West Manufacturing News • January 2016

M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 5 No. 1 January 2016 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial Machinery: Metalcutting Multitasking: 3-D Machining and Vertical Turning The new multitasking MCT series combines rigid vertical turning with a variety of adaptable chip cutting tasks with rotating tools. See Page 14 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Mini-Magnetic Encoders for Embedded OEM Motion Control Renishaw affiliate company RLS has intro-duced a series of three high-perfor-mance minia-ture magnetic encoders for embedded OEM motion control applica-tions. Designed for high-vol-ume medical applications, op-tics positioning, robot control, 3-D printers, gim-bals and hand held devices, the m i n i a t u re e n -coders come in four different shapes and pro-vide linear resolution up to 0.244 µm, or 753,664 CPR for rotary applications. Ren-ishaw will exhibit these encoders at sev-eral upcoming shows. The encoders consist of a minia-ture sensor and a magnetic scale or a ring. The sensors are available in a potted housing or as PCB board level sensors. Position information can be output in incremental quad-rature TTL or RS422, as well as par-allel in SSI and BiSS-C formats, with the option of a unique or peri-odic reference mark. “The industri-alized designs bring long-life, wear-free, low-inertia advantages to difficult applications and harsh environments,” said a company spokesperson. The encoder series includes: RoLin – for integration into small mo-tion systems: a packaged m a g n e t i c Continued on Page 74 PROTEK CNC and CNC Solutions Appointed Samsung Distributors Samsung Machine Tools of Amer-ica, a builder of CNC turning centers and vertical machining centers (VMCs), has announced the addition of PROTEK CNC Sales Corp. of Simi Val-ley, CA, and CNC Solutions of Milpi-tas, CA, as its newest North American machine tool distributors. “We are excited to begin this rela-tionship with PROTEK CNC and CNC Solutions, two distributors that share our dedication to customers by offering Continued on Page 74 Digital Readouts Encoder Series with EtherCAT Option Hwacheon Reorganizes Dealer Group Nationwide Hwacheon Machinery America has added several machine tool dealers to represent its lines of CNC turning ma-chines, machining centers and mold and die machines, announced Michael Huggett, Hwacheon Machinery Amer-ica President. “The addition of the new, full-ser-vice dealer groups is a major part of the company’s plan to increase market share for its machine tools and it repre-sents a substantial upgrade in the Continued on Page 74 EtherCAT implementation provides angular position value on its machine, while signal processing inside the encoder can also deliver velocity, acceleration, alarms and warnings to the control system. See Page 34 Applying Technology Increase Production in Lights-Out Manufacturing F-1 Firearms found a solution for tracking tool wear and breakage during lights-out machining. See Page 40 Vertical Machining Center with BIG Plus Spindle Toyoda Machinery Expands with Seven New Dealers The Ganesh VFM-10039 features travels of 98.4” in X, 39.3” in Y and 35.4” in the Z-axis, with 39.3” op-tional. The 12,000 RPM 35 HP direct drive in-line #40 taper spindle has rigid tapping and a thermostati-cally controlled spindle oil cooler. A #50-taper spindle is optional. The BIG Plus dual contact precision ground Ganesh spindle is built for rigidity, Continued on Page 74 Toyoda Machinery USA has intro-duced seven new companies to its dis-tribution network. “Toyoda with these new appointments looks forward to providing access to advanced technol-ogy, engineering service, sales and product support through these new distributors in the Southeast, North-east, Midwest and Western states,” said a company spokesperson. Southeast Cardinal Machinery in Memphis, Continued on Page 74 Special Machinery Bridge Mill for Large Load Handling The Y-and Z-axes hold fixed loads at all times while the X-axis carries the only dynamic load, allowing for tight ma-chining/tolerances during high-speed machining operations. See Page 50 People In The News Read about new personnel appointments in metalworking manufacturing companies throughout the United States. 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 Advertiser Index Page 63 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID