CNC West Feb March 2019

66 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST February/March 2019 HEIDENHAIN Opens New Office on West Coast To Provide Specialized Motion Systems with ETEL As the Silicon Valley in California and the West Coast continue to be the hub of the semiconductor manufactur- ing in the U.S., HEIDENHAIN has expanded its motion systems support by establishing an ETEL facility in Fremont, CA. This new 2018 office will provide product, service and support of its ETEL motion systems designed specifically for that industry and others. The Fremont office is an expansion of HEIDENHAIN’s San Jose, CA, of- fice and provides warehouse space to keep multiple ETEL motion systems on site. On display currently is an ETEL VULCANO stacked platform motion system, the METIS planar platform, and a demo bench showing ETEL single-axis solutions all operat- ing using ETEL’s AccurET controls. A cleanroom has been built at this ETEL facility to simulate the expected working environment of its operation, and multiple service engineers are on hand to provide real-time support. A conference room space has also been established as a meeting area for visi- tors. “The opening of this facility in 2018 has allowed HEIDENHAIN to meet the needs of the high-tech and fast-paced nature of Silicon Val- ley that often demands immediate response and is yet another example or HEIDENHAIN’s Customer First initiative,” said Daniel Wiseman, HEIDENHAIN Motion System sales engineer. “And actually, area custom- ers of all kinds can nowwalk-in and see motion systems in person. Plus, we can now provide on-site trouble-shooting more easily when required.” Mastercam Launches Website for User-Generat- ed Content CNC Software Inc., developers of Mastercam, has launched Masters of CAM, a new website dedicated to its CAD/CAM users as a community. Masters of CAM is a content-driven platform for Mastercam users to post stories of their skills and accomplish- ments. It is designed to develop as a hub for anyone with an interest in manufacturing. In addition to user-generated con- tent, Masters of CAM includes Fea- tured Stories produced by the com- pany. These videos present people and organizations that have had inspiring experiences as Mastercam users. In the future, compelling stories submitted through Masters of CAM will be con- sidered for development into additional featured stories content. “2018 was a monumental year for Mastercam,” says marketing man- ager Graham Hargreaves. “We’ve celebrated 35 years in business and our 250,000th installation, further solidify- ingMastercam as the most widely used CAD/CAM software in the world. As we sit back and look at what has driven the success of our product through the years, we realized it’s one thing: our users. If it weren’t for our global com- munity, we’d be nowhere.” Industry professionals, students and educators in the Mastercam com- munity are encouraged to join Masters of CAM and share their experiences. Templates will guide story submissions on Masters of CAM. The first template available is “What Makes You a Mas- ter of CAM?” The Masters of CAM platform will grow with additional templates open to all users. It will also include templates for submissions from participants in contests hosted or sponsored by CNC Software. TRAK Machine Tools An- nounces New Distributor for the Western Region TRAK Machine Tools has taken on CNC PROS LLC as their new distributor for the Phoenix, Tucson, and Las Vegas regions as a full line distributor for ProtoTRAK CNC’s. In 2005 CNC PROS first started out as an independent service provider on a wide variety of CNC machines for the state of Arizona. Ray Beauregard Jr. and Cornel Loghin founded the company on a strong service-oriented background, equipped with expertise in a wide variety of CNC machinery. Most recently due to the rapid growth and expansion of their busi- ness, CNC PROS sold their original building and purchased a new show- room in Phoenix,AZ that has increased Industry News