West Manufacturing News • July 2015

M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 4 No. 7 July 2015 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial Robotic Inspection Automation See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com DP Technology Releases CAM Solution ESPRIT 2015 Nasmyth Group Opens N.A. Regional Headquarters in CA Nasmyth Group, a global supplier of precision engineering, products and services, announced the opening of its new regional North American head-quarters. The Group has acquired a 25,000 sq. ft. facility in Burbank, CA, located immediately adjacent to the premises of subsidiary, Nasmyth TMF, which will become the focal point for Nas-myth Group and its corporate activities in the U.S. Chairman and CEO of Nasmyth Group, Peter Smith, commented: “The Continued on Page 80 Touch-and-scan 3D laser scanners for inline robotic inspection to automate inline quality control... See Page 10 “ESPRIT 2015 barrel-shaped cutter support allows users to take full advantage of side tools and provides a higher quality surface finish,” said a company spokesperson. CAM industry provider DP Tech-nology has announced the release of a new version of its flagship product ES-PRIT 2015. “ESPRIT helps increase pro-ductivity for a full range of machine tool applications by generating more efficient toolpaths while also saving time by providing substantial improve-ments in CNC programming produc-tivity,” said a company spokesperson. “The release also provides many new Continued on Page 80 Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development Launches Advanced Career Pathway for Manufacturing With the support of state education and manufacturing leaders, GOED’S technology commercialization unit has been developing a program for a fully integrated manufacturing career path-way. This program, called Learn and Earn Advanced Career Pathway, will Continued on Page 80 Gauging devices for high precision grinding of parts that are measured in the nano technology range... See Page 30 Nano Parts Micro Manufacturing Aerospace Machining Challenges KMP manufactures complex aerospace components in titanium... See Page 44 Applying Technology Flexible, Lightweight Tabletop Robot Works Alongside Humans Universal Robots re-cently launched its new UR3 robot at Automate 2015. The new compact tabletop robot weighs only 24.3 lbs. but has a payload of 6.6 lbs., 360° ro t a t i o n o n a l l w r i s t joints and infinite rota-tion on the end joint. These features allow the UR3 to work side-by-side with employees. CTO and Co-founder of Universal Ro-bots, Esben Oestergaard, led the three-year development phase of the new addition to the UR robot UR3 applies glue with steady and consistent pressure Valence Surface Technologies Acquires Flextronics San Carlos Valence Surface Technologies, an independent metal finish company fo-cused on the aerospace and electronics industries, has acquired the assets and operations of Flextronics San Carlos in San Carlos, CA. Under Valence owner-ship, the business now operates under the name Valence San Carlos. Other than the name change, day-to-day business at Valence San Carlos will continue as normal. Valence San Carlos maintains its existing assets, approvals Continued on Page 80 Hybrid Wire EDM Machinery & Consumables Designed for maximum speed (average 30% higher) superior accuracy... See Page 54 fami l y. “With the UR3, tabletop Continued on Page 13 Compact LED Signal Light Provides status change indication for machine tools, robots, vehicles... See Page 74 Plant Safety 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 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. WEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 PAID