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If you live in the Phoenix area of Arizona, particularly in the east valley, you can’t go a day without seeing a ‘Waymo’ driverless test vehicle.Today, you will see their Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan, which is Waymo’s first vehicle built on a mass-production platform with a fully-integrated hardware suite, designed by Waymo for the purpose of full autonomy. In fact,Waymo just announced that their tests would remove the individual from behind the steering wheel.

Many tech and automotive companies have jumped on the driverless vehicle bandwagon, (including partnerships Uber/ Volvo; Google/Waymo, Fiat/BMW/Intel/ Mobileye; Apple; and Audi/Nvidia) but it is Arizona that is earning the reputation as ‘Open for business’ for these companies. ; How did we become ‘driverless friendly’ in Arizona? It was January 2015 and the Phoenix area was about to host the Super Bowl. Governor Ducey, new in office, learned that a local regulator was planning a sting on Lyft and Uber drivers to shut down the ride-hailing services for operating illegally. Mr. Ducey, a Republican who was the former chief executive of the ice cream chain Cold Stone Creamery, was furious. “It was the exact opposite message we should have been sending,” Mr. Ducey said in an interview. “We needed our message to Uber, Lyft and other entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley to be that Arizona was open to new ideas.” If the state had a slogan, he added, it would include the words “open for business.” Mr. Ducey fired the regulator who hatched the idea of going after ride-hailing drivers and shuting down the entire agency, the Department of Weights and Measures. By April 2015, Arizona had legalized ride-sharing. It’s enlightening when we ‘do the right thing’ here in Arizona for business and our economy. Throughout the USA, we closed out 2017 in a very positive economic environment, and all signs point to a strong economy in 2018. In our manufacturing industry, companies expect more growth in 2018, according to Tempe, AZ based Institute for Supply Chain Management (ISM) . ISM surveys manufacturing and other executives on their sentiments toward growth, spending, hiring and the overall economy. “Manufacturing purchasing and supply executives expect to see growth in 2018. They are optimistic about their overall business prospects for the first half of 2018, with business continuing to expand through the second half of 2018,” said Timothy Fiore, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. That would extend the current economic expansion that officially started in mid-2009 after the last recession and real estate crash. Arizona and Phoenix came out of that downfall later than other parts of the U.S. But, today, it is looking like a great place to live. Everyone loves our state in the winter. According to a study from Arizona State University, an estimated 3,000 or more ‘snowbirds’flock to Arizona cities each year. More good news...Bill Gates wants to build a futuristic community in Arizona.A group associated with a Gates investment company has invested $80 million in a high-tech planned development outside Phoenix. For the third straight year, U.S. News & World Report ranks ASU No. 1 on its “ Most Innovative Schools” list, ahead of No. 2 Stanford and No. 3 MIT. ASU again topped the list based on a survey of peers: College presidents, provosts and admissions deans around the country. Let’s hope that 2018 beats all expectations, and that manufacturing stays strong! And of course, God Bless our Troops!

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Linda Daly Publisher Jan / Feb 2018

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Announcements & Releases Haas Factory Outlet-Phoenix Invites Machinists to CNC Training Mill and lathe classes are scheduled every other month. Each course consists of 3 days of hands on instruction led by a Haas Certified Instructor. Students will learn the basics of the Haas control, operation of machines, and Haas programming using G & M codes. Classes are held Monday through Wednesday from 3:30 to 7 pm. Please join us for an upcoming session of the Haas CNC training. We recommend registering as early as possible as class sizes are limited. Mill class – Jan 22nd – Jan 24th Lathe class – Feb 19th – Feb 21st

Founder and owner Russ Kurzawski says, “It’s time for the next generation to take the baton and continue growing the 26-year old company I started in 1992. With Aaron’s knowledge of the industry, metalworking applications, management skills, and longstanding relationships with our valued customers and suppliers, we know his return will be well received by all.” Please welcome Aaron back with a quick email, a_kurzawski@ metalfluids.com.

Training is held at Haas Factory Outlet- Phoenix, a Division of Ellison Machinery, located at 1610 S Priest Drive, Tempe, AZ. To register or for additional information, call 480-968-5877 or visit ellisonaz.com

Continental Machining Company Announces Expansion!

Star Metal Fluids Welcomes Aaron Kurzawski Back As General Manager!

Continental Machining Company in Albuquerque, New Mexico is starting off their 53rd year with a fresh look and new equipment. Their website www.continentalmachiningco.com has been revamped and showcases their quality, capacity and capabilities in a mobile friendly format that provides resources for their vendors and customers alike. They have also acquired their 9th CNC horizontal machining center, a

It is with great delight that we announce the return of Aaron Kurzawski to the Star Metal Fluids team. Working in the family business for eleven years starting as a delivery driver, Account Manager, and then as Sales Manager, Aaron left in 2013 to pursue his education in the healthcare industry. His new role at Star Metal Fluids will be that of General Manager. A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Announcements & Releases Continued DMG-Mori NHX-4000. Equipped with full 4th axis rotation, high speed machining and pallet changer. They are ready to increase production in their 21,000 square ft facility.

MLC CAD Systems Offers SolidWorks and Mastercam Training SolidWorks Events: SolidWorks Hands-on Test Drive - Tucson 1/17/2018 SolidWorks Weldments 1/18/2018 SolidWorks MBD 1/19/2018 SolidWorks Hands-on Test Drive - Phoenix 1/25/2018 SolidWorks Inspection 1/26/2017 SolidWorks Essentials 1/29/2018 to 2/1/2018 PDM Pro Admin 1/30/2018 to 1/31/2018 SolidWorks Hands-on Test Drive - Phoenix 2/08/2018 SolidWorks L2 Surfacing 2/21/2018 to 2/22/2018 SolidWorks Drawings 2/27/2018 to 2/28/2018 SolidWorks Essentials 3/5/2018 to 3/8/2018

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Unless listed, all events are held at MLC CAD’s training facility and offices at 5005 S Ash Ave., Suite A17, Tempe, AZ. For more details or to register, call 480-696-6057 or visit MLCCAD.com

Cor rection: STP is both ISO and AS9100 Certified SpecialtyTurn Products (STP) was our cover article for November. In the article we stated that the company is certified to ISO 9001 : 2015. While this is accurate, they are also AS9100 Revision D certified. STP offers 12 CNC Swiss Machines running ‘Lights Out’ in a state of the art new facility. Contact them at 480-353-0417 or visit specialtyturnpoducts.com Announcements Continued Page 10 A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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OMAX Begins Shipping Personal Abrasive Waterjet Systems OMAX Corporation announced it began shipping its ProtoMAX product to customers. The new ProtoMAX abrasive waterjet is a compact, self-installed cutting system ideally suited for prototyping and relatively low volume cutting of almost any material around 1” thick. The system brings all the versatility benefits of large abrasive waterjet cutters in a sleek and economic package that is perfect for small job shops, engineering classrooms, makerspaces and personal use. It is also a handy addition for large shops and fabricators that need occasional waterjet capabilities to complement their other cutting systems. OMAX manufactures the ProtoMAX at the OMAX facility in Kent,Washington, and all parts A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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“Shipping the ProtoMAX is the culmination of nearly five years of product development,” said Stephen Bruner, vice president of marketing at OMAX Corporation. “Our early customers represent a spectrum of users from education to prototyping to small scale production.” Customers placing orders can expect the ProtoMAX to ship within two to four weeks. Those interested in purchasing the ProtoMAX should place orders directly on www.protomax.com. The site includes design ideas, specifications, frequently asked questions and a community section to support ProtoMAX enthusiasts. For more information, visit OMAX.com or connect with the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Jeff Kiszonas Joins Graphel Carbon Products as Territory Sales Manager – SW Graphel Carbon Products is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Territory Sales Manager for the Southwest, Jeff Kiszonas. Jeff joins Graphel Carbon Products with over 25 years of experience in CNC Manufacturing Sales and Marketing with emphasis in Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) applications. Jeff will be based out of Mesa, AZ, and will have responsibility over the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. “Jeff brings a wealth of experience in EDM products and processes to our company”, said Miles Holder, Sales and Marketing Manager of Graphel Carbon Products. “The addition of Jeff Kiszonas as a sales leader in the Southwest is a statement of our continuing commitment to provide our customers with the world class service they expect from an industry leader. We are excited that Jeff has joined our team, and look forward to continued growth”. Kiszonas brings with him broad knowledge of manufacturing processes, product applications and manufacturing capabilities. He has a long track record of outside sales experience within the die/mold, aerospace and automotive sectors. Within the EDM

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Contact us at 888-572-9642 ¥ admin@sustainingedge.com Announcements & Releases Continued applications space, Jeff has machine sales, EDM consumable sales and machine tool sales experience. Kiszonas commented, “I am excited to be joining a growing team, and look forward to bringing my experience to help grow the business. I expect it to be a challenge.” Graphel Carbon Products provides precision ground EDM graphite blanks and machined graphite parts to print services for a variety of industries, including plastic injection mold makers, gas turbine engine manufacturing, power generation manufacturing and medical and furnace applications. Contact Information:Aileen Crass, Marketing Manager; aileen.crass@ graphel.com

Electric Motor Issues at your Shop? Need Quick Turnaround? Call Electric Motor Services (EMS) For Your Electromechanical Needs! Electric Motor Services (EMS) is a new company run by a team of experts. The company provides Electro-Mechanical solutions to customers in a number of industries. The EMS team has 25+ years of rewinding A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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experience! Guillermo Loyola (aka Memo), a degreed Electrical Engineer from Arizona State University (ASU), founded the company in 2016. He had spent the previous years working for a Texas/Oklahoma based manufacturer of electric motors and submersible pumps, where he headed up an engineering team. While he was there, the company sent out over 200 motors with 0 warranty returns. Memo comes from an entrepreneurial family, and owning his own business was always a business and personal goal for him. EMS opened for business, in Tempe, Arizona, as a manufacturer and repair company of electric motors. The company’s expertise includes both submersible and standard electric motors, including those found in CNC mills and lathes and specialized motors such as the Servo brand motors. The company also stocks water filled submersible electric motors that are readily available for distribution.Less than a year ago, Memo was Announcements Continued Page 12

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The company has a number of customers that it supports with repair of standard electric motors, much like those seen in CNC machine tools. Andrew says, “When a motor on your CNC machine goes down, you are not producing parts. If the OEM or your machine tool distributor can’t support your repair for 4-6 weeks, this has to be impacting your revenue. At EMS, we are willing to work weekends to get your motor back to your shop ASAP, so that you are back in service with your machine.” He added, “Our customers tell us that our repair cost is often 1/3 the cost they would have paid with their OEM, and they were up and running much, much faster.” To learn more about how EMS can help you with all of your electro-mechanical repairs and rebuilds, contact them at 480508-6685 or visit EMSPHX.com

SST Partners with SmalTec International to Expand Micro-EDM Offering

SST, a global distributor of leading machine tool and consumable brands, today announced its collaboration with SmalTec International to bring the EM203 and GM703 micro-precision electrical discharge machines (EDMs) to SST’s West, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. Based in the Chicago area, SmalTec is a prominent micromachine manufacturer known for high- and ultra-high precision equipment and providing comprehensive, turnkey solutions.

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Announcements & Releases Continued ready to expand EMS’ business. He brought on partner Andrew Mydland, who he had met in college. Memo says, “Andrew and I were friends from college. Our talents are very diverse, since I am an electric engineer and Andrew studied computers and has an extensive sales background, and I felt he would bring synergy to the organization with our talents.” Andrew welcomed the challenge to come work with Memo, who he held in high regards, and to be part of a start up. Just 1 year ago, Andrew became part of the EMS team. Today, EMS is a designated Minority-Owned Business. Andrew says what separates EMS from other electric motor shops is their specialization in the repairing of submersible pumps. The company also offers dynamic balancing services to its customers, bringing spun parts back to required mil spec. A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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“This complementary par tner ship signifies our commitment to offer a range of solutions specifically for extreme precision in micro sized components,” said Mark Logan, director of business development, SST. “We recognize that many manufacturers consider micromachining to be difficult, if not impossible, to manufacture commercially. For that reason, we are pleased to bring technologies that deliver on accuracy and surface-finish requirements to these customers through our partnership with SmalTec.” S m a l Te c ’s E M 2 0 3 a n d G M 7 0 3 Announcements Continued Page 14

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Announcements & Releases Continued micromachines combine high-precision CNC technology with highly adaptive EDM sensing and machining. These models create complex 3-D designs using a 0.30µm spark size at a 5-nanosecond frequency, the industry’s smallest and fastest spark size. Tolerances are held within 10nm, creating unrivaled surface quality and feature-size capabilities. Polishing can be completed on the inside of micro holes, features, mold cavities or pins. Additionally, micro holes with significant aspect ratios are achievable, from 10:1 at 5µm to 40+:1 at 100µm. The EM203 and GM703 have recently been upgraded to use a new and advanced in situ metrology process, electric flux measurement (EFM). EFM is a patented process that uses a traditional CMM-style methodology but senses the proximity of a surface before coming in contact with it, making it nondestructive. Micro probes used with EFM can be custom-shaped using the micro-EDM. Today, micro features can be created and measured at nanometer precision during the machining process. “Working with SST will enhance our market penetration into high-volume production customers, and allow us to better serve manufacturers across industries, including medical, aerospace, semiconductor, optics and automotive,” said Jerry Mraz, general manager and owner of SmalTec International. “We are thrilled to broaden our capabilities and offerings as well as our reach.”

BMO Harris Equipment Finance welcomes Ron Thurman as Senior Vice President for its Phoenix office cover ing the Southwest BMO Harris Equipment Finance welcomes Ron Thurman as Senior Vice President for its Phoenix office covering the Southwest. Ron will assume sales relationship management responsibilities in these key markets in addition to performing direct sales activities. Ron has 33 years of equipment and commercial banking experience.

Field Calibrations Inc., a Native American Owned Business, Celebrates Their 35th Year Field Calibrations, an ISO/IEC 17025-2005 accredited Field Calibrations, an ISO/IEC 17025-2005 accredited calibration lab in Phoenix, Arizona, is pleased to announce that it is celebrating Announcements Continued Page 16

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Barrett-Jackson Creates Ultimate Mopar Mecca at Scottsdale Auction

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Announcements & Releases Continued 35 years in business this year. We support a wide range of fully ISO accredited calibration services both in lab and on-site mobile service; the disciplines and accuracies can be seen on our website’s Scope of Accreditation page. Joe Obrochta, Business Manager and COO joined the team 2 years ago after the acquisition by Emmonak Corporation, a Native American Company. Joe’s prior 27 yrs. of Calibration/PMEL/TMDE/Metrology experience started at Lowry Airforce Base, CO and lead to some great places, the last being Alaska and now Arizona where his family plans to stay. Joe holds an associate in electronic engineering technology, a bachelor’s in systems management, and a master’s degree in business. Joe says, “I am honored to be part of such an outstanding company. Pat Fisher, the Lab manager has been with the company for two decades, he is a true expert with great integrity. Our recent re-assessment for ISO/IEC 17025-2005 certification went smoothly, the team’s cohesion showed throughout the evaluation. I’m very proud of them.” He continued, “Our Native American ownership A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Barrett-Jackson’s 47th Annual Scottsdale Auction will be the stage for some of the world’s most incredible Mopars, including Lot #1411, the last known HEMI ’Cuda. The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions®, January 13-21, 2018, at WestWorld of Scottsdale, will include entertainment, exhibitors and activities for the entire family. In addition to the incredible docket of Mopars, visitors can experience Dodge’s hottest new vehicle lineup firsthand through their heart-stopping “Thrill Rides” throughout the nine-day Scottsdale Auction. “We’re kicking off 2018 in a major way with our Scottsdale Auction docket,” said Craig Jackson, chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. “Our guests will have the chance to take home some of the most coveted Mopars on the planet. These cars were born from a passion for performance and built to command respect, on the road and on the track. From the incredibly rare last known HEMI ’Cuda built in the ’70s to original and restored versions of the Road Runner, Challenger and Super Bee, our Scottsdale Auction will be a dream for Mopar and American muscle car enthusiasts.” A Plymouth HEMI ’Cuda (Lot #1411) heading to Scottsdale is the last known of its kind built and is one of 59 built in 1971. It underwent a total rotisserie restoration and has only 23,772 original miles. Also set to cross the block is a rare 1970 Plymouth Superbird (Lot #1370) that is one of only 308 Superbirds produced with a 440ci 6-Barrel engine and 4-speed manual transmission. For Dodge enthusiasts, a 1970 Charger 500 Announcements Continued Page 18

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Jeff grew up in Arizona, and shortly after high school, he went to work for a machine shop, where he learned the machininst trade for nearly 10 years. Jeff transitioned from machinist to Applications Engineer, where he worked for machine tools dealers for the next 8 years supporting customers with training and machine tool installations. In 2001, Jeff moved into a sales position, remaining in the machine tool industry. Jeff says, “I am grateful for the opportunity to continue to support our industry, USA manufacturing.” Jeff is pictured with one of his customers, Arcas Machine, who made their latest Okuma purchase.

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“For many, the Mopars of the ’60s and ’70s represent the golden era of muscle car performance,” said Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson. “They were bred to be powerful and fast on the track, and led to an exciting new world of aftermarket performance parts that continues to thrive today. The Mopars we’ve consigned for Scottsdale will make an incredible addition for any muscle car or highperformance enthusiast.” The 2018 Scottsdale Auction preview docket is now available to view online. For more information about Barrett-Jackson, visit Barrett-Jackson.com or call 480-421-6694.

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Jeff Currie Celebrates 10 Years With Arizona CNC!

By: Mike Chonka , Senior Enterprise Executive, Stryde Corporation

Arizona CNC is pleased to announce that Jeff Currie is celebrating 10 years with the company! Jeff Currie thanks his customers, new and long term, that he has supported with Arizona CNC in the East Valley, Tucson, and Phoenix for the past decade. A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Announcements & Releases Continued supported, and we can feel quite certain the current president will as well. There is a little known tax credit that is part of Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code, allowing manufacturers to reclaim a small portion of their annual payroll simply by performing activities manufacturing companies are already doing as part of daily operations. This credit may be the only thing both sides of the aisle can actually agree on. It has bipartisan support in both houses, backing of the Obama Administration, and has been renewed by every single Presidential Administration over the last 32 years. How can there be such a disconnect between what may be the only thing the last five presidencies have in common? A lot of the confusion is in the name. Many manufacturers don’t believe they do “R&D” because they don’t have a traditional R&D department. The IRS definition of R&D is quite different than yours or mine. It often includes activities such as: • Manufacturing A Z MANUFACTURING SW • 2

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Okuma Debuts the New, Affordable Excellence, 5-Axis GENOS M460V-5AX Vertical Machining Center Ok u m a A m e r i c a C o r p o r a t i o n announces the debut of the new 5-axis, GENOS M460V-5AX vertical machining center, combining a full 5-axis simultaneous control with rigid, cast iron, double-column construction and a high-speed spindle. These features give this CNC machine Announcements Continued Page 22

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When: 1-2 March 2018 Where: Four Seasons Hotel | Westlake Village | CA https://events.marcusevans-events. com/aerospacedefense18-3/ The 13th Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing Summit is the premium forum bringing leading manufacturing and engineering executives, from global aerospace and defense manufacturers with a $10 Million + budget, and solution providers together. Through our internationally acclaimed one-on-one meeting methodology, the 13th Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing & R&D Summit allows our partners to grow their market, improve sales and win more business. The one-on-one patented business meetings provide access to senior manufactur ing and eng ineer ing executives within the largest aerospace and defense companies globally. A thorough selection process ensures a qualified audience, which grants unparalleled business and networking o p p o r t u n i t i e s i n a s t i mu l at i n g environment. If you believe you could offer valuable services and expertise and would like to be considered to attend, find out more and contact us here: danaed@marcusevanscy.com Announcements Continued Page 24

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The Metalworking Industry Says Goodbye to Harold Gregory Harold Gregory passed away Sat December 9th at the age of 92 years. Harold was a fixture in the machine tool industry in the Phoenix area for (40) years. After working for Hughes Aircraft in Tucson, and Motorola in Phoenix as a tool grinder, he got the entrepreneurial bug and started Space Tool in the 70’s.After that he started Idea Development, which he eventually sold to Joel Young, and it became Matrix Machine. Since the “bug” had bitten him he again started another business selling new and used machine tools, United Machinery Exchange with his partner Glen Heithold. Harold served with the Marine Corps duringWorldWar II with distinction, winning the Silver Star and Purple Heart for action on the Marshall Islands, Saipan, and Tinian. His twin brother served on Iwo Jima, where most of his company were killed. The Marine Corps decided to split them up and not send both brothers to Iwo Jima, as they knew there was a good chance both could be killed in action. By the grace of God, both brothers survived World War II, and went on to lead productive lives. Harold was a good friend to many of us in the machine shop and machine tool business, and will be missed. A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Harold is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mary, and his daughter Roberta. Services will be held at 2pm on Saturday January 6th, 2018 at Grace Covenant Church, 1255 N. Greenfield Rd. in Gilbert.

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Textron Aviation Unveils Cessna Skycourier Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has revealed its new twin-engine, high-wing, large-utility turboprop – the Cessna SkyCourier 408. Logistics firm FedEx Express has signed on as the launch customer for up to 100 aircraft, with an initial fleet order of 50 cargo aircraft and options for 50 more. Entry into service for the clean-sheet design Cessna SkyCourier is planned for 2020. The Cessna SkyCourier 408 will be offered in cargo and passenger variants. The cargo variant will feature a large cargo door and a flat floor cabin that is sized to handle up to three LD3 shipping containers with 6,000 lb of maximum payload capability. The 19-passenger variant will include crew and passenger doors and large cabin windows. Both configurations will offer single-point pressure refueling to enable faster turnarounds.

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Startup Tesla Rival Lucid Motors Moves HQ In California As It Expands Luxury electric car startup Lucid Motors is moving its headquarters in the Silicon Valley area as the young would-be Tesla rival aims to get its first car to market. “As we move closer to realizing our vision for the future of luxury mobility, we are outgrowing our Menlo Park headquarters and are in need of a new location that will allow for expansion,” the company said in a blog post recently. “This collocation has enabled the collaborative design and engineering process that led to the creation of the Lucid Air.” Lucid is moving to the Pacific Research Center in Newark, adjacent to State Highway 84. It doesn’t have a final date for move-in, but the process has already begun, and employees will move in phases over the next few months, a Lucid spokesperson told the Silicon Valley Business Journal last month. The company has plans for a $700 million factory in Casa Grande. The new headquarters will have a larger design studio, more lab space and more office space, the company said. Located just east of the Dumbarton Bridge, the new location is twice the size of the A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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current location. It is also just a few blocks from Lucid’s prototype shop, where its first car, the Lucid Air, was first revealed at a private event last year. The venture-backed company, as of the summertime, was raising money in a Series D round. It is already backed by Venrock, which is the venture capital firm that led Apple’s Series A round in the ‘70s. Lucid has raised $131 million in total funding, according to Crunchbase. “The next two years will be a defining period for Lucid as we prepare the Lucid Air for production and continue development of future products,” the company said in its statement. “With the space secured for our expansion, we can now focus our attention on the task at hand.” The company has been working for the last several years on the Air, an all-electric luxury sedan that starts at $60,000 — roughly the same price as a base model Tesla Model S. It began taking reservations earlier this year and said it plans to ship the cars by 2019. Lucid launched in 2007 under the name Atieva, which first focused on electric batteries. Over the summer, the company rebuffed reports that it was struggling to stay afloat. At the same time, the company was reportedly considering a sale to potential buyers that included Ford Motor Co. Lucid earlier this year told the Business Journal that it has more than 300 Bay Area employees, mostly based at its current headquarters in Menlo Park and at a prototyping facility in Fremont. As of July, the company had proposed a location for its production factory in Casa Grande, Arizona. The company, which aims to compete for Tesla’s market share, has many former Tesla employees. Chief Technology Officer Peter Rawlinson was formerly vice president of vehicle engineering at Tesla and chief engineer of the Model S. Source: Jennifer Elias – Technology Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal

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GE Aviation is Using Additive Manufacturing to Change How Aircraft Aviation Week Forecast Projects $1 Trillion In Aftermarket Spend Engines are Manufactured Aviationthe Week recently may released & MRO forecasts, prepared cities by in-house data andtoanalytical While tinyNetwork’s town of Cameri not 2018 look Fleet like one of the most beautiful and villages dot the experts, offer insights into the commercial aviation, military, business aviation and helicopter markets across the Italian landscape (even a local business owner said it was not the prettiest), some would beg to differ. Three world. years ago, Avio Aero, which designs, manufactures, and maintains systems and components for both civil and military aviation, opened the most advanced additive manufacturing factory in Europe on the edge of Among the findings within the 2018 Fleet & MRO Forecasts: town, and since then, they have received a steady flow of visitors: not tourists, but engineers, executives, and additive manufacturing professionals. Not longcommercial after the company opened the factory, they were acquired • Strong growth continues for Western-built aircraft. Fleet growth will increase at a 3.1% rate by GEtheAviation, which with is using technology on-site togrowth changeby how areofmanufactured. over coming decade the the Asia-Pacific region leading bothaircraft volumeengines and value deliveries, while North America’s fleet strength will continue to surpass both the Asia Pacific andWestern Europe regions by 2027. GE is focusing efforts on driving AM, after a disappointing Q4 2016. This certainly seems to be a smart • Commercial 10-year aircraft MRO will, for the first time, exceed $1 trillion in requirements over the upcoming approach; Dario Mantegazza, an Avio Aero manufacturing engineer, said it best, when he described 3D decade, with Boeing and Airbus manufactured aircraft responsible for nearly 90% of this demand. printing as having “no limits to complexity.” GE Aviation has facilities in Germany and Sweden, where they • Business aviation’s fleet will see muted growth at only 1.5% fleet growth on deliveries of over 11,000 jet and acquired majority stakes in Arcam and in Concept Laser last year. The company has a factory in Auburn, turboprop aircraft over the decade. North America will continue to dominate the world’s fleet strength;Textron Alabama, and also owns AM pioneer Morris Technologies, located in southwest Ohio. But Joyce says the Aviation should dominate unit deliveries at 27% over the decade. little Italian town of Cameri, and Avio Aero, are an important part of GE’s overall AM business strategy and • The worldwide western-produced helicopter deliveries of $45 billion will produce sluggish fleet growth to will be “at the center of the growth of our additive ecosystem.” nearly 30,650 turbine aircraft by 2027, but with a 10-year MRO requirement of $81 billion predominantly in North America and Western Europe. The plant in Cameri is special, because it uses twenty Arcam-developed AM machines, which fuse together • During the forecast period, the actual of aircraft grow at 0.4% annually, fromTiAI 41,306 aircraft to layers of titanium aluminide (TiAI) usingnumber an electron gun towill accelerate an electron beam. is 50% lighter 42,804, while during the same time frame, the demand fortomilitary MRO goods is expected than nickel-based alloys, and is10-year being used in the Cameri plant 3D print blades forand theservices GE9X jet engine’s to be $816.7 billion. low-pressure turbine. The are data ableand to additively manufacturegathered blades that are four times thicker than onesanalytical createdteam, with Basedengineers on unbiased predictive intelligence by Aviation Week Network’s data and athe laser-powered 3D printer, which is good, considering the GE9X is the largest jet engine ever built; the forecasts can be accessed by AviationWeek Intelligence Network subscribers. Go to http://pages.aviationweek. 28•• 28 Jan /•Feb 2018 / Apr 2017 March

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Intel is trying to put its fingers into anything connected to in-vehicle experiences going forward, said Gartner analyst Michael Ramsey. “I think Intel sees this as a key opportunity to be very relevant in important technology where they might have missed out on past opportunities like with smartphones,” he said. “The investments that Intel has made across this huge spectrum of things guarantees that there’ll be a player of some sort in self-driving cars.” Though only a concept at this point, the augmented experiences could be a lucrative investment long-term for chip companies like Intel, said Navigant Research analyst Sam Abuelsamid. “These vehicles are going to be generating and consuming a lot of data, so if they can work with partners to get their cloud-based services to run on their data centers, then that opens a new revenue stream for Intel.” Abuelsamid said media services in cars will be in the hundreds of billions of dollars in value. By the end of the 2020s, he believes it will yield at least $500 billion annually in terms of data services in the vehicle. He added that those services would include data needed to drive the car, media streaming, predictive maintenance and mapping updates, to name a few. The vehicles could also act as billboards to display advertisements both on the inside and the outside, the company stated. These types of advertisement are being talked about as a way to monetize in-car entertainment businesses. The Warner Bros. collaboration is a non-exclusive partnership and Intel is looking to partner with other media and streaming companies down the road, Weast said. The chipmaker is also interesting in the potential for enabling gaming experiences — a sector that rival Nvidia Corp. has largely dominated. “We view in-car entertainment as being non-passive but interactive, which lends itself very well to gaming applications,” Weast said. While it’s too early to say that any company has an advantage, Abuelsamid believes that he can see more car companies and suppliers teaming with media and streaming companies in coming months. “Nvidia also sells a lot of chips into the server and data center market and are also looking how to leverage data to make money in this business,” he said. By Jennifer Elias – Technology Reporter, SiliconValley Business Journal A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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no limit on the size a powder-bed AM machine might achieve. Part of the technique for using the lasers in a large area involves not forming all the part’s cross-sectional area all at once within a given layer, but instead dividing each layer into sections. The result is a connection between sections that is cosmetically discernible in the part but not detrimental to integrity or precision. The part GE had on display showed a slight line between sections (a line more subtle than, say, the parting line in a molded part), but as evidence that consistency and precision are maintained across this line and between sections, Panczyk points to the STL file’s triangles that are also visible in the part’s surface. These can be seen crossing the section line without discontinuity. At roughly 700 mm in diameter, the sample part shown used much of the available work envelope of the machine. That is, the machine is suited to this part. Panczyk says this suggests when and how machines like this one might be developed in the future. As even bigger metal parts are found to be significant candidates for powder-bed AM, machines will be engineered to accommodate their size. Source: Peter Zelinski; Editor-in-Chief, Additive Manufacturing

NAFTA Renegotiation Must Be To Strengthen US Manufacturing Competitiveness Some might assume that, from an automotive industry perspective, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a “Michigan automaker issue.” But in fact, the positive impacts of NAFTA in the automotive industry touch every state — and just about every neighborhood — in the U.S. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing facilities are located across the country and directly employ more than 871,000 Americans. Of course, many are in or near Michigan, but tens of thousands of motor vehicle parts manufacturing jobs are in states like Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama and Illinois. Nearly 32,000 motor vehicle parts manufacturing jobs are in California — and that number does not include the fast-growing automotive technology industry that has swept through Silicon Valley and beyond. Just think about automated and autonomous vehicles, smart cities and grid capabilities enabled by vehicle-toinfrastructure communications and vehicle-tovehicle communications — these current and emerging technologies are motor vehicle parts

revolutionizing how we use motor vehicles. NAFTA has made these innovations and job growth possible. Americans learn about and access these incredible technologies in new cars at their neighborhood auto dealership. Last year, 16,708 auto dealers operated in every corner of the United States, providing 1,131,900 wellpaid American jobs ranging from supervisors to salespeople to technicians, all while selling a record 17.4 million light vehicles. That’s 2 million more vehicles than were sold the year before NAFTA went into effect. From parts manufacturers to community dealer showrooms, a free trade environment and an open supply chain have kept the cost of automobiles down while giving the consumer access to safety and other technologies that save lives, reduce emissions, ease traffic congestion and improve quality of life.That is why keeping NAFTA intact is so important and why we are part of the Driving American Jobs community of auto trade associations, manufacturers, retailers and small businesses. This coalition represents an auto industry completely aligned on one issue: preserving NAFTA in order to save and create American jobs. NAFTA helps American companies stay competitive in a global marketplace through the elimination of tariffs and other barriers to trade and investment in these very technologies. Since NAFTA has been in effect, domestic and international manufacturers and suppliers have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in new and renovated U.S. facilities and job creation right here in the U.S. Dealers have done likewise, while growing their payroll nationally to $64.86 billion.While modernization of a 23year old agreement is welcome, the objective of NAFTA renegotiation must be to strengthen U.S. manufacturing competitiveness by maintaining the robust and open supply chain that has helped fuel the 19 percent increase in motor vehicle parts manufacturing jobs and the 17.5 percent increase in dealership jobs we have seen over the last four years. Unreasonable changes to the NAFTA rules of origin will hurt American companies and put U.S. jobs at risk. NAFTA’s rules of origin were never intended to create jobs.They were intended to create an interconnected supply chain and allow American businesses to remain competitive in a global economy — and they

have worked. Unrealistic rules of origin would increase the cost of manufacturing, raise prices for consumers and, a recent study shows, eliminate as many as 50,000 U.S. jobs. Americans rely on their local dealerships for access to fairly priced vehicles. With the advent of important new safety technologies, the price of the average new car has risen $5,700 in the last decade to $34,449 — a significant cost to American families. NAFTA helps keep those monthly payments from skyrocketing even higher by consolidating manufacturing, encouraging competition among automakers and refining supply chains. A withdrawal from NAFTA would amount to a double whammy against middle-class Americans who would see jobs disappear even as the price of critical goods, including safe transportation, rise steeply. The Trump administration has said many times that new rules and regulations should help American businesses compete. Significantly changing or withdrawing from NAFTA does not accomplish this goal. In fact, all evidence shows that it will have the opposite effect. Modernize NAFTA yes, but do so with care. Source: The Hill; By: Steve Handschuh and Cody Lusk A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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of Information Systems and Technology and School of Business will be paired with PepsiCo IT and finance leaders to receive career advice and resources. A pilot of the program began last year that included 20 of the university’s top women students who each completed 20 mentorship hours with PepsiCo IT employees. “Increasing opportunities and exposure to leadership and mentorship in these industries will help encourage women to explore oppor tunities where they can bring valuable perspective and insight,” Maria Velissar iou, PepsiCo vice president of Nutrition R&D and lead of Million Women Mentors global expansion, said in a statement. This cooperation is an extension of PepsiCo’s participation in the Million Women Mentors program, a global initiative launched in 2014 with the goal of providing 1 million mentoring relationships to girls and women, helping them to choose, persist and succeed in STEM programs and careers. Purchase, New York-based PepsiCo Inc. is a food, snack and beverage corporation. To be considered for the prog ram, Univer sity of Phoenix students must hold a grade-point average of 3.9 or higher, submit an application with two essays, and display a commitment to pursuing academic and career excellence in the fields of STEM and finance. The majority of University of Phoenix’s students (66 percent), alumni (63 percent) and faculty (56 percent) are women.

One-quarter of students in the College of Information Systems and Technology, and more than half (57 percent) of students in the School of Business, are women. For infor mation on the mentorship program, email cooper.nelson@phoenix.edu Source: By Hayley Ringle, Phoenix Business Journal

Fast-growing ABQ manufacturer names new CEO Ma rk Popovich has been named CEO at Albuquerquebased 3D Glass Solutions Inc., a manufacturing company that said it plans to have $100 million in revenue in coming years.

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The technology could replace traditional materials like silicon, which require more power and are not easy surfaces to print microscopic circuit boards on, according to Business First’s previous reporting.

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Boeing Basks With $90B In November Orders The Boeing Co. has much to be thankful for, following a bustling November. Boeing secured orders worth more than $90 billion.The airplane maker showed the demand for its products across the globe continues to be strong. Among the highlights of the month — was the $27 billion order from flydubai for 225 737 MAX airplanes. The deal represented the largest-ever single-aisle jet order — by number of airplanes and total value — from a Middle East carrier. Boeing has seen particular success with its 737 MAX, which is the fastestselling airplane in Boeing history, having surpassed 4,000 total orders from 92 customers. These transactions will have a positive impact on Ohio.The Buckeye State is the No. 1 supplier to Boeing, which spends $10.5 billion with 392 suppliers in the state, including many in the Dayton region, and supports some 34,000 jobs in Ohio through its spending with suppliers. In addition to GE Aviation, other large suppliers to Boeing in the region include UTC Aerospace in Troy, which has 700 employees; Projects Unlimited Inc., which has about 165 workers; SelectTech Services, which provides support in structural engineering; Dare Electronics, which supplies devices that monitor voltage or perform sensing or control functions; as well as Honeywell Aerospace that provides lighting for jets.

Four Myths About Student Veterans There are a lot of myths about how student veterans are faring today, and some are not good. Just ask Jared Lyon, president and CEO of the Student Veterans of America. The myths begin with “long-held misconceptions about veterans that date back to the Vietnam War,” he said. Another challenge: Military life is sometimes poorly understood by many Americans, including college administrators, members of Congress and the taxpayers who fund the GI Bill. As part of its mission to support those who serve, those who have served, and their families, Raytheon has made a multi-year commitment to SVA, providing resources, support and advocacy. SVA’s 1,463 chapters, run by and for student veterans in all 50 states and four countries, is the world’s largest network of student veteran groups, and the largest student-centric chapter based organization in higher education. Raytheon’s investment and partnership helps SVA add 10 to 15 new chapters every month. Myth #1: Student veterans don’t perform well in school. “That’s a pretty widely held belief,” Lyon said (thatVietnam-era stereotype again). In fact, he said, the stats bust that myth wide open. Student veterans succeed at a higher rate than those who have never served; 72 percent graduation, as compared to 66 percent for non-veterans, according to the National Veteran Education Success Tracker, or NVEST, A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Now that SVA has collected the data and research to prove the success of student veterans, Lyon said, the next step is to move them into careers that will help build success in civilian life. Employers want to hire veterans, according to the 2017 Veterans’ Well-Being Survey. The survey found that 76 percent of the employers surveyed “struggle to find the right candidates.” In the same survey, though, 52 percent of employers believed veterans do not have successful careers when compared to average citizens, and 49 percent of employers believed that most veterans do not pursue a college degree. Lyon would like to correct those misconceptions. “We have an opportunity in higher education to help move people on from military to successful civilian lives,” he said. “There are 1.1 million veterans in higher education right now. We can add this incredibly accomplished population to our country’s workforce by showing employers where to look for veterans – in our nation’s best institutions of higher education – where 100,000 graduate every year. Partners like Raytheon know where to look, know veterans earn valuable degrees, and recognize talent hiding in plain sight.” A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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The goal is to “restore service to communities and members, rehire as many employees as possible, and provide a more sustainable path forward for TechShop’s members,” Woods wrote. “Announcing the closure of TechShop was the most difficult thing I’ve had to do in my career,”Woods said in his letter. “When the opportunity for a different path presented itself, we did whatever humanly possible to work with Dan Rasure and make TechShop 2.0 a reality. I want to thank Dan and Bill for their perseverance and commitment to re-kindle the dream that is TechShop.”

at a real estate conference. The company could be Chandler’s popular space may looking at land on the Salt River DIY Pima maker Maricopa Indian after Saneast Jose-based chain Communitybeforreopening the project. Thatthe is just of Scottsdale. announced the next iteration of TechShop is in the however, works. said it was not ready to discuss The company, specific locations. Source: Phoenix Business Journal TechShop Inc. said it has reached an agreement to transfer the entire company to a group called Raytheon Preps Bomb Tests That CouldTechShop Net It 2.0 $4LLC. Billion Contract

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Bell’s Next-Generation Tiltrotor Takes Flight Bell Helicopter’s third-generation tiltrotor prototype, the V-280 Valor, achieved first flight at the company’s plant in Amarillo, Texas, on Dec. 18. A Bell spokeswoman confirmed that the V-280 took flight at 2:03 p.m. Central time, although the exact flight duration has not yet been confirmed. The first flight follows a series of ground tests over the past weeks, in which the wheels were expected to leave the ground momentarily. The company spokeswoman says

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flight before year’s end will be welcome news to Bell’s industry backers and the Army. “Team Valor” includes Bell, Lockheed Martin, General Electric, Moog, Israel Aerospace Industries, TRU Simulation & Training, Astronics, Eaton, GKN Aerospace, Lord, Meggitt and Spirit AeroSystems.

But a video appears to show that the first flight was rather quick, with the rotorcraft rising about 20 ft. off the ground in a stable hover for at least 20 sec. A planned follow-up flight has been scrubbed, a source says.

Bell was one of four primes selected for the JMR-TD program in 2013, and construction of the V-280 began in June 2015. The main fuselage was supplied by Spirit and it is powered by two GE Aviation T64 turboshafts from the CH-53E Super Stallion.

Valor has been assembled for the U.S. Army’s Joint-Multi-Role Technology Demonstration (JMR-TD) program, which seeks to validate leading-edge rotorcraft airframe and propulsion systems over a series of flights trials running through 2019.

If successfully validated through flight testing, the V-280 model could be offered to replace the U.S. Defense Department’s Sikorsky H-60 and Bell H-1-series helicopters under the first phase of the Army/Marine Corps FVL program, called FVL-Medium or Capability Set 3.

The tiltrotor is Bell’s candidate for the emerging U.S. Army-led Future Vertical Lift acquisition, going head-to-head with the Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant, a rigid-coaxial/pusher-prop configuration that is also being developed under the JMR-TD program. The SB-1 is expected to make flight by mid-2018 at Sikorsky’s development center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Meanwhile, Karem Aircraft and AVX Aircraft Co. are validating their alternative concepts using non-flying test hardware. Bell had originally targeted September for first flight, and then late October or early November. Although ground testing took longer than expected, this

“The Valor is designed to revolutionize vertical lift for the Army and represents a transformational aircraft for all the challenging missions our armed forces are asked to undertake,” Bell President and CEO Mitch Snyder says. “The V-280 intends to completely transform what is possible for the military when it comes to battle planning and forward operations.” The prototype will be flown by company and Army test pilots, who have been practicing how to fly it in a simulator. Bell hopes that the flight-test program will culminate in an autonomous or unmanned flight test. Soource: Aerospace Daily & Defense Report A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Committed To Quality Since 1975 ‘Gold’, ‘Preferred Supplier’, ‘Excellent’, ‘Vendor of the Year’, ‘Exceptional’, ‘Top 5% of Suppliers’ – These Are The Awards And Designations Systems Integrators Consistently Receives From Their Defense And Aerospace Customers A re yo u l o o k i n g for an ISO 9001 / AS9100 cer tified c o m p a ny t h at i s truly an A+ Supplier, with accolades from such companies as Honeywell, Raytheon, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, to name a few. Oh, and did I mention that this company has a superior in-house engineering division, with a team of mechanical, electrical and industrial engineers. It is also a small woman-owned business. Introducing Systems I n t e g r a t o r s. T h e company is a conglomerate of several divisions, most of which were acquired by owners/ entrepreneurs husband and wife Sam and Ann Gaston. It was 11 years ago that the Gastons first purchased Systems Integrators. In a diversified career that took them from North Carolina, to Seattle, to Alaska, prior to purchasing Systems Integrators, Sam founded and owned a major construction company, and he was a high school counselor and basketball coach (he earned a Masters degree in Education). It was after his move to Arizona to ‘retire’ with Ann that they made the decision to purchase Systems Integrators. In addition to AS9100 certification, which is the standard in the Americas, the company is also certified to EN 9100 for Europe and JISQ 9100 for the Asia-Pacific region. For specific products, they A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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perform CSA certifications for every unit they build. Systems Integrators is renown for its ability to manufacture complex, fully assembled mechanical/ electrical systems. As an example, they manufacture and assemble complex work consoles comprised of 460+ parts that include linear actuator systems, power supplies and in house manufactured audio amplifiers. Each completed unit is internally hi-pot tested and certified CSA CE compliant. Today Systems Integrators resides in a 26,000 square foot building in Glendale, Arizona. The facility, owned by the Gastons, houses all of the company’s divisions, including: 1) CGS Technologies, purchased by Systems Integrators ~3 years ago, is a diversified fabricator of custom designed “die cut” parts for industries where quality and performance are most critical. The division is a supplier for many types of gasket materials, shielding, and thermal products, adhesives and fluid sealing products, and they are EMI/RFI shielding materials specialists. Through the CGS division, Systems Integrators’ customers can utilize their die cutting, form-in-place, laser cutting, and thermal vacuum baking. 2) ‘The Machine Shop’ is a division that the company started up approximately 2.5 years ago. Jeff Paulson, Vice President of Operations, GM (and 17 years with the company), says, “It was out of necessity that we created our own machine shop. We just couldn’t get our parts from

outside suppliers to meet our cost, quality and on-time requirements.” Systems Integrators’ machine shop offers a full range of services from micro machining to large-scale projects. It can accommodate component machining with volumes ranging from prototype all the way to production quantities, and it can machine difficult/exotic materials including Inconel, Carpenter 20 and Hastelloy HC276. Jeff says that the company often gets jobs that other machine shops ‘no bid’ because of their complexity and/or short lead times. The Systems Integrators’ machine shop is expert at machining precision tooling, fixtures and gages to .0002” by utilizing their fully equipped grind room and can maintain true position of .002” over a 42.0”+ span with their large SIP 8 jig bore, pictured on the previous page and the cover. The SIP8 enables large scale vertical, horizontal and rotary machining, with a working table of 61.5”x, 40”y and z of 30”. The company purchased this extremely large machine from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and that you won’t find another SIP 8 in Arizona. In addition to machining, welding, and grinding capabilities in the machine shop, the company offers 3-D printing and laser cutting, and its superior inspection department includes a Wenzel X-Orbit X86 CMM. Jeff says that the Wenzel CMM brings together the company’s solid models, detail drawings and CNC programming files to product detailed inspection reports.

Prior to joining S y s t e m s Integrators nearly 2 d e c a d e s a g o, Jeff, an Industrial Engineer, worked for such premier manufacturers as Hughes Aircraft, Volvo GM Heavy Tr uc k and Honeywell, he also held a Q Clearance and worked directly for both the Department of Defense at (United Defense LP) and the Department of Energy at (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). Amongst other complex projects, Jeff has designed and built various business class jet flight simulators. Jeff says he made the move from large corporate entities to a small business because he was eager to be a part of a start-up. 17 years later, he remains excited about working in a small manufacturing entity. 3) Sensorsmart, purchased by Systems Integrators this past June, distributes leading edge machine vision lenses, lighting, and cameras for the vision, inspection and robotics industries. In addition to distributing this technology, Sensorsmart also provides custom technical solutions for their customers. The Sensorsmart lab, equipped with all new state of the art equipment, is available for customers to experiment and try out new technology.

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chartered with running a specific number of cycles or they run until failure when testing products for their customers. Fatigue Dynamics machines are often used by the military, industrial manufacturers and universities. 5) The Nusonics division has been manufacturing industry-recognized flow meters and concentration monitors for the Commercial markets for the past 40 years. One product, the Sonic Concentration Lab Analyzer - Model 87,continuously samples the sound velocity and temperature of a liquid and produces a concentration output based on those measurements. When Systems Integrators first purchased Fatigue Dynamics and Nusonics, many of the components were manufactured in shops throughout the United States. Both Fatigue Dynamics and Nusonics have benefitted by Systems Integrators’ inhouse machining capabilities, by reducing cost, improving delivery and providing a superior, quality product. Hear What Systems Integrators Customers Say: “Our work is challenging, to say the least.When we couldn’t get other shops to make our space exploration parts to meet our requirements, Systems Integrators stepped in and got the parts done right.We have continued to use them since over a year ago when they first stepped in to help us.” Purchasing Agent, Space Exploration company “Systems Integrators manufactures fixtures and gages for my company. Their quality is ‘top notch’; rarely (if ever) did we receive a part that didn’t meet our specifications. When I had to, I used a couple of other suppliers in the valley, and Systems Integrators would provide packaging on other ancillary components like hoses and fittings (which the others didn’t do), and still their pricing was on par or lower than the others. Systems Integrators does great work, their quality is outstanding, and their pricing is extremely competitive.” Manufacturng Engineer, Major Gun Manufacturer To learn more about how Systems Integrators, with all of its capabilities can help you with your business requirements, contact them at (623) 434-3136 or visit Syintegrators.com. A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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The 4th Industrial Revolution is happening right now, driven by leading manufacturing organizations and largely enabled by cloud technology, according to a new report from Plex Systems, a provider of cloud ERP systems based in Troy, Mich. The third annual “State of Manufacturing Technology (SoMT) Report” surveyed more than 150 manufacturers on their attitudes about and how they are actually using next-generation technologies in their manufacturing processes, according to Andrew McCarthy, Plex Systems vice president of communications. The survey participants represented manufacturing companies in a variety of industries, including automotive equipment, industrial parts and systems, aerospace, high technology, plastics, and food and beverages. “What we found from the survey is that as a result of the cloud, this promise of ubiquity or universal connectivity that’s often talked about as out in the future is stuff that these organizations are doing today,” McCarthy said. “There are simple examples like the deployment of consumer mobile devices on the shop floor, all the way to things like wearable technology in the shop floor environment, and using locationbased services to get contextual information from a piece of equipment.” Some of the reasons for this increased adoption include lowered barriers to connectivity and the rapidly decreasing costs of nextgeneration technology and equipment, McCarthy said.

“We find that customers are experimenting with those capabilities to figure out how to stand up a new stack because they don’t have to make a material investment in them,” he said. Overall, the survey indicates that next-generation technologies are very important to manufacturers today, primarily enabled by the cloud; however there are also significant challenges to be overcome, including a widening skills gap for manufacturing workers. Some of the specific findings from the survey: Eighty percent of respondents said the technology was either important or very important to their ability to innovate. Ninety percent said that they are using cloud-based applications in some form, which is twice the number as the 2016 survey. Seventy percent said that the cloud has made it easier to manage fluctuating customer demand. Forty-five percent said that the cloud contributes significantly to new product research and introduction. Thirty percent are focusing on implementing a digitally connected supply chain now, and another 30% expect to implement it in the next five years. Thirty-five percent believe that a shortage of skilled workers will be the biggest challenge to organizational growth in the next year, and the most needed skills are lean manufacturing (68%), mechanical engineering (48%) and data analysis (48%). Source: Tech Target; By: Jim O’Donnell A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Virgin Galactic To Relocate Dozens Of Mojave Employees To Spaceport Next year could finally bring some things New Mexico has been waiting on for years: Virgin Galactic’s commercial space flights, and the economic prosperity that would follow. Representatives with Virgin Galactic told Albuquerque Business First that in 2018 it will prepare to make its more-than-10-yearold plan to send private citizens to the final frontier a reality – and Spaceport America will be its exclusive host. The aerospace company will start to ramp up its commercial flight service there next year, moving nearly 100 families to the state and creating new jobs along the way, Business First confirmed. The company has not published its launch schedule, but Bill Gutman, Spaceport America’s vice president of aerospace operations, told Business First two months ago the company expects to conduct its first commercial flight by the end of 2018. Up until now, Virgin Galactic has largely focused its work in Mojave, California, where it is manufacturing, building and testing the spaceships that will launch its customers into space. But A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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come next year, spokeswoman Christine Choi said, 85 Mojave-based employees – and their families – will be relocated to New Mexico. At the same time, an undisclosed number of jobs dealing with hospitality, facilities management and operations will be created to “support commercial operations” at the spaceport, Choi said.

The Mojave, California-based company is a major tenant at Spaceport America, located 55 miles north of Las Cruces in Truth or Consequences. Originally created as a space tourism hub, the facility has faced critics, who have called out the $220 million statebuilt facility – $209 million of which came from state funding – for not yet fulfilling its original purpose: becoming an epicenter for space tourism. Virgin Galactic orchestrated the spaceport’s creation in partnership with the State Economic Development Department. The company promised to bring the futuristic industry of commercial space flight to New Mexico, which is still recovering from the Great Recession. In 2006, two economic impact studies projected the then-proposed space station could bring into the state more than 2,000 new jobs and $1 billion-plus in revenues by its fifth year. Virgin Galactic previously said 2015 was going to be the year it would blast people off to space but that was until the company’s SpaceShipTwo broke apart over California’s Mojave Desert during a test flight in 2014, killing one pilot and raising new doubts about the future of commercial space tourism. There is a demand for this long-awaited service, as previously touted by Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic’s parent company, the Virgin Group. In 2005, he said 100 people had already paid $200,000 apiece to take a trip into space. At the time, the company also said it planned to send 50,000 customers into space in its first 10 years of operation.

Meyerson says his company will announce its site for a new factory to build verticalAJR and suggestions seven horizontal launches thebe theThere BE-4 have soon,been and 39 discounts that the enginefrom he will spaceport altogether, but none of them sent up private citizens. testing isn’t close enough to the flight version to satisfy the maxim “test like you fly.” Although the engines will be positioned horizontally for the In late October, Virgin Galactic via Twitter it wasingetting upcoming test series, he says, theyannounced will get vertical checkout vertical closer to finally following through with its plans. By May Ortega – tests of integrated stages. He concedes that some components, including Reporter, Albuquerque Business First elements of the turbomachinery housing, will be modified before the engines begin flying.

The US Army Has Awarded A $750M Contract While BE-4 is ULA’s preferred engine, Bruno makesIts clearSpecial Blue Origin To the Northrop Grumman To Support does not have a lock on the deal. In addition to ULA engineers, the company Electronic Mission Aircraft (SEMA) Fleet will bring in independent nonadvocate reviewers to study the technical data. The Air Force also will have a chance to weigh in.

As part of the contractor Meanwhile, Orbital ATK is stepping out of the shadows with a nextlifecycle generation rocket booster to compete with ULA’s Vulcan and SpaceX’s services deal, Falcon 9 and its planned Falcon Heavy variant for launching N ointermediaterthrop and heavy-class national security payloads. will perform upgrades, The Next Generation Launch (NGL) System leverages the solid-fuel technology the company uses to power nuclear missiles modernisation and integration onthe thePentagon’s army’s SEMA fleet of 75and interceptors. is a hybrid launchersurveillance with a segmented solid-fuel main fixed-wingNGL airborne intelligence, and reconnaissance stage—based in part on the solid rocket motors the company built for the (ISR) aircraft. space shuttle and NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lift rocket—and an The upperairborne stage powered by aincludes cryogenic ISR fleet theengine. RC-12X Guardrail airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) system, the enhanced medium altitude Thereconnaissance main-stage motors would system be similar the shuttle and SLS engines, surveillance and to airborne reconnaissance low butvariants. use a different propellant formulation to meet mission-performance requirements, says Mike Laidley, Orbital vice president of space launch programs. It also uses and composite instead of metal casing, andprovide leverages The EO-5, RC-12 B-300 aircraft classified as SEMA advanced manufacturing processes to reduce production costs. real-time intelligence collection in peace and wartime environments, the US Army stated. A key selling point for the NGL is the company’s ability to leverage a base of“Our solid lifecycle rocket motors thatand it already buildscollection for the government, including services cutting-edge of capabilities not theonly Missile Defense Agency’s interceptors, the U.S. Navy’s Trident missiles ensure the aircraft is mission capable today, but also well into andthe thefuture.” U.S. Air Force’s ICBMs. Northrop Technology Services global logistics and Orbital ATK isGrumman offering NGL for the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable modernisation vice-president John Parker said: “We understand SEMA Launch Vehicle (EELV) program, which seeks to develop a new U.S.aircraft andtothe important andsecurity unique payloads. role it plays the collection built booster launch national As in SpaceX introduces of actionable around the world. competition intointelligence existing EELV launches, ULA has slashed the price of the workhorse Atlas V by about one-third, and says it will continue to drive “Ourcosts. lifecycle services and cutting-edge collection of capabilities down not only ensure the aircraft is mission capable today, but also well into the on future through offering innovative improvement and to Launching an Atlas V hasancome downoffrom just under $190 million modernisation solutions.” about $125 million since 2013, according to Bruno. ULA suffered a blow in March when SpaceX scored a $96.5 million contract to launch a nextThe contract to provide programme generation GPS IIIrequires satellite. the The company award is SpaceX’s second GPS launch management, systems engineering and modification, supply chain contract, but the first for which it faced a competing bid—a significant management, and aircraft modifications and elective upgrades. victory for Elon Musk’s space venture. Workalso under theacontract will bewith carried out in with SpaceX scored major advance its March 31collaboration reflight and recovery King Aerospace and M1 Support Service. of a Falcon 9 first stage on a commercial satellite mission. Gwynne Shotwell, president and COO of SpaceX, says the flight was the first step in a process high-level contractcost has reductions a one-year inbase period thatThe ultimately willaircraft produceservices game-changing space launch andand eightalso option years.customers This will extend the contract term to 2027. costs, will give more confidence their launches will Source: Army Technology succeed. Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology

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For GM, the self-driving program is a cornerstone to long-term growth that is not dependent on simply selling vehicles to individual drivers. “GM has changed the narrative of the company’s future,”Adam Jonas, a Morgan Stanley analyst, said in a research report . Other automakers, such as Ford Motor, Volkswagen and Toyota, are pushing to accelerate their own electric and autonomous-vehicle programs. The field is also crowded with competitors from SiliconValley, such as Google,Apple, Uber and the electric-carmaker Tesla. GM has a blend of financial resources, automotive experience and management resolve that position it strongly to compete with other automakers and big tech companies. But it also has a legacy of failures to overcome — none bigger than its collapse into bankruptcy in 2009. “GM is a much more entrepreneurial company now than it’s ever been,” said David E. Cole, chairman emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “That has happened since the bankruptcy — the fact they are no longer wedded to doing things the way they did in the past.” In the summer of 2015, Barra and other senior GM executives began a series of visits to California, to study advances in self-driving cars and to scout potential partners in developing autonomous models. In addition to observing how companies like Google were developing driverless technology, the executives became acquainted with work being done by Cruise Automation, a tiny startup working out of a San Francisco warehouse. By February of last year, officials decided that if GM was serious about the race to build the car of the future, it had to move quickly — or risk falling further behind. “We had to be very honest with ourselves,”

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That would extend the current economic expansion which officially started in mid-2009 after the last recession and real estate crash. Arizona and Phoenix came out of that downfall later than other parts of the U.S. The ISM survey also shows manufacturers expect the prices for raw materials to increase 1.3 percent during the first four months of 2018. The Federal Reserve Bank is paying close attention to inflation and is expected to raise interest rates one more time this year. In Arizona, the manufacturing sector ranges from aerospace giants Boeing and Honeywell to the technology arena led by Intel. A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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A New England company with a name straight out of a Charlie Chaplin movie or Wile E. Coyotes cartoon has inked a big lease for distribution space in the East Valley. The United Comb & Novelty Corp. is leasing 120,700 square feet of space in Gilbert. United Comb is art of United Solutions. T h e L e o m i n s t e r, M a s s a c h u s e t t s company makes houseware, office and hardware products. Leominster was once the comb manufacturing capital of the world and was the starting point for Tupperware and Foster Grant. Comb & Novelty, which was established in 1919, has taken space at the Fiesta Tech real estate park near Baseline Road and Country Club Drive. United Solutions also has a facility in Mississippi. Source: Mike Sunnucks, Phoenix Business Journal

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If Small Business of theYear awards were given to companies that were not only ‘Fast Growing’, ‘Amazingly Innovative’ and ‘Genuinely Entrepreneurial’ but were awarded for such categories as ‘Exceedingly Fearless’, ‘Ultimately Tireless’ and ‘Astoundingly Creative’, AEI Fabrication would take home a plethora of shiny statues. Ron Kotloff founded the company as Advanced Energy Ideas (AEI) in 1995.At the onset, Advanced Energy Ideas (later parent to AEI Lighting and AEI Fabrication) designed industrial and commercial energy-efficient lighting products including LED, T5/T8/T5HO fluorescent, induction and natural light skylights for applications such as distribution centers, warehouses, production floors, retail, grocery, commercial buildings and office parks. Kotloff’s renowned design acumen, custom aesthetic and willingness to cater to specialized needs of clientele have kept AEI at the forefront of the hybrid industrial lighting and energy-saving solutions category for more than two decades.

AEI Fabrication, a company that fabricates parts as a job shop.”

During the company’s first decade, AEI outsourced most of its lighting fixture manufacturing. In the wake of many client requests and on the strength of the AEI management team’s ‘can-do’ attitude, the company soon acquired the necessary fabrication machines and professional operators to begin the all-important branding stroke of manufacturing fixtures ‘in-house’ and ensuring they are ‘Made-In-USA’. Kotloff and his AEI staff, known for never being satisfied with anything less than excellence, acquired only best-in-class Amada machines for their operation, including a 6,000-Watt LC3015 F1 NT laser cutting system, an HG 2204 250-Ton press brake and an EM2510 NT Turrett punch press, among other cutting, stamping and forming equipment.

When asked about the early days of AEI Fabrication, Kotloff says, “AEI Fabrication happened through necessity to deliver our customers the best fabricated fixtures, parts and products we could produce.At AEI, we are such sticklers for uncompromised quality when manufacturing our own products, we knew we could make the best lighting fixtures and took it to another level to also create high-quality parts outside of the lighting industry.” Kotloff continues, “The culture we have created here at AEI is that every part we produce is a potential first impression. If we build a thousand fixtures, parts or products, we never know which one a customer is going to pull out of the order to review, test, or showcase, so every fixture, part or product in every order needs to be perfect.That’s how we see our business – you never get a second chance to make a first impression.”

In 2013,AEI began to field requests from companies in sectors outside of lighting to fabricate metal parts. Kotloff says, “These weren’t lighting companies. They were companies who had heard that we were meticulous with our fabrication process and dedication to quality.The parts they wanted ranged from architectural panels that were delicate and needed to be pristine to formed pieces for automotive.The reputation we had working with pre-painted materials without scratching them (both of AEI’s AMADA turrets are brush tables to prevent marking on the parts) is what brought this new clientele to us.” Kotloff finishes, “We had the right equipment and the right employees, so we agreed to these one-off jobs. This event spurred us to open a new side of the business, called A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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AEI Fabrication was born and quickly built a reputation for cost-saving, high-speed, precision laser cutting combined with efficient, full-service metal fabrication capabilities that deliver a turnkey metal fabrication solution for customers in a wide range of industries.AEI Fab’s superior quality and customer service has resulted in the company securing more than 100 new customers since commencing operations.

AEI Fabrication’s attention to part and product detail and customer satisfaction is always at the forefront of Kotloff’s drive to make AEI Fab the ‘go-to’ fabrication job shop for Arizona, the West region and beyond. Adds Kotloff, “Some time ago we had a new fabrication customer tour our facility and, as I was discussing our quality process, he stopped me and said that he knew the

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products we would fabricate for him would be outstanding. When I asked him how he knew, he added, ‘It’s because your facility is so clean and well cared for. If you take this good care of your facility, machines and floors, you will clearly pay attention to the quality of our products’. That statement defines how we are perceived and how we execute your job.” The last couple of years have brought significant changes and growth opportunities to AEI Fabrication. According to Kotloff, fabrication customers, pleased with the fabricated parts received from AEI Fab, began asking the company to offer CNC machining services. Says Kotloff, “It wasn’t such a big step to add machining to our capabilities and Haas machining centers were overwhelmingly recommended for a number of reasons: 1) they are so widely used in the market place that when you are looking to hire a machinist, he or she will invariably be experienced on the Haas machines (they are also found in nearly every machinist-training program throughout the US); 2) they are 100% Made-in-the-USA and are extremely cost competitive; and, 3) the service available from the Haas Factory Outlet (HFO), a division of Ellison Machinery in Phoenix, Arizona, is outstanding.” Kotloff’s bold, seemingly fearless nature in business led him to jump at the chance to offer machining and order two new Haas machines -- a mill (The Haas VF-3SSYT Super-Speed Vertical Machining Center) and a lathe (The Haas ST-35Y high-performance turning center, which is a medium footprint, big-bore lathe with a generous work envelope). Alex Anderson, Ellison Machinery’s Sales Engineer supporting AEI, says, “AEI’s ST-35Y has a 4” through bore, which is large for aY-axis lathe and gives them the ability to bar feed/pull much larger diameters than most other machines of this type.” What else is new at AEI? Starting in 2015, AEI Fabrication began creating ‘Vintage Mini Racer’ cycle karts, comprised of over 150 fabricated parts, for Vintage Kart Company (VKC), of which Kotloff is a founding member. AEI Fabrication designs and manufactures the Racers (the AEI management team is pictured each sitting in one) for VKC, which offers the Racers for sale and for the ultimate in ‘first-person immersive auto experiences’, the Grand Prix of Scottsdale. One of Kotloff’s partners in Vintage Kart Company, Jack Gee, an entrepreneur with a passion for automobiles and all things motorized, collaborated with a team of local businessmen to create ‘The Grand Prix’ for the average guy, where an ‘everyman’ or ‘everywoman’ who wants to race in a Grand Prix can do so. Scottsdale, Arizona, being ‘autocentric’ with an active downtown was the obvious first choice for the 1920s-themed café society event and the concept was off and running. Gee says, “We planned a Monaco-style event, hosting up to forty race teams set to resemble the first early 1900s era Grand Prixs.” After successfully getting a blessing from the Mayor of Scottsdale for the concept, Gee and team secured the commitment from Scottsdale to close its Waterfront District streets for the Grand Prix event, an eventual permitting process that would take Gee and team some nine months. Gee adds, “Now we had to find someone who could build up to forty (40) Vintage Mini Racers in nine months to outfit our sponsor race teams.” Gee and team were introduced through a colleague to Kotloff and AEI Fabrication, who assured the group they could meet the deliverable. Gee, a consummate automobile builder and restorer, wasn’t convinced until he met with Kotloff personally and took a tour of the AEI Fabrication facility. Fast forward to today, with Gee and Kotloff as partners in Vintage Kart Company and three Scottsdale Grand Prix events under their belt.Adds Gee, “Thanks to the consummate professionalism of Ron and AEI Fabrication, we’ve had the ability to host up to thirty-seven corporate and charity sponsor teams participating each year, partner with a great mix of national print and radio media sponsors and have found our way onto autocentric television that includes a Discovery Channel show, Fast ‘N Loud with Richard Rawlings, that reaches some 180+ countries. It’s been an incredible ride that is based on the complex, branded Vintage Mini Racers that

According to Kotloff, the Grand Prix event is a conduit to introductions to companies that can take advantage of AEI Fab’s machining capabilities for automotive, trucking, transport and other sectors. He adds, “To showcase what we do, we’ve facilitated several corporate ‘mini Grand Prix’ driving events for local companies and major players in the metro Phoenix business arena, with a fully barricaded track and use of eight to twelveVintage Mini Racers for employees, families and all ages. The events weren’t just a plus for the company, they were over the top hits, with an inquiry from the top for us to re-create the same event for the upcoming year. If you want your own ‘mini Grand Prix’ to show off your brand, reward your employees or thank your sales teams, make Vintage Kart Company and AEI Fabrication your first stop.We’ll make you smile.” In the ‘Can-Do’ world of AEI Fabrication, it looks like anything is possible. About AEI. “TO US, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.” AEI’s staff and state-of-the-art 30,000 SF facility in Mesa, Arizona enables us to engage in a wide variety of metal cutting, fabrication and machining projects from sampling & prototyping to fullscale, six-figure-plus production runs. We have made the investment and have earned the know-how to cut and work with all grades of metal up to 1.5-inch thickness. We’re cost-effective. We’re on time. We’re AEI Fabrication . . . and we’re precisely what you need. For more information, contact AEI at 480.733.6594 or visit AEIFabrication.com. For more information on Vintage Kart Company visitVintageKartCo.com. To learn how Ellison Machinery can support your business growth, contact them at (480) 968-5877 or visit ellisonaz.com. A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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there’s a weaktoskilled workforce. We’ll stronger and “All the ability adaptively execute the need mission was oninnovation that processor,” some confidence that the current administration will overcome some he says. A communications gateway between the adjunct processor and of these so thecomputer price gap will shrinkit enough the Vista’snegatives, flight control allowed to workthat in companies conjunction will start to see that the hidden costs of offshoring close the deal. with the advanced vehicle control capabilities added in Have Raider I. John Stoneback: USF-16 productivity two series to three timesforthat the Instead of the Block used in theis first of tests, theofsecond Chinese, so the key is to have the benefit of the advantages of reshoring series the Vista was connected to a virtual lead aircraft on the ground. be enough to overcome the remaining labor cost gap. Ultimately at first glance, overseas is a low part cost benefit.types Overcoming the and shrinking Have Raider I experimented with different of command control, including thewage lead pilot direct control over the the F-16’s emerginggiving market advantages via factoring in UCAV all the via intangibles upfront controls. The pilot could makes reshoring a different story.also select a preplanned mission. The UCAV would fly the mission, perform battle-damage assessment and Q: What are the key variables that can currently encourage rejoin the formation. domestic manufacturing to reshore? “We alsoStoneback: played with thesimple idea of fact usingisnon-verbal Often when John The that there cues. are always three pilots key gobenefits into radio silence they useand something like a wing flash [rolling in reshoring: cost,will time, insurance. Maybe even a fourth: 90factor deg.,inventory then back]and to indicate to their Those wingman to change space logistics. factors are sostations,” small tohe says. “We programmed that in so that, depending on mission phase, the consider if you’re manufacturing in the US, that you can do the math UCAV interpret that maneuver and execute accordingly, such as in yourwould head as it’s a simple cost analysis. going from tactical to fighting-wing formation [from abreast to closer Basically, there’s more control says. as the ability to guarantee delivery echelon formation],” Whitcomb within five days or so, even by truck, anywhere in the US is reasonable, therefore to keep the supply going smoothly without Have Raiderit’sII easier integrated C2 from the lead aircraft with the OMSany UCI overseas delays or surprises. Even the weather is a factor in delivering (unmanned command-and-control initiative) protocol. “At the Skunk from overseas. In the simplest terms, can anticipate approximately Works we are experimenting with ayou pilot-vehicle interface for fifthfour to five times shipping cost variance in bringing products from generation cockpits that translates relatively simple pilot intentin into UCI

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The $150 million fund will contribute as much as $1 million Orbital ATK is introducing a new to each startup it chooses to invest in. launcher, as Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJR) and newcomer Origin it outthan The fund is meant to support startups in places Blue that see less slug funding for the right to power United Launch Alliance (ULA) vehicles off the padone others, like Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Los Alamos. Albuquerque was inofthe struggle with SpaceX for Air Force contracts. the stops along the Rise of the Rest tour last year. 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Locations in AZ, NC, TX, FL, WI, MN Arizona Facility: 1310 N. Hobson Street Gilbert, AZ 85233 (480) 892-7800 Email: wricoazjb@wrico-net.com Bell Takes Tailsitter Route To VTOL Cargo Drones The problem with tailsitting verticaltakeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft was always the pilot. Tailsitting pairs the small takeoff-and-landing spaces of helicopters with the more efficient forward flight of fixed-wing aircraft, but attempts to do it with humans on board required disorienting contor tions during takeoff and landing. Unmanned aircraft have no such biological limitations, so it is a design space drones can thrive in, provided they have the right configuration. On Dec. 4, at Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, reporters were able to witness two A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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The Hybrid Drivetrain Research Aircraft, or Hydra, exists in a liminal space between the present and future. It has a circular wing, with rotors mounted on both the wing and spokes connecting it to a central fuselage. The many small motors spread across its body provide distributed propulsion, generating the thrust required to lift and control the vehicle with redundancy in case anything fails. After taking off vertically on its tail, the Hydra climbs to a safe altitude, where it then rotates 90 deg. to level flight, looking like nothing so much as an alien spacecraft. It was a gusty day in the Dallas/Forth Worth area. The Hydra had no trouble taking off and gaining altitude, but when it transitioned to level flight, the winds assisted the small drone, bringing it to horizontal flight at a much greater altitude than anticipated. The team directing the Hydra remained calm and returned the craft to its tailsitting mode, then guided it against the gusts back to where it took off. Bell Director of Innovation Scott Drennan says the Hydra is built to overcome the instability of a tailsitting design with its radially symmetric body. The distributed electric motors mean the craft has no need for a helicopter’s gearbox and drivetrain. The team is also working on a hybrid hydraulic propulsion system for the Hydra, where a hydraulic pump will operate the motors instead, and do so while keeping the aircraft cool. It took Bell just five months to go from conception of Hydra to the drone’s first flight. The design continues to evolve, with experiments in both propulsion and configuration underway. Given the research and prototyping nature of the project, the vehicle can sometimes “have unwanted experiences with the ground,” says Drennan. Repairability is another virtue of the Hydra. As futuristic as Hydra appears, the drone that stole the show was a tailsitting biplane called APT, for Autonomous Pod Transport. Like Hydra, APT takes advantage of both VTOL and the efficient forward flight of fixed wings. The design is a pod sandwiched between two wings on four hockey-stick-shaped legs/tails. Each wing has two motors, with rotors that can tilt through what appears to be at least 45

deg. The APT displayed is a prototype delivery vehicle, a teaser for a larger family of tailsitting cargo-pod drones. But if a customer was interested, the product could be brought to market rapidly, Bell emphasizes. The current model has about a 10-lb. capacity—enough to accommodate three large bags of peanut M&Ms (with some of the air in the bags released). Thanks to the efficient flight provided by the fixed wings, Bell envisions medium-size versions of APT having a range of 75-200 nm, and more than 300 nm for much larger models. Even for a vehicle built to carry just 15 lb., Bell sees a 50-nm range as doable, with 70 nm possible with a low cruise speed to conserve power. With most drone delivery concepts working in delivery-truck-to-doorstop range, or just a few miles from retailer to customer, a vehicle that can fly between towns is a radical change in what is possible. Besides the commercial delivery sector, Bell sees APT as a tool to meet military logistics needs, with an autonomous resupply flight possible even to soldiers in the middle of a battle. Drennan cites several requests for information from the Pentagon for which a drone built on APT would be an ideal fit. Given the different rules for military and domestic airspace, an APT drone could find itself making deliveries to troops abroad before serving customers stateside. The model flown has a fixed pod, but modularity is one of the major aims of the APT program, with sketches showing much larger multirotor versions and even gimballed storage pods, so

that the orientation of the cargo remains the same from vertical takeoff through midair transition and back again to landing. And the capacity imagined is extensive, with cargoes of 500-1,000 lb. conceivable. During the demonstration, gusts were too high for the APT prototype to attempt a transition from tailsitting to level flight. Instead, the drone maneuvered in a vertical attitude like a tall quadcopter, occasionally leaning forward and flying over the stationary Hydra. A video of transition flights shows the APT looking like a 1920s’ vision of the future, taking off skyward oriented like a rocket and then tipping over into horizontal flight as a biplane. Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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From Mexico To Mesa, MPC, A Minority-Owned Precision Machine Shop Produces Some Of The Best Parts, Embracing 5-Axis Machining With Their Haas Machine Tools

MPC Machines, a Minority-owned business in Mesa, Arizona, is pleased to announce that it has expanded its capacity with the purchase of another Haas Machine. The company supports a number of customers from all over the United States in the oil, medical, retail, commercial and hobby/recreational industries. They machine parts that range from prototype to production in the thousands, and their parts are typically less than 6” in size. MPC business owner Jorge Ochoa was born, raised and educated in Mexico. He is an electromechanical engineer, having earned his degree from a University in Guadalajara, Mexico.With his formal engineering background, MPC Machine’s customers are able to capitalize on Jorge’s ability to help design products from concept to production. 14 years ago, in 2003, Jorge and his wife Sofia opened their own machine shop in Colima, Mexico, naming it ‘Machining Precision CNC’. CNC machines weren’t prolific in that part of Mexico at the time, and though Jorge found work reverse engineering and remaking or repairing parts for factory lines for such major multinational companies as Coca Cola, there just wasn’t the acceptance of CNC machining to support Jorge’s business. In 2006, the Ochoa’s traveled to IMTS in Chicago.They learned about some of the newest machining technologies, and they also secured a new customer, a major Japanese builder of precision machine tools with operations in Kentucky. Jorge says, “For the next few years, we built about 30 components for their machines.” Over the next 3 years, Machining Precision CNC secured several new customers from the United States. Customers came to Jorge’s company because they could benefit from a shop owned by a gifted electromechanical engineer who spoke perfect English, and they were able to take advantage of the lower wages inherent in doing business in Mexico. A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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It was a customer in Los Angeles who convinced the Ochoa’s to move to California, which they did in 2009. The Ochoa’s shortened the name of their company from Machining Precision CNC to MPC, and continued to grow their business, early on purchasing Haas machines (their first was a Haas TL-2). Jorge says that Haas has always been there for his company. While still in California, one of MPC’s customers asked them to make a part in large quantities. Jorge didn’t have capacity, so he outsourced some of the work to another shop. “It turns out that their bid didn’t include material, so once they learned they underbid the project, they backed out.” He continued, “We had to purchase a machine, a Haas ST-10 lathe, to be able to meet our customer’s deliverable, and the only company that would finance a young machine shop, particularly one new to the USA, was Haas.” Jorge says that he will never forget what Haas did for his business. Business was good in Los Angeles but the operating costs were high, and it was another of MPC’s customers that helped them to make the decision just a few years ago to move to Arizona, where the economics of machine shop ownership were much more palatable. Owning a machine shop in Mexico is fraught with the same difficulty of finding good talent as occurs in the United States. Jorge says, “5-axis machining is a means to reducing the need to hire more machinists.” Jorge purchased his first 5-axis machine, a Haas of course, in 2014, and he embraces the technology for its ability to facilitate multiple operations without moving a part. Today, the company owns a Haas UMC-750 5-axis machine. The Haas UMC Series universal machining centers are cost-effective solutions for 3+2 machining and simultaneous 5-axis machining. Jorge says that to put in perspective the benefit of 5-axis machining — on one high precision part that required angle and side milling, he has reduced the set-ups from 5 to

1. On another major project, he has reduced the set-ups from 7 to 3. When the Ochoa’s have hired new employees, they welcome (even prefer) individuals who have no prior experience in machining, but who have the ability and desire to learn. Sofia says that one of the machinists with the company for more than 1.5 years now, came with no experience, but through training/ mentoring by Jorge, he is now programming the lathes. Both Sofia and Jorge say that he is an outstanding addition to the team. MPC’s move to Arizona happened just a few years ago, and they moved with several Haas machines that they had purchased in California. Jorge says, “Our first experience with Ellison Machinery, the Haas dealer in Arizona, was for service.” He continued, “With the move, our Haas UMC750 had some issues, and we were really worried about the support we would get locally, since the machine was out of warranty and we hadn’t purchased it from Ellison Machinery.” Jorge says the support he received from Ellison Machinery, and in particular service technician Alan Blumforth, was outstanding. “In fact”, Jorge adds, “The service we receive from Ellison Machinery is one the best we have received from a machine tool dealer anywhere.” The company purchased its first Haas machines from Ellison Machinery with absolute confidence, since their experience with Ellison’s customer service was so outstanding. Their purchases included the Haas VF-4SS+HRT210 and VF-2SSYT+TRT100. Alex Anderson is MPC’s Sales Engineer from Ellison Machinery. Though new to Ellison Machinery, customers value Alex’s background in the industry. Alex graduated with an engineering degree from ASU’s Polytechnic University, where he ran Haas machines, and he has previously worked as a manufacturing engineer in the Valley. Alex says, “I think that it is outstanding that Jorge and the MPC team truly embrace technology. Any shop needing to outsource their 5-axis

machining, even simultaneous 5-axis machining, should contact Jorge.” I mentioned that Jorge is extremely technology savvy. His company has embraced the latest in hardware and software, and they utilize Autodesk Inventor HSM Ultimate. Jorge says that he fully intends to move the shop to ‘lights out’, operating 24x7in the not too distant future. MPC is growing its business through referrals and growth within in its customer base. Still, Jorge believes that it is critical to pro-actively look for new work. As such, he researches RFPs on websites such as MFG.com. “We look for difficult to machine parts, and these are the ones we respond to.” Jorge says the company has secured new business via sites like this. One of MPC’s customers, Razor Emporium, is designing a new state of the art shaving razor. Owner Matthew says of his work for the past months with MPC, “Jorge and his team are helping my company with the design of our new product. In my 9 months working with them, I have experienced incredible professionalism and a willingness to go above and beyond all the time.” He continued, “Jorge explains mechanical terminology in a way I can understand - I couldn’t give any higher recommendations to their company. I love working with them.” MPC Machines is an outstanding choice if you need design support for your new product(s) or if you have products that can better be machined using 5-axis machining. Contact them at 714-271-5319 or email: mpcmachines@msn.com To learn more about how Ellison Machinery can support your business growth, contact them at (480) 968-5877 or visit ellisonaz.com. A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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‘Next-Generation Manufacturing’ About People as Much as Technology Everyone knows the business of making stuff in America continues to change dramatically. We’re quickly becoming a nation of advanced manufacturers, with myriad innovative technologies improving products and processes. But the transformation goes well beyond the exponential growth of robots, sensors, and artificial intelligence. As fast as the world of manufacturing is evolving, so is the workforce. When we talk about next-gen manufacturing, we’re not just talking about products and processes; we’re talking about people. In fact, maintaining our competitive advantage in global manufacturing starts with people. Much has been written about the challenge of finding workers with appropriate STEM skills to work on the modern shop floor, as well as in research and engineering departments. Research shows that of a projected 3.5 million manufacturing jobs expected to be available in the United States between 2015-2025, 2 million of them could go unfilled. Not only will companies be competing for scarce human talent, but they must also focus on training and developing the people they already employ to ensure workers can keep up with the changes. What hasn’t been discussed nearly as much as the skills gap is the cultural evolution currently occurring, which will prove as important to attracting and keeping employees as STEM education. For the first time in history, the workforce will comprise five generations of Americans: The Silent Generation (born pre-1946), Baby Boomers (1946 to 1964), Gen Xers (1965 to 1980), Millennials (roughly 1981 to 1995),and within a few years, greater amounts of those in Gen Z (1996 to 2010) in the workforce. For the first three, corporate culture took a back seat to security and a paycheck in priority. But the final two generational cohorts are not just recipients of all the change occurring in society; they are leading the charge. Many analyses have been undertaken to better understand what drives the 79 million millennials, and more will be needed to decipher the following generations. One study by Boston Consulting Group captures the essence of how these new generations’ expectations are far different from their predecessors. For starters, anyone raised with the internet and a smartphone in their pocket puts a premium on “speed, ease, efficiency, and convenience.” Overly bureaucratic companies are on notice. Millennials also trust people with first-hand experience more than corporate and academic experts – hence, their use of social media to crowdsource their information.This means for companies to connect with their new employees, they must build trust and nurture their communities. Finally, millennials strongly believe they can make the world a better place. That ties into an expectation that companies must have a social conscience, and the corollary that businesses will put their employees’ needs first. Companies that are transparent and perceived as caring will make greater headway with the newer generations. Manufacturers who want to attract and keep new employees must understand how the cultural evolution is changing the expectations of the newest generations. As BCG notes, “Those companies that truly get the millennials and engage with them appropriately have an opportunity to differentiate themselves ….” Source: Industry Week; By: Stephen Gold

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“We Specialize In The LARGER Parts And Assemblies.” “We Specialize In CENTERLESS GRINDING.” “And Now We Specialize In 5 Axis Machining, Particularly Differentiated By Our Ability To Do LARGER Parts And Assemblies.”

Dynamic Machine just purchased the first 5-axis OKK (the VP9000-5AX) in the state of Arizona! And as a tribute to founder Jim Stewart (JT), who passed away in 2012, his picture is proudly displayed on the new machine. Dynamic Machine celebrated one half century last year, and ‘The JT StewartTrust’ has owned it since JT’s passing. Bill MacDougall, Vice President/Production Manager has 38-year tenure with the company, says, “JT mentored us in this business, including his management style. He was stern but fair, and we share his philosophy that family comes first. This means that we don’t rule by the clock, rather, we are empathetic to the need for flexibility.” This is just one of the reasons superior machinists who come to work at Dynamic Machine remain at the company for years. Dynamic Machine has long been ISO/AS9100 certified, and they just re-certified to the newest standard, ISO 9001: 2015/AS9100 Revision D (Their performance metrics average 95% on time, 99% on quality). In its expansive 36,000 square foot facility, the company supports customers who require high precision, often large parts, and their customers span the aerospace, military/defense, semiconductor, oil tool, commercial equipment, and automotive industries. In addition to machining, Dynamic Machine can support its customers’ fabrication requirements. In fact, the company performs nearly all operations in house, from machining to grinding to welding to deburring, and they only outsource special processes. Bill says, “At Dynamic Machine, we aren’t captive to a specific machine tool builder. Rather, since our machinists are very experienced, and often are true journeyman in the trade, we can select the machine tool that fits specific applications. The OKK 5 axis machine clearly fits the applications we are growing to meet our customers’ evolving needs (e.g. more complex, larger parts).” A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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The OKK isn’t Dynamic Machine’s first 5-axis machine. In fact, they first got into 5-axis machining late in 2015. David Lair, Vice President/General Manager of the company with 23 years tenure, says, “This past year and a half has helped us to really quantify the benefits of 5 axis machining. On one specific part, the company took production down from 7 operations to 2 with 5-axis machining, and on another complex part that previously took 2 hours to machine, we can now machine in less than 40 minutes with 5-axis machining.” Tom Stewart, son of JT, Production Coordinator as well as 5-axis machining expert, says, “The OKK offers new opportunities for 5 axis machining: 1) It is a superior ‘hard metal cutting’ 5-axis machine. While we do some high temperature alloys, the OKK will enable us to offer existing customers better capability with exotic metals,

THE MACHINE GROUP and it will make it attractive for new customers to come to us. 2) The OKK offers a much larger envelope, with a table size of 31.5” x 24.8”, and x = 32.28”, y = 40.16”, z = 22.05”, and will allow us to perform 5-axis machining on the very large parts that we specialize in. 3) The OKK is an extremely rigid machine, and it will enable us to maximize the benefits of 5-axis machining for particularly complex parts.The guaranteed accuracy of the OKK for the x,y,z is +/- .00008” and the x,y,z repeatability is +/- .00004”. Nate Ankrom is the Sales Engineer for ‘The Machining Group’ aka TMG, the local distributor for the OKK machine tool line. David says, “Service is one of the most important criteria that goes into our decision on a machine tool purchase.” He continued, “Nate sold us machines 20 years ago through another machine tool dealer, and after that, while he worked at a precision manufacturing business, he was a customer of ours.We trust Nate and his team’s ability to support Dynamic Machine.”

TMG Company History We represent and support the complete line of seven machine tool manufacturers. TMG offers a comprehensive on site service department. We take trade-ins, sell used equipment and provide in-house ﬁnancing for all types of businesses. Our president Rick Wackeen, and Vice President, Richard Chade invite you to contact them personally with your questions. We have the expertise and capability to provide answers and solutions to all of your machining requirements.

Nate says, “Dynamic Machine is differentiating itself in the market with their OKK. The VP Series Bridge style design maximizes rigidity, speed and accuracy while still achieving exceptional chip evacuation, operator accessibility with minimal floor space.There are few shops in the Valley with a 5-axis machine with the capabilities the OKK offers, and Dynamic Machine’s most recent purchase will set them apart with the latest technology and controls.” He added, “Dynamic Machine is so experienced that they can do true ‘simultaneous 5 axis machining’, a skill that is hard to come by. If a shop will benefit from true 5-axis machining, Dynamic Machine is a company they should contact.” About first jumping into 5-axis machining more than a year ago, Bill says it “was easier (less than a learning curve) than he expected”. Additionally, 5-axis machining allows Dynamic Machine to continue to offer the most competitive solution, enables them to increase capacity without having to hire (in a difficult environment), and with less human touch, will result in even higher quality and on-time performance. To learn more about all of The Machine Group (TMG)’s exceptional machine tool lines, contact: tmgwest.com; (562) 537-2681; Scott Reid; Please contact us if you are interested in sales opportunities. Contact Dynamic Machine for your large precision machining needs or to capitalize on their 5-axis machining capabilities. They can be reached at (602) 437-0339 or visit www.dynamic-machine.com

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CFM International Gets Beginning More ThanNow $2B Upheaval In Space Access LEAP Engine, Support Orders

Pitches, press conferences and panel presentations at the annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs heralded a dramatic shift in launch hardware, as the spacefaring nations of the world prepare new rockets for peaceful and not-so-peaceful access to orbit and beyond.

The Pentagon’s deep pockets are fueling a stiff competition for the U.S. national security launch business. Orbital ATK is introducing a new launcher, as Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJR) and newcomer Blue Origin slug it out U.S. TrumpUnited and China President Xi Jinping witnessed for thePresident right to power Launch Alliance (ULA) vehicles off the pad the signing of an agreement between ICBC Financial Leasing Co., in the struggle with SpaceX for Air Force contracts. Ltd., a subsidiary of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), International the purchase of SpaceX 80 LEAP-1B Fresh fromand its CFM successful reflight of afor Falcon 9 first stage, is touting engines to power 40 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Yi Huiman, the reliability gains it sees in reusing launch hardware, while Blue Origin chairman ICBC founder and JohnJeff Rice, vice chairmana little of CFM parent owner and of Amazon Bezos is applying rock-and-roll company GE, signed the agreement. razzle-dazzle to promote his push to an off-planet civilization with a $2.5 billion reusable rocket named after John Glenn. The engine order is valued at nearly $1.1 billion at list price and private ICBC Leasing is scheduled takingopportunities delivery in 2018. The sector also is beginningtotobegin see business beyond The airplanes were previously announced as part of atoChinese low Earth orbit, resupplying a planned NASA “gateway” Mars and block buy. selling the hardware the spacefaring governments of the world will need

to explore the Solar System. For now, though, the objective is more ICBC Leasing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICBC Group, the for mundane—finding a new rocket engine to replace Russia’s RD-180 largest commercial bank in the world, is the largest Chinese lessor ULA’s national security launches from Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg. and top 5 lessor worldwide.

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ULA is building a family of launchers dubbed Vulcan to replace the ICBC Leasing has a total of 555 aircraft in portfolio, with 326 workhorses Atlas V and Delta IV. Vulcan will be powered either by Blue aircraft delivered. ICBC Leasing has nearly 70 operators from Origin’s new BE-4 methane-fueled engine or Aerojet Rocketdyne’s 33 countries and regions worldwide. kerosene-fueled AR1. Blue Origin signed up ULA as a partner in developing the BE-4, and ULA favors that engine over the Aerojet offering. The LEAP engine is a product of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines. Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson says full-scale testing of the BE-4 engine developed for the New Glenn will start in 3-8 weeks. The first SilkAir officials signed a 15-year Rate Per Flight Hour (RPFH) of three test engines is installed horizontally at the company’s launch maintenance agreement with CFM International to support the and test siteengines in Westthat Texas, says, and campaign is designed LEAP-1B willhepower its the newtest fleet of 37 Boeing 737 to progress relatively quickly. MAX 8 aircraft. The agreement is valued at $1 billion at list price

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and includesengineers a total ofat80AJR engines. Propulsion are banking on their company’s long experience building large rocket engines to see development of their AR1 Under theengine termsasofthe thelogical agreement, CFM guarantees maintenance kerosene replacement for the RD-180 on ULA’s costs for all SilkAir’s LEAP-1B engines on a dollar per engine AtlasV and upcomingVulcan. Blue Origin has about a 1.5-year head start flight hour basis. in developing its new engine, but AJR says it is on track to have the AR1 ready to power payloads to orbit when it is needed in 2019. SilkAir, which is the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, took delivery of its Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane on Sept.said 27, Julie 2017.Van “This engine canfirst fit on the Atlas or Vulcan architecture,” Kleeck, vice president, advanced space and launch. “It’s the lowest-risk Operations with national the MAXsecurity. aircraftItbegan on Oct. 5, 2017, way to deal with replicates, virtually, the with Russian the first flight travelling to Penang, Malaysia. Deliveries of performance. It uses the same propellant, the same infrastructure.the It will remaining through 2024. be built in aaircraft factory are thatscheduled builds rocket engines that have launched over 2,000 national security missions.”

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While no stakeholders secured everything they wanted, policymakers heard our calls to create a code that incentivizes domestic manufacturing. Small and medium-sized manufacturers who invest heavily in equipment in particular stand to benefit from many of the bills provisions. Key provisions in the bill include: • Corporate rate of 21%, effective January 1, 2018 • Top individual rate of 37%, with 20% deduction for business earnings of pass-throughs • No corporate alternative minimum tax • Full 100% business expensing for five years • Section 179 Equipment Expensing at $1 million • Business interest deductibility up to 30% of modified income • Maintains R&D tax credit • Doubles EstateTax exemption to $11 million per individual, $22m per couple • Keeps current Section 127 employer education assistance • Repatriation of 15% rate for cash and 8% rate for earnings reinvested in hard assets, with an 8-year window to pay the tax

Can The Air Transport Industry Be ‘Uber-Ized’? Uber has shaken up the taxi market. Could the same happen to air transport? The simple answer is yes.The question is when the next big change will come, or whether it’s already happening.What we’re talking about here is disruption, but disruption comes in many forms, which is what makes it so unpredictable. Firstly, there’s business-model disruption. The strongest example of this over recent years was the birth of LCCs, their evolution into hybrid carriers targeting the business market and their recent shift into long-haul and connecting flights. LCCs are now moving into long-haul, but the established players still seem to believe long-haul LCCs are chasing a different market. History has shown that both business and leisure travelers like cheap fares. The next big model shift seems to be digital. Customer expectations are changing, so airlines need to sharpen up their digital game or die. Amazon or Google don’t need to operate a single aircraft to be a disruptive threat. As with Uber, aviation employment models are also in the spotlight. Freelance labor and social conditions are coming under scrutiny, risking bad PR and strike disruption, but the customer hunger for cheap fares continues unabated, creating a real dilemma for airlines trying to strike a profitable balance between costs and revenues. Then there are the tools of the business. An aircraft is simply a vehicle for long-distance travel. Emergent technologies, like the Hyperloop, UAVs and flying cars, could change the way people and goods travel. The difficulty is there are a lot of unknowns and, in the words of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, “The oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” Nothing stays still. Airlines that want to emerge as winners will need to ditch their arrogance and be ready for anything. Victoria Moores victoria.moores@penton.com

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Sandians Take Home Five R&D 100 Awards The R&D 100 Awards are considered a globally prestigious recognition of invention and innovation. Sandia researchers captured five R&D 100 Awards for 2017, in the annual international technical competition that includes researchers from universities, corporations, and government labs.The awards are sponsored by R&D Magazine, which has announced approximately 5,000 winners since 1963.The honors go to researchers deemed by the magazine’s editors and judging panels to have developed the year’s 100 most outstanding advances in applied technologies. The awards focus on practical impact rather than pure research and reward entrants on their products’ design, development, testing, and production.

Armstrong, Andy Allerman, Art Fischer, Mary Crawford, Albert Baca, Jason Neely, Jack Flicker, Olga Spahn,Vipin Gupta, and Jerry Simmons. These aluminum gallium nitride diodes and transistors are first steps in a possible revolution in power electronics, and can be used as building blocks to construct next-generation systems for transferring electrical power more efficiently from a source to a load and for converting voltages, currents, and frequencies from one value to another. The invention may provide switching speeds 10 times faster than the current state-of-the-art, resulting in a commensurate increase in power density by enabling shrinking of passive components in power converters. Ultrahigh blocking voltages — the maximum voltage that can be placed across a device and still have it function as intended — are a possibility. The devices can also function at higher operating temperatures than current devices and in high radiation environments such as outer space.

The winning applications were announced Nov. 17 .The Sandia winners were: HADES HADES, the High-fidelity Adaptive Deception & Emulation System platform, led byVince Urias,Will Stout, and Caleb Loverro. HADES creates alternative realities that radically improve the way cybersecurity practitioners protect their networks and gain insight about adversaries.The platform enables subtle changes to realistic environments of as many as 10,000 machines, creating a far richer deception than honeypots and other techniques. Because of this, a prolonged deception encourages adversaries to stay long enough to reveal their intent, tools, and tactics. As the process plays out, HADES automatically collects adversarial information and passes it on to network defenders. Ultra-Wide Bandgap Power Electronic Devices Ultra-Wide Bandgap Power Electronic Devices, led by Bob Kaplar, Andy A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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Also, when a helicopter or multi-rotor enters a hover, it is using a lot of power to provide lift, while a fixed wing aircraft can enter a holding pattern while using much less power to offset the drag and maintaining lift. Looking at the traditional aviation industry will provide some clues with regards to energy-efficiency. For instance, helicopters use more fuel than airplanes (everything else being equal). When helicopters are traveling slow, they need more energy to hold their weight.When traveling fast (according to their standards), the rotor drag is very high.And while power required drops significantly as airspeed increases (once translational lift is gained, induced drag drops with speed), it is still far beyond that of a winged aircraft. The multi-rotor, in addition to being much more complex to control and steer without the assistance of onboard software, has a design that is even less energy efficient. Moving larger amount of air at a lower speed is easier than moving less air at faster speeds.This means that helicopter blades can spin at a much lower speed than e.g. multi-rotor blades and still produce more lift.

Multi-rotor blades are generally smaller than helicopter blades and spin at higher speeds. They also require energy to slow the blades during aerial manoeuvres. Helicopters don’t have to exhaust energy slowing the blades as adjusting the pitch controls all aerial manoeuvres. Helicopters are currently capable of longer flight times on the same amount of energy versus a multi-rotor. Conventional aircraft have much less drag at a given weight and speed than a helicopter, and far less so than a multi-rotor. Merging the benefits of fixed-wing UAVs with the multi-rotor’s ability to hover is a new category of hybrids, which can also do Vertical Take Off and Landings (VTOL). There are various types under development, of which many configurations were tried for manned aircrafts, but they proved complex and difficult to fly.With the arrival of modern autopilots, accelerometers and gyros, solving the complexities, we now see more and more solutions emerging on the market.While more energy efficient than true rotary aircrafts, they still pose a compromise in comparison with fixed wing UAVs. Then why is the multi-rotor so popular? We can see that it attracts

hobbyists, as well as manufacturers, even though both history and physics prove it to be an inefficient way of flying. My guess is that one of the answers can be found in its simplicity. Developing a multi-rotor is far less complex than developing a fixed wing, which requires a deep understanding of aerodynamics, or a helicopter, which requires a significantly more complex mechanical solution. The multi-rotor is certainly much more complex to control and steer without the assistance of onboard software, but this software can today be found ready-made from numerous sources, and to achieve a functional platform is more a question of integration and tuning than actual development. Another aspect is that it can hover and do VTOL. The question is also, what will need to change before we see a drone industry that align with the proportional use of fixed wing vs. rotary aircraft within manned aviation? Once we are allowed to start flying far Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS), and once we start looking at transporting goods or even people, the multi-rotor will no longer live up to the expected range / weight / energy consumption, at least not enough so to provide a viable solution. Physics / mechanics on such a basic level do not lie, neither do empirical testing over time. Source: Army Technology A2Z MANUFACTURING SW •

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MoldWORX Certifies To ISO 9001:2015 With The Help Of BMSC Sometimes life gets in the middle of your plans. Jim Taylor loves motorcycles and he was going to open a business that centered on this passion. He even had a name for it – Cycleworx. Jim grew up in upstate New York. He met his best friend Joe Motyka through Joe’s dad Gordon. Jim was working for Gordon, who was a journeyman mold maker, and he mentored Jim until Jim too earned his journeyman credentials. Back in 1984, Jim was on his way to San Diego when he stopped to visit friends in Arizona. He never left. Over the course of the next several years, Jim utilized his mold making expertise and worked for a number of mold making entities in Arizona. I did mention that Jim had always dreamed of owning his own business. While he didn’t know just how big the opportunity could be doing something in the motorcycle industry, he did know first hand the potential for a mold making shop. And so Cycleworx became Moldworx. Jim launched his business more than 2 decades ago, in 1995. Moldworx’ mold making capabilities range from a single cavity prototype to multi-cavity Hot Runner Class 101 Medical molds.Their molds are produced from direct machining into mold plates to hardened stainless steel cavity and core stacks in a full stainless steel mold base. As things would have it, Joe and Gordon had also left the cold winters of upstate NewYork and had started their own business, called Sun Valley Tool, in the Phoenix area. In 2003, Joe bought Gordon out of Sun Valley Tool and Joe and Jim established a partnership within Moldworx. The Moldworx business model began with injection mold repair, component manufacturing, and designing and building of new tooling. With double-digit growth nearly every year since it opened, the company has expanded into two facilities in order to include injection mold sampling and production mold assembly line production. With a growing need for high quality assembly equipment, Moldworx leveraged in house expertise to expand the business model to include precision automation and assembly solutions, driving the need to house all operations in a larger facility currently located in Gilbert, Arizona. In 2009, one of Moldworx’ largest customers required its vendors to become ISO ‘compliant’. Jim and Joe put all the processes in place to meet their customer’s edict. Jim says, “This requirement put on us was actually a good thing. It helped us to document our processes, and we made some improvements in the business.” Still, Jim and Joe knew that to take the business to the next level, they would have to certify to ISO 9001. Jim says, “Our customers are Fortune 1000 companies, largely in the medical industry.They rely upon Moldworx for their mold design and mold building requirements, but in most cases they wouldn’t utilize our plastic injection molding services.” He continued, “We have more than 20 years of experience in developing processes and molding highly engineered resins, and we can sample or run production on any type of mold.We also provide Controlled Environment Injection Molding. Still, with all of our experience and capabilities, our large customers require us to be ISO certified.” A2Z MANUFACTURING •

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Jim and Joe made the decision to become ISO certified this past year. They had hired Jeff Eisenberg, also a mold maker, as Project Manager at the company, and he was chartered with helping the company to meet its goal of certification. Jim contacted a colleague in the industry who had been instrumental in ISO certification for the companies he had worked for in the past. Jim says, “Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC, came highly recommended.”The team got in touch with Bretta and they hired her as their consultant to achieve ISO certification. Jeff says, “Bretta and her colleague Debbie Hart are extremely professional. Not only that, they worked within our processes to help develop our documentation.” Jeff says that the entire process was much less cumbersome than what he has experienced in the past. Jim adds that the process was less costly than he expected. Moldworx just completed their audit for ISO 9001: 2015 certification with ‘0’ findings (not even a minor)! “We expect our ISO certification to result in so many benefits for Moldworx”, Jim says. “Not only can we call on new customers who wouldn’t give us business without the certification, we can also approach our current customers for their production or overflow injection molding.” Jeff adds, “I believe that the process improvements that are an outcome of the preparation for certification will make Moldworx an even better, leaner company.” To learn how Moldworx can support your business, contact them at 480.668.8400 or visit www. moldworx.com To learn more about how BMSC can help your small business to prepare for ISO and AS9100 certification, call 602-445-9400or visit the website at www.businessmsc.com

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CGD president Dave Buss said: “We are very pleased to have been selected as an awardee of the army’s MTCCS program contract. The MTCCS program seeks to provide individual, leader, small unit, battle staff and simulation-driven mission command (MC) training, technical, exercise, simulation and administrative support for various MTCs.Source: Army Technology

Honeywell named a ‘Most Honored Company’ Institutional Investor recently published its 2018 All-America Executive Team Rankings for U.S. companies across 44 industry sectors. Honeywell ranked in the top-three out of 69 companies in the Electrical Equipment and Multi-Industry sector for the eighth year in a row and was named one of the “Most Honored” companies for receiving two or more top-three appearances in one or more of the following categories: Best CEO, CFO, Investor Relations (IR) Professional and IR Program. For the third consecutive year, Honeywell CFO, Tom Szlosek, ranked third for “Best CFO” as nominated by the buy-side and overall ranking. Honeywell Vice President of Investor Relations, Mark Macaluso, ranked first overall for “Best IR Professional.” Honeywell also ranked first in the category of “Best Investor Relations Program” as nominated by the buyside and overall ranking, and placed first in the category of ‘Best Analyst Day’ for the third year in a row, in recognition of its Annual Investor Day held annually in the first quarter. The All-America Executive Team rankings are based on inputs from over 3,000 portfolio managers and buy-side analysts and over 1,000 sell-side analysts who are asked to rank the Best CEO, CFO, IR Professional and best Investor Relations Program in each sector.

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DoD Awards Arête Associates,* Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $7,455,192 costplus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N6133111-C-0007) to provide Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) program systems support for the AN/DVS-1 COBRA Block 1 system and support equipment. The primary mission of AN/DVS-1 COBRA program is to conduct unmanned aerial tactical reconnaissance in littoral battlespace for detection and localization of mine fields and obstacles in the surf zone and beach zone prior to amphibious assault. For the base contract, statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition used was 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(5) (authorized or required by statute (PL 106-554 SBIR)). Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed by December 2018. Fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $2,625,005 will be obligated at time of award. TRAX International Corp., Las Vegas, Nevada, was awarded an $18,407,303 modification (P00215) to contract W9124R-09-C-0003 for non-personal test support services. Work will be performed in Yuma, Arizona; and Fort Greely, Arkansas, with an estimated completion date of Jan. 31, 2018. Fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funds (subject to availability of funds) in the amount of $18,407,303 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command,Yuma, Arizona, is the contracting activity. MyPlane Inc., doing business as MyPilotStore,* Scottsdale, Arizona, has been awarded a maximum $15,615,663 firm-fixed-price, indefinitequantity contract for electrical headsets.This was a competitive acquisition with two responses received. This is a three-year base contract with two one-year option periods. Maximum dollar amount is for the life of the contract, including options. Locations of performance are Arizona and Massachusetts, with a Nov. 19, 2022, performance completion date. Using military service is Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2018 through 2023 defense working capital funds.The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio. Honeywell International Inc., Glendale, Arizona, has been awarded a $10,524,256 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to conduct innovative research and development. The contract provides to develop a low noise, high sensitivity vibrating beam accelerometer. Work will be performed in Glendale, Arizona, with an expected completion date of Feb. 20, 2025. This contract was a competitive acquisition and 5 offers were received. Fiscal 2017 research and development funds in the amount of $90,340 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is the contracting activity. Applied Technology Associates, Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been awarded a $7,982,012 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with cost-plus-fixed-fee completion task order for research and development required by the integrated structural systems program to produce resilient space structures. Work will be performed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, with an expected completion date of Dec. 20, 2020. Fiscal 2018 research and development funds in the amount of $86,850 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is the contracting activity.

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The computer chip industry is now dominated by an aggressive set of chief executives who are quicker to push big acquisitions, slash costs and drive up profits. Matthew Murphy, a first-time chief executive, was barely a year into a turnaround effort at Marvell Semiconductor when he sold its board on a bold move: a $6 billion offer to purchase Cavium, another midsize maker of computer chips. The offer, made in November, has since pushed Marvell’s shares up 18 percent, adding nearly $1.65 billion to a market valuation that had already risen nearly 80 percent during Murphy’s 16-month tenure.The 45-year-old chief executive has taken other big steps since succeeding the husbandand-wife team who led Marvell for 20 years, including trimming 1,700 jobs through layoffs and sales of businesses. “Marvell was a strong company from a technology point of view, but they definitely didn’t have the financial discipline they needed,” said Mark Edelstone, Morgan Stanley’s global head of investment banking for the semiconductor industry. “It took a change in leadership to make that happen.” Murphy is just one of the people shaking up the once-stolid business of semiconductors, the small slices of processed silicon that crunch numbers and store data in all manner of everyday devices.The founders of many chip companies, typically technical experts, have retired or stepped down in recent years. In their place has come an aggressive set of chief executives who are quicker to push big acquisitions, slash costs and drive up profits. Their focus on maximizing shareholder value helps explain the deal-making boom in the chip industry, which also includes a $105 billion bid by Broadcom to acquire the mobile chip kingpin Qualcomm and the completion of Analog Devices’ $14.8 billion purchase of Linear Technology.While acquisitions in the industry are not new, the slowing sales of many kinds of chips and the stiff costs to develop new ones have led these executives to pursue bigger deals and curtail spending on technology projects that might take years to pay off. “Founders tend to be much bigger risk-takers,” said Syed Ali, Cavium’s chief executive, who co-founded the company in 2000. “We are a dying breed, I guess.” Among those who are representative of the new generation of chip company leaders is Hock Tan. Tan, the chief executive of Broadcom, completed six acquisitions in four years before stunning the industry last month with the takeover bid for Qualcomm, which is resisting his advances. Qualcomm’s chief executive, Steve Mollenkopf, has been no slouch himself, forging a $38.5 billion deal for NXP Semiconductors in 2016 that would reshape his company if completed. And Brian Krzanich, the sixth leader at the industry giant Intel, has purchased two large companies for a total of $32 billion since 2015.

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Though Wall Street has approved of many of these moves, the way these managers are operating has caused some anxiety. The mood about Tan in particular was summed up in a joke prepared for comedian Wayne Brady, who entertained more than 1,300 guests at a Silicon Valley semiconductor industry dinner this month.

“Big and small companies are here tonight, but beware: None of you are safe from Hock Tan,” Brady said, to considerable laughter. “He’s on a financial rampage to own … well, everyone, apparently.” Tan is very selective about employees he retains. Public filings suggest that roughly 30 percent of the employees at the five chip companies that Broadcom has purchased since 2013, or more than 5,000 people, wound up without jobs after the deals closed. That calculation is “not far off,”Tan said in an interview, while noting that many workers also keep their jobs when Broadcom sells off unwanted businesses to other companies. He estimated that the workforce at Brocade, a company that Broadcom acquired last year for $5.5 billion, would shrink through divestitures from about 5,500 employees to 1,500. Tan described his strategy as the logical reaction to slowing industry growth and the increased difficulty of taking market share from incumbents. He said he had bought up dominant products in big markets, dispensing with less profitable sidelines. Another chief executive who has wrung profits from purchased companies is Steve Sanghi, who leads Microchip Technology in Chandler, Arizona. Microchip has bought 17 chipmakers in an acquisition spree that began in 2007. Sanghi estimated that Atmel, which Microchip bought for $3.6 billion last year, was breaking even at the time and now boasted an operating profit margin of 30 percent. At Micrel, another Silicon Valley company that Microchip purchased, for $839 million in 2015, the margin improved to more than 30 percent from 6 percent, he said. “We don’t buy companies to keep doing what they were doing,” Sanghi said. “We buy companies to fix them.” Not everyone has applauded. Some Atmel employees alleged in a suit last year that Microchip had violated a pledge made by the former management about severance payments associated with the deal. Sanghi said the pledge had expired before his company’s deal, and added that nearly all employees had accepted another severance offer. He took just half his salary for six months to help win over Atmel employees, Sanghi said. The management changes have not come without conflict with the previous generation of chip executives. Raymond Zinn, who co-founded Micrel in 1978 and led it until the sale to Microchip, criticized layoffs and other moves of Sanghi’s in an interview with Electronic Engineering Times last year. In response, Sanghi attacked Zinn’s management record. The exchange prompted a Micrel suit accusing Zinn of violating a nondisparagement agreement; he has denied the claims. At Cypress Semiconductor,T.J. Rodgers resigned as chief executive in April 2016 after 34 years running the company — but later led a proxy battle to place two nominees on the Cypress board.The new Cypress chief executive, Hassane El-Khoury, 38, has narrowed the company’s focus, pushed more integrated combinations of chips and software and cut 500 jobs. “We’ve moved the company in a new direction,” El-Khoury said. At Marvell, Murphy inherited a thorny situation. The company, which had disclosed accounting irregularities and a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation, was late in filing financial statements and had suffered falling sales. In April 2016, not long after an activist investor,

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After those changes were in place, Murphy began eyeing Cavium. He figured the company could help Marvell penetrate the cloud data centers run by internet giants and help it compete against Broadcom, which is much larger. “You either go bold or go home,” said Rick Hill, Marvell’s chairman as part of the Starboard-led shake-up. “We’re not interested in running a small company.”By Matt Chase/The NewYork Times A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain

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