Midwest Manufacturing News • April 2014

MW M W MIDWEST Vol. 8 No. 4 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 Metalforming/ Fabricating/Waterjet Fiber laser cutting is designed to allow for flexible cutting of different sheet thicknesses.... See Page 14 April 2014 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Gear Production is Speeding Up Wisconsin Speeds Up Machinist Training “Waukesha County Technical Col-lege (WCTC) graduates about twenty students from its two-year Machine Tool / Tool and Die diploma program in a typical year,” said Ed Janecek, Ma-chine Tool / Tool and Die Instructor at WCTC. “At this point in time, there are more than 1,500 requests for graduates of our program.” WCTC is one of six-teen similar colleges in Wisconsin. If each technical college graduates twenty students every year, the total is 320, still far short of industry’s needs. “It is frus-trating for the shop owners,” Janecek said. “Their customers have work for them and the shops can not accept it be-cause of skilled worker shortages.” Continued on Page 98 Thin to Thick Laser Cutting High Speed Tapping Drilling/Tapping/ Threading The VLC 200 H is designed for the machining of gear-type workpieces of maximum 200 mm diameter and module 4. IMTS 2014 Registration Open Registration is open for the 30th edition of IMTS -The International Manufacturing Technology Show. IMTS will be held at Chicago’s Mc-Cormick Place September 8-13, 2014. Registration is good for show floor ac-cess all six days of IMTS. Through August 8, individual reg-istration is $30 per person; group reg-istration (five or more) is $15 per person and international visitors are admitted free of charge. Beginning Au-gust 9, registration increases to $50 for an individual and $30 for each member of a group (five or more). Continued on Page 99 CNC tapping and drilling machines for mass produc-tion, for high vol-ume threads and drilled holes. See Page 36 Drivers are already used to the sixth gear—and the development con-tinues. There are plans afoot for an au-t o ma tic gear box for a n i ne-ge a r transmission system. The reason is ob-vious, since it allows the car to be driven at optimal speeds for longer in-tervals and that saves fuel. Together with the continuing pressure to opti-mize, high-volume gear production must become faster and cheaper. The Continued on Page 96 Moulexpert, Inc. Thin Wall Molds Makes investment in 5-axis machining center with CAMplete software for simulation and post-processing.... See Page 52 Applying Technology LaserCoil Establishes Technical Center “LaserCoil Tech-nologies LLC, a new corporation that offers metal fabricating solu-tions featuring ad-vanced and patented technologies for laser cutting of blanks from coil, has announced the establishment of its technical center in Perrysburg, OH,” said a company spokesper-son. This 12,000 sq. ft. LaserCoil Technologies, specializing in metal fabricating facility will house a solutions for laser cutting of blanks from coil, is establishing coil-fed LaserCoil its technical center in Perrysburg, OH. blanking system, ca-pable of handling 30-ton coils, and serve now available to run prototype parts, low as the technical development center for volume production and test part runs. Continued on Page 98 the company. The LaserCoil system is Hardinge Grinding Group Opens Tech Center in Elgin, IL Hardinge Inc. has announced the addition of the Hardinge Grinding Group Technical Center of excellence in Elgin, IL. “The Chicago area location can be easily accessed by many of our customers and potential customers in the Midwest,” said Rick Simons, Chair-man, President and Chief Executive Of-ficer. “All of the Hardinge Grinding Group brands are now together at one location: Kellenberger, Jones & Ship-man, Hauser, Tschudin and Usach.” Continued on Page 100 Precision Machining Medical Manufacturing Complex geometries in advanced materials with reduced process forces.... See Page 58 CNC Control for Entry-Level Milling and turning applications with up to three-axis plus spindle control... See Page 82 Replacement Parts 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: Advertiser Index Page 72 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