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 Tooth cutting completes the gear cutting technologies on MT 715. Feature Editorial Metalcutting Multitasking Turn-Mill Center Vol. 21 No. 1 January 2025 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Complete Machining on Milling-Turning Centers RAPID + TCT Taking Place April 8-10 RAPID + TCT, an event for additive manufacturing (AM) and industrial 3D printing, will return to Detroit, MI, April 8-10, 2025, at Huntington Place. Co-produced by SME and Rapid News Pub-lications Ltd, this annual event will cel-ebrate a milestone of 35 years. For the first time ever, RAPID + TCT announced its colocation with three major industry events: SME’s AeroDef Manufacturing, showcasing the indus-try’s most advanced technologies in the aerospace and defense sectors; SAE’s trademark mobility event, the World Continued on Page 54 Solution offers six-sided machining of complex parts in a single set-up. See Page 6 Applying Technology Strategies for Complex Parts A successful collaborative approach in machining a 1/8 model. See Page 28 In the early 2000s, manufacturing was changing. The industry was limited to specialized machines, each dedicated to a single job: milling, turning or drilling. It was efficient, but there was a catch. Creating a complex part involved mov-ing it from one machine to another. This process was slow, took a lot of time and often led to mistakes. A few visionary engineers looked at this process and thought, what if there was a better way? One of those engineers was Michael Wurster, Senior Product Manager at CHIRON Group. Wurster had an idea: What if one machine could do every-thing? A machine that could mill, turn and drill all six sides of a part without Continued on Page 12 Mid Atlantic Machinery to Host Steel Tech 2025 Mid Atlantic Machinery, a provider of machine tool solutions, has announc-ed its annual Steel Tech 2025, set to take place February 4-6, 2025, at Mid At-lantic Machinery in Harrisburg, PA. This event will bring together lead-ers and innovators in manufacturing to explore the latest advancements in manufacturing technology, including cutting-edge laser cutting equipment, finishing machines and automation so-lutions. “With live demonstrations, expert Continued on Page 54 STILFOLD Secures U.S. Patent States Patent and Trade-mark Office (USPTO). This milestone represents a sig-nificant advancement for the company’s origami-in-spired manufacturing meth-od, which improves mate-rial efficiency and reduces the environmental impact of industrial production. “The newly granted pat-ent, covering STILFOLD’s proprietary curve folding technology, enables the cre-ation of complex geometri-cal structures from flat sheet metal with precision and strength,” said a company spokesperson. “This meth-od minimizes material usage by parts Continued on Page 54 Education/Training Robot Station Alloy Enterprises Expands Production Fab Facility Alloy Enterprises, a Boston, MA-based manufacturing technology start-up, has expanded its company head-quarters office and production fabrica-tion facility. This facility expansion and upgraded layout doubles the production space from the original floor plan and includes updated office space. The new produc-tion area is equipped with additional Stack Forging equipment, which has more than doubled the production ca-pacity in response to increasing demand from customers for complex aluminum Continued on Page 54 Turn-key training platform. See Page 34 STILFOLD, an innovator in sus-tainable manufacturing technology, announced that its foundational pat-ent has been granted by the United Workholding Extra-Long Hard Jaws Jaws offer greater center reach and versatility. See Pg. 46 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 41 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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