Midwest Manufacturing News • November 2014

MW M W MIDWEST Vol. 8 No. 11 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 Profiling Tools Cutting Tools November 2014 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com JacksonLea Product and Application Lab Services FANUC CORP. and Rockwell Automation Announce Global Collaboration FA N U C C O R P O R AT I O N , a provider of CNC, robot and ROBOMA-CHINEs, and Rockwell Automation, Inc., a company dedicated to industrial automation and information technology, have announced an advanced global col-laboration to provide customers a more seamless and integrated manufacturing solution. The two companies have ex-panded their initial collaboration, started four years ago, in the CNC and Logix programmable automation controller Continued on Page 106 Design ensures high edge location precision after indexing and no backlash.... See Page 12 Finishing/ Grinding/Abrasives Surface Finishing Linear grinder produces up to a mirror finish on stainless steel and other metals.... See Page 30 Osborn’s state-of-the-art Product and Application Lab in Hamilton, OH, allows the company to solve difficult polishing problems and be a valuable part of the product engineering process for the JacksonLea line of polishing products. Osborn can improve existing processes or create new ones in the lab or at the customer’s location. The Osborn lab operates as a test and competency center for the com-pany with a state-of-the-art industrial robotic cell to perform a wide range of Continued on Page 106 Hardinge to Acquire Voumard Hardinge Inc., a provider of ad-vanced metalcutting technology and accessories, has entered into an agree-ment to acquire the assets of the Voumard Internal Diameter (I.D.) Grinding Business from Peter Wolters GmbH in Rendsburg, Germany. “Voumard, founded in Neuchatel, Switzerland nearly 70 years ago, has been a global leader in the I.D. grinding market with an installed base of over 9,000 machine solutions serving more than 2,500 customers around the world,” said a company spokesperson. Continued on Page 106 Select between CO 2 laser and fiber laser with different beam powers.... See Page 50 Laser Machine Lasers in Manufacturing Modig Machine Tool US Inc. Announces Distribution Agreement with Hartwig Modig Ma-chine Tool US Inc. (Chicago) and Hartwig, Inc. (St. Louis) have executed a multi-year dis-tribution agree-ment. Hartwig will assume ex-clusive end user distribution of the full Modig product line in 15 states, as well as provide installation and warranty services for customers in these areas. The states supported are Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Woodward, Inc. Diesel Injection Pumps Applying Technology Automatic Feed Established Northwest Ohio Learning Center for Manufacturing Sciences Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Ne-braska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Continued on Page 106 Automatic Feed Company, a de-signer and manufacturer of coil handling and press feeding automation products, has announced the establishment of the Northwest Ohio Learning Center for Manufacturing Sciences, located within Automatic Feed’s headquarters. The fa-cility will serve as the technology learn-ing center for a new partnership formed between Automatic Feed, Northwest State Community College and Napoleon Continued on Page 108 Parts washing system enables stringent cleanliness requirements.... See Page 56 Machining Fluid Metalworking Fluids Synthetic near neutral pH formula for heavy duty high heat.... See Page 68 Workpiece Positioner Material Handling/ Inventory Control 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: Ergonomics for heavy load. Three axis programmable handling optimizes workflow.... See Page 84 Advertiser Index Page 76 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