West Manufacturing News • November 2016

M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 5 No. 11 November 2016 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial Cutting Tools Shoulder Milling System The MaxiMill 491 offers easier handling, and eight cutting edges per insert provide increased production. See Page 10 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com FEMCO to Import New Vertical Machining Center Southwestern Industries to Host Factory Showroom Open House Southwestern Industries will show-case its TRAK 2 OP portable VMC De-cember 6 -7 at its factory showroom open house in Rancho Dominguez, CA. Designed for second operation ma-chining, the TRAK 2 OP streamlines a shop’s workflow by bringing an addi-tional spindle quickly and easily to an operator idled by the cycle time of his or her primary machine. Like all South-western Industries’ products, it utilizes ProtoTRAK CNC technology with easy Continued on Page 69 Finishing / Grinding / Abrasives Grinding Solutions for Aerospace FEMCO Box Way VMC MCV-1100 FABTECH 2016 Special Event Topics Announced (VMCs) built by FIRST Machinery Company, named FEMCO -FIRST. The Continued on Page 68 FABTECH 2016, North America’s largest collaboration of technology, equipment and knowledge in the met-alforming, fabricating, welding and finishing industries, will offer a lineup of special events at this year ’s show, taking place November 16-18 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Business leaders and manufactur-ing experts will deliver keynote pre-sentations and industry-focused panel sessions throughout the three-day event, which will be available to more Continued on Page 68 The AZ AEROSPACE line of grinding machines is designed for mechanical aerospace components and can be equipped with a range of wheelhead configurations. See Page 24 FEMCO has announced that it is now importing to the U.S. a new line of CNC vertical machining centers Applying Technology To keep up with high volume job requirements and super short lead times, Joe Gibbs Racing relies on SCHUNK workholding solutions. See Page 36 Changing Fixtures with Speed Kingston Lathes Play Supporting Role in New Movie, “Storks” Kingston CL38C CNC Workshops for Warriors Honors Veterans, Holds Summer Graduation When Hollywood sound designer Michael Babcock needed industrial noises to bring the new animated movie “Storks” to life, he called on Kingston Machine Tool CEO Karen Lin, whom he knew from her days as a music video producer and short film director. “We were looking for unique hydraulic machine sounds,” said Continued on Page 69 Workshops for Warriors (WFW), a nonprofit school assisting veterans who are transitioning into civilian life through advanced manufacturing training and nationally recognized certification, re-cently held its summer graduation at its Barrio Logan-based educational facility. The school honored its 43 graduates with a ceremony that included remarks by WFW’s Founder and CEO Hernán Luis y Prado, two student speakers and Continued on Page 68 Material Handling Self-Driving Vehicles for Material Transport OTTO SDVs can navigate entire industrial facilities through the use of onboard sensors. See Page 50 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 Read about new personnel appointments in metalworking manufacturing companies throughout the United States. See Page 46 People in the News Advertiser Index Page 45 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID