Midwest Manufacturing News • July 2013

MW MIDWEST Vol. 7 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 Automation/ Robotics/Manufacturing Systems Destacker Tooling Design Feeds aluminum and steel blanks in various sizes... July 2013 Complete Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com HAINBUCH America Opens New Facility Large Bridge Mill Added Roseville, MI, based Husky Preci-sion Machining announced the addi-tion of a new Vision Wide SF 3116 CNC bridge mill to its facility. The new 50 taper CNC machine has a 63” x 122” x 40” work envelope. Husky President Richard Seleno said, “Our customers are requesting faster deliveries. We feel this invest-ment is necessary to support the con-tinued growth of our company. We have hired two experienced machinists this month.” Husky employs 20 individuals and is expected to generate sales of $2.5 Continued on Page 8 See Page 12 Pneumatic Rod Locks Plant Safety/ Worker Protection/ Ergonomics HAINBUCH America ribbon cutting to celebrate the move to its new Germantown, WI, manufacturing facility. (l-r) HAINBUCH Managing Director Sylvia Rall, Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, HAINBUCH CEO Gerhard Rall, HAINBUCH America President James Woods. Additional Large-Part Production Capacity Major Tool & Machine has placed a multi-million-dollar order for large-part machining systems from MAG IAS that includes a new VTC 2500, a new U5 XL 2500 universal portal mill with turning capabilities, and a re-build/retrofit of a Dörries Scharmann (DSI) mill/turn gantry machine. In ad-dition to milling, the U5 will provide large-part turning with an integrated 4 meter (13 ft) rotary table. Major Tool’s existing DSI machine will be retrofitted with a new cross saddle and ram from the MAG U6 line, along with five Continued on Page 4 HAINBUCH America Corporation held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new manufacturing facility in the Ger-mantown Business Park. HAINBUCH America serves markets throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. The company has aggressive growth plans for the North American market and is projecting staffing requirements Continued on Page 4 Heavy-duty clamp system and power-off clamping, anodized aluminum... See Page 36 Precihole Appoints Absolute Machine Tools Exclusive Importer Absolute Machine Tools has b een a p -pointed the exclusive importer for deep hole drilling machines man-ufactured by Precihole Machine Tools Ltd. “Precihole is one of the worlds’ largest producers of deep hole drilling and hole finishing machines,” said a company spokesperson. Parag Kulkarni, Precihole Sales and Development Manager said, “We chose Absolute Machine Tools to part-ner with because of their experience with the importation of machine tools and their reputation for outstanding customer service and support.” All of Zak Inc. Wins Global Competition with quality, cost and reliability performance... See Page 48 Applying Technology DMG / MORI Seiki University Earns NIMS Accreditation D MG / MORI S eik i USA an-nounced that its training academy, D MG / M ORI Se i ki U nivers ity (DMSU) is the latest addition to the network of National Institute for Met-alworking Skills (NIMS)-accredited training programs. This accreditation focuses on CNC machining and machine maintenance, and requires that all trainers gain cre-dentials in a variety of NIMS skills cer-tifications. DMG / MORI Seiki Chief Learning Officer, Rod Jones, led the ac-creditation process, along with Doug Continued on Page 8 Micro Manufacturing the Precihole product line will Continued on Page 4 For micro milling machines with high-speed spindles as HSK-E25, E32 or E40... See Page 62 Small Precision Finish Boring Head EDM Graphite Online EDM Machinery & Consumables 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: Graphimator 24/7 estimating and ordering software for graphite blanks... See Page 70 Advertiser Index Page 74 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