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December, 2011

Continental Tool’s Schwind New President of KC NTMA Fike Corp. Donates Mori Seiki VMC to Lee’s Summit HS Icon Machine Tool Opens New Office in Fenton, MO

Youngers Roll Out Y3 Leveling SystemGalaxy Technologies, Winfield, KS; New Fidia Lindsay Machine Works, Independence, MO,

Installs New Haas DS 30 SSY Turning Center

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Photos, Top, L-R: North Topeka Fab’s Jim Lee outside a larger plant. Lindsay Machine Works’ Mike Lindsay with a Haas DS 30SSY. KC NTMA’s Mike Hudson and Rick Schwind. Bottom L-R: Parallel Tool & Die’s Pat Wilson & Mike Wilson with a Fanuc RoboDrill. Galaxy Technologies’ Eric Groen with a Fidia GTF 22. Y3’s Neil, Steve & Jim Youngers with their new machine tool leveling system.

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Index- December, 2011Vol. 39 - No. 04

Parallel Tool & Die: New RoboDrill ..5Mo-Kan AFS: Compressed Air .........6North Topeka Fab Relocates ...........8KC NTMA Christmas Party ............10Galaxy Technologies: New Fidia ....12NTMA, SWIC, Ehrhardt Offer Tours ..13ISM 2012 Mfg. Forecast.................14Icon Machine Tool Opens Office ....18Editorial ..........................................19Estate Succesion Planning ............22Upcoming Issues ...........................23Fike Donates Mori VMC To LSHS ..24Plains States AFS Meets ...............25Lindsay Machine Works Installs New

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Parallel Tool & Die (PTD), Union, Missouri, has recently installed a new Fanuc RoboDrill high-speed VMC.

“We are a full-service shop and can handle a wide range of jobs including: plastic injection molds; blow molds; die-cast tooling; progressive dies; tool & die repair; aerospace tooling; production machining; special machinery; jigs; fixtures and turnkey tooling packages,” stated Pat Wilson, president. “We offer engineering and design and are not afraid to take on the tough projects that other shops avoid.”

The new RoboDrill T21iFL was purchased from McClain Tool & Technology and features a 24,000-rpm spindle, 21-tool ATC and a two-pallet automatic pallet changer.

“We have purchased equipment from McClain before and have been happy with their sales and service,” noted Wilson. “The RoboDrill will help us with new projects and improve our productivity and turnaround. The 24K spindle is great for our smaller jobs and mold/die work.”

The ISO 9001:2008 and AS 9100B certified firm works with

tool steel, carbide, carbon steel, aluminum and titanium and serves such industries as: aerospace; truck; paper; consumer goods; auto; defense and refrigeration.

PTD was founded by Grover Wilson in 1976. The firm has grown over the years and has seven employees working in its 8,000-sq.-ft. facility. Grover’s sons, Pat and Mike, and his grandson also work at the firm.

Parallel Tool & Die can be contacted at: (636) 583-8786; PO Box 622, Union MO 63084; www.paralleltoolanddie.com.

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Above (l-r): Parallel Tool & Die’s Pat Wilson and Mike Wilson with a new Fanuc RoboDrill T21iFL high-speed VMC.


The Mo-Kan Chapter of the American Foundry Society (AFS) held a meeting on November 15th at the Argosy Casino in Kansas City.

The featured speaker for the meeting was Kaeser Compressors’ Branch Manager Drew Johnson. Johnson has been with the company for 11 years and has his factory trained master certification and is Compressed Air Challenge (CAC) level I and II certified.

His topic was Compressor and Compressed Air Treatment.

Johnson spoke about the key factors to consider when evaluating compressed air options. These included equipment costs, energy costs and maintenance costs. “The key is to look at total costs of operating a compressed air system over time,” he noted. “Over time the energy and maintenance costs will equal or exceed the equipment cost.”

He went through several scenarios of typical systems and all the options that can impact costs. Topics covered included size and type of compressor,

moisture control, filtering, temperature and humidity variances and the types of pipes to use.

The audience peppered Johnson with questions after his presentation.

The Mo-Kan AFS can be contacted at: (913) 621-1320.

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Above: Kaeser Compressors’ Drew Johnson.

Above: Part of the crowd a the AFS meeting.

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North Topeka Fabrica-tion (NTF) has moved from its 14,000-sq.-ft. building to a nearby 48,000-sq.-ft. facility with more fabrication equip-ment. The move more than triples the space and equipment for the firm. Owned by long-time industry veteran Jim Lee, NTF offers laser cutting, form-ing, punching and welding. It has 17 veteran employees that work with a wide assortment of fabricating equipment.

Equipment at the facility, which had housed two differ-ent fabrication firms before, includes four turret punches (including a punch/shear and a punch/laser) three 2000-watt lasers as well as several press brakes, shears, saws and other shop equipment.

“The additional space and equipment expands our capacity and production dramatically,” noted Lee, a 36-year industry veteran. “We continue to focus on flexibility with our custom-ers through the whole process...quote to production,” stated Lee.

NTF works with sheet metal up to 5’ x 10’ and 1/4” thick including steel, stainless steel, aluminum, galvanized and gal-vanealed.

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Above: North Topeka Fabrication’s owner Jim Lee outside the plant.

Above: A Finn-Power Shear Genius® punching/shearing cell at NTF.

Above: An Amada LC 2415 2000-watt laser cutting system at NTF.

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Kansas City NTMA Holds Christmas Dinner On The PlazaThe Kansas City Chapter

of the National Tooling & Machining Association (NTMA) held its annual Christmas Party at the Plaza III restaurant in Kansas City on December 3rd.

Highlights of the evening included installing Rick Schwind, Continental Tool, as the new chapter president for 2012 and recognizing 2011 president, Mike Hudson of Heartland Fabrication & Machine, for his contributions to the chapter.

Creative Blow Mold’s Mike Bohning was also installed as a new board member.

A special presentation was made to Mike & Kristi Hudson. Craig Schroer, Unitech, and other members had arranged to have a bronze statue titled “The Wonder of Life” cast as a remembrance and celebration of the life of their 14-year-old

daughter, Jacey, who died in a car accident during Mike’s time on the board.

The statue, which depicts a young girl admiring a flower was created by Brandon Crandall of Crandall Sculpture and Design and was cast by Aaron Luckeroth at Eligius Bronze.

The KC NTMA chapter can be contacted at (816) 739-4422 or www.kcntma.org.

Photos from the event are on these pages and are also available at the chapter’s website www.kcntma.org.

Above (l-r): Outgoing President Mike hudson is given an appreciation plaque by Past President Craig Schroer.

Above (l-r): Mike Hudson welcomes new president Rick Schwind.

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Above: Part of the crowd at the KC NTMA Christmas Party.

Above: A closeup of the statue “The Wonder of Life.”


Galaxy Technologies, Winfield, Kansas, has recently installed a new Fidia GTF 2214 gantry high-speed machining center.

The 26-year-old company offers custom designing, precision tooling fabri-cation, fabrication of steel and aluminum weldments/assemblies, secondary equip-ment manufacturing and precision aero-space part manufacturing. It is AS9100 and ISO 9001certified.

The new Fidia, purchased from J and D Machinery in Wichita, was needed to expand the company’s larger (5-axis) ma-chining capacity and keep up with cus-tomer demand. It features a 24,000-rpm spindle and a 160” x 80” x 70” capacity.

“The Fidia GTF 2214 has some op-tions we really like,” stated Dale Nichols. “The C-axis range +/- 360º and A-axis range +/- 110º and the ability to adjust on the fly (RTCP) really make a difference for us. We have worked with Dan Walker from J and D Machinery for a long time and their service has been good.”

Eric Groen, VP of operations for Galaxy Technologies noted that, “the Fidia has exceeded our expectations and has improved our scheduling.” A 20-ton crane was also added to handle the work on the new Fidia.

The Fidia is one of 35 pieces of CNC equipment at Galaxy Technologies. Across the three divisions there are a to-tal of 98 pieces of machining equipment .

Galaxy Tooling is also installing a large gun drill (2” x 84”) purchased through J and D Machinery.

Galaxy Technologies’ Winfield facility has 150 employees operating in 95,000-sq.-ft. of space.

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Above: A Fidia GTF 2214 gantry machining center at Galaxy Technologies.

Above: A closeup shot of the Fidia GTF 2214 at Galaxy Technologies.

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In an effort to address the very real shortage of trained, skilled workers in manufacturing, South-western Illinois College (SWIC), Ehrhardt Tool and Machine Com-pany and the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) St. Louis Chapter held a “Tour the Field Day • Introduction to Machining” at SWIC’s Sam Wolf Granite City Campus on Novem-ber 2nd.

This unique event attracted more than 250 students and gave students an inside look at careers in the machining industry. The event featured NTMA National Chair Grady Cope, whose theme for his 2011 chairmanship is Mar-keting Manufacturing in America. He spoke about the tremendous career opportunities in manufac-turing and discussed his personal experience as President and CEO of Reata Engineering & Machine Works, Englewood, CO.

Students then had the opportu-nity to tour SWIC’s state-of-the-art classrooms and labs where stu-dents receive training and become highly skilled workers. The groups then toured Ehrhardt Tooling and Machine to see how SWIC’s train-

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Above: NTMA’s Grady Cope Speaking at “Tour the Field Day.”


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Economic growth in the United States will continue in 2012, say the nation’s purchasing and supply management ex-ecutives in their December 2011 Semiannual Economic Forecast.

Expectations are for a continu-ation of the economic recovery that began in mid-2009, as indicated in the monthly ISM Report On Busi-ness®. The forecast projects opti-mism about the U.S. economy for 2012. The manufacturing sector, overall, is positive about prospects in 2012 with revenues expected to increase in 17 industries. Capital expenditures, a major driver in the U.S. economy, however, will increase only modestly in the

manufacturing sector. These projections are part of

the forecast issued by the Business Survey Committee of the Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM). The forecast was released by Brad-ley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the ISM Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.

Manufacturing OverviewExpectations for 2012 are

positive as 69 percent of survey respondents expect revenues to be greater in 2012 than in 2011. The panel of purchasing and supply executives expects a 5.5 percent net increase in overall revenues for 2012, compared to a 7 percent increase reported for 2011 over

2010 revenues. The 17 manufac-turing industries expecting rev-enue improvement over 2011 are: Computer & Electronic Products; Machinery; Petroleum & Coal Products; Wood Products; Nonme-tallic Mineral Products; Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Compo-nents; Apparel, Leather & Allied Products; Furniture & Related Products; Transportation Equip-ment; Paper Products; Printing & Related Support Activities; Plastics & Rubber Products; Food, Bever-age & Tobacco Products; Primary Metals; Fabricated Metal Products; Chemical Products; and Miscella-neous Manufacturing.

“Manufacturing purchasing and supply executives expect to see continued growth in 2012. They are optimistic about their overall business prospects for the first half of 2012, and are even more optimistic about the second half of 2012,” said Holcomb. “Manufacturing has demon-strated its resilience throughout this challenging economic recov-ery period with consistent growth dating back to August of 2009 and our forecast calls for a con-tinuation of that growth in 2012. Respondents expect raw materials pricing pressures in 2012 to be less than they were in 2011, and expect their margins will improve. Manufacturing is now in its 28th consecutive month of growth as measured by and reported in the monthly Manufacturing ISM Re-port On Business®.”

In the manufacturing sec-tor, respondents report operating at 79.2 percent of their normal capacity, down from 83.2 percent

ISM 2012 Forecast Calls For Continued Manufacturing Growth

Revenue to Increase 5.5% • Capital Expenditures to Increase 1.9% • Capacity Utilization Currently at 79.2%

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reported in April 2011. Purchasing and supply executives predict that capital expenditures will increase by 1.9 percent in 2012 over 2011, compared to an 11 percent increase reported for 2011 over 2010. Survey respondents also forecast that they will reduce inventories by 1.2 percent in an effort to improve their purchased inventory-to-sales ratio in 2012. Manufacturers have an expectation that employment in the sector will increase by 1.3 per-cent, while labor and benefit costs are expected to increase an average of 2.4 percent in 2012. Manufac-turing purchasers are predicting growth in exports and imports in 2012. Respondents also expect the U.S. dollar to weaken very slightly on average against the currencies of major trading partners.

The panel also predicts the prices they pay for raw materials will increase 2 percent during the first four months of 2012, and will increase an additional 0.9 percent during the balance of the year, with an overall increase of 2.9 percent for 2012. This compares to a re-ported 5.7 percent increase in raw materials prices for 2011 compared with 2010.

Survey respondents report that the most challenging problems facing their businesses as they plan for 2012 are: poor sales (43.9 per-cent); government regulations (22 percent); inflation (17.4 percent); cost of labor (4.5 percent); quality of labor (4.5 percent); taxes (4.5 percent); and interest rates and finance (3 percent).

The panel also indicated that supply chain management practic-es will be improved in 2012 using the following strategies: supplier performance management; strate-gic sourcing/supply base rational-ization; demand planning/supplier lead time reduction; inventory management and control; and process and information systems improvements.

Products; and Computer & Electronic Products.

Manufacturing RevenuesManufacturing survey respon-

dents forecast that business reve-nues for 2012 will be stronger than in 2011. The 69 percent of respon-dents forecasting better business revenues in 2012 than in 2011 es-timate an average nominal (before adjusting for inflation) increase of 9.3 percent in their organizations’ revenues. This is in contrast to an average nominal decrease of 11.4 percent forecast by the 8 percent who predict worse business reve-nues in 2012. Including the 23 per-cent who see no change in 2012, the forecast for overall net nominal increase in business revenues for 2012 over 2011 is 5.5 percent. The manufacturing industries expect-ing revenue improvement over 2011 are: Computer & Electronic Products; Machinery; Petroleum & Coal Products; Wood Products;

Nonmetallic Mineral Products; Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components; Apparel, Leather & Allied Products; Furniture & Related Products; Transportation Equipment; Paper Products; Print-ing & Related Support Activities; Plastics & Rubber Products; Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; Primary Metals; Fabricated Metal Products; Chemical Products; and Miscellaneous Manufacturing.

Manufacturing Profit MarginsSurvey respondents report that

profit margins decreased on aver-age during the second and third quarters of 2011, as 31 percent experienced an increase in profit margins, 37 percent had lower margins, and 32 percent reported no change. However, expectations are for a significant improvement between now and April of 2012 as 40 percent of respondents forecast better profit. To view the entire

(Summary on next page)


report visit www.ism.ws.

OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHSSurvey respondents are some-

what less optimistic about the outlook for 2012, when compared to the outlook for 2011 they predicted in December 2010. The 46 percent who report a better outlook is less than the 57 per-cent response received in Decem-ber 2010. The resulting diffusion index for the outlook for 2012 is 65 percent, compared with 74 percent from one year ago when looking forward to 2011.

SUMMARYThe manufacturing sector

is currently expanding, and the

forecast indicates that it will continue to expand in the first half of 2012, and at a faster rate in the second half of 2012.

• Operating rate is currently at 79.2 percent.

• Production capacity increased by 4.6 percent in 2011.

• Production capacity is ex-pected to increase by 5.6 percent in 2012.

• Capital expenditures in-creased 11 percent in 2011.

• Capital expenditures are expected to increase 1.9 percent in 2012.

• Prices paid increased 5.7 per-cent in 2011.

• Overall 2012 prices paid are expected to increase 2.9 percent.

• Labor and benefit costs are expected to increase 2.4

percent in 2012. • Manufacturing employment

is expected to increase 1.3 percent in 2012.

• Expect growth in U.S. exports in 2012.

• Expect growth in U.S. imports in 2012.

• Manufacturing revenues (nominal) are up 7 percent in 2011.

• Manufacturing revenues (nominal) are expected to increase 5.5 percent in 2012.

• The U.S. dollar is expected to weaken slightly on average versus major trading part-ner currencies in 2012.

• Overall attitude of manu-facturing management: optimistic, with 84 percent of respondents predicting 2012 will be the same as or better than 2011.

Summary of ISM 2012 Forecast...From Previous Page

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Icon Machine Tool, Inc. is proud to announce the opening of a new sales office in Fenton, Missouri. The new office will support Icon sales staff and on-site machine demonstrations, sales presentations, and customer training. Icon has experienced a large increase in sales this year and has outgrown its current office space. The new office will bring more value to customers through education, training, and providing timely information through various means. “Our customers tell us when they need information, they need it quickly and accurately,” states Jeff Hall, principal of Icon. “We have seen a big increase in customers asking us to help them look into different technologies and processes to help them be more competitive in today’s market,” says Shane Stufflebean, principal of Icon. “Our new office in Fenton will help Icon take it to the next level of service for our customers.”

Icon which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, has added new personnel to help coordinate the operations at the new site. Events are being planned for the new site and several pieces of equipment are already under power to demonstrate specific technologies. Updates will be posted to Icon’s website, Twitter, and Facebook pages.

Icon Machine Tool Inc. is one of the largest machine tool distributors of metal fabricating equipment in the Midwest. The company covers Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Icon Machine Tool, Inc. is owned by Jeff Hall and Shane Stufflebean who combine for more than 35 years of experience in machine tool sales. Icon sells new equipment for TRUMPF, Peddinghaus, TECHNI Waterjet, Scotchman, Lissmac, Ocean Machinery, Ercolina, Euromac, and others. Icon also brokers and sells all brands of used equipment throughout the U.S. Icon has regional sales engineers with a combined industry experience of over 122 years to assist customers in purchasing and using machinery. Icon Machine Tool can be contacted at:

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Above (l-r): Icon Machine Tool’s Tim Isbell, Kelly Hall, Kevin McWard, Jeff hall, Shane Stufflebean, Tom Mchugh, Jason Curtis, Mark Porting, and Heather Shayne.

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Does it sometimes seem that America has a love/hate relationship with manufacturing? Perhaps hate is too strong a word. Indifference is probably closer to the truth.

We mention this because, despite a major recession, many companies still can not find the qualified employees they need to expand, or even to meet current demands. This is not a new development as most of you know.

It seems that the general public and the media decided long ago that America would be a service-oriented country, leaving the actual building of real products up to foreigners.

How did it happen then, that a career in manufacturing probably never even entered the mind of most high school graduates? Their counselors, of course, have almost always shunned anything that would point to a tech school. After all, isn’t that basically just auto mechanics? Well, let’s look back a few years.

American manufacturers were the kings of commerce from after the civil war and well into the 1970s with dozens of steel companies serving the auto plants, appliance manufacturers, aircraft and energy industry, construction companies and the military. (At one time we had over 250 firms turning out TV sets and we haven’t had any for years.) What happened?

Other countries discovered the joys of free enterprise where almost everyone wants the best product at the lowest price and they don’t really care where they buy it.

Japanese auto companies took the advice of an American consultant concerning teamwork and let its employees have a major say in quality control, efficiency and clever innovations. On the other hand, U.S. car makers and their well compensated

workers each appeared to have entirely different goals. The same became true for the steel industry as plant after plant was closed or consolidated because their overhead made them uncompetitive with foreign steel.

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China is a communist country, but it too, saw the potential for rapid growth through capitalism. By the 1980s, many other U.S. industries were saddled with lavish pension plans, high salaries and were facing competition from overseas that offered quality products at a lower cost. Also, new EPA water and air rules were requiring huge outlays and environmentalists were often opposing new manufacturing plants.

So, even though the industry was now in the midst of the computer age with “clean rooms” and robotic machines, it was (and still is) portrayed with smoke stacks, dark work areas and greasy equipment. By keeping up with the latest tech equipment, firms became ever more efficient, requiring fewer workers. As factory employment dropped, it was wrongly assumed the industry was slowly dying.

Then, for the last 25 or 30 years manufacturers have moved a good deal of their work off shore and retailers have purchased a major portion of their goods from a variety of countries. Manufacturing in the U.S. seemed to be an industry without great career opportunities.

One of the strange things about this “dying industry” is that the U.S. is still the world’s leading manufacturer and produces 22% of the goods in the world; The industry provides 57% of all U.S. exports; its workers earn 18% more than other workers and it offers the highest multiplier effect of any industry at 140. Somehow the administration and the general public are now counting on manufacturing to be a major job creator.

In addition to a poor economy, a major problem is that it’s very difficult to find workers with the specialized skills or even the educational background to be trained for the work required in today’s high tech industrial plants.

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And, while the students’ parents may not have envisioned their sons and daughters working with robots at a plant near the railroad tracks, they do realize that student loan debt has now surpassed credit card debt. Thus, plans for medical or law school are changed and the new high school graduates may now be considering enrollment in some sort of technical programs so they’ll at least have a marketable skill and a lot less educational debt.

Lauren Weber, writing in a recent Wall Street Journal, pointed out that while companies have always spent a considerable amount of money either training employees in-house or working with colleges, many had cut back on programs or dropped them entirely during the recession.

Now, according to the American Society for Training and Development, U.S. employers have decided they need to do their own job training. They spent 36% more on learning and development in 2010 than in 2009. A rule of thumb seems to require about 3% of the annual budget for training.

It appeared to be more expensive to bring in outside trainers to custom-tailor your programs as opposed to setting up an educational partnership with a nearby college.

Of course a company can always do what others have done successfully for centuries...set up apprenticeship or on-job-training programs. Some companies have always had them, paying the new hire a decent salary and his or her tuition for classes at a community college. The result is a young person with a savings account and a highly marketable skill without the student loan debt hangover.

If you opt for an apprenticeship program and your applicants seem to think this is a medieval practice, just call it an internship, which is highly popular today. Although it’s supposed to apply only to white collar jobs, it’ll fit in well with the “clean” manufacturing of today.


For most business owners the transfer of assets at death is the largest financial transaction they will ever be involved in. This is so because ownership of the company changes hands, together with life insurance proceeds, retirement plan benefits, the family home, lifetime savings and every other asset.

Yet many entrepreneurs squander the opportunity to craft a family-specific estate plan and set up their own emergency business transition plan for transferring enterprise ownership and control at death – small manufacturers, their suppliers and customers along with the other business people in the chain of distribution are no exception.

The goal in estate planning is simple for most of us: “make sure my assets go to the right people in the right way.” Of course, this means different things to different people, but it typically incorporates the following concerns:

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• Protecting the family’s hard-earned assets from creditors and predators

• Deciding whether equal shares for all children is really fair

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• Providing for the surviving spouse as well as “yours-mine-our” children in second marriage situations

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• Unexpectedly losing the head of the company can mean losing the main source of the family’s income

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The Lee’s Summit High School (Missouri) FIRST Robotics Team, Team Driven #1730, recently hosted a reception for Fike Corporation and Maruka USA. This reception was to thank Fike Corporation for their generous gift of a Mori Seiki MV-35 CNC vertical machining center. The robotics team presented Fike Corporation with a plaque to commemorate its donation. Fike Corporation is a 66-year-old manufacturer based in Blue Springs, Missouri, that produces commercial and industrial fire protection systems.

The members of Team Driven will use the machining center to manufacture custom parts for their competition robots. With their new CNC mill in place, Lee’s Summit High School students will be able to expand their knowledge of machining processes first hand. Students that are now creating parts and assemblies in a 3-D CAD application as part of their prototype and

design process will now be able to program a part in Mastercam CAD/CAM software, then send it to the CNC controlled vertical machining center to produce the final part. The students are now able to experience the complete product development life cycle from concept to finished product.

With their newly acquired Mori Seiki milling machine the students will develop hands-on CNC experience. Members of Team Driven now have marketable manufacturing skills as they graduate from high school. These skills are useful in a manufacturing career or applied toward a vocational or college education.

To get updates and information on this exciting group of students please visit www.teamdriven.us. Team Driven has approximately 60 students participating each year. These students are sharpening their engineering, manufacturing, and business skills through the robotics competitions. Visit www.fike.com to learn about Fike Corporation. Also see www.marukausa.com who installed the donated Mori Seiki for any equipment related information.

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The Plains States Chapter of the American Foundry Society (AFS) met on November 10th at the Haysville VFW Post 6957 in

Haysville, Kansas. With Veteran’s Day being the

next day, the chapter decided to make the event a tribute to the country’s military veterans. Items to be sent to troops overseas and donations were collected. The first speaker for the evening was AFS member and Iraq War veteran Jarrod Hays. He gave an inspiring presentation about his tour in 2006-2007. Hays was wounded during his tour and has recovered and is back working in a foundry.

The second speaker for the evening was Westar Energy Systems’ Allan Hartman. His presentation was on Industrial Electrical Safety. Hartman, a Field Safety Coordinator, covered the importance of safety with electricity in industrial plants. He covered numerous scenarios and examples to make his case.

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Lindsay Machine Works (LMW), Independence, Missouri, has recently installed a new Haas DS 30 SSY dual-spindle turning center.

The 17-year-old firm offers manual and CNC milling/turning (including large-capacity 4 & 5-axis machining), grinding, horizontal boring, light fabrication and welding.

The new Haas DS-30, one of the first in the area, was needed to expand the company’s capacity and improve its efficiency.

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It features dual spindles; Y-axis and C-axis; live tooling; 3” diameter capacity and a barfeeder.

The DS provides the ability to turn both ends of the part in a single setup for greater efficiency.

“We are excited to add the DS-30 (LMW’s 12th piece of CNC equipment) to expand our capabilities and improve our operation,” stated Mike Lindsay, who co-owns the company with his wife, Susanna. Both are long-time industry veterans.

LMW’s large conventional lathes handle parts up to 39” x 120” while its vertical turret lathe can handle up to 57” O.D.

LMW’s full-service welding department includes Tig, Mig and

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Above: Lindsay Machine Works’ new Haas DS 30 SSY turning center.

Above: Lindsay Machine Works’ Mike Llindsay.

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The new Y3 Precision Ma-chine Tool Leveling System was introduced at the Wichita Industrial Trade Show (WITS) in October.

Developed by three mem-bers, Neil, Steve and Jim of the Youngers’ family, long-time manu-facturing veterans in the Wichita area, the new patent-pending Y3 system improves leveling accu-racy, equalizes loads at jack points, reduces machine base stress, re-duces installation time & effort and makes certifications easier.

The Y3 system uses a special distribution pump and specially designed hydraulic jack cylinders.

The pump has three modes: Float- which floats the machine on jack cylinders for a “rough” level; Individual-micro pumps are used to raise/lower the cylinders in a precise manner to obtain a “final” level position; Synchronous-is used when it is necessary to align the height of a machine to another machine while maintaining the precision level.

Once the machine is level and aligned, mechanical cylinder lock rings are engaged and the pressure in no longer on the cylinders.

The cylinders and hoses are left under the machine so later realignment and re-leveling can be easily performed.

“Traditional precision machine tool leveling processes are time consuming and involve mechanical jacks, wedges and shims,” noted Steve Youngers.

“The Y3 system allows leveling without being under the machine manually adjusting jack screw levels. Re-checking and re-leveling is very easy after that.

For more information on the Y3 Leveling System call (316) 706-4828 or email [email protected].

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Above (l-r): Y3’s Neil, Steve, and Jim Youngers at WITS 2011.

Above (l-r): Y3’s distribution pump and a hydraulic jack cylinder.


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The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Chapter 17 in St. Louis held its 1st Annual Sporting Clay Tournament on October 1st at the Blackhawk Valley Hunt Club in Old Monroe, Missouri.

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