Midwest Manufacturing News • June 2014

MW M W MIDWEST Vol. 8 No. 6 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 5-Axis HMC June 2014 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Aerospace/ Defense Manufacturing Renishaw Acquires U.S. Metrology Specialist EMAG Launches Apprentice Program with Two Michigan Colleges To encourage continuing growth in Michigan’s mechatronics manufactur-ing industry and ensure an advanced workforce to close the sector’s skills gap, EMAG has launched an appren-tice training program together with the Michigan Economic Development Cor-poration, Oakland Community College and Henry Ford Community College. The program offers high-school gradu-ates a career in machine mechatronics, a discipline incorporating electrical, Continued on Page 112 New Tongtai HG-1250U for machining aerospace components... See Page 14 Controls CNC Speeds Threading-in Times Automates wheel grinding to accelerate (l-r) Jeff Keller, Jeremy Holbrook, Ken Bergler, Kristin Monahan, Jason Christensen and Kurt VonLinsowe. Renishaw has purchased the busi-ness of Advanced Consulting & Engi-neering, Inc. (ACE), a US-based supplier of dimensional measurement products and services focused on the automotive industry. According to a Renishaw spokesper-son, the acquisition of family-owned ACE, based in Rochester Hills, MI, pro-vides Renishaw further specialized pro-gramming capabilities using leading industry packages, and will help to sup-port Renishaw’s sales of coordinate measuring machine (CMM) probing sys-tems and Equator gauges in the USA. For over 15 years ACE has pro-vided a range of in-house and on-site measurement services to its customers, including contract inspection, CMM fixture design, machine retrofits, CMM p ro g r a m m i n g , t r a i n i n g a n d f u l l Continued on Page 112 throughput... See Page 30 Lincoln Electric Partners with Waukesha County Technical College Lincoln Electric has joined forces with Waukesha County Technical Col-lege (WCTC) to open a new world-class welding demonstration and training fa-cility, the first of its kind in Wisconsin. Officially known as the Lincoln Electric Southeastern Wisconsin Train-ing Center at Waukesha County Tech-nical College, the Pewaukee, WI, based school is owned and operated by WCTC and sponsored by Lincoln Elec-tric. The center was completely re-vamped and outfitted with the latest Lincoln Electric welding, cutting and Continued on Page 113 CNC Retrofits for Knee Mills Retrofit/ Remanufacture/Repair Retrofit kits for over 40 different brands of knee mills... See Page 44 Innovation Acceleration: GE Selects Louisville for First Micro-factory EPG Grows Customer Base Applying Technology Now offers large machining capacity... See Page 60 GE has announced that its first micro-factory, FirstBuild, will be in Louisville, KY, GE Appliances’ head-quarters. This follows the March 13, 2014, announcement that GE is partner-ing with Local Motors, the open-source hardware innovator, to create a new model for the manufacturing industry. “To win in the appliance industry, we have to innovate faster than ever before since we are now competing with companies that apply their rapid electronic products introduction strat-egy to the appliance industry,” said Kevin Nolan, GE Appliances’ Vice President of technology. “This new model will enable us to be more cre-ative in the design and delivery of the products, and do so with lower risk Continued on Page 112 Martinrea Riverside Expands to Missouri Governor Jay Nixon recently joined officials from Martinrea Riverside LLC and local elected officials to break ground on the company’s new Mis-souri manufacturing facility, located near I-635 in Riverside. The global auto supplier will operate in a 275,560 sq. ft. automotive parts manufacturing facil-ity, creating up to 290 new jobs. “Missouri’s automotive industry is a driving force in our state’s expanding economy, and today we mark another milestone in its continued resurgence,” said Governor Nixon. “Global companies Continued on Page 114 Portable Modular Finishing System Finishing/ Grinding/Abrasives Infrared curing oven with limited footprint... See Page 70 AlignCam System Plant Maintenance 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: Troubleshoot precision problems, increase productivity, document results... Advertiser Index Page 90 See Page 96 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