M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 11 No. 8 August 2022 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Latest CAM Release on Display Registration Opens for Conferences at IMTS 2022 Registration is now open for the IMTS 2022 Conference, one of 12 con-ferences occurring at IMTS—The Inter-national Manufacturing Technology Show, which runs September 12-17, 2022. All conferences are co-located with the show at Chicago’s McCormick Place. “Content is key in the information era, and we have organized the widest array of conference topics ever at IMTS 2022 to help visitors move their people, business and technology forward,” said Bonnie Gurney, Vice President— Strategic Partnerships for AMT—The Continued on Page 76 South Building Live Machining Demos Rigid machines offer precision and productivity benefits. See Pg. 6 East Building New Machining Software Digital-native CNC platform, plus solutions for industrialization of AM. See Page 34 GibbsCAM will showcase its latest Simply Powerful CAM software at IMTS. GibbsCAM product experts will be on hand to give demonstrations and explain new features of the version 2023 release. GibbsCAM software programs, sim-ulates and controls any CNC machine, from 2D to 5-axis milling, turning, mul-titask machining (MTM) and wire EDM. Additionally, GibbsCAM in-process probing is designed to reduce handling for total accuracy. The product bundling of GibbsCAM GO Milling, GO Turning and GO Mill-Turn software levels, and now the new software subscription option, provides customers a flexible way to manage their CNC operations. Cylindrical milling in GibbsCAM Continued on Page 76 Siemens Announces Collaboration with Oak Ridge National Labs Siemens announced it has engaged in early-stage research and develop-ment projects with multiple partners including National Laboratories. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Labora-tory (ORNL) is a pioneering institution focusing on manufacturing analysis and simulation, materials development, large-scale metal systems, robotics and Continued on Page 77 West Building Tooling Innovations Advancements enhance quality and productivity. See Page 54 Precise Pipe Bending Solution North Building Milling Head Spindle Combination Milling head will be shown with newest technology for high-volume material removal. This combo spindle offers precision needed for aero and other applications. See Page 68 Unison Tube LLC of Danville, VA, has assisted Morse Hydraulics, a US-based provider of high-pressure hy-draulic hoses and fittings, in removing its reliance on external suppliers for the bending of specialist pipe fittings and, in doing so, also reducing the volume of bent components it holds in stock. Morse Hydraulics required a pipe bending machine that would offer high levels of accuracy and repeatability, yet would be well suited to a manufactur-ing environment specializing in one-off and small batch runs. “Our goal was two-fold,” said Richie Damian, owner at Morse Hydraulics. “First and foremost, we wanted to carry Continued on Page 77 Raytheon Awarded Hypersonics Challenge Project LIFT, the Detroit-based Department of Defense manufacturing innovation institute, along with the Department of Defense (DoD), have announced the launch of one of the institute’s Hyper-sonics Challenge projects with Raytheon Technologies. The project is investigating the use of modeling and simulation to speed the development and adoption of new, ad-vanced high-temperature materials re-quired for hypersonic applications. It will be led by the Raytheon Technologies Continued on Page 77 People in the News Read about new personnel appointments in metalworking manufacturing companies throughout the United States. See Page 74 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 Advertiser Index Page 73 PAID
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