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 plasma technology, has announced plans to significantly increase production ca-pacity for AM powders. The plan in-cludes 20,000 sq. ft. of additional powder production capacity with four new Uni-Melt microwave plasma systems, as well as the addition of a 15,000 sq. ft. material feedstock preparation building. “Over the last 12 months, 6K Addi-tive has seen rapid growth in demand for its nickel, titanium and refractory powders, and this capacity increase will help the company meet their customers’ needs for the coming 12-36 months,” said a company spokesperson. “Global unrest has shed a major spotlight on our nation’s supply chain vulnerability for critical materials,” said 6K Additive President Frank Roberts. “This, in combination with our consis-tent product quality, sustainability Continued on Page 54 Feature Editorial Metalcutting Universal Machining Center for Large Parts Vol. 19 No. 1 January 2023 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com 6K Additive Expands Powder Manufacturing Capacity Excellerant Partners with TriMech Excellerant, Inc. and TriMech are partnering to give Excellerant’s Collab-orative Manufacturing Platform wider distribution across the U.S. and Canada. “Excellerant’s suite of data collection gathering, monitoring, and reporting hardware and software tools are gain-ing awareness among manufacturers looking for reliable shop connectivity solutions,” said a company spokesper-son. This alignment follows TriMech’s ac-quisition of the Mastercam businesses of MACDAC Engineering in December Continued on Page 54 Solution produces complex parts due to its ability to move any 4 of its 5 axes. See Page 8 6K Additive, a division of 6K, a pro-ducer of engineered materials for addi-tive manufacturing (AM) and lithium-ion batteries produced from its UniMelt Datanomix and ProShop ERP Partner Datanomix, provider of Automated Production Intelligence, and ProShop ERP, a supplier of digital manufacturing management systems, have announced a partnership to help manufacturers de-liver more insights from their opera-tional data. The first of many new features deliv-ers automated job costing analytics that compare ProShop target takt times for part production to actual part perform-ance at the machine. The ability to com-pare ProShop targets to Datanomix actuals and benchmarks offers complete clarity on gross margin performance on Continued on Page 54 Applying Technology Taking on West Coast Machining Challenges CNC control makes easy work of complex components. See Page 28 Custom Core Pins, Punches, Blades and Sleeves Custom core pins, sleeves, ejec-tors, blades and punches are avail-able from Regal Components, Inc. The company precision manufac-tures specials for leading manufac-turers, distributors and end-users. Regal Special Mold & Die Com-ponents can be precision ground to a tolerance of ±0.000050” in lengths up to 14” L with tip diam-eters as small as 0.002”. Featuring surface finishes to 2 RMS, they can be custom manufactured from tool steels such as M-2, A-2, A-10, H-13, S-7, PM-M4, PM-10V, PM-15V, 420 and 440 stainless steels and beryl-lium-free copper alloys, and can be polished, coated and plated for additional wear resistance and lu-bricity. Suitable for a wide range of Continued on Page 54 People in the News Read about new personnel appointments in metalworking manufacturing companies throughout the United States. See Page 34 Hexagon and ESAB Help Manufacturers Optimize Robotic Welding Processes Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelli-gence division has signed a partnership agreement with ESAB to create a stream-lined welding solution combining Hex-agon’s simulation software with ESAB’s InduSuite solutions to help fabricators perform more efficient and successful welding operations. Hexagon’s simula-tion intelligence, embedded within ESAB’s software and automation port-folio, will help ensure that users have the tools required to consistently man-ufacture high-quality products without Continued on Page 54 Workholding Precision Diaphragm Chucks OD diaphragm chucks offer repeatability within .0001” See Pg. 42 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 Advertiser Index Page 39 Gross Publications, Inc. NORTHEAST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 PAID
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