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June, 2005
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Creating A Vision For The Blind
A unique training program gives the blind a new lease on life while helping shops gain skilled, conscientious employees.
Tech Trends
Manufacturers flock to grinding gathering
Blohm exhibited a Profimat MC production grinder with
a linear speed-stroke table.
Okuma America names president/COO
Okuma Corp. has promoted Larry Schwartz to president and COO of Okuma American
Corp., Charlotte.
Setting the standard for lean certification
Manufacturers may have an industry standard for lean certification as early
as this fall.
Cutting Tool Digest
Customized miniturrets
Multitask miniturrets with CoroTurn SL adaptor plates, cutting heads, and blades are for turning and grooving.
Vises for cubic workpieces
Kontec
KSL stationary clamping vises clamp cubic workpieces onto universal vertical
machining centers or any 4 or 5-axis table.
Government Matters
China trade troubles may come to a head
The China currency issue seems to be coming to a head. Last month, Senators
Charles Schumer (D, N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R, S.C.) offered an amendment
to the State Department Authorization...
Machine of the Month
Grinder provides nano precision
Studer's new S12 cylindrical grinder takes precision to extreme levels, according to United Grinding, Miamisburg, Ohio.
Law and Liability
Second hand exposure to asbestos dust is basis for claim
Ronald
Lunsford said his father worked for the Brower Company in 1958 at a Texaco refinery
in Anacortes, Wash. and frequently returned home from work with asbestos dust
on his clothes,...
Suing for faulty fire fighting
Ohio
Briquetting LLC stamped briquettes from scrap titanium supplied by Titanium
Metal Corp. On Nov. 15, 2002, an explosion and ensuing fire at Ohio Briquetting's
plant in Oakwood...
Casebooks
Many different jobs, one coolant
TNS Machining in Muskego, Wis., was aggravated with trying different types
of coolants for the variety of metals it works with, machining processes it
uses, and quality levels it requires.
Monorail machine minimizes material handling
As
part of its foundry modernization process, D&L Foundry in Moses Lake, Wash.,
installed a Wheelabrator 8-wheel monorail-blast machine to handle municipal
castings such as man-hole...
Plastic towers play it cool
For metal fabricating shops like Cerro Wire & Cable in Hartselle, Al.,
and Olin of East Alton, Ill., plastic cooling towers reduce maintenance and
increase up time for cooling metalworking...
Shop fixes manufacturing mishaps
As a contract fabricating shop, Metal Fabricators Inc. (PMF) in Williston,
S.C., laser cuts both 2D and 3D work, and the bulk of its 3D laser jobs results
from fixing other manufacturers'...
New Equipment
3-in-1 marking systems
The
3-in-1 DPS marking systems offer three modular marking-head options —
peen/scribe units that use an impact stylus for peen marking...
Carbide-blade grinders
SBC
cutter grinders reportedly reduce the cost of carbide and high-speed spiral-gear-cutter
(stick) blades, improve quality, and shorten cycle times.
Cells provide material savings
Shear
Genius flexible manufacturing cells reportedly save up to 10% in material consumption
as compared with traditional fabricating methods.
Close-tolerance lathe
Sporting
a ribbed, cast-iron base, an extra-wide bed, and hardened and ground ways, the
GT-32 lathe offers rigidity for closetolerancemachining.
Control hole size and finish
The
SV-200 vertical honing system features a toolstroking system that executes consistent
crosshatch patterns throughout the hole I.D.s for control and higher accuracy
in size and finish.
Die/mold VMCs
Well-suited
for die/mold applications, NVD4000 DCG VCMs incorporate five ballscrews ---; two on the Y, two on the Z, and one on the X --- that reportedly reduce vibration without sacrificing...
Diode-pumped laser markers
MicroLase marking systems use fully sealed, diodepumped-Nd YAG/Nd:YV04 lasers.
Five-axis measurement
SmartScope Quest 650 metrology systems provide programmable five-axis measuring via OGP MeasureMind software.
Graphic design software
TypeEdit 2005 artistic CAD/CAM software provides additional functions, wizards,
and capabilities for moldmakers, engravers, and others.
Linear-driven VMCs
Super Velocity Center (SVC) 2000L VCMs with linear motors provide rapid traverses from 4,724 ipm in X to 1,969 ipm in Y and Z.
Low-cost arc welding
The cell dual, fixed-table robotic cells work well in small jobshops seeking low-cost automation alternatives to labor-intensive arc welding.
Mark carbide and aluminum
Ultra-Dex Beamer Nd:YAG laser marking systems tackle noncontact marking and engraving of steels, carbide, ceramics, aluminum, black-oxided steel, and more.
Milling control
MillPWR
CNCs for milling machines run G-code files from CAD/CAM programs and translate
DXF files into program code.
Multicompound oil
Hard Cut NG straight cutting oil contains an infused combination of synthetic and vegetable compounds and derivatives, which reportedly allow the lowest possible...
One platform for all laser components
Mitsubishi
Laser's LVPlus system combines machine tool, resonator, and power supply into
one platform. Also included is the company's Diamond-Path technology that uses
a constant...
PLC on a chip
The PLC on a Chip module is a single chip, programmable logic controller used at the integrated-circuit level.
Share shop-floor info
Automation
Integration Manager (AIM) is customizable HMI/SCADA-based manufacturing software
that integrates real-time plant-floor information into corporate financial structures.
Software for multitasking machines
Esprit
2005 software delivers preconfigured and factorytestedfeatures to program multitasking
machines from Mori Seiki, Emco Maier, Mazak, Citizen, and Nakamura Tome.
Surface roughness tester
Surftest
SV-800 surface-roughness measuring machines are built around a columnmoving
mechanism that nearly eliminates load capacity limitations.
UL-listed robots
Pro Six robots are available in UL-listed models so operators maintain compliance
with various local and state safety regulations.
Ultrasonic polisher
A
power-suspending system in the Ultramax UM-1200 ultrasonic polisher drops power
output to 6 W when the handpiece is not polishing, keeping it cool and extending
transducer life.
Vertical rolling axis in die roller
The MC-15 FI (V) Kine-Roller is a 30-ton-capacity, two-cylindrical-die rolling machine with a vertical rolling axis.
Practical Ideas
Fiber-pumped markers
The ProWriter F20 is a fiber-pumped, 20-W laser marker with a pumping technique for using telecom-grade diodes.
Retrospective
Cheap steel isn't a bargain
Editors
discussed the advantage small companies had over large businesses in the June
1, 1905, issue.
