Driven to always clearly define its business strategy and industrial
positioning, Huarong Plastic Machinery Co., Ltd. is one of Taiwan`s
machinery manufacturers of injection-molding machines with over 20
years of manufacturing experiences. Headquartered in Taiwan County,
southern Taiwan, Huarong has set up plants, branch offices and
representative offices in 17 nations worldwide.

Staffed with the most professional technical talents, Huarong
researches and develops a various kinds of plastic injection-molding
machines in line with customers` requirements, providing the equipment
featuring safe, humane, general application and durability. With
distribution networks spreading all over the world, the company has won
clients` trust through consistent innovation, research and development.

With R&D efforts concentrated on the machinery with high
rigidity, durability and precision, Huarong has never stopped investing
in R&D and cultivating talented workers in this field, allowing it
to develop the most advanced energy-saving servo hydraulic injection
molding machines and in-mold labeling and injection molding machines.

Huarong president Roy Hsiao has set a goal of “launching industrial
alliances for creating value with clients” to cooperate with customers
in globalization and connect the world arena to create marvelous
achievements in the next 10 years.

20-plus Years` Experience

Having been in the industry for more than 20 years has made Huarong
a widely-recognized professional. Focused on producing rigid and
durable injection-molding machines, the company also taps
cross-industrial expertise by working with operators, customers in
other sectors, hence building mutually-beneficial scenarios as the
company prioritizes meeting special specifications. Insisting on such
strategy has enabled Huarong to secure many loyal customers worldwide.

This maker, ISO9001:2000 and CE-certified, concentrates on raising
customers` competitiveness and profitability by offering machines with
high value-to-price ratios. And to ensure high quality, Huarong adopts
many imported, precision machine tools as CNC (computerized numerically
controlled) machining centers, lathes, milling machines, and
heat-treatment machines.

Taiwan-made Value

To solidify the Taiwan-value ideal, Huarong insists all the
machinery products have to be completely developed and designed in
Taiwan by employing the most appropriate parts and components,
including those made in such industrialized nations as Japan and
Germany, so that these products can present their highest value.

“We always concentrate on producing machines that help customers
maximize profitability, which is why we always advocate `Taiwan-made
Value.` Products featuring Taiwan-made Value may not be the best, but
are, under most operating climates, the most valuable in terms of
price-Vs-value. Many of our customers definitely praise that our
machines last longer than others,” says Hsiao.

Hsiao says his company mainly turns out medium- and low-priced
injection molding machines, despite being able to make high-priced
machines also, simply driven by demand.

“Most of our peers can survive the economic downturn only if they
supply machines with excellent value. The only way to achieve such goal
is to make machines with high value-added parts, which calls for making
the most of one`s manufacturing skills,” says Hsiao.

Best Service

Besides paying close attention to high quality, Huarong also never
neglects after-sale services, knowing such policy assures creating a
win-win situation with customers.

To fully realize such policy, every year the company sends
experienced technicians overseas to visit customers` factories,
offering instructions on optimizing value in machines, as well as
repair and maintenance.

To effectively serve its diversified global markets, the company
sees its duty to send technicians to help customers, especially those
who have procured customized machines.

Years in the line has built up Huarong`s range of products, which
includes the HR-F-series servo hydraulic injection molding machines,
the HR-IML-series in-mold labeling and injection molding machines, the
HR-PET-series pre-form injection molding machines, the HDC-series
co-injection molding machines, the HR-U(H)(A)-series high-speed precise
injection molding machines, the HMC-series bulk molding compound
injection molding machines, the HR-Q-series accumulator high-speed
injection molding machines, and the HR-PVC-series rigid injection
molding machines.

Advocating Servo-hydraulic

Unlike peers in this field, Huarong hasn`t included the most
popular all-electric plastic injection molding machines in its range.
“For energy-efficiency, I don`t think all-electric plastic injection
molding machine is the best choice,” criticizes Hsiao. “On the
contrary, I believe servo-hydraulic injection molding machines will
replace all-electric models to take center stage in plastic molding in
less than five years.”

At present, Huarong`s hottest-sellers include the IML-series
injection-molding machine and the HR-F(FC)-series servo-hydraulic
injection molding machine. The HR-IML-series is capable of
single-process injection molding and labeling that achieves pleasing
printing and eco-friendliness. The HR-F (FC)-series servo-hydraulic
injection molding machine is designed to be energy-efficient and
minimize carbon footprint.

Recognizing that power saving is no doubt the primary marketing
concern, Huarong has developed a new driving system replacing
conventional inverter application, which also benefits the general
performances of energy saving, stability and accuracy. The achievement
is called “servo-hydraulic”, with precise computerizing controller
system combing servo motor drive, and adopting accurate pressure
sensors performing complete system in rapid close-loop control,
reaction speed with 40ms. Verified with various practical applications
and tests, the efficiency reaches more than 80% of power saving from
rapid precision molding.

With identical loads for trial, the advantaged from both hydraulic
system and fully-electric system, fit for most kinds of general to
high-precision molding needs, and along with profitable energy saving
achievement. It also improves the inconvenience and cost from mounting
possible auxiliaries, and reinforces the capacity and stability for
super precision molding.

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Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.

Fryer Easy Turn Combination Lathe with Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl CNC
lets operators at Continental Machine program, set-up and run faster;
critical for one-off operations

By definition, says Josh Johnson, vice-president, Continental Machine,
Rockford, Illinois, his prototype and short-run production shop must
constantly run lean. There can be no tolerating excessive programming,
set-up or machining time of any kind, otherwise the shop loses and, in
this economy, Johnson notes, that is simply unacceptable.

Continental Machine is a seven-person, 13,000 square-foot facility that
houses a variety of CNC milling, turning, wire EDM, hole popping and
grinding machines, as well as various sheetmetal and plastic injection
molding machinery. Therefore, the shop is well positioned to produce a
wide variety of metal and plastic prototypes used by its diverse
customer base, which spans markets such as window hardware, bicycle
components, automotive parts, chemical processing, medical devices and
foodservice equipment. Materials processed here are just as
wide-ranging, including aluminum, CRS, tool steels such as A2 and D2,
zinc, brass, copper, bronze, titanium and a variety of engineered
plastics such as glass-filled Delrin.

Recently, this job shop purchased a Fryer Easy Turn-21 CNC Combination
Lathe, controlled by a Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl numerical control. The
two operators responsible for this machine upgrade at Continental had
limited experience with CNC and none whatsoever with the Siemens
protocol, as this was the first of its kind at the shop.

The Easy Turn-21 was particularly appealing to Josh Johnson, who
comments, “The set-up is extremely easy. Teaching the tools, altering
the lengths and diameters is kept very simple. After the initial
learning curve, which took only a few days, the operators picked up on
the conversational programming, right away. Also, one of the best
features on the machine was that you could still turn the parts by
using the electronic handwheel and just one function, such as hogging
off material automatically or putting on a tapered thread.” He noted
this feature was not only more comfortable for the operators, but it
also allowed them to quickly and efficiently prove out part programs.
Johnson commented that this would not have been possible on previous
machines, owing to the flexibility of the control onboard the Fryer.
The result has been a minimum 20% improvement in the overall cycle time
on most part programs run at Continental. For this primarily prototype
job shop, that fact translates into a substantial increase in the work
product possible here.

Echoing this sentiment, Sue Ostrander, sales manager, Fryer Machine
Systems, explained the process that led her company to select the
SINUMERIK 840D sl numerical control for all its milling and turning
machines, a move that was recently formalized by the company and
announced to the trade.

“Since its inception 26 years ago, family-owned Fryer Machine Systems
has based its operation on three core principles: build a quality
product, price it fairly and provide quality service. This philosophy
has allowed Fryer’s business to grow even in challenging times,” she
said. Fryer manufactures a diverse line of over 50 models of
high-quality CNC machine tools in its 50,000 square-foot facility in
Patterson, New York. Over the years, Fryer has become well-respected
for its quality and innovation, throughout the job shop and production
machining market segments. “Moving to the Siemens 840D sl platform was
the next step in Fryer’s ongoing commitment to provide our customers
with the most innovative machine tools available in the market today,”
Ostrander continued. “The Siemens solution allows machine tool
end-users to achieve higher productivity through easy and intuitive
features and step-by-step, on-screen programming. This enables them to
dramatically reduce set-up, programming, and tooling times, while
significantly increasing output.” “The SINUMERIK 840D sl modular design
allows us to take full advantage of the superior mechanical features in
our machines,” continued Larry Fryer, president and CEO, Fryer Machine
Systems. “Fryer has always been known for our easy conversational
controls and the move to Siemens has allowed us to greatly enhance this
feature,” Fryer noted. “The 840D sl menu-driven system combines an
advanced geometry calculator that displays the part while the operator
is programming it. Sophisticated solid model graphics allow the
operator to verify the part program with more clarity than ever
before,” he said. Larry Fryer has also been impressed with the
automatic tool set-up and easy part set-up, made possible by the
Siemens CNC. Fryer explained that auto-run mode is where many operators
experience difficulty. Siemens and Fryer Machine Systems worked
together to create an electronic handwheel run mode that gives the
operator a safer way to prove out program execution, both forward and
backward, using a standard electronic handwheel. Fryer further stated,
“Siemens provides us with a highly flexible solution that is critical
to our ability to meet the specific needs of each customer. Our
enhanced capability to offer the same control for both turning and
milling gives Fryer machines a unified platform that is very important
to customers both in the short-term and for long range expansion.
Coupled with Siemens quality and reliability, they are invaluable to us
in competing in today’s aggressive marketplace.”

Johnson added this comment on the service and training received by his
operators at Continental. “Siemens has been helpful and very thorough
in their training and after-sale service. The ShopTurn program, being
integral to the control, now enables us to accurately determine tool
path, potential collisions, tool changes and real world run time. This
makes our operators’ jobs much easier, with the added benefit of
allowing us to estimate much more accurately than ever.” Johnson
further noted the CNC has substantial hard drive space, thus allowing
most programs to be stored directly on the machine, though the company
does maintain a back-up system.

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out of a vice to machine it on another side, that is a chance for inaccuracy and mistakes to creep in, like having a small chip get left on the parallels because the operator did not blow them off just perfect before re-clamping the work piece. Certainly you would not expect to hold sub- thousandth of an inch tolerances on features made on different vice clampings.

Everybody says that innovation is a key thing about making our world a better place. But nobody seems to understand that single-day machining services are a huge enabler of innovation. By turning things quickly, you can see what needs to be done and better yet, the marketing people can show things to the customers to make the product even better and more innovative. With outfits like First Cut, ForeCast3D, and Protomold giving you mechanical parts in a few days, along with Sunstone, PCB-Pool, Proto Express and Advanced Circuits giving you circuit cards in a fews days, along with Screaming Circuits and Advanced Assembly putting those boards together from parts they or you get overnight from Digi-Key, Mouser, Jameco, Newark, and Allied, well, this is the real revolution in innovation. By turning product development into a months-long effort instead of a yearlong one, these outfits will do more for innovation than all the futurists and pundits combined.

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SolutionWare Corp has announced the release of “MazaCAM Smart Edition,” the newest version of SolutionWare’s MazaCAM CNC programming system. MazaCAM Smart Edition is the first and only CNC programming system to support the entire range of generations from Mazak’s first T1 model to the new Mazatrol SMART lathes and controls. MazaCAM Smart Edition also supports all standard G-code CNC controls. Shops can now have one system for programming all their CNCs instead of different methods and systems for each kind of machine.

MazaCAM Smart Edition Software

According to Mazak Corporation, Mazak’s new QUICK TURN SMART series of lathes and controls can be programmed up to 75% faster than machines equipped with EIA/ISO systems. SolutionWare’s MazaCAM Smart Edition helps users leverage that efficiency even more by converting between control generations, programming Mazatrol on the computer, converting CAD-files such as IGES and DXF to Mazatrol, and checking the program before it goes out to the shop floor — along with tool-management and other time-saving benefits. In addition, MazaCAM Smart Edition can program any machine that uses industry-standard G-code.

Converting to the new SMART Generation from Legacy controls

A major benefit of the new MazaCAM Smart Edition is the ability to
convert legacy Mazak programs to the new SMART controls and lathes.

“This is such breakthrough technology that most people who have Mazak
controls don’t think a product like this even exists, so they don’t think to
look for it,” says Jon Perry, SolutionWare R&D Manager. “Not only is it the
first and only CAM software to support Mazak’s new SMART controls, it adds
value by being completely backwards compatible through all Mazak
generations, from the original T1 to the latest Mazak lathes and controls.
This means that shops that have already taken the time and resources to
program jobs on their Mazaks can leverage their library of proven programs
by transforming them to the new SMART, Matrix and other generation controls.
This enables the shop to be up and running in a minimum time and eliminates
the time-consuming and error-prone job of hand-entering the programs on the
new controls.”

Supports all Mazak generations

In addition to adding support of the new SMART control family and the
QUICK TURN SMART line, MazaCAM SMART Edition supports M2, M32, M-Plus,
Fusion-640M, T1, T2, T3, T32, T-Plus, Fusion-640T, 640MT, Fusion-Pro and the
Matrix M, T and e-series controls. There are many other enhancements for the
range of CNC machines such as the Mazak Integrex, e-Machine, Nexus,
Quick-Turn, Super Quick-Turn, and Multiplex, and the broad range of
horizontal and vertical machining centers. A sampling of these enhancements
include:

• Easier network communications, to
  send/receive files over the Ethernet directly to the CNC.

• Enhanced conversion between generations of
  Integrex machines, including the tilting-tool B-axis.

• Enhanced conversion between controls
  regarding Priority-Numbers.

• Improved conversion of Manual-Process, now
  users can convert all the way from T1 to the Matrix and the
  new Smart control in a single command.

• Even more enhancements on converting
  between Matrix and other generations.

• More live-tooling support for
  multi-tasking mill-turn lathes.

• More open integration so other systems can
  access the functions within MazaCAM and thus provide the
  user with a more seamless experience.

Jon Perry adds, “In today’s economy, controlling costs yet increasing
efficiency is essential. Each of these enhancements was engineered to
address areas that will, in the real world, help users gain more
productivity, and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership.”

About SolutionWare Corporation

For more than 34 years SolutionWare Corporation has been continuously
advancing software and training that gives CNC shops the flexibility to
utilize all their CNC equipment for the greater productivity of their shop.

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