MW MIDWEST Vol. 13 No. 1 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 Metalcutting January 2020 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com High-Tech Equipment from Autocam Medical Installed in Lab (WMU) regional Advanced Manu-facturing Partner-ship Laboratory (AMP Lab). “Autocam is a key partner in the AMP program, which is focused on encouraging and facilitating the development of students pur-suing careers in engineering and manufacturing. In addition, Au-tocam partici-pates in a CNC Machinist Ap-prentice program in which it sends workers to college to receive training in CNC machining. Students that complete 728 hours of classroom instruction while maintain-ing a full work schedule receive their Continued on Page 68 Clausing Appoints Cinumis as Representative Cinumis Industry Solutions has been appointed by Clausing Industrial as sales agent for Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and southern Illinois. Clausing products are represented by more than 400 distributors located across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Clausing markets and supports a wide variety of CNC and manual solu-tions, including: • CNC mills and lathes • Machining centers • Slant bed lathes • Grinders Continued on Page 69 Whirling Offers Key Advantages Whirling offers advantages in cutting threads, screw forms, worms and other items with a pitch. See Page 10 Applying Technology Multi-Tasking Grinder Brings Big Benefits A new multi-tasking grinding solution results in consolidation of operations, higher accuracy and other benefits. See Page 36 Autocam Medical, a contract manu-facturer of precision surgical and med-ical components and devices, has announced that three new pieces of its manufacturing equipment were in-stalled in Western Michigan University’s Ahaus Celebrates 40 Years of Apprentice Training Recently, community members and Ahaus employees gathered to honor the 40th anniversary of the Ahaus ap-prentice program. The program was started in the 1970s as a response to a need to train the local workforce in tool and die making skills. Rick Ahaus, Loren Ahaus and Mick Miller, former execu-tives of Ahaus Tool and Engineering, gathered with other manufacturers in the greater Richmond, IN, area to dis-cuss cooperating on an effort to train Continued on Page 70 ProShop USA Supports Student-Run Manufacturing Business at High School ProShop USA is donat-ing ProShop ERP software to the student-run Eagle Manufacturing business at Brown County High School in Nashville, IN. ProShop software is a comprehensive web-based, paperless shop manage-ment system engineered to benefit small-to medium-sized manufacturing com-panies. ProShop USA describes the software as a Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem comprised of integrated modules for Continued on Page 68 Workholding Power Vises Prevent Part Deformation Stone City Products Invests $2M in Expansion Stone City Products is completing its 30,000 sq. ft. expansion. Since 1946, Stone City Products has been deliver-ing precision machining, metal stamp-ing and value-added assembly to customers in the automotive, rail car and HVAC industries. “What began as a small operation serving local manufacturing busi-nesses, Stone City has evolved, gener-ating $22 million in sales per year from both domestic and international cus-tomers,” said a company spokesper-son. To keep up with the growth, Stone Continued on Page 69 Samchully power vises allow operators to apply a consistent clamping force to prevent part deformation and improve machining accuracy. This added reliability enables operators to optimize feeds and speeds. See Page 52 (l-r) Brian Anderson, Implementation Specialist, ProShop USA; Chris Townsend, Advisor, Eagle Manufacturing People in the News Read about new personnel appointments in metalworking manufacturing companies throughout the United States. See Page 46 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. MIDWEST MANUFACTURING NEWS P.O. Box 847 Grapevine, Texas 76099-0847 U.S.A. PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE DALLAS, TX PERMIT 4245 Advertiser Index Page 43 PAID