American Machinist articles from December 2003

American Machinist archives from December 2003

You be the judge.(Editorial)
December 1, 2003... LAST MONTH, MY EDITORIAL DISCUSSED ASIAN CURRENCY MANIPULATION and the significant role it's playing in the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs. Well, to my surprise, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently reported that there is no clear...

The rise and fall of U.S. manufacturing.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
December 1, 2003... THANKS FOR YOUR OCTOBER editorial on the decline of U.S. manufacturing ("Smart people sometimes say dumb things," p. 8). All you have to do is drive along the mile roads or the small industrial parks in Detroit to see empty buildings that once...

Italians turn innovation into productivity.(Technology Trends)
December 1, 2003... ALTHOUGH GENERALLY SMALLER than their international competitors, Italian machine tool builders say their strengths are their flexibility and quick response to customer demands. Coupling these with innovations in machine development, equipment...

Laser scanner + portable CMM = versatile inspection.(Technology Trends)
December 1, 2003... A NEW INSPECTION SYSTEM COMBINES A PORTABLE CMM, A LASER scanner, and special software to measure a variety of parts, even large items like an automobile. The G-Scan also employs the first-ever rotary laser scanner, according to its...

Fasteners assemble and disassemble on command.(Technology Trends)
December 1, 2003... A NEW LINE OF INTHHGENT FASTENEI could soon change how products are designed, assembled, and serviced. The fasteners, from Textron Fastening Systems, Troy, Mich., are wired with embedded microchips that activate the fastening mechanism and...

Rollers are the driving force.(Technology Trends)
December 1, 2003... UNLIKE TRADITIONAL BALLSCREWS, which use balls as the rolling element between the shaft and nut, the new Rollerscrew uses rollers. According to developer THK GmbH, Ratingen, Germany, this arrangement doubles service life an achieves high-load...

Pusher/stop system automates positioning.(Workholding)
December 1, 2003... THE EASILY INSTALLED TIGERSTOP pusher/stop system replaces manual-stop-positioning setups for saws, drilling equipment, notchers, punch presses, shears, brakes, and assembly equipment. No special wiring or software is required. Users control...

Jaw-chuck-to-collet conversion.(Workholding)
December 1, 2003... COLLET-ADAPTATION CHUCKS FROM Hardinge offer collet-spindle capability on jaw-chuck lathes for high spindle speeds--to 10,000 rpm and higher, depending on the application. Chuck benefits include fast job changeover, large work envelope,...

U.S. cutting tool institute billings index.(Workholding)
December 1, 2003... Index for September 02--August 03 * September $132,460,583 119.5% October $140,213,292 126.4% November $121,934,677 109.8% December $113,137,752 101.7% January $133,883,278 120.6% February ...

Retention knobs for machining centers.(Workholding)
December 1, 2003... CRITERION MACHINE WORKS retention knobs with ground angles, necks, and heads deliver consistent and accurate spindle alignment when used with precision ground toolholders. The knobs fit 40 and 50-taper V-flange and 40taper BT-flange spindles....

Pull-to-close dead-length collet chuck.(Workholding)
December 1, 2003... DRAW TUBES MOVING TOWARD, rather than away from, machine spindles activate pull-to-close NDR collet chucks. This action slides the bar against the pusher for consistent Z-axis bar positioning. NDR dead-length collet chucks are available for...

U.K. chucks and workholding equipment for the U.S.(Workholding)
December 1, 2003... CHUCKS AND WORKHOLDING equipment manufactured in the U.K. by Leader Chuck Systems are available in North America through Leader Chuck Systems North America, a division of Manufacturer's Technology, Algonquin, Ill. Equipment offered includes...

Light-touch work supports.(Workholding)
December 1, 2003... NEW LC AND TC-SERIES WORK supports with taper-lock design provide high forces with low-touch effort. Both series are sealed to eliminate coolant and lubricant contamination. LC work supports operate at 1,000 psi and are available in six...

Multiple-part-holding fixtures.(Workholding)
December 1, 2003... EACH MULTIPLE-PART HYDRAULIC fixture from Royal Workholding holds and locates up to 72 workpieces. The fixtures secure parts for first or secondary operations on horizontal machining centers. Multiple-column configurations are available,...

Clamps internally hold lathe parts.(Workholding)
December 1, 2003... MACHINABLE I.D. XPANSION clamps grip lathe parts from an I.D. for horizontal or vertical machining centers. Machining the clamps to match the workpiece ensures concentricity of 0.0005 in. There are 10 clamp sizes for holding part I.D.s from...

Self-centering tubing vise.(Workholding)
December 1, 2003... FOR CENTERING STRUCTURAL TUBING, Heinrich's line of self-centering vises accommodates tubing-size changes in one setup to virtually eliminate downtime. Three vise models with jaw widths of 2, 6, and 8 in. clamp stock sizes from 1/4 to 9...

CNC supplier.(Business Trends)
December 1, 2003... SIEMENS ENERGY & Automation, Alpharetta, Ga., is now the CNC supplier for Milltronics Manufacturing's International Machine Tools division, Waconia, Minn. Siemens' Sinumerik 810D powerline CNC is featured in Milltronics' machining centers and...

Alliance with China's largest machine tool company.(Business Trends)
December 1, 2003... CINCINNATI LAMB, CHESTERFIELD, MICH., HAS FORMED an alliance with China's largest machine tool manufacturer, Shenyang Machine Tool Co. Ltd., Shenyang, China. Besides supplying machine tools an systems to the country's manufacturing industry,...

Charmilles, Lincolnshire, Ill., continues to provide support for D10 and E10 diesinker EDMs.(EDM support)
December 1, 2003... CHARMILLES, LINCOLNSHIRE, ILL., CONTINUES TO PROVIDE support for D10 and El0 diesinker EDMs. Beside spare parts, the company's call-support staff will offer instruction on the machines. Blueprints and machine schematics are also available. The...

Hoffman Estates, Ill.... Bosch Rexroth's service Automation offers an exchange program for aluminum-extrusion-press hydraulic pumps.(EDM support)
December 1, 2003... HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL.... BOSCH REXROTH'S SERVICE Automation offers an exchange program for aluminum-extrusion-press hydraulic pumps. The program provides remanufactured hydraulic pumps in exchange for first, second, and third-generation models....

Mundelein, Ill.... Rollomatic Inc. relocated its North American headquarters from 324 Washington Blvd.(EDM support)
December 1, 2003... MUNDELEIN, ILL.... ROLLOMATIC INC. RELOCATED ITS North American headquarters from 324 Washington Blvd. in Mundelein to 1295 Armour Blvd.

September tool consumption up.(Business Trends)
December 1, 2003... Led by the Midwest and the South, September U.S. machine tool consumption increased 24.8% from August, according to AMT--The Association For Manufacturing Technology and the American Machine Tool Distributors' Association (AMTDA). The $194.63...

Grafton, Wis.... SKF USA Inc. has renamed Russell T. Gilman.(EDM support)
December 1, 2003... GRAFTON, WIS.... SKF USA INC. HAS RENAMED Russell T. Gilman. Now SKF Precision Technologies, the company supplies slides, spindle and 3-axis units. Its expanded offerings include ballscrew and roller-screw products and repair; linear products;...

Training/assessment system available.(Talking Shop)
December 1, 2003... THE PRECISION METALFORMING ASSOCIATION, CLEVELAND, HAS A "BEST PRACTICE training-model and-assessment system for tool/diemakers. The Tool & Die Skill-Based Training and Assessment System benchmarks and measure diemakers' abilities, develops or...

Automaker expands international presence.(Talking Shop)
December 1, 2003... THE 2006 FORD FUTURA, A MIDSIZE sedan that is the foundation vehicle for 10 future Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicles, will be built at the company's Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly Plant in Sonora, Mexico. Total program investment, including...

Certification program coming.(Talking Shop)
December 1, 2003... THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), Park Ridge, Ill., voted unanimously to start a program certifying metalworking-fluid experts. The program will certify engineers in fluid-management...

Laser system on way to aerospace company.(Talking Shop)
December 1, 2003... THE GUIZHOU XINYI MACHINERY Factory Co. Ltd., Guizhou, China, ordered a 790 BeamDirector multi-axis laser system from the Laserdyne Systems Division of Prima North America Inc., Champlin, Minn. Guizhou Xinyi Machinery manufactures...

New Hardinge distributor.(Talking Shop)
December 1, 2003... FLINT MACHINE TOOLS INC., Snellville, Ga., is now the exclusive representative of Hardinge lathes, VMCs, grinders, and workholding products in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

Plant construction underway.(Talking Shop)
December 1, 2003... GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN IN SAN Antonio by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas Inc. for a plant to build Tundra full-size trucks. Beginning in 2006, the 2,000-acre site is projected to produce 150,000 Tundra trucks annually, bringing 2,000 new jobs...

Manufacturing needs more than revalued Asian currencies.(Government Matters)
December 1, 2003... THE MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY witnessed its domestic market shrink by almost 60% in the past five years. Sales of machine tools in the U. S. have diminished from a high of almost $8 billion in 1998 to last year's sales of a mere $3.35 billion. ...

More machine in less floorspace.(Machine of the Month)
December 1, 2003... EX-CELL-O's XHC 341 HIGH-speed horizontal machining center tackles large parts and processes requiring multiple clamping. Capable of both wet and dry machining, the HMC uses 50% less coolant and achieves optimum chip disposal in dry and...

Equalizing tool-turret times pays dividends.(Bits & Bytes)
December 1, 2003... EDGECAM VERSION 8 FOCUSES ON SUBSPINDLE TURNING. "To minimize cycle times on machines with two tool turret, the time utilization of the turrets should be equal. A new EdgeCAM browser and dual timeline displays make this easy," says Raf Lobato,...

Real-time tracking meets QS9000 requirements.(Bits & Bytes)
December 1, 2003... REALTRAC IS AN ERP JOBSHOP-MANAGEMENT AND quality-control system that tracks jobs in real time from estimating through order entry, purchasing, manufacturing, inventory, shipping, and invoicing. With the latest upgrade, users receive...

Quickly develop accurate blank shapes.(Bits & Bytes)
December 1, 2003... FASTBLANK 5 FEATURES A WIZARD-BASED INTERFACE THAT quickly develops accurate blank shapes. It also includes a smoothing algorithm that simplifies the blank outline for manufacturing and DXF blank-shape export for immediate use in the shop. ...

Simplify touch-probing routines.(Bits & Bytes)
December 1, 2003... A NEW PROBING PLUG-IN, PRODUCTIVITY+, DEVELOPED BY Renishaw for GibbsCAM, simplifies touch-probing routines on machine tools, allowing users to program process control and inspection at the same time as toolpath generation. The new ping-in...

From concept to finished part in the same day.(User review)
December 1, 2003... CHUMBA WUMBA, ANAHEIM, CALIF., NOT ONLY DESIGNS AND BUILDS CUSTOM BIKE FRAMES BUT HAS A, PROFESSIONAL racing team that tests all the designs to the limit. "Parts requiring machining were once outsourced, but long leadtimes put a damper on the...

ISO 9001:2000 made easy, cheap for the machinist industry.
December 1, 2003... Finally a firm of ISO professionals have come up with various packages that dispels the myths and confusion that surround the implementation of ISO systems while at the same time saving businesses tens of thousands of dollars on ISO...

Employer not liable for husband's attack.(Law & Liability)
December 1, 2003... IN THE SPRING OF 1997, ANNA COOK JOHNSON, AN employee of Micro Craft Inc., a Quitman, Ga., manufacturer, obtained a restraining order against her estranged husband, Willie Charles Jackson. In early May 1997, Johnson told her supervisor her...

Owner not liable for contractor employee's fall.(Law & Liability)
December 1, 2003... IN 1996, DAE JULIE INC. DECIDED TO EXPAND AND remodel its candy-manufacturing plant in Illinois. It hired Hill Mechanical Group to perform mechanical, sheetmetal, and pipefitting work on the project. No written contract was signed. Dae Julie...

Benefits reduced for worker who could find other job.(Law & Liability)
December 1, 2003... BRENDA WEATHERSPOON WORKED for Croft Metals Inc., a Mississippi company, as a screen assembler. Her duties included repetitive insertion of vinyl strips used to hold screening material in the frames. Weatherspoon did this job for four months...

Make it a double: double-bar transfer systems mean twice the productivity.(Turning)(Cover Story)
December 1, 2003... With one machining system, shops accomplish the work of three or four multispindle lathes, claims a builder of double-bar transfer machines. These multitasking workcenters feed on two bars of any profile--T, L, or cross-shaped and round or...

Retrofitting puts machines in gear: new CNCs elevate old gear machines to today's standards.(Components)
December 1, 2003... Gear cutters and hobbers tend to outlast typical machine tools because of the parts they produce and their high production levels. But keeping these machines around does have one significant drawback--mechanically, gear-manufacturing machines...

System takes grindings' temperature: a practical, portable hardware/software system monitors and records creepfeed grinding's "vital signs" to minimize thermal damage.(Grinding)
December 1, 2003... Thermal damage is detrimental to creepfeed grinding operation. But application engineers at the St. Gobain brasives' Higgins Grinding Technology Center (HGTC) offer remedy to the problem using the company's Field Instrumentation System (FIS)....

Pinning down a workholding problem.(Practical Ideas)
December 1, 2003... I USE TWO DOWEL PINS WHEN CUTTING 1/4-IN. slots in round workpieces with two opposite flats. The pins go behind the jaws of the vise that holds the parts. The flats on the parts are not always parallel. If this is the case, only one side...

Getting hold of a tapping problem.(Practical Ideas)
December 1, 2003... WHILE DRILLING AND TAPPING HOLES IN ALUMINUM HOUSINGS, WE FOUND THAT differences in hole depths caused tap breakage. I solved the problem by manually setting the torque adjustment on the tapholder I was using. During hole tapping, I take the...

VTCs do the work of four machines.(Case books)
December 1, 2003... THE PERFORMANCE OF 30 TO 50-YEAR-OLD BORING mills at the Number One Machine Shop at American Cast Iron Pipe Co. (ACIPCO) had degraded to the point that operational costs became prohibitive. So the company replaced them with two vertical turning...

Ways cover chip problem.(Case books)
December 1, 2003... ON ITS NEW POWERMILL FAMJI Y OF 5-AXIS, HIGH-SPEED vertical milling machines, Machines-Outils Henri Line Inc. of Granby, Quebec, needed to protect sensitive linear-magnet and scale components, as well as the machines' ways. Initially, the...

Attachment makes for a smooth-as-glass finish.(Case books)
December 1, 2003... LIBBEY GLASS IN TOLEDO, OHIO, PRODUCES UP TO 400 dozen glasses/hr and has to change glass-mold components every 8 hr of production to maintain product quality. One such component is the plunger, a cast iron cylindrical part that pushes molten...

Software speeds model production down the runway.(Case books)
December 1, 2003... REPLACING ITS PREVIOUS MIXTURE OF software with Delcam's Power Solution lets Korea's Academy Plastic Model Co. reduce time spent developing new model kits. In one project, a kit for an F-18 fighter, the company produced a scale-model aircraft...

Computers handle shop floor rough stuff.(Case books)
December 1, 2003... S&Z TOOL & DIE Co. INC. WAS LOSING PROFITS RELYING on outdated manual inventory systems and production lines. With its existing system, inputting an updating inventory took as long as 12 hr, during which time the company's presses were at a...

Customers get lean.(Case books)
December 1, 2003... AS A RESULT OF RESOURCE-INVESTMENT MEETINGS WITH manufacturers throughout the U.S., Hurco found its customers want machines that deliver flawless precision and more-advanced standard features. These include high spindle speeds, user-friendly...

Laser scanning provides a galaxy worth of benefits.(Case books)
December 1, 2003... SWITCHING TO A 3D LASER-SCANNING SERVICF. BUREAU FOR reverse engineering lets a blow-mold manufacturer help its automotive-aftermarket customers quickly get their products to market. Galaxy Tool's customers frequently provide interior...

Easy-to-program grinder.(Spotlight: surface treatment)
December 1, 2003... AN OPERATOR WITH LITTLE OR NO CNC KNOWLEDGE CAN grind complex shapes, angles, and surfaces with the 524 Easy surface-and-profile grinder. The machine combines GE Fanuc touchscreen technology with the manufacturer's icon-based software. Users...

Abrasive pads double cut rate.(Spotlight: surface treatment)
December 1, 2003... THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESIN AND ABRASIVE ON NORTON Bear-Tex 747 A/O very fine hand pads ensures a fast cut rate and long service life. The resin system also has high resilience to color bleeding when working with solvents. The pads remove...

Hard-hitting brushes tackle large burrs.(Spotlight: surface treatment)
December 1, 2003... BURR-RX ABRASIVE-NYLON-DISC BRUSHES ARE REPORTEDLY MORE aggressive than conventional abrasive-nylon brushes, letting shops run faster feedrates. According to the manufacturer, the brushes also remove larger burrs than standard models. Burr-Rx...

Deburr inserts.(Spotlight: surface treatment)
December 1, 2003... THE GERBER BP-SMART brushing/polishing machine handles steady deburring, edge preparation, and polishing of hard materials such as CBN, PCD, and industrial ceramics. Operating with technical brushes in a form of controlled-erosion process, the...

Robot-friendly blast system.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... THE MODEL RXS-800 ROTARY-indexing blast machine works with robotic load/unload equipment for unmanned operation. The machine has four abrasion protected ball-bearing spindles equally spaced around the perimeter of a 36-in.-diameter rotary...

Cost-effective metalfinishing.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... HOUGHTON'S MICROSURFACING vibratory-finishing technology is for gears, bearings, and other load-bearing metal components. According to the company, it refines wear surfaces and removes burrs and scales/oxide to provide a cost-effective...

VMC features nonlift APC.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... THE NONLIFT AUTOMATIC PALLET changer (APC) of the Ultimill V3000 VMC enables pallet change within 2.5 sec as well as prevents chips and coolant from entering into the APC's internal structure. Centel ports accommodate automatic fixturing with...

Seals boost waterjet reliability.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... STREAMLINE SL-IV WATER JET intensifiers feature Hyperlife seal technology, which extends plunger-seal life and boosts high-pressure component reliability. The hard-seal end cap eliminates soft-seal head seals and improves maintainability. All...

Multifunction machine.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... SHOPS CAN QUICKLY ADAPT THE modular GMX 400 linear turn-mill center for different operations. Adding an optional NC tailstock, for instance, makes the machine ready for shaft machining. Another option is a counterspindle with an integrated...

Advance features standard on EDMs.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... EXERON CNC diesinker EDMs feature large-volume, rise-and-fall worktanks; table and ram-mounted suction or pressure-flushing ports; and up to 120-amp impulse generators with DigiSpark technology. Several models accommodate electrodes weighing up...

Adapters link EDM tooling.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... CROSSOVER ADAPTERS allow System 3R and Mecatool Wire EDM tooling users to use vises and fixtures from either system. Built from hardened stainless steel, the adapters permit leveling, presetting, skewing, and accurate transfer functions. ...

Upgradable grinders.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... SHOPS CAN UPGRADE THEIR ADS GRINDERS FOR PRECISE and multislicing, crisscross grinding, CBN/diamond-wheel truing with kits that include an operator control panel, software, servomotor, and drive. The machines also feature one-touch crossfeed...

Arrange grinders for automatic loading.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... SN200/400/800-E BEARING-RACE O.D. grinders configure as shoe machines or chuckers with automatic loading of bearing races up to 190-mm O.D. They handle a hand-load capacity of 750-mm O.D. Rigid, hydrostatic slides provide friction-free response...

VLM uses rack-and-pinion drive.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... THE POWER COLUMN 2 VERTICAL LIFT module (VLM) features a rack-and-pinion drive and a light pointer that directs pickers to an item's location. Reportedly, the rack-and-pinion drive provides pinpoint retrieval of item trays without adjustment....

FMS software handles the work.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... NCELL BLACK BOX AUTOMATION software is available with Mitsubishi LV Series FMS systems. It also directly interfaces with current FMS controllers. Once operators load work into the system, the software hunts for available materials, nests jobs...

CMM software upgrades.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... CALYPSO 3.8 CAD-BASED programming software for CMMs features a robust CAD engine, graphics output such as parallelism and perpendicularity, analysis tools, and software options for working with CAD models. This includes evaluation methods for...

Punch press has innovative drive system.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... THE EM2510NT is AN AC-SERVO-direct, twin-drive turret-punch press that punches 500 hpm on 1-in centers. The machine has two AC servomotors directly connected to the ram through an eccentric shaft. This configuration, claims the manufacturer....

Machining center highlights.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... THE UCP 1150 DELIVERS simultaneous five-axis machining with a versatile, tilting milling head and a fast and accurate heavy-load rotary table. The milling bead's construction allows spindle rotation up to 135[degrees]. In addition, the swivel...

Lathes tackle short and long runs.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... MULTITURN CNC LATHES feature the latest, G.E. Fanuc OiTB digital control, on-screen conversational-programming assist, and twin electronic handwheels for manual operation. A flat-bed construction lets MultiTurn lathes handle long and short...

Keeps T-slots clean.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... T-SLoT CLEAN KEEPS CHIPS AND coolant from collecting in T-slots of VMC tables. Each set includes different-sized aluminum extrusions precision machined to fit into the T-shots, including 5/8 and 11/16 in. and 14, 18, and 22 mm. Big Kaiser...

Adds linear motion.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... UNIBEARINGS ADD LINEAR MOTION and application modularity to existing T-slotted aluminum structures without disassembling the frame. The motion: comes from the bearing itself, or the bearing can be fixed, allowing the rail system and attached...

Swiss-turn lathe.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... THE TSUGAMI 4-AXIS B007-II SWISS-TURN lathe has a 0.28-in. capacity and features: gang tooling, a 15,000-rpm main spindle, and 10,000-rpm subspindles. Single-stroke length is 2.8 in. Three 8,000-rpm driven cross tools, five O.D.-turning...

Wire EDM.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... THE AQ750LH CNC WIRE EDM DELWERS fully submerged, 30[degrees] tapers in workpieces measuring up to 6-in. tall and for those 20-in. thick. Direct-drive, no-wear linear motors combined with 0.1 [mu] glass scales on the X-Y-U-V axes ensure...

Filter tumbling/vibratory operations.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... THE UFV200T ULTRAFILTRATION system recycles water and compounds from tumbling an vibratory operations. returns clean fluid to the tumbling operation's nozzles while collecting solids for disposal. The system processes up to 200 gallons of...

Lets motors operate in open networks.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... STEPNET STEP-MOTOR DRIVES RUN stepper motors in networked multiaxis automation. They also let the motors work in CAN open-networked systems. Their ability to operate all stepper drive and servo amplifiers in multiaxis motion control--from a...

Dial-in modem handles ethernet network.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... ROCKWELL AUTOMATION'S DIAL-IN ethernet modem provides access to an entire ethernet network rather than a single device. The modem uses a Microsoft dial-up networking connection that improves data-transfer speed over a standard phone line by as...

Dual-chamber furnaces.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... BLUE DEVIL GAS-FIRED FURNACES feature two independently controlled hardening and drawing chambers. Chamber sizes are 9X12X12X18 in. to 18X18X18x24 in. The furnaces tackle loads from 45 to 135 lb. The upper hardening chamber is rate up to...

Portable bore welding.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... THE BUG-O PORTABLE BORE-REPAIR welding system welds bores 1.25 to 15 in. in diameter. It delivers smooth, 360[degrees] spiral welds on internal and external diameters. The standard kit comes with extra diffusers, nozzles, tips, and a T-base for...

Welding fumes filtered at source.(New Equipment)
December 1, 2003... ROBOVENT SELF-CONTMNED AIR-filtration systems capture contaminated air, including fumes and microscopic metals, at the robotic-welding cell. All RoboVents use a pleated filtering system treated with an oil-absorbing, filter-friendly element....

Calendar.(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... January January 19-20, 2004, F7 Industrial Drive Level On Class, Waukegan, Ill., Yaskawa Electric America, (800)YASKAWA (927-5292), training@yaskawa.com yaskawa.com and drives.com. January 20-22, 2004, Machine Safeguarding Seminar,...

The airplane's 100th anniversary.(100 Years Ago)
December 1, 2003... ON DECEMBER 17, 1903, ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT made history with the first successful flight of a powered aircraft with a pilot aboard. The flight lasted 12 sec at a distance of 120 ft, but it launched the aircraft industry, which now...