Northeast Manufacturing News • March 2014

NORTHEAST Serving Since 2005 Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont & West Virginia M ANUFACTURING N EWS Feature Editorial Quality Control Digital Optical Comparator Extended travel horizontal comparator features a 36” X-axis travel.... See Pg. 12 Vol. 10 No. 3 March 2014 Complete Online Digital Editions go to www.mfgnewsweb.com In-House Solutions Announces New Office, New Product Toyoda Machinery USA Opens Regional Sales, Service Facility Toyoda Machinery USA has an-nounced the opening of its Northeast Tech Center in Shrewsbury, MA. Serv-ing the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states, this facility will act as a regional hub for Toyoda’s Sales and Support de-partments. To better accommodate a growing demand, Toyoda has increased its sales and field service personnel in the region. “The Northeast Tech Center is an important part of our long-term strat-egy to build our customer base in the Continued on Page 94 Material Handling Finishing Mill Unloaders Quickly and automatically remove ferrous parts to improve productivity.... See Page 32 In-House Solutions, a provider of CAD/CAM/DNC, robotic simulation/ visualization software and portable CMM technology, has announced the opening of its Philadelphia, PA, office, headed by National Sales Manager Greg Culp. “The opening of this sales and sup-port office coincides with the release of the company’s newest product creation -Octopuz (pronounced Octopus) soft-ware -a revolutionary approach to combining off-line programming of ro-bots and manufacturing process simu-lation,” said a company spokesperson. “Octopuz is the integration of CAD/ CAM technologies for CAD2Path and simulation/visualization technologies for robots and production process real world simulations. Octopuz is a main-stream versatile, powerful and effective solution.” “Octopuz will be extremely useful Continued on Page 94 Penn Stainless Products Announces Alliance with Lehigh University Penn Stainless Products and Lehigh University have announced a collabora-tive effort to provide metal consumers with access to the expertise in Lehigh’s Materials Science and Engineering De-partment. This strategic partnership will en-able Penn Stainless and Lehigh Uni-versity to work together to expand knowledge and collaborative opportu-nities between material end users and the research community. The alliance is designed to resolve technical issues Continued on Page 94 Applying Technology Huge Pipe Keyways Machined using unique angle head saves 184 hours in set-up and machining time.... See Page 48 CSS Adds CNC Swiss Turning Capabilities Connecticut Spring & Stamping (CSS), a manufac-turer of precision parts for the medical, aerospace, firearms and defense industries world-wide, has expanded its ma-chining capabilities to include multi-axis CNC Swiss ma-chining, ideal for medical ap-plications, including minimally invasive surgical instruments, as well as numerous aerospace and firearms applications. In addition to combining machining disciplines, CSS has also developed a propri-etary process that signifi-cantly increases processing speed for tubular machined parts. Continued on Page 94 Education / Training Methods Machine Tools Adds Maruka USA to Dealer Network Methods Machine Tools, Inc. has announced the addition of a new dealer, Maruka USA. Maruka will rep-resent the Nakamura, FANUC Robo-Drill, KIWA, FEELER and YASDA lines in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Okla-homa, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylva-nia, Long Island, Metro New York area and the New York counties of Orange, Sullivan, Ulster, Greene and Columbia. Maruka’s strong presence in the Mid-west and mid-Atlantic regions, as well as in Florida, complements Methods’ Continued on Page 94 MATC Teaching Tools Milwaukee Area Technical College acquires eight Clausing machines with Fagor 8055 CNC controls... See Page 56 Additive Manufacturing Hybrid Machine Adds and removes material in one set-up using laser metal deposition technology... See Page 74 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 65 Gross Publications, Inc. NORTHEAST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 PAID