MW MIDWEST Vol. 11 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 Cutting Tools New high penetration insert is designed for beam and plate production. See Page 14 November 2018 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Insert for Structural Steel Four-Way Heavy Duty Multitasking Turning Centers Ohio Manufacturing Workforce Partnership Yaskawa Motoman and Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing Technology Education Collaborative (RAMTEC) have announced the formation of the Ohio Manufacturing Workforce Partner-ship. This strategic partnership will sup-port the state of Ohio in creating a highly sustainable workforce development model and will provide Ohio educators and students with STEM-aligned cur-riculum and training in order to become proficient in Industry 4.0 technologies. Yaskawa Motoman is a robotics company that is dedicated to collaborat-ing closely with educators and industry professionals across the Americas to Continued on Page 56 Finishing/ Grinding/Abrasives Flap Disc for All Metals An advanced ceramic grain for maximum material removal. See Page 24 TUR4MN/CNC, 63” x 252” BC, step-bed 4-way/3-shear bed, HD step bed “Toolmex TUR European built lathes offers its widest range of 4-way heavy-duty turning centers for the U.S. market,” said a company spokesperson. The ex-panded line allows users to have a cus-tom built turning solution, specifically for their application, industry and budget. Wider range capacities are offered: 24”-63” over cross slide, 78”-819” BC (be-tween centers), 2-4 axis Siemens or FANUC controls, 5.5”-17.7” spindle bores and 8,800-66,000 lbs. part weight BC without steady rests. “The TUR 4-way, 3-shear turning centers bring European precision and quality at an affordable price for the steel, cylinder/hydraulic, aerospace, energy, steel, printing, oil and gas industries,” said the spokesperson. These TUR 4-way series combine the rigidity of a solid bed flat bed and the flexibility of a slant bed when turning the full length BC with steady rest sup-port. Additional TUR3-4MN features: 2-4 axes (XZCY), Siemens or FANUC CNC, rack and double pinion Z-axis Continued on Page 56 Applying Technology Time for a New CNC I.D. & O.D. Grinder Methods Machine Tools Announces Partnership with Niigata Methods Machine Tools, Inc., a sup-plier of precision machine tools and au-tomation, has entered into an agreement to represent Niigata Machine Techno USA, Inc. throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico. “Niigata is a world leader in horizontal machining centers (HMCs), known for quality, reliability and inno-vation,” said a company spokesperson. “We are very pleased to announce this partnership,” said Jerry Rex, Pres-ident and CEO of Methods Machine Continued on Page 57 Advanced technology introduces a whole new way of processing parts. See Page 40 Material Handling/ Inventory Control Heavy-Duty Material Handling Robot Cryogenically Equipped HMC for Machining Titanium Aerospace Parts 5ME and strategic part-ner Doosan Machine Tools started IMTS 2018 with the sale of a Doosan horizontal machining center (HMC) equipped with 5ME Cryo-genics sold by Doosan dis-t r i b u t o r M a c h i n e To o l Specialties. The Doosan NHP-6300, 4-axis HMC will process ti-tanium 6Al4V components in Milling Precision Tool Corp’s Wichita, KS, facility. Machining with the 5ME Cryogenics equipped HMC increased productivity by 30% compared to traditional coolant machining. “This is what IMTS is all about— coming together to develop and deliver the best manufacturing technology,” See Page 50 The 6-axis MH900 has a 900 kg payload capacity. said Bill Horwarth, President, 5ME. “Our partnerships make the evolution to cryogenic machining possible, from machine tool, to our patented internal liquid nitrogen (LN2) machining tech-nology, to cryogenic tooling. We have a Continued on Page 56 Patti Engineering Offers Expanded Services in New Indianapolis Office Patti Engineering, Inc., a control system integration company, has opened an office in Indianapolis, IN. The new office is more centrally located to better serve Indianapolis-area cus-tomers, vendors and gain access to the local skilled workforce. The new office is located at 7202 East 87th Street, Suite 101, in Indi-anapolis, IN, and replaces the com-pany’s Kokomo, IN, location. The new facility includes space for customer Continued on Page 56 Smart Manufacturing Digitalization offers exceptional opportunities that will optimize production and increase efficiency. See Page 64 Digitalization and Industry 4.0 Metalworking Fluids Lubricate, Cool and Clean 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 Gross Publications, Inc. MIDWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 Using CO 2 as a process coolant improves cost-efficiencies of machining. See Page 72 Advertiser Index Page 59 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID
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