CONTENTS c FEATURES JUNE 2015 VOL. 154, NO. 6 ON THE WEB
51 / VISUALIZING THE FACTORY FLOOR WITH HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATION
New simulation solutions in metalcutting, digital manufacturing and CAE multiphysics help manufacturers build products faster and more accurately
61 / THE DARK ARTS OF DARK MARKS
Laser marking is growing in popularity, driven by FDA regulations, the low cost of the mature technology and innovations from builders aiming to make their products stand out.
71 / LASER WRINKLE RINGS SWISS MACHINE BELLS AND WHISTLES
Products target improved cycle time, safety, machining performance
80 / SMALL IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDICAL
Micro and nano manufacturing continue to see incremental improvements
86 / MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN MEDICAL METROLOGY
Explore the wide range of new technologies thoughout the sector.
SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE REPORT Take a look inside America’s moonshot plan to revive US manufacturing. After the Great Recession, a coalition of US business leaders, academics and others teamed up to fi gure out how the US could secure a leadership position in manufacturing for the 21st Century. Now, they are rolling out the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, which aims to revive the nation’s manufacturing infrastructure by leading the development of manufacturing technologies.
SHOP SOLUTIONS
41 / ONE SNOWFLAKE TOO MANY LEADS SHOP TO ADVANCED EDMS
That’s how Henry Kalkman describes the snow on the roof of his shop, JK Machining Inc., the day it collapsed in February 2014. Kalkman can make light of the incident now, but the calamity could have shut down the Kalamazoo, MI, mold-and-die shop.
46 / ERP SYSTEM TRACKS EDM JOBS, GROWS SHOP’S BUSINESS
When your job shop is running 80 electrical discharge machines (EDM), 24 hours-a-day with an output of more than 5000 jobs a year, keeping track of every aspect of your business might seem impossible, but not for Carl Sommer and his sons at Reliable EDM (Houston, TX).
92 / SOFTWARE SPEEDS 3D EOAT BUILD FOR MOLDING ROBOT
Bemis Manufacturing (Sherybogan Falls, WI) is the largest manufacturer of toilet seats in the world and a leading producer of health- care products, custom plastic products and precision plastic parts. The family-owned company also manufactures a host of other plastic products.
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Cover: An endoscopic device that has been marked with a Trumpf fi ber-laser marking system. Because multiple-use medical products pose a danger of spreading contaminants, which can hide in even tiny indentations in a device, they need to be marked in a way that retains the surface integrity of the metal. Image courtesy Trumpf.
DEPARTMENTS
6 / UPFRONT Note to Self: It’s the Technology Stupid! 8 / CONNECT & ENGAGE
10 / VIEWPOINTS NNMI: A New Place for Advancing Manufacturing
12 / ADVANCED MANUFACTURING NOW
DIY: Creating Through-Tool Coolant Capability
15 / SME SPEAKS Lasers Grow Manufacturing
19 / NEWSDESK FANUC Unveils Co-Bot with Heavier Payload
26 / SOFTWARE UPDATE Smarter CAM Software Improves Productivity
35 / TECH FRONT Promising Magnesium Ion EV Battery Progress 95 / WEBSITE PROFILES 105 / THE BIG M PREVIEW 108 / CLASSIFIEDS 109 / AD INDEX
110 / WORKFORCE PIPELINE Colliding Worlds:
Engineering Meets Biology
112 / VIEWPOINTS Unleash New Investment and Manufacturing Growth
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