General Machining & Manufacturing Processes

CHARLTON, MA - (11/14/2018) - MTD Micro Molding (mtdmicromolding.com), a long-time specialist in micro injection molding for the medical device industry, has made significant investments in innovation this year.

Tacoma, WA, November 14—Stellar Industrial Supply today announced it has been named Affiliate-of-the-Year Award winner by Snap-on Industrial Brands.

Noblesville, Indiana, November 9, 2018 –INDEX has announced the hiring of 15 new employees over the past five months, with 12 of those filling newly created positions.

By increasing modularity and scalability, a new generation of Beckhoff TwinSAFE safety controllers permits optimal adaptation to the specific safety requirements of individual machine concepts. The ability to distribute the intelligence of an entire safety application across multiple TwinSAFE Logic-capable I/O modules means flexible implementation of increasingly modular architectures. These safety architectures can adapt to varied system requirements even more effectively than in the past.

SICK announces the launch of SICK's Safe Portal Solutions. Safe Portal Solutions from SICK ensure flexible, efficient safeguarding for automated material transfer stations.

Camfil APC introduces the Gold Cone X-Flo (GCX) filter cartridge for high-efficiency industrial dust collection. Building on the proven performance of HemiPleat Gold Cone technology, GCX filters stay cleaner and last longer than conventional pleated filters.

The DeHoff G560-B1 is a custom machine designed to form the rifling grooves in gun barrels. The barrel is rotated by a 3-jaw chuck while a rifling button tool is pulled through the barrel by a hydraulic cylinder. The button tool deforms the rifling grooves into the internal bore of the barrel using a swaging process. All the rifling grooves are cold-formed in a single pass.

Odense, Denmark, November 13, 2018: Universal Robots (UR) is hiring 20+ Rethink staff members, merging UR's Boston office with Rethink's former headquarters in the Seaport area in Boston, USA, with immediate effect.

As of November 1, 2018, Tornos has moved its US headquarters headquarters from Lombard, IL, to Des Plaines, IL.

Clearwater, FL -- (www.bobcad.com) -- BobCAD-CAM is solidifying their quest for excellence in the CAD-CAM market by appointing Alex Cole as their new Director of Partner Products & Technical Services.

Sudbury, MA, U.S.A. (November 8, 2018) – Methods Machine Tools, Inc., a North American supplier of precision machine tools and automation, has recently partnered with Ocean Technologies Ltd. Inc. to offer high-quality, cost-effective EDM Drills throughout the U.S. and Canada including Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

Coldwater, Ohio, Nov. 8, 2018 – Coldwater Machine Company has hired Christopher May as a program manager overseeing assembly automation projects for the company.