Southwest Manufacturing News • May 21

SW SOUTHWEST M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial Automotive & Motorsports Mfg. Non-Cylindrical Grinder Boxer crankshaft manufacturer relies on in-process measuring system and other key grinder features to help ensure dimensional accuracy. See Page 6 Vol. 56 No. 5 May 2021 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com New Automated Vise and Fixture Clamping Without Hoses Morris South Grows and Expands Morris South, a distributor of high-quality machine tools and manufacturing solutions, has announced the expansion of its current showrooms in Charlotte, NC, and Huntsville, AL, and the opening of a new Technical Center in Bartlett, TN. The new expansion in Charlotte will feature different machines, such as Tsug-ami solutions, and include new technol-ogy to assist customers. The new Technical Center in Bartlett will serve as a base for Tsugami machines in the Southeast. This facility will host customer demos and serve current and future customers. Richard Hussey, President of Morris Continued on Page 53 Cutting Tools One Tool for All Turning Operations FreeTurn tools with HDT use the milling spindle for the turning process. See Page 18 With the new Hydraulic Docking System on a MIDACO Automatic Pallet Changer, fixtures and vises are automat-ically clamped and unclamped on the pallet and sent into the machining center without the need for any hose manage-ment. When new parts are put onto the pallet, the Hydraulic Docking System locks fixtures or vises into place via the touch screen control panel on the Auto-matic Pallet Changer, and the pallet en-ters the machining center without hoses. The clamping fixtures or vises will stay charged on the pallet while in the ma-chining center. When a pallet comes out of the machining center, it locks back into the Hydraulic Docking Station and automatically releases fixtures or vises Continued on Page 53 Advances in Precision Fabricating Event May 18 -21 Capital Machine Technologies, Inc. will hold an Advances in Precision Fab-ricating event on May 18 -21 at Capital’s Dallas Technology Center. Attendees will see live demos from metal fabrication and robotic welding builders. Highlights will include the Mazak Optonics OPTIPLEX NEXUS 3015 FIBER S7 equipped with fiber laser technol-ogy—the Variable Beam Parameter Prod-uct (V-BPP)—which allows for better control and cut performance. V-BPP tech-nology gives users the capability to select an array of beam sizes designed to im-prove part quality. Continued on Page 54 Applying Technology Hole-Making Solutions Complete line of hole-making solutions meet drilling and secondary operation needs. See Page 28 Mazak Unveils New Ez Machine Series and Smooth Ez Control With both affordability and high performance for job shops in mind, Mazak has officially launched the new Ez machine series, the new MAZATROL SmoothEz control and the accompany-ing MazakUSA.com/Ez website. The new machine family and control were developed specifically to help remove the cost barriers to acquiring the latest manufacturing technology without sac-rificing machine capability or produc-tion performance. The new Ez website further streamlines the customer experi-ence and offers visitors focused access to Mazak’s newest product line. Machine configurations within the new series include both horizontal turn-ing and vertical machining center mod-els, all of which feature the MAZATROL Continued on Page 54 Heat Treating & Cryogenics Solutions for Aluminum and Steel Closed Die Forgings Furnaces will be used for production of powertrain, suspension and steering/linkage components. See Page 34 Sigma Labs and DMG MORI Announce Worldwide Agreement Sigma Labs, Inc., a developer of quality assurance software for the com-mercial metal 3D printing industry, has been selected by DMG MORI as the pre-ferred melt pool monitoring system for its LASERTEC SLM machines. “Engi-neering teams from both companies worked extensively to test the integrated solution to ensure that it meets the de-manding needs of industrial manufac-turers utilizing DMG MORI’s family of metal 3D printers. DMG MORI will be Continued on Page 53 Literature & Web AWS Launches Video Series ARCademy video series offers welding resources. See Page 38 Moldmaking Process-Oriented Solutions Machine tools meet diverse requirements. 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 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 Advertiser Index Page 43 PAID