Southwest Manufacturing News • May 2016

S W SW SOUTHWEST Vol. 51 No. 5 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial Moldmaking Provides accurate back-lash-free mold alignment and now comes with a longer version... See Page 12 May 2016 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Low Volume Production Using 3-D Printing with Quick-Change Mold System IMTS 2016 Additive Manufacturing Pavilion to Showcase Technologies To enter the North Building at Mc-Cormick Place, visitors to IMTS -The In-ternational Manufacturing Technology Show -must exit the Grand Concourse and pass through the new Additive Man-ufacturing Pavilion. Previously the tech-nology has been featured in AMT’s Emerging Technology Center as a cutting edge technology and then added to the Fabricating and Laser Pavilion. For IMTS 2016, additive manufacturing technology has earned a stand-alone spotlight at the Continued on Page 94 Round Fine Centering System Automotive & Motorsports 5-Axis Quad Fixture Four cylinder heads can be CNC ported at the same time... See Page 24 Hasco 3-D prints injection mold inserts with Stratasys PolyJet technology in a matter of hours and can make design iterations at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional tooling methods Applying Technology True Die, Inc. designs and machines a tool thinking about the finished part... See Page 48 Stratasys Ltd. has announced that worldwide moldmaker, HASCO, has de-veloped a rapid, cost-efficient method to produce low volumes of injection molded prototypes by integrating Stratasys 3-D printing with its K3500 quick-change mold system. “Utilizing this approach, molders can change between inserts for different products, enabling them to cost-effectively produce low volumes of injection molded parts for samples, prototypes and small Continued on Page 16 GenSwiss Partners with Louis Belet Precision Solid Carbide and PCD Cutting Tools GenSwiss, a leading source for tools, accessories and assistance for Swiss ma-chining, announced the exclusive North American representation for Louis Belet SA precision carbide cutting tools and PCD tipped milling tools. With a heritage and supplier to many of the legendary Swiss watch manufacturers, Louis Belet offers highly focused niche products for aerospace, medical, automotive and a Continued on Page 94 Toolpaths Advanced Cutting Fluids in Automotive and Motor Sports Manufacturing For automotive and motor sports manufacturing, lubricants are a com-monly overlooked but essential part of the process. “Surface integrity is one of the biggest challenges in automotive and motor sports manufacturing,” said Ed-ward Jones, COO at Hangsterfer’s Labo-ratories. Another challenge is improving tolerances. However both of these chal-lenges can be overcome by using high-performance lubricants. Using the right coolant or cutting fluid can improve surface integrity, a critical aspect of automotive and motor sports manufacturing. Certain lubricant additives can fill in the gaps, micro cracks and dislocations in fresh sur-faces. “Additionally, advanced lubri-cants are better able to regulate surface Continued on Page 25 Cutting Tools Thread Whirling Inserts Available with nine or 12 inserts for high output production with improved finish.... See Page 56 Melin Tool and Haimer Licensing Agreement Melin Tool Company and Haimer GmbH have signed a U.S. licensing agree-ment. Melin Tool Company is now offer-ing its end mills to the U.S. market with the Haimer Safe-Lock System. The Safe-Lock design in cutting tools and toolholders combines high precision shrink fit clamping with a positive form locking mechanism. This prevents round cutting tools from being rotated or com-pletely pulled out from toolholders dur-ing heavy machining. “The combination of a symmetrical locking tool design with high concentricity and excellent balance Continued on Page 94 Heat Treating & Cryogenics Freeze Tool Expenses Increase the life of tools, dies, components .... See Page 68 Literature & Web Measurement, Inspection New website for precision diameter, ovality, wall thick-ness, concentricity, inside diameter.... See Page 82 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. SOUTHWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Advertiser Index Page 73