West Manufacturing News • December 2013

M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 2 No. 12 December 2013 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial Machinery: Metalforming Vertical Tilt-Frame Bandsaw Allows cuts at any angle between 90° (straight cut) and 60/30° (miter cut) in both directions... See Page 14 Complete Online Digital Editions at www.mfgnewsweb.com Compact High-Speed Machining Center Sharp Industries, Inc. has introduced a new line of compact lin-ear guideway vertical machining centers (VMCs) with high spin-dle speeds (up to 20,000 RPM, direct drive), fast rapid traverse and small footprint. The compact size model SVL2416 has XYZ travel of 24” x 16” x 18” and different spin-dle speeds (10,000, 12,000, 15,000 and 20,000 RPM) for various applications. The BIG-PLUS spindle system has simultaneous dual contact between the ma-chine spindle face and toolholder flange face, as well as the machine spindle taper and long toolholder taper shank. It is Boeing Selects ESAB for Space Launch System Project Boeing has selected ESAB Welding & Cutting Products as a partner in the manufacturing of fuel tank structures for NASA’s new heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). “The SLS will be the largest Amer-ican rocket ever built and will measure 200 feet taller than the entire space shuttle roc ket assembly,” said a spokesperson. “The SLS will measure 384 feet in total length, with a weight of 6.5 million pounds. The construction of an assembly of this magnitude re-quires entirely new ways to fabricate, Continued on Page 24 Automation/Robotics New 8-Axis CNC Swiss Lathe Hanwha’s new high perform-ance version of the XD Series... See Page 28 designed to provide improvement of Continued on Page 22 Samsung Brings Machine Assembly to the United States Methods Machine Tools Expands Operations in Southern California Methods Machine Tools, Inc. is in-creasing its presence and operations in Southern California with the addition of Steve Raucci as General Manager and the opening a new, expanded tech-nology center in Anaheim, CA. New applications, sales and service staff are also being added to support the expan-sion. “We anticipate growth and en-hanced customer support in the vital Southern California region,” said Continued on Page 24 Applying Technology Shop Moves from Manual to Multitasking Industrial Machine Works Inc. expands its business with new CNC technology... See Page 40 Controls App Simplifies Process CELOS apps accelerate idea to finished product for paperless manufacturing... See Page 48 Winit Tool Now Offers Hydramax Winit Tool offers Hydramax, a multi-part quick change workholding system. The Hydramax workholding system is designed to allow multiple parts with variations in size to be se-cured in a Kurt vise simultaneously. The system includes two jaws, both equipped with FastBack washer mounting plates. The solid jaw is re-placed by a machineable, aluminum soft jaw, while the moveable jaw is re-placed by the Hydramax jaw. The Hy-dramax jaw incorporates several independently acting clamping pis-tons. These pistons compensate for Continued on Page 24 Samsung Machine Tools of Amer-ica, Division of Dynamic International, Inc., has announced its decision to as-semble machines on U.S. soil. This demonstrates Samsung’s commitment to the U.S. market. Commencing De-cember 1, 2013, Samsung will begin Continued on Page 13 Literature & Web Tutorials The Caterpillar Way Lessons in Leadership, Growth, Shareholder Value. How the company succeeded with Six Sigma... See Page 64 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 61 PAID