Northeast Manufacturing News • October 2016

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 Metalcutting High-Speed 5-Axis Profilers Vol. 12 No. 10 October 2016 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Business Relationship Boosts Successful Machinist Training Program Hurco/Brooks Announce Partnership with Emuge North America Brooks Associates has announced a partnership with EMUGE Corpora-tion. Emuge manufactures high per-formance rotating cutters and tool hold-ers for all industries and machine tools. Proprietary designs include Circle Seg-ment milling cutters for 5-axis machin-ing, Softsynchro tap holders, EF-high penetration rate drills and GIGANTIC insertable thread mills. Emuge’s Tech-nology Center in West Boylston is evolving into a full service center for manufacturing, grinding, training and Continued on Page 76 Profilers enable 5-axis simultaneous machining of medium to large complex aluminum aerospace parts. See Page 12 Software Production Machining Software Improvements increase efficiency, accelerate programming speed and enhance visualization and accuracy for CNC machine programming. See Page 30 Don Miller, left, Technical Sales Engineer for OptiPro Systems, shakes hands with Scott Cummings, Director of Machining at G.W. Lisk Co. in Clifton Springs, NY. OptiPro Systems, a machine tool manufacturer and distributor, has pro-vided a computer-controlled Nakamura-Tome lathe for use in the Finger Lakes Community College-G.W. Lisk Co. ad-vanced manufacturing machinist train-ing program. Continued on Page 78 Next Generation CNC Machines Tsugami/Rem Sales announced the release of four next generation Tsugami CNC machines. The new models represent the third generation of Tsugami’s Op-posed Gang Tool CNC Lathes and are identified with a “-III” after their base model numbers. Newly released models include the B0125-III, B0126-III, B0205-III and the B0206-III. The B0125-III and B0126-III are 12 mm machines with five and six axes, respectively. The B0205-III and B0206-III are 20 mm machines with five and six axes, respectively. “Tsugami machines are already among the heaviest, most rigid machines in their class,” Tsugami/Rem Sales Vice President Mike Mugno said, “but these next generation models are even heavier and more rigid. This means operators can cut more aggressively while experiencing better Continued on Page 16 CCAT Named Rhode Island Innovation Center Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc. (CCAT) has been named an Innovation Center under the Rhode Island Manufacturers Associa-tion (RIMA) Manufacturing Technol-ogy Innovation Program to help the development and growth of Rhode Is-land small manufacturing companies. The technology program is pro-viding matching grant funding to companies seeking access to the ex-pertise they need to become more effi-cient, productive and profitable. It is made possible by a grant awarded to Continued on Page 76 Applying Technology Oilfield Product Manufacturer Gains Competitive Edge New lathe with milling capability shaves hours off of production time. See Page 40 FABTECH 2016 Tube and Sheet Metal Fabricating Solutions Racing Trade Show to Deliver Top-Flight Events Dozens of workshops, seminars and special events have been confirmed and finalized for the 2016 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show, tak-ing place December 8–10, 2016, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indi-anapolis, IN. As an event dedicated solely to the business of racing and all things mo-torsports, the PRI Show provides racing Continued on Page 78 A fiber laser tube cutting machine for cutting 3-D parts will be demonstrated. See Page 44 Machine Maintenance Turn Apple iOS Devices into Vibration Measurement Tools An app provides users with a high-performance, lightweight alternative to more costly systems. See Page 62 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 57 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID