Midwest Manufacturing News • February 2013

MW MIDWEST Vol. 7 No. 2 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 Multi-Axis Workholding Workholding February 2013 Complete Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Laser-Texturing Machine for Oversized Molds Manufacturing Institute Partners with PMPA to Address the Need for a Skilled Workforce The Manufacturing Institute has partnered with the Precision Machined Products Association (PMPA) to ex-pand Right Skills Now, a fast-track ma-chining training program aligned to the National Association of Manufac-turers (NAM)-Endorsed Manufactur-ing Skills Certification System. Right Skills Now and the Skills Certification System are programs that are building the educated and skilled workforce manufacturers need to successfully compete in the global economy. Continued on Page 5 Line of 5-axis workholding products.... See Page 12 for Details EDM Machinery & Consumables Improved surface and intricate detail.... See Page 34 for Details Graphite EDM Applications With its new LASER 4000 5Ax, GF AgieCharmilles now offers a large laser-texturing machine for oversized molds. Featuring a completely new me-chanical design, this 5-axis machine is intended to add unique and various textures to large molds for a wide range of components, including bumpers, in-strument panels, door panels, central consoles and airbag covers for the au-tomotive industry and others also working with large components. “The LASER 4000 5Ax operates in such a way that a large component as big as 3 x 4 meters and as heavy as 18 Continued on Page 5 Morris Group Acquires Hegman Machine Tool Morris Group, Inc. announced that it has purchased Hegman Machine Tool of Maple Grove, MN, an exclusive distributor of Okuma, Hardinge, Chi-ron, Hydromat and other manufactur-ing technology lines. The new entity, “Hegman Machinery, a Division of Morris Group, Inc.” has expanded the Morris Group’s U.S. sales and service areas to now include the states of Min-nesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and about one-third of Wisconsin. Continued on Page 10 Parts Faster Applying Technology Twenty6 finds way to save time and cost making parts.. See Page 44 HMC Reduces Setups, Equipment Required for Aerospace Grinding Applications The G7 iGrinder 5-axis horizontal machin-ing center (HMC) from Makino offers a flexible, single-platform solution for grinding, drilling and milling of aerospace blades, vanes, turbine disks and other complex grinding applications. Its multifunctional configu-ration paired with 5-axis capabilities is designed to enable aerospace man-ufacturers to eliminate setups, work in process, stack-up errors and fix-ture costs. It also helps simplify the manufactur-ing process with NC-controlled inter-mittent dress. Saw Blade Saws MEC to Purchase Michigan-Based Center Manufacturing Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. (MEC) announced it has acquired Center Manufacturing, Inc., a Michigan-based manufacturer of metal products for the commercial vehicle, power-sports, agriculture, construction, auto-motive and military industries, through a private stock purchase. As a result of the acquisition, Center Manufacturing will become a division of the MEC fam-ily of companies, which includes MEC Prototype & Service, MEC Contract, MEC Shotshell Reloaders, Fabricating Specialists and Phoenix Coaters. Continued on Page 9 Heavy-duty band saw cutting applications.... See Page 58 for Details Turnmill Software Software Similar to Makino’s G5 5-axis Continued on Page 8 Upgrades on Nakamura Machines.... See Page 64 for Details Transform Education and Transform the Economy Education 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: Wheeling High School has found a way to engage the next generation of manufacturing engineers/operators.... See Page 80 for Details Advertiser Index Page 56 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