Midwest Manufacturing News • September 2013

MW M W MIDWEST Vol. 7 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 Gear Cutting Tools September 2013 Complete Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Energy Manufacturing Universal Hobbing Machine to be Displayed at Gear Expo 2013 Hurco Acquires Italian Machine Tool Business Hurco Companies, Inc. has ac-quired the machine tool component business of LCM Srl, a designer and manufacturer of innovative, high-end electro-mechanical components and ac-cessories for machine tools. “This strategic acquisition of an in-novative business such as LCM further supports our mission to develop ad-vanced machine tool technologies to support our customers, who need in-creasingly sophisticated and versatile CNC machine tools to stay competitive and to grow profitability,” said Gregory Continued on Page 101 Monitor life cycle, re-sharpen, re-coat, replace tools as needed..... See Page 14 EMO Hannover, Germany Mitsui Seiki Exhibit Latest Technology Recent developments including Vertex 550-5XB Blade Center... See Page 40 Absolute Machine Tools Opens Chicagoland Facility Liebherr LC 500 work area. Innovators West Applying Technology The LC 500 universal hobbing ma-chine is intended to provide high ma-chine availability and productivity, as well as flexibility. It will be demon-strated at Gear Expo 2013, booth 510. Continued on Page 99 Italian Waterjet Cutting Systems Builder Establishes in America Waterjet Corp. s.r.l. manufactures high-accuracy 2-to 6-axis waterjet systems in a modern facility in Monza, Italy. North America sales and service are available from Waterjet USA LLC in Geneva, IL. Absolute Machine Tools, Inc. has established a 26,000 sq. ft. technical center at 2475 Millenium Drive in Elgin, IL, approximately 40 miles northwest of Chicago. “We have been doing business in Chicagoland for the past 20 years, and have had wonderful customers here for that long,” said Steve Ortner, President of Absolute. “It just made sense for them and for new opportunities here that we plant ourselves and offer greater support.” According to recent Continued on Page 101 Multiple setups no longer required with new machine..... See Page 56 5th Axis Rotary Table Workholding Mitsubishi Distributor Expands Footprint in Michigan, Partners with Colleges precision 2-to 6-axis cutting machines from Waterjet Corporation s.r.l. of Continued on Page 101 Performance Machinery LLC, a Midwest regional distributor of Mit-subishi EDM, milling and waterjet ma-chine technologies, has expanded its coverage footprint this month to in-clude the entirety of the lower penin-sula of Michigan. Since the company’s inception three years ago, Performance Machinery had serviced only the east-ern portion of the state, including some contiguous areas in Canada, such as Windsor. Continued on Page 103 Samchully Workholding TR-320FF table with 330 lbs load capacity..... See Page 64 Verification Tool Quality Control & Measurement Waterjet USA LLC is a newly estab-lished sales, service and parts organi-zation supporting users of the high Designed to increase machine accuracy.... See Page 76 Modular Welding Tables Welding 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: FixturePoint Kit includes two height options.... See Pg. 104 Advertiser Index Page 92 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