West Manufacturing News • Nov 23

M ANUFACTURING N EWS WEST Vol. 12 No. 11 November 2023 Serving Since 2012 Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington & Wyoming Feature Editorial Cutting Tools Chip Splitter Series in Metric Metric VariMill Chip Splitters now available. See Page 10 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Production Metal 3D Printing System for Tooling celerating how manu-facturers go from prod-uct idea to launch. After completing multiple successful beta deployments, Mantle is shipping production versions of its P-200 printer and F-200 fur-nace incorporating ad-ditional hardware and process refinements. Westec Plastics, a cus-tom plastic injection molder and tool builder based in Livermore, CA, received the first Man-tle production system. Westec Plastic installing its Mantle metal 3D printer. “Having the Mantle Mantle announced the deployment equipment in-house enables Westec to of its metal 3D printing system for tool-complete prototype and production making. Mantle’s system automates steel tooling inserts with a much shorter how OEMs, molders and toolmakers lead time than standard mold builds,” make precision mold tool components, said Tammy Barras, President of Westec reducing lead times and costs while ac-Continued on Page 54 Okuma America Corporation Announces Next-Generation Partner Program The leadership team at Okuma America Corporation has announced a next-generation program designed for a group of companies that provide best-in-class technologies to augment Okuma products. The new program—branded as “Partners in Technology”—is an evolution of the company’s former Partners in THINC Program. The new Continued on Page 54 Finishing/ Grinding/Abrasives Universal Cylindrical Grinding High-speed solution offers enhanced accuracy, finishes and throughput. See Page 20 Renishaw Launches New Line of Industrial Automation Products Renishaw has launched a new prod-uct line specifically designed for the in-dustrial automation market. The new RCS product line builds on its existing expertise and technologies for indus-trial metrology applications and aims to transform the process of commission-ing and servicing industrial automation technologies. Developed to solve some fundamental challenges within the global industrial automation industry, the new RCS product line focuses on the problems associated with manual set-up, calibration and maintenance of Continued on Page 54 Applying Technology New Technology Brings Manufacturing Back to the US Start-up factory relies on advanced technology. See Page 28 CERATIZIT Acquires Xceliron Corp. Smart Manufacturing Digital Twin Technology The value of digital twin technology. Updates to TRUMPF Technology Center in California (l-r) Mirko Merlo, CERATIZIT Executive Board Member, Melissa Albeck, Randy Jones, Ric DiOrio and Andreas Lackner See Pg. 34 CERATIZIT S.A., part of the Plansee Group, has acquired all shares of Xcel-iron Corp. The Chatsworth, CA-based round tool manufacturer is focused on providing special solid carbide tools for aerospace and automotive industries in the U.S. Continued on Page 52 TRUMPF is unveiling a fresh, new look for its facility in Costa Mesa, CA. The California TRUMPF Technology Center opened in June of 2019 to demon-strate and train customers on the latest TRUMPF technology. Now, the 20,000 sq. ft. facility highlights the company’s latest advances in tube and flat sheet laser cutting, bending, arc welding and combination punch-laser technology via eight onsite TRUMPF machines. Visitors to the updated showroom can witness—in action—a TruLaser 1030, TruLaser 3030 with automation, TruLaser Continued on Page 54 Material Handling/ Inventory Control Cobot Palletizer Heavy-duty solution handles cases up to 30 kgs. See Page 46 People in the News Page 42 Advertiser Index Page 41 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 PAID