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Kesemann Tool & Die, Concordia, MO, 45th Anniversary and New Owner

Stork Fabricators, Washington, MO, Completes Expansion & Adds Equipment

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McClain Adds Feeler Line ............5Stork Fabricators: Completes Addition & Adds Equipment ......6NAPM Wichita Starts Year ...........8Kesemann Tool & Die:45 Years. 10Succeeding With Lean ...............12Cy Fiber Laser & Black Rock .....13ICF Installs Amada Equipment ..14St. Louis AFS: Golf Outing .........15Icon & TRUMPF Hold Seminar ..16Editorial ......................................18Ehrhardt Adds Multi-Axis Grinder .20Ranken Tech Student Wins Gold .21Upcoming Issues ..........................23Wichita Mfg. Assoc. Holds BBQ ...24Norfolk Iron & Metal: New Line ....24Buyer’$ Guide Form ... 25-26Shipley Joins EMJ-Kansas City ...27St. Louis & KC NTMA Meeting .....28Upcoming Trade Shows ...............30

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McClain Tool & Technology, St. Louis, Missouri, has announced that it now offers the FEELER line of machine tools in Missouri, Kansas and Southern Illinois. FFG (Taipei, Taiwan) produces the line and is one of the largest machine tool manufacturers in the world. Methods Machine Tool, Sudbury, MA, is the importer for North America and has simultaneously introduced a totally new range of FEELER machines that feature extensive engineering by Methods. These are designed to provide us-ers unsurpassed performance and value. The full range of machines encompasses vertical machining centers, turning centers, bridge mills and boring mills.

“We are very pleased to have the FEELER product line,” said Mark McClain, owner of McClain Tool & Technology and a 30+ year industry veteran. “FEELER will enable us to offer a wider selection of precision machining solutions and will complement our existing lines of high-performance milling, turning, drilling/tapping and EDM systems very well.”

Globally, FEELER Machines have earned a reputation for qual-ity and performance, innovative design and rigid construction. The Methods-FEELER product line spans a complete range of vertical machining centers, lathes, double column bridge mills and boring mills. The following equipment will be offered:

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CNC Lathes/ Turning Centers: Linear guideway design: FTC Series Models offered with 6 and 8 inch chucks

Boxway construction design: FT Series models offered from 8 to 21 inch chucks

High performance Turning Centers: HT-30 Series, available in three configurations: (1) - HT-30MC - a power milling turret machine, (2) - HT-30Y – config-ured with a power milling turret and a Y-axis, and (3) – HT-30SY – configured with a power milling turret, Y-axis, and a sub-spindle. The HT-30 Series turning centers feature 10 inch chucks.

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Standard or high-speed: FV Series, available in X-axis travels starting at 2,160mm and ranging to 7,200mm and Y-axis ranging from 1,400 to 4,000mm.

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Series: available with 110mm or 130mm quill, up to 4,200mm X-axis travel. The FBM, R Series boring mills feature a built-in, fully programmable rotary table in 0.001° increments.

McClain Tool & Technology can be contacted at: (800) 886-5839; Fax (314) 432-1180; 106 Wel-don Parkway, St. Louis, Missouri 63043; www.mcclaintool.com.

Above: A Feeler FTC 200L CNC turning center with linear guideway design.


Stork Fabricators, Inc., Wash-ington, Missouri, has recently completed an expansion and in-stalled a waterjet cutting system, a hi-definition plasma cutting system and a 14.5’ CNC press brake.

The 31-year-old custom metal fabricator specializes in weld-ments, polished stainless steel enclosures and light structural tubing in steel, stainless, aluminum and titanium. It works with met-als from .005” thick to 1.5” thick plate. Stork Fabricators can take a project from engineering/design all

the way through production. The ISO-certified firm needed

the expansion and equipment to keep up with its growth and to ex-pand its capabilities to customers.

The new equipment (pur-chased from Icon Machine Tool) includes a Techni 5-axis waterjet with a 10’ x 20’ table; a 400 Amp AKS accu-kut 5-axis high defini-tion plasma cutting system with a 8’ x 22’ table and a Trumpf Tru-Bend 5320 350-ton CNC press brake with a capacity of 14.5’.

“We have been very happy with the equipment and service provided by the crew at Icon Machine Tool,” stated Bob Stork. “The waterjet can handle mate-

rial up to 6” thick and the plasma system can handle material up to 3” thick.” He also noted that the company has purchased numerous

pieces of equip-ment from Icon Machine Tool.

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Above (l-r): Bob Stork & Brian Stork.

Above: A new AKS accu-kut plasma cutting system at Stork Fabricators.

Above: A new Trumpf TruBend 5320 CNC press brake at Stork Fabricators.

Below & right: Examples of the firm’s fabrication work.

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services offered at Stork Fabrica-tors include: CNC laser cutting; CNC punching; CNC forming; CNC milling/turning; tube bending (up to 5” dia); MIG & TIG weld-ing; and polishing as well as full engineering/design and reverse engineering.

The company serves a wide range of industries in the Midwest including; defense; industrial; medical; transportation and com-mercial equipment.

Stork Fabricators also pro-duces its own line of high-speed automated shrink packaging equip-ment under the Texwrap brand.

“We believe in continually in-vesting in technology and focusing on quality,” noted Brian Stork, vice president.

Stork Fabricators can be con-tacted at: 525 Vossbrink Drive, PO Box 185, Washington, Missouri 63090; (636) 239-1188; Fax (636) 239-7322; [email protected]; www.storkfab.com.


NAPM Wichita Starts Year; Learns About Economy From PMI Index

Chairman & Honors Past Presidents

Above: Norbert Ore, chairman of the ISM’s PMI Index was the featured speaker at the meeting.

Above: Donna Goodnight received her CPSM certificate at the meeting.

Above (l-r): NAPM Wichita past presidents at the meeting (years served as president) included: (back row) Curtis Howell (08-09 & 09-10), Dallas Shaffer (86-87), Bill Anderson (83-84); George Anderton (79-80), Ed Moon (07-08), Wayne Decker (74-75), Richard LeMaster (70-71), Sonya Kellogg (04-05) (front row) Gene Sharp (01-02 & 05-06), Scott Smith (93-94), Carol Bevelhymer (89-90), Judy Getchell (87-88), Fred Trautman (01-02) and Debbie Jarrell (06-07).

The Wichita chapter of the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM) kicked off its year with a meeting on September 9th at the Airport Hilton in Wichita.

The featured speaker for the meeting was Norbert Ore, chair of the ISM’s monthly Report on Business®

which creates the Purchasing Manager Index (PMI) that is nationally recog-nized as an important forecast tool for the US economy.

Ore’s presentation was titled U.S. Ecnomy in Recovery???.

Ore spoke about the process involved in creating this monthly report. 350 purchasing managers fill out the monthly survey, providing the raw data needed to produce the report. The PMI is a composite index season-ally adjusted for new orders, produc-tion, supplier deliveries, inventories and employment. An index percent-age above 50 percent generally means the economy is expanding, while anything below 50 percent indicates contraction. Separate reports are cre-ated for manufacturing and services.

During his presentation Ore cov-ered a wide range of topics includ-ing: forecasts by sector, government policies, inflation, unemployment, exchange rates.

Ore discussed how the PMI has expanded overseas as the JP Morgan Chase Global PMI.

“Business cycles are a part of our

lives,” Ore commented as he discussed the various ups and downs of the economy. “Manufacturing needs GDP growth to be over 2% to be healthy.” He also noted that currently “we’re moving in the right direction.”

NAPM-Wichita, an affiliate of ISM can be contacted at www.ism-wichita.org.


Kesemann Tool & Die, Con-cordia, Missouri, is celebrating its 45th anniversary and has a new owner.

The firm specializes in the engineering, design and production of custom plastic injection molds and tooling. This includes mold repair, modification and mainte-nance, even on imported molds.

The new owner is Jeff Mar-tens, a 20-year industry veteran. “We offer good quality at a com-petitive price,” stated Martens. “We can take the process from a rough sketch or product idea all the way through mold/tool produc-tion and post production support. We offer a great combination of technology and experience. With CNC and manual equipment, CAD/CAM software and a very experienced crew (as much as 40 years tenure) we find the best ways to meet a customer’s needs.”

Martens also noted that Kesemann Tool & Die’s crew are experts at production optimization and creating high-quality finishes on molds.

Equipment at the 5,000-sq.-ft. facility includes an EDM, sinker EDMs, two CNC machining cen-ters, several manual mills/lathes and grinding equipment (surface/ID/OD).

Molds produced at the firm can be used on molders ranging from 50-tons to almost 1,000-tons and handle shot sizes from a few grams to over 50 ounces.

Industries served by Kesemann Tool & Die include, consumer goods, , appliances, auto, packag-ing, HVAC, and many others.

Kesemann Tool & Die can be contacted at: (660) 463-2218; Fax (660) 463-2533; 803 S Main,

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Above: Kesemann Tool & Die’s new owner Jeff Martens with a die in for modification and repair. Maretens is a 20-year industry veteran.

Above: An Okuma machining center at Kesemann Tool & Die.

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In spite of this sobering statistic, achieving posi-tive, permanent change is definitely within reach for those who design a program that positions them for success from the start. Companies that sustain Lean improvements over the long term share a few common characteristics.

They have a clear vision of where they want to be in 3-5 years. The vision includes clearly defined performance measures that management intends to achieve. This clarity enables the work force to visual-ize the connection between their work and the business objectives of the company. These measurements are tied together so individual departments can see how each is performing—eliminating the “silo mentality”

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of setting independent goals that don’t support the overall business objectives.

They know that Lean is a growth strategy, not a cost-cutting measure. Lean does not mean “Less Em-ployees Are Needed.” While any long-term continuous improvement effort must focus on the bottom line, Lean is about building strategic capabilities that enable your company to do things others in your industry can’t. Implementing Lean methods to reduce costs or, even worse, reduce payroll, is a recipe for failure.

They engage the work force, providing support and incentives for employees’ best efforts. Compa-nies that are successful with Lean empower the entire work force to take ownership of their work areas and responsibilities. They establish “Nike zones,” giv-ing workers authority to implement changes without waiting for approvals—they can “just do it.” This promotes a culture in which everyone—from senior leadership to line worker—continuously looks for op-portunities to improve.

They understand that sustaining continuous im-provement long-term is much more than introduc-ing a set of tools and techniques. When adopting new technical capabilities like Lean Manufacturing, these companies develop a knowledgeable and engaged work force that can prioritize problems and determine which technical capability (or tool) will fix the most pressing issues. In other words, they want their work force to not only have the best tools, but know how and why to use them.

To learn more about how to succeed with Lean, contact MAMTC at 913-649-4333 or visit www.mamtc.com.

Mike Niedenthal is a project manager and Lean expert at The Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center (MAMTC), which provides measur-able productivity and profitability gains to manufacturers throughout Kansas. A recipient of NIST-MEP National Prac-

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ICF Industries, Pleasant Hill, Mis-souri, has recently installedtwo pieces of Amada CNC fabri-cating equipment.

The 29-year-old company of-fers prototyping, CNC punching, laser cutting, braking, welding, powder coating and assembly.

The new equipment includes an Amada HDS 1303NT 143-ton, 10’ CNC press brake, which features a work assist follower for oversized parts. The other new piece is an Amada EML 3610NT punch/laser combination system. It features 58 stations, a 6-shelf tower for material storage, a 4,000-watt laser and can handle 5’ x 10’ material up to ¼” thick. “We like to be ahead of the curve, so we are excited to add this equipment that shortens our turnaround time and helps our efficiency,” stated Tia Scott, ICF’s plant manager.

The firm moved into its 89,000-sq.-ft. facility in Pleasant Hill (28 miles southeast of Kansas City) three years ago and installed its powder coating operation (con-veyorized and batch) at that time.

“We are committed to continu-ally improving our processes and utilizing the latest technology to reduce our turnaround time. Com-bining the technology/equipment with our tremendous employee-owners (almost 90) that do what it takes to get the job done and you can understand why we are suc-cessful,” stated Bob Krug, ICF Industries’ CEO.

Equipment at the company includes: two 4,000-watt Trumpf laser cutting systems (with auto-loaders); a Trumpf TruPunch 5000

CNC punching cell with autoload-er/unloader; two Virtek Laser QCs; CNC punches, press brakes (15 -160 ton); a 100KVA 3-phase spot welder; welding machines JIG, MIG and Pulse MIG); and numer-ous shearing, forming and machine shop equipment.

Founded in 1981, by Les Gar-rett, the company became employ-ee-owned in 1999.

ICF Industries can be con-tacted at (816) 540-4200; Fax (816) 540-4299; 617 S. Main, PO Box 210, Pleasant Hill, Missouri 64080; www.icfinc.com.

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Above: An Amada HDS 1303NT 143-ton, 10’ CNC press brake at ICF.

Above: ICF Industries’ Tia Scott and Zak Harvkey with an Amada EML 3610NT punch/laser combination system. It features 58 stations & 6 shelves.

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The St. Louis Chapter of the American Foundry Society (AFS) held a golf outing at the Spencer T. Olin Club in Alton, Illinois. The event raised $1,500 for the chapter’s scholarship fund.

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Thirty-six customers from the Midwest joined Icon Machine Tool for machine demonstrations and plant tour at TRUMPF in Farm-ington, CT on August 17-19. “We are still surprised that most people don’t realize that TRUMPF builds seven laser models and one punch-ing model from the ground up in Farmington, CT,” says Jeff Hall, Vice-President of Icon Machine Tool.

Seminar participants took a close look at different technologies and how manufacturers can use them to become more competitive in today’s market. They also looked closely at new laser technolo-gies that are just now coming to market. The differences between CO2 lasers and fiber TruDisc lasers were discussed. Since TRUMPF builds both styles in Farmington, CT, participants were able to see them side by side. “TRUMPF is a trusted resource when it comes to resonator manufacturing” says one participant. “TRUMPF’s compari-son is trusted because they offer both technologies and they have been building both for decades”. Another highlight of the seminar series was TRUMPF’s SYNCRO style of manufacturing presented by Robert Castonguay, SYNCRO Manager at TRUMPF.

The team at Icon Machine Tool is happy to offer customers more than just machine tools. “We re-ally enjoy getting people out of their element to see what’s new in the industry and get them talking with other manufacturers,” says Shane Stufflebean, President of Icon Machine Tool. This technol-ogy seminar was so successful that Icon plans to sponsor another seminar in the spring of 2011. If you would like to be invited to the

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Icon Machine Tool, Inc. is one of the largest machine tool distribu-tors of metal fabricating equipment in the Midwest. The company cov-ers the states of Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Icon Machine Tool, Inc., established in July 2001, is owned by Jeff Hall of St. Louis, MO and Shane Stufflebean of Kansas City, MO, who together have more than 32 years of experience in machine tool sales. Icon sells new metal fabrication machine tools for

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In the Broadway play, “Big River,” Huckleberry Finn’s Dad sings a rousing song that says, “Dadgum government, they got

their dang hands in every pocket of my britches.”

Since this song was written in the 1980s by Roger Miller, we’re

not sure Roger realized that Mr. Finn was the stereotypical town drunk and the chances of him ow-ing any taxes were slim and none. Nevertheless, since Mark Twain was often critical of the govern-ment, he would probably have approved of the lyrics, feeling that it was reflecting the attitude of the people in this little river town even in 1884.

Well, the natives are restless again and they aren’t just saying dadgum. For years the public’s trust in government and in Con-gress has been falling. It isn’t always just about taxes, but the fact that for businesspeople, the government has never been so “in their face” before.

Just as one example, after the Supreme Court ruled that car-bon dioxide was a “poison,” the government’s EPA czars were free to dictate what energy systems would meet their “green” criteria, no matter the costs to your com-pany. If you opt for the “greener” systems it will be more expensive, but you could get generous sub-sidies. If you’re happy with your “non-green” energy source, there will surely be extra taxes to pay to subsidize your “green” competi-tors. But, of course you’re still free to choose.

With the government telling us what light bulbs we can buy, how much water our bathroom stools can use, and what drinks our children can purchase at school, there soon won’t be much left to regulate.

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Even if voters do “throw the rascals out,” they sel-dom go home, but become lobbyists or take high govern-ment posts.

Charlie Reese, retired columnist of the Orlando Sentinel, says we have only ourselves to blame. He figures that we are letting 545 people have complete control over 300 million of us.

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He excludes the Federal Reserve Board, because that problem was created by Congress, and lobbyists because they have no legal authority. They may offer a bribe, but the politician has the power to reject or accept it, Reese writes.

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Ehrhardt Tool and Machine Company. Inc., Gran-ite City, Illinois, has recently installed a Freedom II multi-axis CNC surface grinder from Parker Majestic.

The 73-year-old firm designs and builds custom-ized tooling, dies, and special machines. Contract machining is also offered.

“This addition to our current line of CNC grinders lets us automatically grind complex forms and mini-mizes the wheel dressing and set-up time while hold-ing tighter tolerances. It really does nice work.” said

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