Southwest Manufacturing News • September 2010

SW MANUFACTURING NEWS Serving Since 1965 SOUTHWEST Vol. 45 No. 9 September 2010 RF Precision Implements Medical Quality Management System Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Complete Online Digital Editions at www.ipnews.com Single Source Technologies Texas Established Single Source Technologies (SST) has opened its new Texas technology center, extending local services and support to all Texas manufacturers. Single Source Technologies Texas is lo-cated in Grapevine, TX, and offers the company’s international catalogue of metal-cutting tools, EDM supplies, as well as Makino’s full line of machining centers and automation solutions. “We’re excited to bring our diverse catalogue of tooling/milling and EDM supplies, applications expertise and the Continued on Page 9 (l-r) Mike White, TMAC Manufacturing Specialist; Fran and Otis Blackwell, Owners, and Robert England, Partner, of RF Precision, LLC; and Janie Havel, North Texas Representative of The Office of Governor Rick Perry. Janie Havel presented RF Precision with a plaque in recognition of the company’s achievement of ISO 13485 Medical and ISO 9001 quality management systems. Janie Havel, North Texas Represen-tative of The Office of Governor Rick Perry, presented a plaque from TMAC (Texas Manufacturing Assistance Cen-ter) to Otis and Fran Blackwell, Owners, and Robert England, Partner, of RF Precision, LLC, in recognition of the company’s achievement of the ISO 13485 Medical and ISO 9001 quality Continued on Page 4 Jet Machine Works, Inc. Improves Productivity with Newall DROs Jet Machine Works, a Jet Machine’s Giddings & LewisVTL with 150” swing is equipped with the Newall C80 DRO (inset). sub-contractor which manufactures large-part components involved with all facets of the pe-troleum, mining, heavy equipment and power generation industries, faced continuing difficul-ties with its DRO sys-tems. In the mid-1990s, the company used vari-ous brands of digital readouts on its HBMs, VTLs and other manual machines. “Regular fail-ure of our DRO systems, due to glass and tape scale contamination,was Continued on Page 6 AMT and NAM Announce Partnership to Promote U.S. Manufacturing AMT -The Association For Manu-facturing Technology has announced that it is joining forces with the Na-tional Association of Manufacturers (NAM) to promote the importance of manufacturing and innovation in the U.S. economy. This historic partnership will bring the organizations together in support of the premier manufacturing technology show in the Americas, Continued on Page 4 Waterjet Technology Helps BP Cap Gulf Oil Leak Waterjet technology companies Jet Edge, Inc. and Chukar Waterjet, Inc. re-cently played a key role in helping BP stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. The companies provided ultra-high pressure waterjet equipment and ap-plication expertise to blast away hy-drate ice crystals that had formed inside a containment cap at the spill site, clogging the containment system. Jet Edge custom engineered a 36,000 psi waterjet intensifier pump that was dropped 5,000 feet into the Continued on Page 9 Subscription Changes: To make name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@ipnews.com • www.ipnews.com/subscribe.html Workholding SMW Autoblok Introduces TX Pull-Down Chuck SMW Autoblok has introduced the new TX Pull-Down Chuck. See Page 12 for Details Energy Manufacturing New Big Bore CNC Lathe from MAG MAGʼs new CNC Lathe is designed to handle a range of smaller diameter. See Page 29 for Details Applying Technology History of CNC Machining Leads to Toolpath Breakthrough “Kernel” technology has brought important enhancements to the CAM industry. See Page 38 for Details Product Preview Cosen Saws Introduces C-Tech Series Cosen will introduce its all-new line of fully enclosed, horizontal automatic band saws at IMTS 2010. See Page 50 for Details Quality Control & Measurement Sheffield Measurement Launches Endeavor 3 CMM Product Line The Endeavor 3 is designed to address a wide range of dimensional measurement requirements. See Page 60 for Details Welding ESAB Introduces the Aristo Feed 3004 OPENcontrol This arc welder offers ESABʼs SuperPulse technology. See Page 68 for Details Advertiser Index Page 54 IMTS 2010 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