M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 10 No. 2 February 2021 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial Software 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 Automatic Pallet-Cart Changer for 5-Axis VMCs Solar Atmospheres and Kittyhawk Form Partnership Solar Atmospheres of California and Kittyhawk have announced a strate-gic partnership for heat treating and hot isostatic pressing services. Kittyhawk has been providing hot isostatic press-ing (HIP) services since 1981 for compa-nies in the aerospace, commercial, military, medical, automotive, firearms and oil and gas industries. Solar Atmos-pheres provides quality vacuum heat treating services with bright, clean re-sults and minimal distortion. “The partnership comes at a per-fect time as customers have been Continued on Page 54 The Automatic Pallet-Cart Changer (AMPCC15) from Midaco allows for uninterrupted pallet transfer with an interlocked train cart (patent pending) moving back and forth through the shuttle. Each cart holds two pallets and connects to additional carts with T-pins allowing for continuous part transfer into the machine tool. The operator can load a train of carts to run while they at-tend to other tasks or go lights-out. Pallets are easily loaded onto carts without obstruction. Interlocked pallet carts are mobilized through the shuttle system on casters, allowing the shuttle arm to continuously feed pallets into the 5-axis machining center. Once a cart is pushed through the other side, the operator can easily load new pallets 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 PRIDE Industries Achieves ITAR Registered Status PRIDE Industries has achieved In-ternational Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) registration through the Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance. ITAR is the U.S. regulation that controls the sale, manufacture and distribution of defense and space-related services and materials included on the United States Munitions List (USML). It gov-erns the export of defense and military-related technologies to safeguard U.S. national security. ITAR registration allows PRIDE to 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 Bioservo Signs Distribution Agreement with Alpha Quantix in USA Bioservo Technolo-gies AB has signed a distribution agreement with Alpha Quantix for selling Ironhand in the USA. The agree-ment increases the ge-ographical reach and opens up new indus-trial segments in the Western United States. Alpha Quantix is a distributor and integra-tor of exoskeletons and mobile robotics. The company also facilitates robotics acquisitions, Cont’d on Page 54 Saws Automated Program for 90° Cut MindSphere World Establishes North American Chapter In partnership with leading manu-facturers and technology firms, Mind-Sphere World has announced the formation of its newest chapter in North America. “As one of the world’s premier IoT user associations, Mind-Sphere World has expanded its scope to include the United States, Canada and Mexico in order to help accelerate the adoption of Industrial IoT and drive the digital transformation of manufacturing in the region,” said a spokesperson. 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. WEST 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
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