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CONTENTS JANUARY 2016 VOL. 156, NO. 1 c FEATURES SHOP SOLUTIONS


36 / RETOOLING FACE MILLING TRIGGERS RIPPLE EFFECT


Usually there’s more than the obvious reason to make improvements on the big jobs. For Shaw Industries (Franklin, PA), the biggest benefi t was the ripple effect on the rest of their workload.


41 / SWING-FRAME GRINDER CUTS PRODUCTION TIME


47 / PROCESS HOLDS KEYS TO EFFICIENT TITANIUM MACHINING


Demand for machining titanium for aerospace applications won’t abate any time soon. It is driving OEMs and the supply chain in the commercial airplane market to fi nd ways to dramatically increase output.


57 / FAMILY FLUIDS BUSINESS CHANGES WITH TIMES


Hangsterfer’s Laboratories faces the same challenges as other companies in the metalworking fl uids industry. Environmental concern and regulatory demands have increased, and customer demands have intensifi ed.


68 / SHINING A LIGHT ON MOLD REPAIR AND REFURBISHING


Absolute Laser Welding Solutions, or ALWS, has been in business since early 2013 and its workload keeps expanding. As the name implies, ALWS emphasizes laser welding.


Lincoln Industries (Lincoln, NE) has reduced the time required to polish chrome-plated truck exhaust stacks for heavy-duty trucks prior to plating by more than 40% with a combination buffer/abrasive belt grinder.


99 / AUTOMATION SMOOTHS SHOP’S ENTRY INTO CNC PRODUCTION


Steve Meyer, co-owner of Toolcraft LLC, located in Ft. Wayne, IN, admits he had to be “dragged kicking and screaming” by his sales manager, John Taylor, into the realm of robotic automation for his tool and die company.


ON THE WEB


A TOUR OF ITALY’S TECHNOLOGY SECTOR


Editor in Chief Sarah A. Webster visited Italy to see why the country is Europe’s No. 2 exporter of manufacturing technologies. Along the tour, she visited BLM (Como), Prima Power (Torino) and Cosberg (Bergamo). More at AdvancedManufacturing.org


2 AdvancedManufacturing.org | January 2016 DEPARTMENTS


4 / UPFRONT Supporting a New Generation in the New Year


6 / CONNECT & ENGAGE


8 / ADVANCED MANUFACTURING NOW


• Quality Inspection and the CAD Connection


• How to Reap the Most Benefi t from Advanced Cutting Tools


• Cloud-Based Tool Management for Today


15 / SME SPEAKS


Manufacturing Marches Toward Digital Future


19 / NEWSDESK ‘Father of Robotics’ Engelberger Dies at 90


24 / SOFTWARE UPDATE


Leveraging Digital Analysis for the IIoT, Big Data


31 / TECH FRONT First Chilling Laser Developed for Bio Research (Not Supervillainy)


74 / TECH SPECS 100 / PRODUCT PREVIEWS 108 / CLASSIFIEDS 109 / AD INDEX


110 / WORKFORCE PIPELINE


At the Aviation Academy: Attitude = Altitude


112 / VIEWPOINTS Facilitating the Factory of the Future


Cover: Emuge supplies TiNox-Cut high-performance roughing end mills for aerospace machining and other demanding applications.


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