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 of X-4 tool products, which comprises a line of torque multipliers and torque-limiting devices. Geartronics began operations as the Massachusetts Gear and Tool Company when its founders, E. R. Lyman and Joseph Cavicchi, purchased the assets of the defunct Woburn Gear Works in April of 1922. The run-down building and machinery of that company were then located on Nahua Street in Woburn, MA. In the first year of operation, the founders increased the size of the business from 1,250 sq. ft. to 2,250 sq. ft. After 25 years of hard work and dedication, they had grown the company to occupy 21,000 Continued on Page 62 Feature Editorial Workholding Enhanced Jaw Gripping Force Wear resistant carbide coating added to hard or soft jaws eliminates slippage. See Page 10 Vol. 19 No. 9 September 2023 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Geartronics Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary Methods Machine Geartronics, Inc. recently marked 100 Tools to Host years of continuous operations. The company produces custom-machined Machine Fest gears and precision machined compo-October 4-5 nents and is the exclusive manufacturer Methods Machine Tools will host Machine Fest on October 4-5 at its na-tional headquarters at 71 Union Ave., Sudbury, MA. Machine Fest will run from 9 AM to 4 PM each day. Designed to demonstrate the full Methods experience, attendees will get up close to Methods’ entire portfolio of 3-and 5-axis CNC platforms, EDM, Continued on Page 60 Energy Manufacturing Gantry Type Machining Center The LG Series is suited for aerospace, naval engineering and energy applications. See Page 20 Okuma America Corporation Names Geartronics is the exclusive manufacturer of X-4 Tools. Model Morris Group LW-750 torque multipliers are pictured. Distributor of Advance Welding Marks 45 Years in Business the Year Advance Welding, a specialty welding and metal fabrication company that works with cus-tomers in the aerospace and de-fense, automotive, energy, med-ical, semiconductor and other engineering sectors, is celebrat-ing its 45th year in business. The recent acquisition of KTI, Inc. of East Windsor, CT, has ex-panded Advance Welding’s Nad-cap-and FAA-certified laser and electron beam welding capabil-ities for aerospace and defense and power generation applica-tions. Additionally, the award-ing of a Massachusetts Manu-facturing Accelerate Program grant of $250,000 and partnering with the Western MA Economic Development Council has al-lowed the Advance Welding to Advance Welding offers a wide range of welding, purchase electron beam welding brazing and metal fabrication services. Certifications and laser beam weld chambers, include Nadcap, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Repair Station, AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 Continued on Page 62 The leadership team of Okuma Amer-ica Corporation has recognized Morris Group Inc. as its distributor of the year for Okuma’s fiscal 2022 reporting year. Aaron Hornyak of the Morris Group, Inc. leadership team accepted the award at Okuma’s annual distributor meeting. The Okuma Distributor of the Year Award was established to recognize a distributor partner for exceptional per-formance in selling and servicing Okuma products and services throughout a Continued on Page 62 Applying Technology Getting the Most out of an HMC Five workholding essentials to increase productivity. See Page 32 Welding Cold Wire TIG Welding New features make TIG welding easier. See Page 38 Mazak Provides Competitive Edge for Manufacturers at DISCOVER 2023 Mazak will host DISCOVER 2023 October 9-13 at its North American headquarters in Florence, KY. The largest private manufacturing event in North America, DISCOVER 2023 will feature four action areas of live ma-chine tool demonstrations and high-light automation and advanced digital solutions designed to give manufac-turers a competitive advantage. An-chored by the theme “Learn more. Do more. Make more.,” DISCOVER offers Continued on Page 58 Quality Control & Measurement Contour & Roughness System Flexible system is suited for the metrology lab and the shop floor. See Page 52 People in the News Page 46 Advertiser Index Page 45 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 PAID
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