S W SW SOUTHWEST M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial Automation/Robotics Robots as Intelligent Collaborators Universal AI operating system transforms cobots into intelligent coworker. See Page 6 Vol. 55 No. 12 December 2020 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Louisiana Governor Partners with Haas Automation to Upskill Workforce Charles Stephenson, Division Chair of Industrial Technology at Louisiana Delta Community College, helping spot the school’s new Haas UMC-500 5-axis Universal Machining Center in their machine lab. Yamazen Moves into New Headquarters Yamazen Inc., a provider of manu-facturing solutions, has completed its re-location to a newly built headquarters located at 111 Northwest Point Boule-vard, Elk Grove Village, IL. “This building is a game changer on how we do business,” said Scott Fernan-dez, Senior Vice President at Yamazen Inc. “The state of the art, two-story building will give us the opportunity to collaborate with our three main divisions—machin-ery, tooling and accessories and automa-tion—while improving upon how we work with our customers and meet their technological needs.” The new location has a footprint of Continued on Page 62 Metalforming Laser as a Turning Tool Due to non-contact removal, the workpiece remains free of deformation during machining. See Page 18 Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced a partnership with Haas Automation in which Louisiana will be-come the first state in the U.S. to install advanced Haas 5-axis machining centers at every community and technical col-lege in the state. In an effort to bolster manufacturing in its state, Louisiana Economic Develop-ment’s LED’s FastStart program has part-nered with the Louisiana Community Continued on Page 61 All-in-One Deburring Solution East Coast machinery distributor Mid Atlantic Machinery, Inc. is expand-ing nationwide with a new global im-porting division, Mid Atlantic Global. Mid Atlantic Global’s newest offering to the American manufacturer is the FIN-ISHLINE deburring and finishing ma-chine. This two, three or four working unit machine is available in both stan-dard and customized variations with working widths of 25.5” to 51” for large parts or small parts. With FINISHLINE, metal fabricators will be able to com-plete deburring, graining, edge round-ing, oxide and slag removal, as well as surface polishing for parts originating Continued on Page 62 Applying Technology 7-Axis Cobot Advantages Cobot reduces operator fatigue during long parts runs and increases productivity. See Page 32 Howco Orders First Metal AM Machine from SLM Solutions Howco, a global distrib-utor of raw material to the oil and gas industry, has made its first purchase of the latest metal additive manufactur-ing (AM) technology for its new AM facility in Houston, TX. Commenting on their new SLM500 selective laser melting machine, Howco’s Director of AM Conrad Kao-said said, “We went through an extensive selection process over a number of months to make sure we had the optimum technol-ogy for our new venture.” “As the first quad-laser system on the market, the SLM500 serves as the Literature & Web Tutorials Updated Workholding Website Updated website offers easy access to LMC Workholding’s variety of products. See Page 38 Coremark Metals Increases Processing Capabilities with Tube Laser flagship AM system for high volume metal AM to ensure operator safety and lower overall operational costs,” said a Continued on Page 62 Coremark Metals, a provider of met-als, fabrication services and hardware, recently expanded its production capa-bilities with a Mazak Fabri Gear 150 tube laser. This machinery is designed to cut, notch, etch, bevel, add holes and com-plete intricate cutouts or designs in one continuous step. “The tube laser has eliminated the need for secondary processing and re-places manual processes with automated ones,” said Steven Lachermeier, Chief Continued on Page 62 Controls A Control for Every Generation WinMax is a flexible and intuitive control with multiple programming methods. See Page 52 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. SOUTHWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 People Page 46 Advertisers Page 45 PAID
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