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56 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST December 2017 /January 2018 HEIDENHAIN’s New General Catalog From “Fundamentals and Process- es” in HEIDENHAIN’s state-of-the-art development of precision measure- ment components to an overview of the current HEIDENHAIN-brand product program, the new general catalog from HE I DEN - HAIN is a s o l i d r e - s ou r c e o f motion con- trol product information. Se r v i ng both OEMs and end us- e r s w i t h equipment measurement needs, HEIDENHAIN is well known by manufacturers of ma- chine tools and of automated machines and systems, in particular for semicon- ductor and electronics manufacturing. The new HEIDENHAIN general catalog is available online by down- load at www.heidenhain.com Prima Power Laserdyne Names Operations Manager Prima Power Laserdyne, LLC an- nounced the promotion of Dr. Aaron Montello to the position of operations manager. In announcing the promo- tion, Terry L. VanderWert, president, stated that Dr. Montello will be respon- sible for production, manufacturing engineering, project management, purchasing, inventory control and facilities. “Aaron Montello has served as interim operations manager for the last four months and done very well in this challenging position,” reported VanderWert. “He has earned this promotion fulfilling our practice of promoting from within our organiza- tion whenever possible.” Industry News Montello started with Prima Power Laserdyne five years ago as a project engineer. Within three years, he was promoted to product manager. During his tenure, he was respon- sible for several important develop- ment projects including Prima Power Laserdyne’s next generation Optical Focus Control and patent-pending SmartShield laser welding nozzle as- sembly of which he is the inventor. Renishaw and Identify3D Collaborate to Enable Secure Digital Manufac- turing Renishaw, a world leader in me- trology and additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, and Identify3D, a leader in software for the digital sup- ply chain, announce a collaboration to offer an end-to-end, secure digital manufacturing process. Identify3D will provide data pro- tection coupled with contractual and manufacturing licensing from design to production on RenishawAM systems. By choosing to secure all digital data in the engineering phase, the technology enables users of Renishaw systems to protect their digital intellectual property (IP), enforce production rules and provide traceability in the digital supply chain at the industry’s highest standard. “Renishaw understands how impor- tant it is to have an efficient and reliable control of data flow all the way to its machines,” said Stephan Thomas, chief strategy officer at Identify3D. “We are pleased that Renishaw, has selected Identify3D as a strategic partner to provide such a solution to the market place – from design to distribution and production.” Marc Saunders, director of global solutions Centres at Renishaw, com- mented, “Industrializing additive man- ufacturing requires that we manage and control a complex chain of processes to deliver consistent, traceable and quali- fied parts. Secure transmission and controlled use of digital IP is critical to enable agile Industry 4.0 supply chains. We believe that Identify3D brings a strong and necessary solution that will increase these controls, minimising variation, to improve and protect AM production quality.” The two companies are currently working together on pilot projects for several manufacturing customers United Grinding North America, Inc. Opens New Miamisburg Headquarters In just over a year after break- ing ground, United Grinding North America, Inc. has officially opened the doors of its new 110,000-square- foot headquarters. The building brings the company’s cylindrical, surface and profile grinding business units as well as its automation and rebuilding departments from its existing offices in Miamisburg, Ohio, together with the staff from its tool and cutter grinding machines and measurement systems sectors who were formerly located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. SST Opens Largest EDM Consumables Facility in North America SST, a global distributor of leading machine tool and consumable brands, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 30, to officially open its new facility in