Midwest Manufacturing News • Dec 18

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 Automation/Robotics Automation solution cuts gears on a wide range of workpieces. See Pg. 14 Vol. 11 No. 12 December 2018 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Gear-Cutting Solution Northrop Grumman Expands Ohio Facility, Adds Manufacturing Jobs MC Machinery Systems Inc. Announces Black Rock Machinery as New Midwestern Laser Distributor MC Machinery has appointed Black Rock Machinery, LLC, as the new distributor of Mitsubishi Laser in Kansas and Missouri. Founded in 2005 by Mitch Brown and Don Patterson, Black Rock Ma-chinery is a machine tool distributor specialized in fabrication machinery for the metalworking industry. The Continued on Page 78 Metalforming Plasma Bevelling Bevelling system cuts full range of weld preparations. See Page 30 Wendy Williams (center), Vice President, Aerospace Structures, and Richard Passmore, Director, Dayton operations, cut the ribbon on a new operational area for Northrop Grumman’s Innovation Systems Dayton facility alongside (l-r) Tim Sweeney from JobsOhio; Beavercreek Mayor Bob Stone; State Rep. Rick Perales; U.S. Representative Mike Turner (OH); U.S. Air Force Colonel Bill Patrick; FD Stonewater Principal Claiborne Williams; and State Senator Bob Hackett. Applying Technology Increase Uptime An on-premise machine monitoring solution specializes in real-time data collection. See Page 40 Northrop Grumman Corporation, joined by U.S. Representative Mike Turner (OH) and members of Ohio’s state and local delegations, has offi-cially opened a new operational area of its Beavercreek, OH, facility and reaf-firmed its intent to add manufacturing jobs at the site. Elected officials joined local em-ployees to cut the ribbon on the new section of the facility that delivers Continued on Page 78 KASTO Expands in North America with Technology Center KASTO Inc., the North American subsidiary of the German based saw-ing and storage technology specialist, has recently opened its Showroom & Technology Center in Schaumburg, IL. The opening was attended by numer-ous customers and business partners and three members of the KASTO Group board. KASTO’s new Showroom & Tech-nology Center is situated in a central location for customers and business Continued on Page 78 Controls High Performance CNC Fagor Automation focuses on providing simple steps to get operators back on track during virtually any machining operation. See Page 50 Dürr Receives Largest Order in Its History from Toyota Dürr recently won its largest contract ever from Toyota, and will build the new high-tech paint shop a t To y o t a ’ s p l a n t i n Georgetown, KY. In addi-tion to the EcoReflect paint application quality control system, Dürr is also supplying large paint booths and small booths/work decks, Dürr ovens and the Ecopure RL, one of Dürr ’s most advanced ex-haust-air purification systems. Dürr has had a relationship with Toyota in North America for more than 20 years and was awarded an order in 2016 for the construction of a paint Grand Opening of Mitutoyo M 3 Solution Center shop in Tijuana, Mexico. The plant started production on the Tacoma pick-up truck at the beginning of 2018. “The order in Georgetown, which was received in June, reflects the Continued on Page 78 Mitutoyo America Corporation has announced the grand opening its newest M 3 Solution Center in Mason, OH. The 13,500 sq. ft. facility is conveniently lo-cated to schedule customer appoint-ments for product demonstrations, provide assistance with application chal-lenges and metrology solutions, and conduct product and educational train-ing seminars. “The Mason M 3 Solution Center showcases Mitutoyo America’s dedica-tion to its customers’ needs by offering complete solution services on all of the Continued on Page 77 Literature & Web Tutorials AM Guide A dedicated additive manufacturing website page educates, informs. See Page 62 Lasers 3-D Cutting The LT7 features a 3 kW laser with a broad working range. See Page 72 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 Advertiser Index Page 57 PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID