Midwest Manufacturing News • November 2011

MW MIDWEST Vol. 5 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 Iscar Introduces SUMOMILL Family of Endmills A new family of ISCAR endmills is designed to extend the benefits of tangential SUMOMILL inserts to chamfering, countersinking and face milling. See Page 14 for Details November 2011 Complete Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com Cutting Tools & Accessories Nagel Precision Offers Alternatives to Bore and Face Grinding Nagel Precision has introduced a new honing and cup wheel face super finishing system developed for small and medium volume pro-duction. It is designed to be a lower cost and higher quality alternative to ID and face grinding, the com-pany said. “This compact system combines two proven technologies, ECO 40 honing and SPV 150 cup wheel face finishing machines, into a single compact system,” said a company spokesperson. “It generates sub mi-cron bore to face perpendicularity and mirror finishes on bores as well as faces for a fraction of the cost of ID/face grinders. “This hone and cup wheel fin-isher was developed to address the following shortcomings of the grind-ing process: When the faces are dou-ble-disk ground, there is no control over the bore-to-face perpendicular-ity. With ID grinding, when per-formed on a twin spindle machine, Continued on Page 4 Milltronics Names Concept Machine Tool Distributor Concept Machine Tool (CMT) of MN has been appointed as exclusive distrib-utor for the Milltronics CNC Machine product line in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. CMT has already been serving Milltronics’ customers in Wisconsin for more than two years. Milltronics General Manager Paul Wichert said, “We are very excited about this partnership to support the 2,000+ Milltronics machines already making companies prosperous in this market and to grow this market.” Continued on Page 4 Finishing / Grinding / Abrasives FANUC Unveils New Automotive Architecture FANUC FA America has unveiled a new automotive architecture demon-strating connectivity to Rockwell Au-tomation programmable automation controller (PAC) environments. “As a result of the release of EtherNet/IP field bus connectivity for its Series 3xi-B CNCs, FANUC furthers our commit-ment to open interconnectivity of our CNCs to factory automation solutions,” said a company spokesperson. To demonstrate the simplicity of EtherNet/IP integration and connectiv-ity, FANUC FA America presented a Continued on Page 6 Engis has just released a new three axis single-pass bore finishing system, the FPM-3X. See Page 36 for Details Engis Introduces FPM-3X Bore Finishing Machine Touchdown Machining Tackles Hefty Turning Challenges Applying Technology MAG Technology Approved for Titanium Cutting on Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighter MAG’s low-flow cryogenic tita-nium machining process has been approved by the government for use in production of the Lockheed Mar-tin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter. According to Lockheed Martin, when broadly applied, this new tech-nology could improve affordability and efficiency in the production of the F-35, which is approximately 25 percent titanium. MAG demon-strated the process at the imX show in Las Vegas, machining a complete Continued on Page 4 Unretouched photo of titanium milling catches the insert as it rotates to face the camera, with the glow of shear heat evident as chip separates from parent metal. Substantially larger equipment was needed to manufacture sizeable products such as stub shafts and metering rolls. Gleason and Heller Form Strategic Alliance for Gear Cutting Gleason Corporation and Gebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik GmbH have an-nounced the formation of a strategic al-liance to serve the global gear manufac-turing technology markets. Gleason and Heller will cooperate in the develop-ment and sale of 5-axis machining cen-ters for gear production applications. Udo Stolz, Vice President for World-wide Sales & Marketing of Gleason Cor-poration, said, “Heller’s Gear Cutting Continued on Page 6 Anvers Introduces VPFL Air-Powered Vacuum Lifter Material Handling / AGVs / Inventory Control See Page 46 for Details A below-the-hook, pneumatic vacuum lifter that picks up pipe, rod and other cylindrical loads from the top surface and eliminates blocking, bending and sagging has been introduced by Anvers. See Page 56 for Details TRUMPF Introduces TruTool TSC 100 Slat Cleaner Machine Maintenance To make name, address subscription changes contact: • Phone: 800-375-8488 • Fax: 817-488-7813 • E-mail: info@mfgnewsweb.com • www.mfgnewsweb.com Subscription Changes: In addition to removing mild steel and aluminum slag, the new TruTool TSC 100 is designed to remove stubborn stainless steel slag. See Page 62 for Details Advertiser Index Page 52 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Gross Publications, Inc. MIDWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. 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