Southwest Manufacturing News • October 2024

SW SOUTHWEST M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 1965 Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana & New Mexico Feature Editorial Metalcutting Designed for Production Modular design can be configured for range of applications. See Page 8 Vol. 59 No. 10 October 2024 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com MODIG and IBARMIA Enter into Partnership Hyundai WIA USA ized and flexible machin-Expo Event ing centers, announced the signature of a strate-October 29-31 gic partnership. In sup-port of the alliance, MODIG will take a sub-stantial minority stake in the capital of IBARMIA. This strategic partner-ship aims to bolster both companies’ geographical and sectoral presence, fostering new growth opportunities and syner-gies for both. The parties will also explore syner-gies in manufacturing. “MODIG and IBARMIA share a passion for inno-(l-r) Koldo Arandia, President and CEO of IBARMIA, vation and excellence in and David Modig, President and CEO of MODIG manufacturing. We are MODIG, a manufacturer of ma-excited to combine our strengths and chining solutions for high productivity expertise, delivering even greater value and automation applications, and to our customers,” said David Modig, IBARMIA, a manufacturer of custom-Continued on Page 62 Hyundai WIA will be holding an expo event, HINEX USA 2024, taking place October 29-31, 2024, 10 AM to 4 PM, at The Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. This year’s expo will show-case Hyundai WIA’s latest advance-ments in precision machining, auto-mation and smart manufacturing solu-tions with 10 Hyundai WIA machines on the floor. Machines on display will include turning centers, HMCs and VMCs, in-cluding the SE2600SY with cobot and bar loader, LM2200TTSYY, XM2600ST, Continued on Page 62 Machine Maintenance Cylindrical 4-Axis Receiver Receiver is designed for aligning lathes, turning centers and spindles, rams and pistons and more. See Page 24 TCI Precision Metals Expands Duplex Milling Capacity TCI Precision Metals has an-nounced the installation of its newest Amada duplex mill, the THV460. The machine is the newest addition to the TCI line of optimized milling machines used in the production of Machine-Ready Blanks. The THV460 will con-tinue to reduce customer lead time as demand for Custom Made-to-Order and Standard Ready-to-Ship Machine-Ready Blanks continues to rise, the company reported. TCI Machine-Ready Blanks are milled in width and length, using the Continued on Page 62 Applying Technology Shop Passes Down Knowledge Advanced control helps shop manage challenges of high-mix manufacturing and training new machinists. See Page 32 FANUC America Unveils New $110 Million Robotics and Automation Campus Software Software Components for Digital Manufacturing Release includes new and enhanced features for efficient toolpath generation. See Page 40 FANUC America’s new 650,000-sq.-ft. West Campus facility in Auburn Hills, MI, will provide advanced product manufacturing and customized automation systems, as well as warehouse space for thousands of products. 2024 PRI Show Registration Opens Registration for the 2024 PRI Show, a business event for the motorsports in-dustry, is now open at PRI2024.com/ Attend. Taking place December 12-14 at the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN, the 2024 PRI Show will connect buyers with representatives from over 1,000 exhibiting companies who will show-case their latest products, services, ma-chinery, simulation and testing tech-nologies, trailers and more. Continued on Page 62 Energy Manufacturing Offshore Wind Sector Products FANUC America, provider of ro-botics and automation systems, has of-ficially unveiled its new 650,000 sq. ft. West Campus facility in Auburn Hills, MI. The expansion increases the foot-print in Michigan to over 2 million sq. ft. and is part of FANUC America’s Continued on Page 62 New product meets the load handling demands of largescale offshore wind manufacturers. See Page 56 Subscription Changes: To make name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • Email: info@mfgnewsweb.com • www.mfgnewsweb.com CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. SOUTHWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 People in the News Page 54 Advertiser Index Page 53 PAID