Vol. 74 Nbr. 8, August 2008

Index

• Tool for the job: handing over brass hammer a rite of passage.
• GM, CMU partner to create driverless 'vehicle of future'.
• Egypt named top emerging overseas market.
• Acme Manufacturing Co.
• American Axle & Manufacturing.
• BAE Systems.
• BorgWarner Inc.
• Briggs & Stratton.
• Caterpillar.
• Cimatron Ltd., which already has a presence in China, is adding GibbsCAM software to the product line offered to toolmakers and manufacturers in the region.
• Cognex Corp.
• Delcam has recently added its 25,000 customer, JR Automation Technologies of Holland, MI.
• Ford Motor Co. will expand its Cuautitian, Mexico, operation in order to build the new Fiesta subcompact, and its Chihuahua engine plant, which builds I-4 engines.
• GE Aviation.
• Hardinge Inc.
• Heinrichs USA LLC.
• Hexagon has acquired all outstanding shares in Advanced Metrology Solutions.
• Kaiser Aluminum.
• Kia Motors America.
• KRC Machine Tool Services of Independence, KY, has launched a new site.
• Makino has launched a weblog for all EDM users at www.EDMmatters.com.
• Mate Precision Tooling is now offering Spanish, www.mate.com/es, and French, www.mate.com/fr.
• Oil and gas service industry company Key Energy Services has acquired Hydra-Walk Inc., a provider of downhole pipe handling solutions.
• Simrit, a division of Freudenberg-NOK, has purchased the assets of the Tetralane companies of Houston, TX.
• Steven W. Demster.
• Surfware Inc.
• Tata Motors.
• The PowerMILL 8 Release Centre is now online at www.powermill.com/releasecentre.
• To be consistent with other business units of the company, alpha gear drives Inc. will change its named to Wittenstein Inc.
• Tooling U, a Cleveland-based online training company specializing in manufacturing, has launched TU Mobile at www.toolingu.com/mobile.
• TRW Automotive Holdings Corp.
• MTConnect to shine at IMTS tech center: open system offers easy data exchange.
• Here's a final checklist.
• IMTS provides chance to tap into new markets.
• Top execs set the stage for big show's opening: signs point to robust metalworking economy.
• Invest now or lose in the future.
• New heights for aircraft market.
• Welcome to the IT revolution.
• Information-intense world changes IMTS.
• Multi-tasking and flexibility the key to success.
• Taking advantage of booming times.
• Harnessing the cutting edge of technology.
• It's survival of the fittest.
• New ideas can help improve company profit.
• Gang tool lathe.
• ID/OD grinding machine.
• In-line twin spindle lathe.
• Steady rests.
• Bar feeder keeps pace.
• Flexible/rotary center.
• High-speed horizontal machining center.
• Horizontal machining center.
• Laser drilling machine.
• Vertical machine center.
• New five-axis machines.
• Small flat tape layer.
• Horizontal boring mill.
• Swiss-type turn-mill.
• Traveling column machining center.
• Turning center.
• 32mm Swiss-turning machine.
• Boxway horizontal machining center.
• Five-axis HMC.
• High-productivity horizontal.
• Taper VMC.
• Turning centers.
• Four-spindle CNC lathe.
• HMC for large parts.
• Three-milling HPM.
• Bridge-style design five-axis machine with rotary table.
• HMC features 60-tool storage magazine.
• Gantry-design machining center.
• MN/CNC lathe.
• VMC for aerospace.
• Cermet-tipped circular blades.
• High volume thread grinder.
• Planetary deburring head.
• CNC honing system.
• New model in truing and dressing.
• Resharpening machine.
• Rotary grinder.
• Five-axis CNC grinder.
• Laser marking system.
• Marking software.
• Robot supports 30kg.
• Turret punch press.
• VMC for non-ferrous materials.
• Closed loop filtration system.
• CNC carbide cutoff system feature-laden.
• 3D laser scanners.
• Bandsaw blades.
• Gantry-based laser.
• Jet machining center.
• Marking systems.
• Seven-axis robot arm.
• Vertical hobbing machine.
• Cutting oils.
• Grit blasting system.
• HFP low-foam fluids.
• Intensifier pump.