Midwest Manufacturing News • October 2016

M W MW MIDWEST 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 Metalcutting High-Speed 5-Axis Profilers Vol. 10 No. 10 October 2016 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Students Benefit from New Equipment Investment North American Advancement and Expansion at Renishaw Renishaw, Inc. has announced a se-ries of advancements for the senior U.S. management team to guide Renishaw’s continued growth in the North American market. Leo Somerville, former President of Renishaw, Inc., has been promoted to oversee Renishaw North America in a newly created position to advance all as-pects of Renishaw’s healthcare business. Replacing Somerville as President of Ren-ishaw, Inc., is Howard Salt, former Busi-ness Manager of Encoder Products. The company is also completing a new tech-nology center to serve the automotive Continued on Page 92 Profilers enable 5-axis simultaneous machining of medium to large complex aluminum aerospace parts. See Page 12 Software Production Machining Software Improvements increase efficiency, accelerate programming speed and enhance visualization and accuracy for CNC machine programming. See Page 32 (l-r) Terry Iverson, President and CEO of Iverson & Company, and Jim Filipek, Manufacturing Technology Coordinator at College of Dupage The College of DuPage needed to re-place its existing manual turning ma-chines with more reliable and accurate equipment. Jim Filipek, Manufacturing Technology Coordinator at College of Dupage, made the decision to improve the shop capabilities that would enhance their machining program. The goal was to be able to teach students how to pro-duce accuracies in the +/-.0001” range. Manual machines are used by students as a prerequisite to enter the CNC pro-gram, and are also utilized by students in welding fabrication and engineering prototype design and manufacture. Continued on Page 92 Sodick Announces Construction of New U.S. Headquarters Machine tool manufacturer Sodick Inc. and its partners, the City of Schaumburg, Northern Builders and Harris Architects, have announced the construction of a new U.S. corporate headquarters in Schaumburg, IL. The new 40,000 sq. ft. facility is to be con-structed on a 5 acre lot located at the in-tersection of C o m m erce Dr. and Basswood Rd., across from I-90, and is scheduled for completion in July 2017. The new corporate headquarters Continued on Page 93 Applying Technology Oilfield Product Manufacturer Gains Competitive Edge Beaver Aerospace & Defense Upgrades Machining Capabilities Beaver Aerospace & Defense, a subsidiary of Phillips Serv-ice Industries (PSI) and de-signer and manufacturer of custom ball screws for c o m m e rc i a l and military aircraft, has upgraded its New DMG MORI 4-axis ecoMill 1100 V machining machining ca-centers at Beaver Aerospace and Defense, Inc. pabilities with the addition of two new DMG spindle and offer tolerances of .0001”. MORI 4-axis ecoMill 1100 V vertical ma-They are equipped with direct drive ro-tary tables (DDRTs), allowing parts to chining centers (VMCs). Continued on Page 92 The VMCs feature a 12,000 RPM New lathe with milling capability shaves hours off of production time. See Page 48 FABTECH 2016 Tube and Sheet Metal Fabricating Solutions Racing Trade Show to Deliver Top-Flight Events Dozens of workshops, seminars and special events have been con-firmed and finalized for the 2016 Per-formance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show, taking place December 8–10, 2016, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN. As an event dedicated solely to the business of racing and all things mo-torsports, the PRI Show provides rac-ing retailers, race engine builders, race car builders, warehouse distributors, racers and race teams with a bevy of new products and equipment, systems Continued on Page 93 A fiber laser tube cutting machine for cutting 3-D parts will be demonstrated. See Page 52 Machine Maintenance Turn Apple iOS Devices into Vibration Measurement Tools An app provides users with a high-performance, lightweight alternative to more costly systems. See Page 82 Subscription Changes: To make name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@mfgnewsweb.com • www.mfgnewsweb.com CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. MIDWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 Advertiser Index Page 77 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID