SW SOUTHWEST Vol. 53 No. 12 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial Automation/Robotics Automation solution cuts gears on a wide range of workpieces. See Pg. 12 December 2018 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Gear-Cutting Solution Robot Includes Preprogrammed Actions Applying the Power of the Cloud and IIoT to Make Manufacturing Smarter The manufacturing industry is ex-periencing unprecedented change and the convergence of design and manufac-turing is creating new opportunities to reduce costs and shorten product lifecy-cles. Traditional supply chains are being replaced by more flexible supply net-works – but only for companies that can adapt to this change. Many still struggle just to keep up with what is happening on their own shop floors. Autodesk has been working on a thoroughly modern Continued on Page 84 Metalforming Plasma Bevelling Bevelling system cuts full range of weld preparations. See Page 30 Applying Technology Increase Uptime An on-premise machine monitoring solution specializes in real-time data collection. See Page 44 Designed for the assembly of manu-factured parts, Fuji Machine’s SmartWing robots offer easy, efficient and accessible automation. “Engineered with cutting edge tech-nology, SmartWing robots offer enhanced speed and ease of set-up. The elimination of teaching with physical guidance re-duces set-up time by 40% compared to contemporary systems,” said a Fuji spokes-person. In addition, with the inclusion of pre-programmed actions, or Waza, set-up only requires entering “what” and “where” information to create robot actions. This reduces the time required to create robot Continued on Page 14 Sixth Annual NTMA Southwest Conference Feb. 8-10 Seven chapters from Texas to California will participate in the industry regional conference to be held February 8-10 at the Crowne Plaza Costa Mesa in Orange County, CA. The industry education will feature state of the art digital manufactur-ing, lean manufacturing, key updates on government regulations, programming skills, effective leadership and more. Keynotes include content by CultureShoc, Leadership Development and Franklin Partnership, experts in government rela-tions. The chapters of the National Tooling & Machining Association participating in Continued on Page 86 Controls High Performance CNC Fagor Automation focuses on providing simple steps to get operators back on track during virtually any machining operation. See Page 50 Five-Side and Full Five-Axis Machining Makino offers its lat-est full 5-axis machine solution, the DA300 ver-tical machining center (VMC). The DA300 is de-signed to provide a blend of speed, precision and flexibility for complex part applications. Inspired by the best design character-istics from both vertical and horizontal machine platforms, the DA300 provides high productive capabilities for multi-axis workpieces in the smallest of machine foot-prints. These features make the DA300 suitable for single set-up, multi-side accessibility or full-contouring capability to quickly and efficiently tackle a wide variety of complex production part ap-plications commonly found in industrial hydraulic and pneumatics elements, op-tical, electrical and semi-conductor com-ponents, medical and dental products, Continued on Page 86 Joe Gibbs Racing Extends Technology Partnership with Mahr Inc. Mahr Inc. has announced a three-year extension of the company’s long-standing technology partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR). “Over the last 16 years, the organizations have collaborated to deliver the most precise and reliable parts to power one of today’s most successful rac-ings teams with four NASCAR Cup Series championships, five NASCAR XFINITY Series championships and more than 270 wins across NASCAR’s top two national Continued on Page 84 Literature & Web Tutorials AM Guide A dedicated additive manufacturing website page educates, informs. See Page 62 Lasers The LT7 features a 3 kW laser with a broad working range. See Page 78 3-D Cutting 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. SOUTHWEST 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
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