Northeast Manufacturing News • November 2015

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 Cutting Tools New Toolholding System Eliminate tool pullout and unlock for high-performance end mills during heavy duty cutting... See Page 14 Vol. 11 No. 11 November 2015 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Robotic Finishing Machine Blasts Shot or Grit Methods to Host TechFest2015 November 4–5 Methods Machine Tools, Inc. will be hosting TechFest2015, “Manufac-turing the Future,” an open house event that will take place November 4-5, 2015 from 9:00 AM -5:00 PM each day at the company’s corporate show-room and technology center at 71 Union Avenue in Sudbury, MA. TechFest2015 will feature the latest machine tool technology and automa-tion – over 30 machines under power with live demonstrations and multiple automation and turn-key projects. The two-day event will also feature Re-shoring expert Harry Moser as keynote Continued on Page 94 Guyson Corporation offers a newer version of its RB-RSSA-8 robotic blast system and has customized it according to the special requirements for cleaning and surface preparation of machined aerospace castings using either shot or grit media. The new variant of this model has a FANUC Robotics LR Mate-200iD 6-axis robot mounted on the reinforced back wall of the blast chamber, a position Continued on Page 76 Material Handling Durable Markings Marking tool for a CNC machining center to generate a durable marking on many different kinds of materials..... See Page 34 Hexagon Metrology Opens New Solution Centers in WI, DE Hexagon Metrology has opened two new Hexagon Metrology Solution Centers, one in Milwaukee, WI, and the other in Wilmington, DE. Located in premier areas of the country for manufacturing and tech-nology, the offices will include a train-ing center and a technology showroom available for customer demonstra-tions, seminars and more. Project man-agers, sales, service and application engineers will be locally based and dis-patched from each center. Continued on Page 92 Applying Technology Straightline Precision Industries finds a successful solu-tion to produce a specialized cam actuator handle for the medical industry... See Page 48 AGV for Tight Turns and Narrow Aisles An international building hardware man-ufacturer was searching for a solution to its ma-terial delivery capabili-ties at one of its plants. The problem was, un-like its other location, this facility had narrow aisles with tight turns. The manufacturer al-ready was a Creform customer, so they looked to Creform’s engineers to provide a solution. That solution was a Creform Tite-Space BST AGV Tugger. Creform demonstrated the unit to the company prior to the sale. The Tite-Space BST AGV Tugger is especially suited for delivering to line-Increase Competitiveness Finishing / Grinding / Abrasives Grinding Large Crankshafts The largest JUNKER platform built to date will be used for the grinding of crank-shafts and other applications.... See Page 74 The Creform Tite-Space BST AGV Tugger is a material handling solution for installations with tight turns and narrow aisles. Stratasys New Reseller Allegheny Machine Tool Stratasys North America, a sub-sidiary of Stratasys Ltd., a provider of 3-D printing and additive manufactur-ing solutions, has announced the ad-dition of reseller, Allegheny Machine Tool Systems, Inc. Allegheny Machine Tool Systems, a full-service distributor supporting machine tools, will now be a reseller of the full line of Stratasys authorized Continued on Page 92 side assembly points when space is at a Continued on Page 36 People In The News Read about new personnel appointments in metalworking manufacturing companies throughout the United States. See Page 66 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 Gross Publications, Inc. NORTHEAST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 Advertiser Index Page 64 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID