Southwest Manufacturing News • July 2015

S W SW SOUTHWEST Vol. 50 No. 7 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial Automation Robotic Inspection Touch-and-scan 3D laser scanners for inline robotic inspection to automate inline quality control... See Page 10 July 2015 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Horizontal Boring Mill Model with Rotary Table and Movable Ram Mazak Southwest Event to Explore New Metalworking Tools and Techniques Mazak will host a Discover More With Mazak technology and education event at its Southwest Technology Cen-ter in Houston, TX, July 8 and 9 from 10 AM to 6 PM. “Intended for all man-ufacturing industry segments, the event will showcase the latest metal-working tools, technologies and tech-niques for enhancing productivity and versatility on the shop floor,” said a company spokesperson. More than 10 real-world machining Continued on Page 126 Micro Manufacturing Nano Parts Gauging devices for high precision grinding of parts that are measured in the nano technology range... See Page 50 WFT 15 R machine Lucas, A Fermat Group Company, introduced its new horizontal boring mill model with rotary table and mov-able ram -WFT 15 R CNC. This model provides a larger spindle diameter than the WFT 13 CNC. The 150 mm (5.9”) spindle diameter and 700 mm (27.55”) ram travel in combination with a table load up to 20 tons. It is designed for a wide range of machining operations being performed on large parts within the defense, energy, oil and other in-dustries. Jan Svoboda, Director of the Appli-cations Department, lists the advantages Continued on Page 126 Forkardt to Represent Master Workholding in the Americas Master Workholding, Inc. and Forkardt have established a sales agreement covering North and South A m e r i c a . T h e re p re s e n t a t i o n b y Forkardt will expand sales and distri-bution and provide marketing support for Master Workholding. This agree-ment will increase the reach of both companies’ products further into the Americas. “The ever growing pressures on our customers to produce machined Continued on Page 124 Applying Technology Aerospace Machining Challenges KMP manufactures complex aerospace components in titanium... See Page 64 Jacks Associates Offers Filter-1 Wet Type Dust Collector The Filter-1 Hy-drotron series of wet type dust collectors are designed for the safe collection of alu-minum, titanium and other hazardous dust, as well as heavy sparking ap-plications, Jacks As-sociates said. The units meet or exceed O S H A a n d N F PA regulations for dust re m o v a l i n s i d e a building. The Hy-drotron units cover a range of 500 CFM to Continued on Page 126 Grinding Technology LLC, a KOMET SERVICE Partner, Now ISO Certified Grinding Tec h n o logy LLC, a KOMET SERVICE Partner, has an-nounced its ISO 9001 certification. “This serves as an extra level of quality assurance to the customers who trust them for their solid carbide tool refur-bishment and simple solid carbide tool manufacturing needs,” said a KOMET spokesperson. Grinding Technology joined the KOMET SERVICE network in autumn 2014. “While we have always valued Continued on Page 124 EDM Machinery & Consumables Hybrid Wire Designed for maximum speed (average 30% higher) superior accuracy... See Page 74 The Hydrotron unit shown collects metal dust from a Ramco Metal Sander operation at Texas Nameplate Co. in Dallas, TX. Plant Safety Compact LED Signal Light Provides status change indication for machine tools, robots, vehicles... See Page 100 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: Gross Publications, Inc. SOUTHWEST 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 Advertiser Index Page 87 PAID