Southwest Manufacturing News • February 2010

SW MANUFACTURING NEWS Serving Since 1965 SOUTHWEST Vol. 45 No. 2 February 2010 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Online DIGITAL EDITIONS go to www.ipnews.com DMG Houston Holds ECO Training Workshop the North American machine toolmarket approximately two- thirds are small ma- chine shops. “TheDMGECOL- (l-r) Richard Roy, President, BURGESS Specialty MFG; Ron Maroon, Sales Manager, BURGESS Specialty MFG; John Vincent, Sales Director, DMG Houston. DMG Houston recently held an open seminar offering Houston area manufacturers a vocational hands-on ECO Training workshop featuring the CTX 310 ECOand theDMU635VECO from theDMG ECOLINE series. The ECOLINE serieswas specially designed for the requirements of to- day’s small machine shop owners. In INE series, designed specifically with the smal l job shop in mind, provides an ergonomic design with state-of-the-art control technology and components. This series has value- added features that we can offer our cus- tomers at no addi- t ional cost ,” said John Vincent, Sales Director, DMG Houston. Highlights of CTX 310 ECO: • VDI 30 turret with 12 tool stations and up to six driven tools, • Digital drives and linear guideways in all axes [X/Z = 944.9 / 1,181.1 IPM.], • Automatic traversable tailstock for Continued on Page 4 AmTTech and Machine Tool Specialties Sign on with Grob Systems Associated Machine Grob G350 5-Axis horizontal machining center. Tool Technologies, Inc. (AmTTech), of Houston, TX, and Machine Tool Specialties of Tulsa, OK, signed distribution agree- ments wi th Grob Sys- tems, Inc. to exclusively represent Grob products in the State of Texas and Oklahoma, respectively. Their primary focus will be to market and exhibit Grob’s new offering of standard machine tools, the G Series lineup of 5- axis horizontalmachining Continued on Page 4 IMTS Announces Industry Inspiration Day IMTS (The International Manufac- turing Technology Show) management will host the first-ever Industry Inspi- ration Day as part of the September 13 kick-off for the all-new IMTS Industry & Technology Conference. IMTS is one of the largest industrial trade shows in the world, with thousands of exhibitors andmore than 91,000 visitors. Highlighting the opening day’s events will be a keynote luncheon pro- gram featuring speakers from key Continued on Page 9 H&R Mfg. and Supply, Inc. Expands Capabilities H&R Mfg. and Supply, Inc., an in- dustry leader in workholding, manu- factures custom designed and standard products for all workholding needs. H&R has expanded its product offering recently by adding many heavy duty products such as its new low-profile, extra heavy-duty boringmill jaws. H&R has also expanded its manu- facturing capabilities. Even in a down economy, H&R is looking to expand by recently adding a new Accutex 6-axis Continued on Page 10 Global Tooling Solutions to Distribute FUERDA and BPT Products in U.S. Global Tooling Solutions (GTS), an importer and master distributor of ma- chine tool accessories, has opened for business. GTS is the authorized master distributor of FUERDA Lathe Chucks and BPT Rotary Tool Holders. These two international brands are officially making their debut into the United Continued on Page 9 Subscription Changes: Tomake name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@ipnews.com • www.ipnews.com/subscribe.html Workholding GTS FUERDA Chucks Global Tooling Solutions features FUERDA Forged Steel Body Adjustable Scroll Chucks for accuracy and repeatability. See Page 12 for Details Software Hexagon Metrology PC-DMIS 2009 MR1 Metrology Software Includes new features in all modules of the product including CMM, vision, portable and NC probing. See Page 26 for Details Applying Technology CNC Software Helps Milwaukee Area Technical College MATC is a state-of-the-art manufacturing lab populated with large numbers of CNC manufacturing systems. See Page 36 for Details Saws New Line of HBV Automatic Bandsaws from Behringer Saws Behringer Saws has introduced a new line of HBV Automatic Bandsaws, which feature modular components. See Page 40 for Details EDM Machinery & Consumables Methods Introduces New Redesigned FANUCWire EDM FANUCʼs new iD Series wire EDM machines are designed to deliver high cutting speeds, accuracy and surface finishes. See Page 50 for Details Advertiser Index Page 46 Feature Editorial Gross Publications, Inc. SOUTHWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245