Northeast Manufacturing News • Feb 21

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 over a course of 10 days and represented a solid effort to continue the an-nual Open House tradi-tion while also adhering to local and state COVID-19 guidelines and restric-tions,” said a company spokesperson. Feature Editorial Software Vol. 17 No. 2 February 2021 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com End-to-End Inspection Reverse engineering tools with Quick Surface modeling option offered with expanded device support. See Page 12 Bystronic Opens New Experience Center Simmons Establishes New Technical Center Simmons Machine Tool Corpora-tion has announced the establishment of the Niles Technical Application Cen-ter (NTAC) at its manufacturing facil-ity and headquarters in Albany, NY. The center will be the platform for of-fering Niles-Simmons machines to North American customers. Simmons is now responsible for all product sales and support of Niles-Simmons machinery to non-automo-tive customers in North America for industries such as aerospace, defense, railway and machinery manufacturers. Continued on Page 54 EDM SMART Wire Technolgy SMART wire stores wire characteristics and traceability-related data with RFID technology allowing full machine capability. See Page 24 Smart Manufacturing Solutions for the American Market The Competence Days event invited guests to view Bystronic’s inno-vative product line that The Xpert Pro Bending Cell provides serves the laser cutting comprehensive automation from a single source. and bending manufac-Bystronic Inc., the American sub-turing market. A total of six newly re-sidiary of Bystronic Laser AG in leased products were demonstrated, Switzerland, recently showcased its including the ByStar Fiber now avail-new Experience Center for the first able with up to a 15 kW fiber laser time since moving into its new facility source. “With its high cutting dynamics, in February 2020. “The event was held Continued on Page 52 Kaeser Expands U.S. Headquarters Kaeser Compressors, Inc. has bro-ken ground on a new 30,000 sq. ft. fa-cility expansion. A virtual ceremony was led by Frank Mueller, President of Kaeser Compressors, and included representatives of Lifecycle Construc-tion Services, McKinney Architects and the Spotsylvania County Economic Development Department. “At this critical time, we are in-creasing capacity to serve our cus-tomers’ needs in the many essential industries throughout the country,” said Mueller. “This new and exciting project will allow us to better support our national distribution network and Continued on Page 54 Applying Technology Five-Axis Machining Lifts Shop’s Productivity Sport Truck USA machines its knuckle component complete DONE IN ONE. See Page 28 Increasing Productivity While Keeping Workers Safe For the past year, health and safety measures have redefined the word “priority.” As restrictions increase on previ-ously normal activities, the manufac-turing industry must undergo inno-vative changes in order to keep work-ers safe without decreasing productiv-ity levels. However, these adjustments to the workplace are often difficult and costly to implement. Exact Machine Tool Sales has a so-lution. Its name is OB7. The Productive Robotics OB7 col-laborative robot (cobot) continues to add benefits to its already lengthy list of helpful attributes. According to Tom Cassidy, Presi-dent of Exact Machine Tool Sales, OB7 is an employee that “does not require Continued on Page 54 SAWS Automated Program for 90° Cut Easy Access to Best-in-Class Metrology A new program announced by Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides businesses in the U.S. and Canada access to best-in-class metrology equipment as a service so they can benefit from the latest pro-ductivity improvements without wait-ing to invest in new equipment. “For OEMs and contractors alike, thriving without the best metrology equipment can be a struggle, especially when precision is non-negotiable,” said a company spokesperson. “As parts Continued on Page 54 The system will feed materials and make the 90° cuts continuously. See Page 34 Special Application Machinery More Than Gear Skiving New gear skiving machines enable chamfering during machining. See Page 48 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. NORTHEAST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 People in the News Page 40 Advertiser Index Page 39 PAID