Midwest Manufacturing News • June 2010

MW MANUFACTURING NEWS Serving Since 2007 MIDWEST Vol. 4 No. 6 Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin June 2010 New 4th & 5th Axis Indexable ID Collet Mandrels from Powerhold Online DIGITAL EDITIONS go to www.ipnews.com Haas to Host National adapted to mount directly to existing rotary tables and is useful when use of a rotary union is not possible due to space constraints, the com- pany said. Custom designed collets and part rests allow the cylinder to integrate with part and tooling requirements. De- signed for indexers as small as 140 mm, the compact design can be made to fit multi-sta- tion tables, said Powerhold. Powerhold has introduced a new self-contained, indexable ID collet man- drel for 4th and 5th axis milling. The unit is a combination pneumatic cylin- der and collet chuck, which can be Powerhold can design a variety of solu- tions, including other sizes and styles of collets, dead-length, non-indexable op- tions, aswell as hydraulic cylinders. Continued on Page 6 Plano Machine & Instrument, Inc. Expands Capabilities and Hosts PMNG Meeting Demo Day June 9 On June 9, 2010, Haas Automation, Inc., will host a “Fast & Furious DT-1” Demo Day 17 at 43 Haas Factory Outlets (HFOs) throughout the United States and Canada. As the name suggests, the featured machine for the event is the new Haas DT-1, a high-speed drill/tap center with full milling capabilities. Each HFO will have other Haas machines on display as well, including the com- pletely redesigned Haas VMCs and the all-new ST-series turning centers. In addition to live demonstrations running on the Haas machines, each local HFO will host educational semi- nars on the latest trends for boosting Continued on Page 6 Mitsubishi Announces New Ohio Dealer WSM Technology MC Machinery Systems, Inc. has announced its newest dealer, WSM Technology, Inc. The company will now represent Mitsubishi EDM, Mitsubishi Waterjet, Encore in northern Ohio and Roku-Roku high-speed VMCs through all of Ohio. “Partnering with WSM will bring an elevated level of expertise and support to customers throughout Ohio,” said Mitsubishi EDMVP Nick Giannotte. WSM Co-Founder Blaise Buholzer said, “We are excited to offer such an extensive line of products and services Continued on Page 7 (front row, l-r) Thomas Toth, Toth Technologies; Ervin Bean, Plano Machine; Jim Stephens, Ahaus Tool & Engineering; Brian Prenovitz, Hamill Manufacturing (back row, l-r) Tom Weiss, Gaum Inc.; Billy Dennis, Plano Machine; Paul Barrow, Sterling Engineering; Shannon Sweatman, Southern Manufacturing Technologies; Nathan Breitung, Ultra Machining Company; Gary Gessner, Gaum Inc. Plano Machine & Instrument has announced upgrade quality registration to AS9100B and API Q-1 standards. The quality system has been certified ISO- 9001 since July 2001. With these new cer- tifications areas of expertise expand to include aerospace, energy, medical, elec- tronic and defense, the company said. Plano Machine is a small-to-medium sized precision machining job shop cur- rently with 43 employees having over Continued on Page 6 Absolute Appointed Star CNC Distributor Absolute Machine Tools, Inc. has acquired exclusive rights to the Star CNC line for its Mason, OH, sales oper- ations encompassing Southern Ohio and Kentucky. This development of product offerings comes within months of acquiring the exclusive 5-year con- tractwith AccuteX EDM. As the exclusive distributor, Ab- solute Machine Tools will be offering the complete line of Star CNCs to cus- tomers in Southern Ohio. Mark Schu- bert, Vice President of Sales, said, “Star provides us the opportunity to offer Continued on Page 7 Subscription Changes: Tomake name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@ipnews.com • www.ipnews.com/subscribe.html Aerospace / Defense Manufacturing Chevalier Releases New VMCs Chevalier’s new QP series large capacity VMCs are designed for high precision and high productivity machining. See Page 12 for Details Finishing / Grinding / Abrasives Birchwood Casey Introduces the BC-40E TRU TEMP Birchwood Casey has introduced a new seven-tank process line. See Page 28 for Details Applying Technology Teamwork and CAM Multitasking Drive Down CNC Machining Costs Multitasking has become a way of life for Hamill Mfg. Company. See Page 38 for Details Retrofit / Remanufacture / Repair Southwestern Industries Offers ProtoTRAK CNC Retrofits The ProtoTRAK CNC is suited for toolroom and small lot work. See Page 48 for Details Plant Maintenance JLG Announces Upgrades on E300 Series of Boom Lifts JLG Industries has announced new features on its JLG E300 series boom lift models. See Page 52 for Details Controls OSAI USA Introduces the OPENcontrol OPENcontrol is designed to address diverse application requirements. See Page 58 for Details Advertiser Index Page 46 Feature Editorial Gross Publications, Inc. MIDWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245