Midwest Manufacturing News • July 2012

MW MIDWEST Vol. 6 No. 7 M ANUFACTURING N EWS Serving Since 2007 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin Feature Editorial INDEX New Sliding/Fixed Headstock Automatic Lathe The 18 sliding/fixed headstock auto-matic lathe with seven linear axes now is available.... July 2012 Complete Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Automation/Robotics/ Manufacturing Systems Renishaw Acquires R&R Sales LLC Jet Edge Co-Sponsoring Exporting Seminar July 11 Waterjet systems manufacturer Jet Edge, Inc. announces that it is co-spon-soring a free exporting seminar, “Export-ing 101,” noon-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 11 at St. Michael City Center, in St. Michael, MN. “Exporting is not just for big compa-nies anymore. In fact, more than 97% of exporters are small to medium-sized businesses. Learn how your business can tap into the growing global marketplace during this informative exporting semi-nar hosted by the City of St. Michael Eco-nomic Development Authority,” said a Jet Edge spokesperson. Continued on Page 8 See Page 14 for Details EDM Machinery & Consumables (l-r) Geoff McFarland, Renishaw PLC Director of Group Engineering; John Ray, R&R Sales President; Debbie Ray, R&R Sales and Leo Sommerville, Renishaw Inc. President. AccuteX New 5-Axis Wire EDM Renishaw has purchased the busi-ness of R&R Sales LLC, a U.S-based leader in fixtures for the global meas-urement and inspection market. The ac-quisition of R&R supports Renishaw’s increasing focus on metrology system sales, such as those involving the com-pany’s new Equator gage, which re-quires fixturing devices. Family-owned R&R has 19 employ-ees and is based in Grand Haven, MI. For over 20 years the company has sup-plied the global measurement market Continued on Page 4 Doosan Unveils New Manufacturing Cell Turning Center Carden Machine Shop Earns AS/EN/JISQ 9100:2009 Certification SRI Quality System Registrar has announced that it has recently awarded an AS/EN/JISQ 9100:2009 Management System certificate to Carden Machine Shop, Inc., located in Sullivan, MO, for CNC high-speed metallic machining. According to A. Joseph Falcsik, SRI’s Vice President, Certification, “We are pleased to acknowledge that Car-den Machine Shop, Inc. has demon-strated effective implementation of a Continued on Page 4 See Page 36 for Details AccuteX EDM new SP-300iA 5-Axis CNC Wire EDM with Microspark-ing Technology... Go Industries Expands Manufacturing Capabilites Applying Technology Began with steel tailgate protector and quickly grew the product line bringing manufacturing in house with expanded manufacturing... See Page 44 for Details “Combine a robotic arm with a turning center or machining center and you have a manufacturing system that almost any machine tool builder can provide,” said a Doosan spokesperson. “Now add to it a simple-to-use, touch-screen cell controller and diagnostic sys-tem and a space saving configuration that allows the robot access to all parts in the cell without cumbersome, mainte-nance-intensive drawers or trays. The Continued on Page 16 Prima Electro S.p.A. and YASKAWA Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement Prima Electro S.p.A. (PRIMA IN-DUSTRIE Group) and YASKAWA Eu-rope GmbH have signed an important strategic partnership agreement for the CNC market. Prima Electro chose SIGMA-5 SD drives and motors by YASKAWA to implement its new OSAI OPENcontrol CNC family, consisting of a unique platform combining the leading edge technologies of the two companies. The CNC and SIGMA-5 SD Continued on Page 8 SCHUNK Introduces TRIBOS-Mini Toolholder Directly clamps the smallest of tool shanks consistently along the entire axis... Micro Manufacturing Royal Filtermist FX-Series Latest version of its mist and smoke collectors available in four sizes... Plant Safety, Worker Protection, Ergonomics See Page 52 for Details To make name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@mfgnewsweb.com • www.mfgnewsweb.com Subscription Changes: See Page 68 for Details Advertiser Index Page 67 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. MIDWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 PAID