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VOL. 40 NO. 5
June/July 2022
The oldest regional industrial pub- lication serving the Western States manufacturing managers, owners and engineers from 1 employee
to those larger plants of 5,000 or more. Its editorials feature numeri- cal control applications in all size machine shops, tooling, program- ming, robotics and shop operations, training personnel, financing of new equipment, cutting tools and all related manufacturing requirements. Coverage extends to all of Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Ne- vada, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
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Happy Reading
You are reading the largest issue of CNC WEST in a year. You may or may not know that most FREE trade magazines determine the size of their magazine by how many ads they have. It is expensive (and with paper cost rising it is getting more expensive) to print a magazine and then to mail it. What does that matter to you the reader? Well, the larger the magazine the more information and feature articles we can offer you. Also, that tells you that more and more companies are choosing CNC WEST as one of their methods to get their product or service in front of western region metalwork- ers. So when you get finished reading this issue which is jam packed with great information I know I will be thanking all those advertisers and hope you do too.
Our cover story is on a southern California pump manufacturer that is a big believer in automation. SC Hydraulics is a production-based company. They make the same parts repeatedly, so repeatability, and fewer setups is a huge savings. All
the new machines they invest in must be 4 or 5 axis and save on setups and labor costs. Their new Leadwell LTC-25iASMY lathe and Toptek gantry loader saves them four operations. Read all about their operation beginning on page 22.
Another story is about a northern California shop where medical is their bread and butter. Vanderhulst Associates has some of the top names in the medical industry utilizing their abilities to produce parts made from exotic metals with unique features. Being a family-owned company, CNC WEST is a sucker for successful family-owned businesses like this one.
I guess the complete opposite of a family-owned business is Benchmark Precision Technologies. This HUGE chip making company with 24 plants in eight countries including some in northern California and Arizona was kind enough to share some of their secrets with our readers. The article written by Sean Buur talks about how Precision Technologies has deployed FactoryWiz machine monitoring systems on its advanced CNC machining centers throughout the facilities. There are well over 100 machines tied into monitoring, with the goal being to expand into non-machining type equip- ment like CMMs, welding equipment, clean rooms, and sheet metal.
There are also informative articles about the Starrag Competence Center Aerospace — an initiative to combine the expertise already available within the group in terms of manufacturing turbines and structural components and a recap of the recent Legacy open house at Selway Machine Tool which honored the late Bill Selway and the wonderful open houses that Bill put on over the years. Also a supplied article by Allied Machine & Engineering touched on Five things you need to know about chip formation in machining.
That folks will do it. Enjoy this issue of CNC WEST and if you have a company that will be at IMTS in September please know that our next issue is our IMTS issue and we might have room for your free press release and definitely will have room if you want an ad. Until then I hope you all enjoy your summer
Sincerely,
Shawn Arnold
Shawn Arnold Publisher
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