Northeast Manufacturing News • August 2011

NE NORTHEAST Vol. 7 No. 8 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 Feature Editorial LaserStar Presents FiberCube Marking and Engraving Systems FiberCube systems integrate the FiberStar marking source and provide controllable pulse rates. See Page 12 for Details August 2011 Complete Online Digital Editions go to www.ipnews.com Lasers in Manufacturing JACQUET Mid Atlantic Adds Fourth Waterjet Cutting Machine Ganesh Open House Will Unveil New 11-Axis Lathe Ganesh Machinery will unveil two new machines fresh off the factory floor on September 14th at the com-pany’s headquarters building at 20869 Plummer St. in Chatsworth, CA, just off of DeSoto Ave., along with 20 other machine demonstrations of live cutting metals. “The new Cyclone 52-T3Y2 fea-tures 3-tool turrets, each with 16-tool positions available for milling, for a total of 48-tools,” said a company spokesperson. “The two upper turrets Continued on Page 4 Rattunde Offers ACS + CFMcurve Integrated Sawing and Machining Center Special Machinery Precision parts are made in one continuous process with no operator intervention. See Page 20 for Details Jet Edge, Inc. has announced that JACQUET Mid Atlantic has added a fourth Jet Edge waterjet cutting ma-chine at its metal processing facility in Pottstown, PA. The Mid Rail Gantry system is JACQUET’s ninth Jet Edge waterjet nationwide. JACQUET Mid Atlantic’s newest waterjet cutting machine is capable of cutting materials up to 21’ x 13’. It fea-tures two abrasivejet cutting heads with mirroring capabilities to cut large parts twice as fast, the company said. Pow-ered by a 100 HP, 60,000 PSI waterjet in-tensifier pump, the system features Continued on Page 4 AS9100 Certification Awarded to LCR Electronics LCR Electronics, a manufacturer of EMI filters, backplanes and rugged sys-tem enclosures and electronic control products for military, aerospace, tele-com and high-end commercial applica-tions, announced that it has completed the AS9100 quality management sys-tem (QMS) standard certification. The AS9100 QMS is a stringent standard specific to the aerospace in-dustry and includes the ISO 9001:2008 standard, in addition to several comple-mentary requirements. It is recognized Continued on Page 4 Mercer Valve Employs New Manufacturing Technology One of the main goals was to be able to machine as many of the different casting bodies used in their valves as possible. Applying Technology Monarch Lathes Announces Increases to Product Line See Page 26 for Details Spring Technologies Offers Digital Workshop imX Preview CTM Becomes ITAR Registered CTM, a high-tech manufacturing company located in Central New York State, announced they have become ITAR certified. ITAR, International Traffic in Arms Regulations, is a set of United States government regulations that control the export and import of defense related ar-ticles and services on the United States Munitions List. ITAR is overseen and regulated by the U.S. Department of State. “CTM’s list of services is enhanced by this new certification,” said a com-pany spokesperson. “It allows customers Continued on Page 4 Certain key aspects of NCSIMUL, OPTITOOL and NCDOC will be presented at imX 2011. See Page 32 for Details Surface Oil Belt Skimmer from Eriez Hydroflow The oil belt skimmer features a new oleophilic belt to strip separated oil from both sides of the belt. See Page 40 for Details Metalworking Fluids & Lubricants Monarch Lathes has added addi-tional horizontal and vertical turning products to its product line. Along with the additional turning products, Monarch Lathes has added vertical and horizontal machining centers, gantry and bridge machines, boring Continued on Page 4 Abanaki Oil Skimmers Help Automaker Overcome Challenges Green Manufacturing To make name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@ipnews.com • www.ipnews.com/subscribe.html Subscription Changes: The automaker was sacrificing time and money at the hands of aging, labor-intensive equipment. See Page 48 for Details Advertiser Index Page 45 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 PAID