West Manufacturing News • November 2014

M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 3 No. 11 November 2014 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial Cutting Tools Profiling Tools Design ensures high edge location precision after indexing and no backlash.... See Page 12 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Twin Spindle Automated Wet-Blast System grammable motion of the wet-blast guns for blast cleaning and surface preparation in the work cell. The Vaqua Komet automated wet-blast cabinet has a 40” x 40” footprint and is fabri-cated from polished 304 stainless steel to help ensure corrosion resistance. The wet blasting enclosure, which has thick rubber curtains hung around its inside walls, features a large safety glass view window equipped with an interior wiper and water spray to maintain vis-ibility. A single electrically interlocked 36” x 36” swing-out door provides access to the blast chamber for loading of components and for in-spection, adjustment and mainte-nance of the wet-blast machine. Four wet blasting guns fitted with boron carbide nozzles are mounted on easily-adjusted brack-ets, allowing the guns to be posi-tioned at the correct angles and distances for coverage of compo-nent surfaces. The gun brackets are The Vaqua Komet automated wet blasting machine attached to a ballscrew/ballnut lin-has two adjustable-speed spindles and a roof-ear actuator installed on the exte-mounted linear actuator to enable programmable rior of the wet-blast cabinet. The vertical motion of four slurry blasting guns. stroke and vertical traversing speed Guyson Corporation has introduced of the actuator is adjustable, as is the ro-a compact industrial slurry blasting ma-tation speed of the spindles, enabling a chine with two rotary spindles and pro-Continued on Page 86 INDEX Announces Northwest Dealer INDEX Corporation has added Ellis Machinery & Equipment Incorporated (Fife, WA) as its distributor in Oregon and Washington. The announcement was made by INDEX North America Sales Manager Mark Saalmuller, who is responsible for directing the sales of INDEX and TRAUB machines in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Ellis Machinery, founded in 1998, is a leading locally owned machine tool distributor in Washington and Oregon offering advanced CNC machine tool technology. It maintains a team of sales and service engineers trained to pro-vide complete customer service. Ellis Continued on Page 86 Finishing/ Grinding/Abrasives Surface Finishing Linear grinder produces up to a mirror finish on stainless steel See Page 26 and other metals.... Hardinge to Acquire Voumard Hardinge Inc., a provider of ad-vanced metalcutting technology and ac-cessories, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of the Voumard In-ternal Diameter (I.D.) Grinding Business from Peter Wolters GmbH in Rendsburg, Germany. “Voumard, founded in Neuchatel, Switzerland nearly 70 years ago, has been a global leader in the I.D. grinding mar-ket with an installed base of over 9,000 machine solutions serving more than 2,500 customers around the world,” said a company spokesperson. Acquired by Peter Wolters in 2005, it was subsequently Continued on Page 86 Lasers in Manufacturing Laser Machine Select between CO 2 laser and fiber laser with different beam powers.... See Page 34 Applying Technology Woodward, Inc. Diesel Injection Pumps Parts washing system enables stringent cleanliness requirements.... See Page 44 Universal Vertical Thread Grinder Mitsui Seiki has developed a uni-versal vertical thread grinder, offering benefits for customers making precision lead screw type parts. The new VGE60A High Precision Universal Vertical Thread Grinder is categorized as a universal machine be-cause different grinding oper-ations can be performed. In addition to thread grinding, the machine can now perform spline, gear, O.D., surface and edge grinding operations in a single set-up. “This can save customers significant produc-tion time while improving overall part accuracy,” said a company spokesperson. “Newly designed features such as an automatic Continued on Page 86 EDM Consumable Representative for Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada GF Machining Solutions has an-nounced that Adams Machinery, located in Tempe, AZ, will now represent its EDM consumable product line through-out Arizona, New Mexico and Clark County, Nevada. “The addition of a comprehensive consumable line from GF Machining So-lutions will complement Adams Machin-ery’s current product offerings,” said a company spokesperson. GF Machining Solutions offers EDM, Continued on Page 86 Metalworking Fluids Machining Fluid Synthetic near neutral pH formula for heavy duty high heat.... 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