h i n e s a re equipped with state-of-the-art CNC con-trols by subsidiary Robosoft, identical to Continued on Page 117 Blue Line Program for Lower Cost Press Brakes Applying Technology Increased Capacity Speeds, precision and heavy cutting capabilities with new heavy duty HMC... See Page 60 Special Machinery New Machine for Aluminum Machining Two 5-axis spindles and rotary table for loading and unloading workpiece... See Page 66 Expansion of Bilz Product Offering in North America ice, spare parts and application engineer-ing straight out of the U.S. headquarters. This is exactly what our customers are asking for.” Robert Komljenovic, President of Hermle North America, said, “We are Continued on Page 117 Bilz Tool USA has announced part-nership between Bilz and Diebold Ger-many for the North American market. Bilz and Diebold have had a long-term relationship in Europe, and now Diebold Germany will partner with Bilz as its im-porter for the Diebold products. Diebold is a precision manufacturer of Thermo-Grip tool holders, high precision spindles and tooling gauges. Diebold’s horizontal shrink fit units and water chillers will complete the current vertical shrink fit products offered by Bilz. Continued on Page 116 Green Manufacturing Coolant Recycling Recycle any water-miscible fluid to minimize disposal and reduce usage... 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