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CNC WEST October/November 2018 www.CNC-West.com 3 Feature Stories The Secret to Automating CNC Machine Tools......................... 18 Renishaw New Additive Manufacturing Center Opens in CA. 20 Pro Pallet System Takes Tree Climbing Equipment to New Heights A southern California shop took manufacturing in-house and now soars ............................................................................. 22 Set-up Reduction Strategies . ..................................................... 30 IMTS Has Their Biggest Show Ever ........................................ 34 Six Industries Benefiting from Additive Manufacturing.......... 38 4th Generation Machinist Adds New Generation CNC Company changes from Automatics to CNC Swis s.................... 42 Platino Fiber Laser Provides Speed and Quality for Washington Company Fabricating shop use lasers in motor sports manufacturing. ... 48 Nevada Home to Haas 200,000th Machine . .............................. 52 Tim Paul’s CAD/CAM/CNC Perspective Tim Tackles Cutter Compensation .......................................... 56 Precision Workholding System Extends Machine Capabilities ...................................................................................................... 58 CNC West October/November • Volume XXXVII No 1 Departments With the help of Pierson Products pal- let systems Spyder Manufacturing has climbed to new heights. - Pg.22 4 Publisher Editorial 8 Executive Hotline 60 Industry News 68 New Products AWashington company conducted an extensive search for a Fiber Laser machine and are happy with what they chose. - Page 48 Coming in Dec 2018/Jan 2019 QA & Fabrication — Look for some really great stories and features covering the latest techniques, in quality assurance and metal fabri- cation, plus the latest news from the world of metalworking Editorial: Nov 19, 2018 Ad Space: Nov 26 2018 Ad Material: Dec 2, 2018