Southwest Manufacturing News • May 22

SW SOUTHWEST M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico 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 6 Vol. 57 No. 5 May 2022 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Siemens Investing $54M in Its U.S. Manufacturing Footprint RAPID + TCT 2022 Returns to Detroit RAPID + TCT will take place May 17-19 in Huntington Place in Detroit. The event offers a large collection of 3D print-ing technologies and insights from ex-perts in the industry who will present solutions to real-world challenges. Each year at RAPID + TCT, ex-hibitors reveal groundbreaking prod-ucts, and this year will include over 300 hands-on exhibits showcasing real-world additive manufacturing (AM) solutions. The conference lineup is cat-egorized around three key stages of the AM journey: evaluation, adoption and optimization. Guests will have access to an extensive lineup of programming Continued on Page 62 Cutting Tools Productivity in High Feed Milling Applications The NEOFEED line is designed for high feed, rough milling. See Page 18 Applying Technology Evolution of Automobiles New materials require greater machining precision. See Page 32 Siemens recently joined President Joe Biden at the White House to an-nounce it will invest $54 million across key U.S. manufacturing facilities that serve critical infrastructure markets. The company, provider of power infrastructure development and de-ployment, is investing in its existing electrical infrastructure manufacturing hub in Grand Prairie, TX (IBEW Local 220), and a greenfield manufacturing Continued on Page 61 Automation is Key to Titanium Plating from SIFCO ASC SIFCO ASC has developed a cus-tom range of automated solutions for the plating of titanium. The proprietary process gives customers a consistent, repeatable means of enhancing tita-nium alloys for use in mission-critical components. The new process overcomes a key challenge in the use of titanium for cer-tain applications. Despite its high strength and light weight, titanium’s poor resistance to abrasive or adhesive wear makes it unsuitable for use as, for example, aircraft landing gears and au-tomotive internal combustion engines. Continued on Page 62 Change from a Collet Chuck to Mandrel in Seconds SMW Autoblok has intro-duced the hybrid COMOT-AZ quick change collet chuck fea-turing industry standard di-ameter capacities of 42 mm, 65 mm and 100 mm to ac-commodate a large variety of workpiece sizes. Suitable for bar and tubular stock machining that requires mul-tiple changeovers daily, COMOT-AZ can be used in three ways: for OD machining using standard collets; for greater accu-racy utilizing high precision collets with COMOT-AZ/PA; or transform COMOT-AZ quickly into an expanding mandrel for ID clamping using the EMX series. “Effectively used for hard turning, gear grinding, drilling, milling and more, COMOT-AZ provides low deformation clamping of thin-walled workpieces and offers a Heat Treating & Cryogenics Continuous Mesh Belt Furnace System High-volume system integrates automation capability for tracking of product status. See Page 38 Literature & Web Resource-Rich Website Interactive tools help guide customers in their carbide blank and pre-form purchasing decisions. See Page 42 large selection of standard collets avail-able in round, square, hexagonal and spe-cial configurations when needed for virtually all sizes of spindles,” said a company spokesperson. The optional COMOT-AZ/PA en-ables users to change from a standard Continued on Page 62 DeSHAZO Acquires Integrated Machinery Solutions DeSHAZO, a manufacturer of in-dustrial equipment for the materials handling and automation industries, has announced the acquisition of Inte-grated Machinery Solutions (IMS). IMS was established in July 2009 as an engineering consulting firm and cus-tom machinery builder focused prima-rily on the materials handling industry. IMS will continue to operate under its current management team. It will be a separate business unit of DESHAZO and will maintain its existing facilities. Continued on Page 62 Moldmaking Linear Motor Machines Linear motor drive system enhances dynamics and static rigidity. See Page 54 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 In The News Page 52 Advertiser Index Page 51 PAID