Northeast Manufacturing News • May 22

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 Kitamura Partners with Great Lakes Machinery Feature Editorial Automotive & Motorsports Mfg. 5-Axis Machining Center with New Frame The A560XL Port/Block CNC Engine Shop System features a heavy-duty machine frame. See Page 12 Vol. 18 No. 5 May 2022 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center Opens in Danbury, CT Kitamura Machinery, a manufac-turer of precision horizontal, vertical and 5-axis machining centers, an-nounced that Great Lakes Machinery has been awarded exclusive rights to represent the company’s products in Upstate New York. Family owned and operated, Great Lakes Machinery has over 40 years’ ex-perience selling, installing, training and servicing CNC machine tools. Continued on Page 53 Cutting Tools Productivity in High Feed Milling Applications The NEOFEED line is designed for high feed, rough milling. See Page 20 A ribbon cutting ceremony was re-cently held to launch the new Connecti-cut State Community College (CT State) Naugatuck Valley Advanced Manufac-turing Technology Center at Western Connecticut State University (WCSU). Naugatuck Valley’s Danbury Ad-vanced Manufacturing Technology Cen-ter program, a two-semester certificate Continued on Page 54 Sigma Labs Appoints Phillips Federal as Exclusive Reseller Sigma Labs, Inc., a developer of qual-ity assurance software to the commer-cial 3D printing industry, has named Phillips Federal, a Division of Phillips Corporation, as the company’s exclu-sive reseller to the United States federal government. The purpose of the agree-ment is to deliver an agnostic quality monitoring and analytics solution to standardize qualification across govern-ment installations, unify various tech-nologies and accelerate readiness, qual-ity, scale and supply chain options for the U.S. government. Continued on Page 54 Applying Technology Evolution of Automobiles New materials require greater machining precision. See Page 28 Fabricator Adds FINISHLINE to Capabilities Penn Sheet Metal, a Penn-sylvania based sheet metal com-pany, has added a FINISHLINE finishing and deburring ma-chine to improve its secondary processing. This all-in-one fin-ishing and deburring machine specializes in deburring, grain-ing, surface polishing, oxide and slag removal and edge rounding. Penn Sheet Metal provides roofing and construction, wall systems and manufacturing and cutting services to companies all over the United States. Its wide variety of customer needs led them to seek out a way to create uniform, repeatable pro-ducts for multiple industries. After many years of working together, Mike Roeder, Presi-dent and Owner of Penn Sheet Continued on Page 54 Heat Treating & Cryogenics Continuous Mesh Belt Furnace System High-volume system integrates automation capability for tracking of product status. See Page 34 Culper Capital Partners Announces The Producto Group Culper Capital Partners, a private investment firm that invests both debt and equity in middle market compa-nies that seek true partnership solu-tions, has announced the formation of its first control platform, The Producto Group, which is the result of the ac-quisition of Ring Precision Components, New Vision Industries and Dieco. Ring Precision and Dieco were sold as part of a corporate carve out from The PMT Group. New Vision was acquired from its majority shareholder. The Producto Group, through Ring Precision and New Vision, serves as a Continued on Page 54 Literature & Web Resource-Rich Website Interactive tools help guide customers in their carbide blank and pre-form purchasing decisions. See Page 38 Moldmaking Linear Motor Machines Linear motor drive system enhances dynamics and static rigidity. 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 44 Advertiser Index Page 43 PAID