Midwest Manufacturing News • Oct 19

MW MIDWEST Vol. 12 No. 10 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 2007 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin Feature Editorial Metalcutting European Built Swing Lathes October 2019 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Aluminum Fabrication Services Leverage Lightweight Advantages FABTECH 2019 to Highlight Emerging Industry Trends “With emerging manufacturing trends and the introduction of disruptive technologies making their mark on the metal fabricating industry, FABTECH 2019 will provide industry professionals with immediate access to the information, technology and equipment they need to transform their businesses for success in the future,” said a spokesperson. “North America’s largest metalforming, fabricat-ing, welding and finishing event will wel-come more than 48,000 attendees from around the world and over 1,700 exhibit-ing companies to Chicago’s McCormick Place on November 11-14.” Continued on Page 88 TUR line offers new improved features, including a heavy, solid floor to front V-way bed for extra rigidity. See Page 14 Software Streamline Design to Manufacturing Process 3D digital models can capture extensive data from part design files. See Page 40 Titletown Manufacturing’s expert-ise in aluminum fabrication services caters to a number of industries, with paper converting and aviation cus-tomers among the most prominent in maximizing the lightweight advan-tages of this versatile metal. “Aluminum is more expensive than carbon steel options, but its lightweight Continued on Page 88 WITS 2019 to be Held October 22-24 The Wichita Industrial Trade Show (WITS) will be held at Century II Expo Hall, 225 W. Douglas, Wichita, KS, Oc-tober 22-24, 2019. “Since 1974, WITS has been a sig-nificant marketplace for buyers in the Midwest,” said a spokesperson. “The show has exhibitors from all sectors of the industrial community presenting their services, machinery and equip-ment to the manufacturing community. The show is held every two years and is still operated by volunteers. The Oc-tober show is sold out as were the 2015 and 2017 shows.” Continued on Page 88 Applying Technology Low Cost Responsive Tooling Program Large Scale AM offers advantages in production of large composite aerospace components. See Page 56 MAXX Machining for Aerospace Manufacturing OPEN MIND Tech-nologies will be showcas-ing MAXX Machining, a performance package of the hyperMILL CAM soft-ware suite, in booth 436 at the Wichita Industrial Trade Show—Century II Expo Hall in Wichita, KS, October 22-24, 2019. MAXX Machining of-fers three powerful modules for finishing, roughing and drilling. The finishing mod-ule is suitable for planar, ruled and curved surfaces often found in aerospace Continued on Page 88 FABTECH 2019 Economical Process Monitoring The X35 process monitoring system for stamping operations will be on display. See Page 64 Absolute Machine Tools Oktoberfest October 24 Absolute Machine Tools Inc. will host a free authentic Oktoberfest Open House at the company’s expansive 40,000 sq. ft. Technical Center in Mason, OH, from 11 AM – 7 PM on Thursday, Octo-ber 24, 2019. “Absolute sells and supports ma-chine tools from partners around the world. At the Oktoberfest event, com-pany experts will help attendees match their parts to machines that can pro-duce them best. With turning lines ranging from simple CNC gang-style Continued on Page 88 Machine Maintenance Machine Tool Laser Alignment 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. MIDWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 Customized solutions for analyzing and reporting deviations in machine geometry. See Page 90 Advertiser Index Page 81 PAID