West Manufacturing News • March 2015

M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 4 No. 3 March 2015 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial Quality Control Inspection and Measuring Threading tool is inspected in incident light including cutting edge preparation using one system... See Page 10 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com New Software Platform for 3D and 2D Formats Haas Automation Hosts HaasTec Open House Haas Automation, Inc. will host a four-day open house at its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Oxnard, CA. According to the company, HaasTec 2015, scheduled for March 17 through 20 from 8 AM to 5 PM daily, will include ma-chine demos, factory tours and a catered lunch. Registration is free. “Visitors to HaasTec 2015 will see Haas CNC technology up close and in detail, with 20 machines on display, in-cluding the UMC-750SS super-speed universal machining center, the ST-55 large-through-bore lathe and the DM-1 40-taper drill/mill center. There also will Continued on Page 78 Additive Manufacturing Laser Melting Additive metal manufacturing of dense metal parts direct from 3D CAD data using a fiber laser... See Page 34 InspectionXpert Corporation has re-leased its new InspectionXpert OnDe-mand for CAD, a new quality planning and documentation software platform that supports both 3D model-based and 2D print-based formats. “InspectionXpert OnDemand for CAD means end users who need to create inspection packages can now save money and time using the same workflow regardless of input file format,” said a company spokesperson. The following are key highlights of InspectionXpert OnDemand for CAD, according to the company: • Does not require a CAD license to view, balloon, and extract inspection data for reporting • Supports both 3D model-based defini-tion (MBD) and traditional 2D print-based inspection planning • Creates 3D and 2D PDFs from CAD mod-els • Supports new DOD MBD standards Continued on Page 78 Makino Announces 2015 Online Seminar Schedule Makino has announced its online seminars for 2015. “The schedule includes a variety of new technology and process-ing techniques for improved speed, accu-racy and part quality ideal for growing North American manufacturers,” said a company spokesperson. “The North American manufacturing industry continues to grow, especially in the automotive and aerospace markets,” said Mark Rentschler, Director of Market-ing at Makino. “The webinars that we have scheduled for the first half of 2015 Continued on Page 78 Applying Technology Bardons & Oliver Still growing after 124 years, purchased a new Fermat WFT 13 CNC Horizontal Boring Mill to expand its contract machining capabilities... See Page 40 CNC Big Bore Lathes Available for Large Workloads Sharp Industries of-fers a line of CNC turning operations that are de-signed for large work-loads. “Our line of Big Bore CNC Flat Bed Lathes are especially made to handle big parts and large mold workpieces,” said a company spokesperson. Sharp’s new STA, STB and STC series machines are driven by FANUC 0i-TC controls and servo drives. The machines can also be equipped with Siemens or Fagor controls. Maximum swing over bed ranges from 37” to 65”, and the distances between centers from 60” to 236” or more. Spindle bore sizes are avail-able from 6”, 9”, 12” to 15”. The machines Material Handling & Inventory Control Flexible Electric Gripper A payload between 5 to 10 kg, the 2-Finger Gripper handles a variety of part shapes.... See Page 48 have a bed width of 24”, 32” or 49”. Sharp also offers a Big Bore Facing Lathe, the STF series. These machines are driven by FANUC 0i-TC controls and servo drives. This machine features a max-imum swing over bed of up to 60”, a fixed center distance of 60” and a 32” wide bed. Continued on Page 78 Messer Cutting Systems Appoints Icon Machine Tool as Distributor Icon Machine Tool has announced the addition of Messer Cutting Systems to its metal fabrication equipment prod-uct lines. Messer CNC Cutting Systems, a manufacturer of plasma, oxyfuel, and large plate processing equipment, has been a provider for the fabrication of thin to very heavy steel fabricated products. “Messer Cutting Systems are ideal for shipbuilders, rail, agriculture, job shops, structural steel or precision work fabri-cators,” said a company spokesperson. Continued on Page 78 Education / Training CNC Training User-friendly simulated machine control panel and CNC software for training programmers, operators, etc... 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 59 PAID