Northeast Manufacturing News • Sept 21

NORTHEAST Serving Since 2005 Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont & West Virginia M ANUFACTURING N EWS is acquiring Hegenscheidt-MFD Corp. to bring the companies together. The new entity is NSH USA Corporation. NSH USA will additionally serve North American customers across in-dustries such as railway, aerospace, de-Feature Editorial Energy Manufacturing Single Table Version 5-Axis This model incorporates a turning function and was designed without a pallet changer to offer a smaller footprint. See Page 10 Vol. 17 No. 9 September 2021 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Simmons Machine Tool Corporation Now NSH USA Corporation Simmons Machine Tool Corporation and Hegenscheidt-MFD Corporation have been partner companies within the NSH Group (Niles-Simmons-Hegen-scheidt) since 2001. Simmons designs and manufactures precision machines Ranger Scientific Announces New Production Facility Ranger Scientific has announced plans to renovate the former Mont-gomery High School campus in Mont-gomery, located in the Upper Kanawha Valley of West Virginia. The company will mass produce Harmonically Tuned rifle ammunition at the new facility. Ranger’s Montgomery campus will em-ploy approximately 150 personnel. Simultaneously, initial construction started on Ranger’s 1,029–acre mountain manufacturing complex across Highway 60 from the Walmart Supercenter in Continued on Page 62 Quality Control & Measurement Rapid Analysis of Quality Data Web-based dashboard helps users identify trends. See Page 20 and automation systems for railway wheel set maintenance and production, while Hegenscheidt-MFD Corp. pro-vides technical support, service and tooling for the company’s deep rolling crankshaft products in North America. To better serve its customers, Simmons fense, automotive and renewable energy by providing sales, process engineer-ing, programming and service support for all companies in the NSH Group: Niles-Simmons (Germany); Simmons (USA); Hegenscheidt-MFD (Germany); Continued on Page 62 Applying Technology Precision Metrology in Gear Manufacturing Alloyed Acquires Arc Melter to Widen Customer Reach Alloyed (formerly OxMet Technolo-gies) brings together the advanced tech-nology brands Alloys-By-Design (ABD), Betatype and Al-loyed Digital Man-ufacture (ADM) de-signed for optimiz-ing advanced digi-tal metal manufac-turing applications. The company re-cently acquired an arc melter and in-stalled it in its Ox-ford, U.K.-based Rapid Alloy Re-search Centre. This installation follows the investment in an Electro-Thermal Mechanical Testing (ETMT) machine, and in a similar fashion to the ETMT machine adds to Alloyed’s in-house technology capability used on behalf of a broad range of customers working on an array of demanding AM and non-AM metal product ap-plications. Gael Guetard, Al-loyed’s Rapid Alloy Research Centre Di-rector, said, “Alloyed is an expert in the de-velopment, licensing and manufacture of proprietary alloys, alloy powders and alloy components for a growing number of industry sectors. The acquisition of the Arc 200 from Arcast means that Alloyed is one of the only private commercial com-panies to have this technology in-house. Continued on Page 62 Manufacturing Technology & Workforce Bill Passed in Maryland The Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland (RMI) was the key driver in the creation and passing of Maryland bills HB658 and SB444, “Transforming Manufacturing In a Digital Economy Workgroup (Making It in Maryland).” The bills officially became law on July 1, 2021, establishing a workgroup to study and make recommendations regarding advanced digital technologies shaping the future of Maryland manufacturing Continued on Page 61 With recent processing developments and tighter specifications, precision metrology can play a fundamental role. See Page 32 Workholding Maximum Flexibility on Mill/Turn Machines In many cases, a single chuck will be sufficient for covering a wide range of part geometries. See Page 38 Emerson Bearing Boston Announces Robotics/High Tech Division Boston-based Emerson Bearing, a bearing company catering to niche mar-kets nationwide and the sister company of Action Bearing that serves the New England market, has established a Ro-botics/High Tech Division dedicated to a fast-growing customer base, particu-larly manufacturing and warehouse au-tomation markets. Emerson Bearing’s Marketing Spe-cialist Rick Piracini oversees the divi-sion. Piracini assists clients in determ-ining which bearing technologies would Continued on Page 62 Welding Versatile Welding Carriage A multi-function drive system allows various weld types to be performed on one machine. See Page 50 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. NORTHEAST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. 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