Northeast Manufacturing News • Jan 19

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/Chipmaking Complete Machining of Complex Workpieces Vol. 15 No. 1 January 2019 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com STEM Students ADVANCE to the Workforce MC Machinery Systems Announces ProMac Technologies as New Northeast Distributor MC Machinery has appointed Pro-Mac Technologies, LLC as the new dis-tributor of lasers and press brakes in the Northeast region. Founded in 2012 by Bob Lauer, ProMac is a machine tool distributing company specialized in metal fabricat-ing machinery sales such as flat sheet cutting CO 2 and fiber lasers, coil-fed Continued on Page 70 New mill-turn centers are capable of 6-sided/simultaneous 5-axis machining. See Page 14 Advanced Mfg. Solutions Gear Hobbing Gear hobbing machine offers high flexibility and productivity. See Page 30 (l-r) David Wu, Provost, George Mason University; Tim O’Brien, Frontend Director of Business Integration, Micron Technology, Inc.; Rick Pearson, Chairman, NOVA’s College Board; Scott Ralls, President, Northern Virginia Community College; James Hazel, Vice Rector, George Mason University’s board of visitors; Virginia Governor Ralph Northam; Michelle Marks, Vice President for Academic Innovation and New Ventures, George Mason University; Shawn Purvis, Corporate Vice President and President, Northrop Grumman Enterprise Services; Atif Qarni, Virginia Secretary of Education; and Ángel Cabrera, President, George Mason University. Northrop Grumman, George Mason University (GMU), Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) and Vir-ginia Governor Ralph Northam recently celebrated the first class enrolled in the schools’ ADVANCE program. GMU’s ADVANCE program is a partnership with NOVA that seeks to improve graduation rates for commu-nity college students and aims to assist students’ paths to a four-year degree Continued on Page 70 HELLER Machine Tools Names Compumachine as Sales Partner for the New England Area HELLER Machine Tools has an-nounced its new partnership with Com-pumachine. Headquartered in Danvers, MA, Compumachine is New England’s provider of sales, service and support for the metalcutting industry. Compumachine will introduce and support a full range of HELLER prod-ucts to several sectors including the en-ergy, aerospace and defense industries in Massachusetts and surrounding areas. “Compumachine is the perfect choice Continued on Page 70 Applying Technology ZDT, an IIoT solution, helps the manufacturing bottom line and improves the visibility of robotic automation. See Page 36 The Hidden Value of Zero Down Time Dynamic International Launches Smart Machine Tool Korea Dynamic Inter-national has opened a new U.S. owned factory in Korea called Smart Machine Tool Korea (Smart Korea). “The first ma-chine tool shipments will be in April 2019, with target produc-tion ramping up to 80 to 100 machines per month by the end of 2019,” said the Smart Machine Tool spokes-person. Continued on Page 70 Methods Machine Tools Announces Partnership with Ocean Technologies (l-r) Jong C. Kim, Jong B. Won, Richard Layo, Brian Whang and Jong W. Shin announce partnership and the opening of Smart Machine Tool Korea. Specific Application Machinery Solution allows finish hard turning and finish grinding of complex workpieces in one chucking. See Page 54 Combined Hard Turning and Finish Grinding Methods Machine Tools, Inc., North American supplier of precision machine tools and automation, recently part-nered with Ocean Technologies Ltd. Inc. to offer high-quality, cost-effective EDM drills throughout the U.S. “Specializing in small hole EDM drilling, Ocean Technologies excels at applications ranging from simple wire start holes to advanced full 5-axis EDM drilling applications used throughout the aerospace and energy industries,” Continued on Page 68 People in the News Read about new personnel appointments in metalworking manufacturing companies throughout the United States. See Page 46 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 45 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID