Southwest Manufacturing News • September 2013

S W SW SOUTHWEST Vol. 48 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial Energy Manufacturing Gear Cutting Tools Monitor life cycle, re-sharpen, recoat, replace tools as needed..... See Page 14 No. 9 September 2013 Complete Online Digital Editions at www.mfgnewsweb.com Turning, Drilling, Milling in a Single Clamping on One Machine The Starrag Group features its horizontal ma-chining center with inte-grated U-axis facing head for static turning process of components for the energy market. Facing head tech-nology allows the use of one machine to do both turning and horizontal machining center operations in a single clamping. The company re-ported that this configuration Continued on Page 125 Hurco Companies, Inc. has acquired the machine tool component business of LCM Srl, a designer and manufacturer of innovative, high-end electro-mechan-ical components and accessories for ma-chine 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 Volovic, President of Hurco Compa-nies, Inc. “LCM has been an important supplier of components for us as we de-veloped and introduced our SRT line of Continued on Page 125 Hurco Acquires Italian Machine Tool Business EMO Hannover, Germany Mitsui Seiki Exhibit Latest Technology Recent developments including Vertex 550-5XB Blade Center... See Page 50 Applying Technology Innovators West Multiple setups no longer required with new machine..... See Page 64 (Above) The Starrag Compact DBF series enables precise and efficient machining of pump housings, valves, fittings, sealing flanges and oil well drilling rock bits, according to the company. (Inset) DBF head driven by 60 HP geared spindle -turning tool approaching the valve. DallasWaterjet Offers Waterjet Cutting for North Texas DallasWaterjet offers waterjet cutting, ma-chining and fabrication services for customers throughout Dallas, Fort Worth and North Texas. “Our new company pro-vides a complete cutting solution using waterjet technology, one of the fastest growing major machine tool processes in the world. With waterjet cutting it is possible to cost-effectively cut many materials not possible with traditional machinery, so there are few limits on projects or applications that DallasWaterjet can’t handle. We have also launched a website at http://dal-laswaterjet.com that includes photos of The National Association of Manu-facturers reports nearly 12 million Americans are employed directly in manufacturing, and manufacturers are contributing over $1.8 trillion to the economy. Many of the top contract man-ufacturers will be in Plano, TX, in Sep-tember to display their capabilities to top level purchasing, engineering and production managers. AmCon, a contract manufacturing show in the Southwest region, will be hosted by the Plano Centre on Sept. 17-18, and features over 100 contract manu-facturing exhibitors. The event is a source for engineering, design, prototyping, Continued on Page 124 Plano Hosts Contract Manufacturers Expo Workholding 5th Axis Rotary Table Samchully Workholding TR-320FF table with 330 lbs load capacity..... See Page 72 waterjet cutting in action and com-pleted projects,” said a company spokesperson. DallasWaterjet provides five-axis waterjet cutting as well as brake forming, welding and spot-welding, machining and finishing of many traditional and non-traditional fabrication materials. Continued on Page 125 L.K. Machinery, Inc. has announced the addition of PowerSource Machine Tools to its CNC Distributor Network. PowerSource, with Founder and Owner Hugh S. Dunagan, will be covering the state of Oklahoma. Mr. Dunagan has 16 years of expe-rience in machine tool sales. Prior to starting PowerSource, he was responsi-ble for machine tool sales that included Continued on Page 125 L.K. Announces Newest Member of CNC Distributor Network Quality Control & Measurement Verification Tool Designed to increase machine accuracy.... See Page 86 Welding Modular Welding Tables FixturePoint Kit includes two height options.... See Page 118 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: 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 Advertiser Index Page 111 PAID