June/July, 2014 Photos, Top, L-R: ACC’s Josh Duvall & John Duvall with a Trumpf CNC brake. Ernest-Spencer Metals’ Neal Spencer. Haas Metal Engineering’s Jon Haas & Rob Mohan with a Voorman fabrication cell. Bottom L-R: JWT Metalworks’ Daryl Schoolfield. Precision Tool & Die/Metal Fab’s Greg Neisen & Travis Gillispie. T.L. Fabrications’ Melissa Rieder, Terry Jack & Brent Jack with a Cy fiber laser. METAL STAMPING, PUNCHING, LASER, WATERJET CUTTING T.L. Fabrications, Victor, IA, Installs 4,000- watt Cy Fiber Laser Precision Tool & Die/Metal Fab, Ponca City, OK, Installs Hurco VMX84i Haas Metal Engineering, Topeka, Kansas, Adds Automated Voortman Fab Cell JWT Metalworks, Pacific, MO, Formed to Focus on Custom Fabrication Work Ernest-Spencer Metals, Meriden, KS, Continues to Expand & Improve ACC, Russellville, AR, Continues to Grow CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED MACI Publishing, Inc., 2432 SW Pepperwood Rd, Topeka, KS 66614-5293
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Photos, Top, L-R: ACC’s Josh Duvall & John Duvall with a Trumpf CNC brake. Ernest-Spencer Metals’ Neal Spencer. Haas Metal Engineering’s Jon Haas & Rob Mohan with a Voorman fabrication cell. Bottom L-R: JWT Metalworks’ Daryl Schoolfield. Precision Tool & Die/Metal Fab’s Greg Neisen & Travis Gillispie. T.L. Fabrications’ Melissa Rieder, Terry Jack & Brent Jack with a Cy fiber laser.
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McGregor’s capacity and to keep up with its growth. “This is our second FANUC EDM,” stated Mike Brown, McGregor’s owner and long-time industry veteran. “We have been very pleased with McClain’s sales and service. We have purchased over 20 pieces of CNC equipment from them over the years.”
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McGregor MFG, which is ISO certified, was started by Brown in 1989 in a barn with a manual mill
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As he considered the compa-ny’s 25-year history, Brown noted, “Our focus on quality has been a big factor in our success. We are very picky.”
McGregor MFG can be contacted at: (417) 581-3685; Fax (417) 582-0620; 4426 N 21st Street, Ozark, Missouri; www.mcgregormfg.com.
Above: McGregor MFG.’s Mike Brown with a FANUC C400ia EDM.
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ISM-Kansas City, an affiliate of the Institute for Supply Management, held a dinner meeting on May 20th at Ashland Cement in Overland Park, Kansas.
The meeting events included awarding of two college scholarships, installation of officers and a presentation on maximiz-ing the value of corporate travel programs.
The featured speaker was Kelli Johnson, in client services at Short’s Manage-ment Travel. She has over 15 years of experience in a variety travel-related field positions. Johnson spoke about the trends in travel spending at the corporate level and discussed the best ways to make the most of travel spending. She emphasized the impor-tance of understanding a company’s culture when developing travel policies and programs. Other top-ics covered included risk management, security and examples of travel apps that can be helpful.
The 2014-15 officers and directors were installed (see photos) at the meeting.
Two college scholar-ships were also awarded during the meeting.
In other chapter busi-ness, it was announced that the KC affiliate had received the 2013 Affiliate of Excellence award at the national convention..
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Group Also Received 2013 Affiliate of Excellence Award
Above (l-r) ISM-KC 2014-15 officers: Kriss Pearson, Past President; JoAnn Harper, Secretary; Roxanna Swaney, President; Joel Johnson, Treasurer and Manny Gutierrez, 2nd VP. Not pictured, Michelle Burdine, 1st VP.
Above: Short’s Management Travel’s Kelli Johnson.
Above (l-r): Roxanna Swaney & Kriss Pearson with the 2013 Affiliate Award.
Above (l-r) ISM-KC Directors: Front row: Sue Madrid, Esmeralda Phillips, Brenda Zaragoza, JennyLyn Jensen. Back Row: Penny Wilson, Susan Wright, Jim Marinakis, Joe Steve.
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Events at the meeting included the awarding of eight college scholarships and the installation of a new slate of officers for 2014-15. Outgoing Presi-dent Mike Swales recapped the events of the year and Treasurer Gene Sharp gave an overview of the chapter’s finances.
Officers installed included: Ashley Gerlach, president; Carl Warne, vice-president; Brent Spra-dling, secretary; Gene Sharp, treasurer and Tim Strobel and executive director.
As usual, the chapter awarded the Del Roskam award at the May meeting. This award is named for one of the founders of the chapter (then called Purchasing Managers Association or PMA) and first chapter President Del Roskam. This year’s recipient was Jonathan Hummer.
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Haas Metal Engineering (HME), Inc., Topeka, Kansas, recently installed an automated Voortman cell for fabricating structural steel.
The 18-year-old firm, founded by Jon Haas, PE, specializes in the fabrication of structural and mis-cellaneous steel for the construc-tion industry. HME specializes in estimating, design, engineering, fabrication, painting and trucking and can provide or sub-contract erecting when needed. Examples of HME’s work include struc-tural steel for entire buildings/structures, canopies, mezzanines, stairways, handrails, ladders and more.
The new Voortman fabrica-tion cell, purchased through Black Rock Machinery, was acquired to support the continued growth of HME and to improve the firm’s efficiency and accuracy. The four Voortman components of the cell (drill, saw, coper and blaster) are tied together with a fully-auto-mated material handling system. At the beginning of this system, the steel or aluminum beams are loaded; next, the specs/programs are entered for each piece; and then the pieces move through all four operations without any further human interaction. HME’s system can handle I-beams, angle, channel, tubing and etc. up to 50” wide, 24” tall and up to 60’ long. “We have been very pleased with the Voortman cell and the service that we receive from Black Rock,” stated Jon Haas. “Each machine is interconnected and performs together, decreasing the number of touch points and improving the overall efficiency and accuracy of each project. The Voortman cell
has met all of our expectations.” HME, which is AISC (Ameri-
can Institute of Steel Construc-tion) certified, starts with beams up to 60’ in length, can fabricate trusses up to 100’ long and has an impressive array of equipment that can cut (hi-def plasma), weld (MIG & TIG), roll, form, bend, saw, and bend tube/pipe.
Rob Mohan, Production Manager, noted that all of HME’s welders are AWS-certified and
there are currently two AWS-cer-tified inspectors on staff. The firm also employees five Professional Engineers (PE). Additionally, they leverage 24 seats of various software for different projects.
HME’s team of nearly 150 works with iron, steel, stainless, aluminum and galvanized steel. HME also has its own fleet of 38 trailers and six tractors to handle deliveries in the region and across the country. The firm’s facility
Haas Metal Engineering Installs Automated Voortman Cell For Fabricating Structural Steel
Topeka, Kansas
Above: Structural steel from HME in place in Joplin, Missouri.
Above (l-r): HME’s Jon Haas and Rob Mohan with a Voortman V630 drill.
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HME’s project portfolio includes schools, hospitals, banks, churches, water plants, wastewater plants and government buildings.
The firm also runs two satellite of-fices: one in Denver and the other in Kansas City.
As he considered the growth of HME since starting the busi-ness in his garage nearly two decades ago, Jon Haas shared that “It’s important to surround your-
self with good people.” These “good people” have been Jon’s key to success.
HME can be contacted at (785) 235-1524; Fax (785) 235-3167; 2828 NW Button Road, Topeka Kansas 66618; [email protected]; www.HMEInc.net.
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JWT Metalworks, a new division of Lowell Manufactur-ing Co., Pacific, Missouri, was formed to focus on manufactur-ing custom metal products. As a 67-year manufacturer, Lowell has often been asked to develop custom products in addition to its own branded lines that include racks and enclosures, commercial speakers, power distribution prod-ucts and surge suppressors. Now the newly formed division, JWT Metalworks, is able to concentrate on the custom side of the metal forming business.
JWT is a full service operation offering design, metal fabrication,
electronic component assembly, pad printing, powder coating and packaging. Operating in a 120,000 sq. ft. facility with about 90 employees, JWT works with sheet metals — stainless steel, aluminum and galvanized (10 gauge and under) and can handle projects ranging from the size of a shoe box up to those that would fill a trailer.
Fabrication services include cutting, forming, stamping, weld-ing (MIG, TIG and spot resis-tance), punching, shearing and rolling. A full range of on-site fabrication equipment includes a robotic forming cell and robotic
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at JWT features multiple booths and an automated line with a five-stage wash system that coats with any color and handles parts up to 4 ft. x 8 ft., 300 pounds. Ad-ditional services involve buffing, grinding, crimping, soldering and assembly.
JWT Metalworks serves a number of industries such as I.T., medical, security, industrial, retail, communications and banking. “Lowell is known to be a quality house,” stated Daryl Schoolfield, JWT’s general manager and a 35-year industry veteran. “We’re just
Above (l-r): Tom, John and Wilhelm Lowell with a robotic forming cell in their 120,000-sq.-ft. facility. Fabrication services offered include cutting, forming, stamping, welding, punching, shearing and rolling.
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Ernest-Spencer Metals (ESM), Meriden, Kansas, continues to expand and take advantage of advanced technologies to improve its operation.
ESM is a custom metal fabri-cator of sheet metal and structural steel, with a machining division in-house and a custom coating
Machining equipment at ESM includes a 4-axis CNC horizontal machining center (25” x 25” ta-ble), five CNC vertical machining centers (24” x 30” x 84”) and two CNC lathes (with 20.8” diameter and 41” length capacities). The division works with stainless steel, aluminum and carbon steel.
Fabricating equipment at ESM includes: an Amada 4,000-watt punch/laser system that features a 60” x 120” work area, 58 station punch capacity with a 60” x 120” work area, a loading tower with nine different material bays and a part removal system for sort-ing of finished work; a dual-head oxy-fuel/plasma table; a plate roller; a CNC beam drilling line; an automated laser cell with two 4,000-watt lasers, turret punch press and material tower with a
fully-automated material handling system; a robotic weld cell; three CNC punch presses; five CNC press brakes; two CNC shears; various saws; plasma cutters, 20 production welding cells and mul-tiple large welding bays for larger custom weldments. The company has more than 55 certified welders on staff.
Spencer emphasized the company’s continuous focus on quality. “We are ISO certified (including 14000 environmental management), and our welders are all AWS certified,” he noted. “We have two certified welding instructors (CWI) on staff.”
The company serves a wide range of industries in the mid-America region including: agricul-ture, food, construction, highway, energy, storage and general industry.
The company, founded in 1993, sprang from a third gen-eration, family-held corporation (Ernest Spencer) which has been
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division located in Ottawa.A 5,000-sq.-ft. addition is
underway at its Meriden facility to relocate its liquid paint booths, expand its fabrication area and improve work flow. Submerged-arc welding (SAW) has also been added to its welding capabilities. An overhead crane has been added to its machining area to speed up the setup/change out process.
“This additional space, equip-ment and capabilities were needed to keep up with our customer’s needs, stated ESM’s President/CEO, Neal Spencer. “The space lets us handle larger weldments (up to 16’ in diameter by 80’ in length) and the SAW capabilities dramatically improve the welding time needed for certain opera-tions.”
Above: ESM’s Neal Spencer.
Above: A machining cell with an overhead crane for faster setups at ESM.
designing and building grain el-evators and feed mills throughout the region since the early 1920’s. Fabricating metal parts for these facilities started in 1974.
ESM also has a division, Ernest-Spencer Custom Coatings, located in Ottawa, Kansas, that of-fers full-line powder coating and blasting.
ESM can be contacted at: (785) 484-3165; Fax (785) 484-3208; 2232 E. 82nd, PO Box 550, Meriden, Kansas 66512; www.esmetals.com.
Above: A thermal oxidizer (8’ diameter x 50’ long) fabricated and finished at ESM is being shipped to the customer.
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T.L. Fabrications, LTD, Vic-tor, Iowa, has recently installed a new CY 4,000-watt fiber laser plate and sheet cutting system.
The 35-year-old, family-owned firm offers metal fabrica-tion, fiber laser cutting, CNC vertical machining, CNC turning, MIG welding, sawing, shearing, press brake forming, assembly and packaging.
The new 3015 SL CY fiber laser, purchased from Preferred Solutions, was needed to help the company’s speed, efficiency and “To allow us to control our own destiny,” stated Terry Jack, founder and 44-year industry vet-eran. Low operating and mainte-nance costs were major factors in the decision of purchasing the CY laser.
tages that fiber lasers offer.T.L. Fabrications serves such
industries as agriculture, automo-tive and construction across the
Midwest. It’s workforce of 18 works with various types of met-als from tubing, sheet and plate, grating and structural, to name a
The 3015 SL features a 5’ x 10’ bed and a side loading shuttle table. It can cut metal up to 3/4” thick including aluminum, stain-less, copper, brass and steel.
“The CY fiber laser has met all our expectations,” stated Jack. “Paul Farrell and Tom Britton at Preferred Solutions are upstanding guys to deal with. The support from their firm and CY has been great.” Jack noted that he had worked with CO2 lasers in the past and appreciates the advan-
Above (l-r): T.L. Fabrications’ Melissa Rieder, Terry Jack and Brent Jack with a new Cy 3015 SL 4,000-watt fiber laser.
Above: An example of the Cy fiber laser’s work at T.L. Fabrications.
Above: A sample of T.L. Fabrications’ work in agricultural equipment.
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Above: Part of T.L. Fabrications’ crew.
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Gladwin Machinery & Supply hosted its Metal Fabrication Ma-chinery Demo Days at its Kansas City area showroom/ warehouse in Parkville Missouri, May 28th-30th.
The 31-year-old firm offers a wide selection of metal fabrication equipment across 11 Midwestern states.
Numerous pieces of equip-ment from more than a dozen brands were up and running for the event. These include: press brakes, plate rollers, a waterjet system, a wide variety of saws, shears, CNC folders, finishing/deburring equipment and iron-workers.
Five seminars were conducted at the event on a wide range of topics including: fiber laser tech-nology versus plasma and CO2, advancements in waterjet capabili-ties, press brakes versus folding, CNC rolling technology and band saw selection.
Gladwin Machinery & Supply can be contacted at: (816) 777-5999 or www.gladwinmachinery.com.
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We bring this up because it’s the vacation season and we took a short quiz in the June 2014 issue of Inc. Magazine. One of the eight questions was this: “When I go on vacation, I...:
A. What vacation? I don’t think the place can run without me on-site.
B. Take my phone and laptop and check my e-mail multiple times per day.
C. Put a colleague in com-mand and say, ‘Only contact me in an emergency.’”
The article was titled “Are You Really A Micromanager? To find out for sure, take our quiz. That is, if you’re not too busy do-ing everyone’s job.”
Naturally, you answered “C”. But, some managers assume most employees are unmotivated, needing constant prodding and oversight to get the job done. And, sometimes they’re right depending upon the company’s ability to hire competent people and follow up with more than adequate training practices.
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Keith Murnighan, a North-western University professor and author of “Do Nothing! How to Stop Overmanaging and Become a Great Leader,” says leaders are always searching for ways to be more effective.
“Although research suggests that trusting people more is a high-ly effective way to increase team performance, trusting more is not natural. Leaders’ natural tenden-cies are to be particularly cautious because trusting means taking risks that they can easily avoid.”
In an internet post May 29, Murnighan writes, “I don’t know how successful I’ve been, but I now have cool, new information that strengthens the trust argu-ment. In fact, I can’t help thinking that if Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger can’t convince you to trust more, no one can.”
We understand what he’s talk-ing about because we happened to have attended the May 3 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders’ meeting. Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire, told shareholders that, “By the standards of the world, we overtrust. So far it has worked very well for us even though some might see it as a weakness.”
Berkshire doesn’t hire law-yers or any special staff to ensure employee compliance. Munger said they just put in basic controls and do their homework very well so they can hire competent people that can be trusted. Even with 300,000 employees, the company has no human resources depart-ment or any general counsel to check on the different work units.
Both Buffett and Munger said they had learned the hard way that not all people are trustworthy, but they still feel their trusting ap-proach pays off best in the long run.
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Their philosophy is to locate well-managed companies that fit their needs, buy into them for the long haul and then leave them alone. They quickly acknowl-edged that this practice will not work with every company’s goals. According to Murnighan, micro- managing is not only inefficient, but people generally react badly to being so closely controlled. “If you want team members to be motivated, committed and driven, looking over their shoulder all the time is not the way to get it.”
So, in the end, over-managing is only natural for most of us and it’s hard to change. If someone thinks they might need to ease up a bit, it’s best to start slow. Let go of one small project at a time and see how things work out, Mur-nighan suggests.
This advice might be easier said than done, depending upon your occupation. If you’re talking about teamwork at an insurance company or restaurant it’s fairly easy. On the other hand it has to be hard to turn a young tool and die maker loose on a chunk of metal costing thousands of dol-lars... or tell a beginning brain surgeon, “You should be ready. The next ones yours.” What could go wrong?
Anyway, enjoy your vacation whether it’s at the plant, checking in daily from Costa Rica or iso-lated at a Canadian lake fishing.
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The Kansas City Chapter of the National Tooling & Machin-ing Association (NTMA) held its annual scholarship golf outing on May 29th at the Deer Creek Golf Club in Overland Park, Kansas.
72 golfers participated and the vent raised almost $5,000 for the chapter’s scholarship fund.
Sponsors included: Top Level Sponsors Federated Insurance & EMJ; Silver Sponsor (Lon-gest Drive & Closest to the Pin Contests) Josh Heinrich of Bank of Kansas City; Hole Sponsors Clay & Bailey, TPP, Crossland Machinery, Maruka, Metals USA, Brogdon, Hwacheon,&Methods Machine Tools; Prize sponsors Mid America Magazine, Hartwig, Crossland Machinery & Maruka.
The KC NTMA chapter can be contacted at (816) 739-4422 or www.kcntma.org.
Photos from the event are on this page.
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The Mo-Kan Chapter of the American Foundry Society (AFS) toured Martin Foundry in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 20th.
The 80-year-old, family-owned company has constantly updated its equipment and facility over the years. It now operates in an 18,000-sq.-ft. facility with 14 employees.
Martin Foundry casts bronze and numerous bronze alloys up to 250 lbs and aluminum and alumi-num alloys are cast up to 125 lbs.
The company provides a range of services that give the customer “single source” service. This includes design and pattern making, prototypes, unique pieces or large scale production runs.
Martin Foundry can be con-tacted at: (816) 231-4971; 1510 Crystal, Kansas City, Missouri 64126; [email protected].
Mo-Kan AFS can be contact-ed at: (913) 621-1320.
Pictures from the event are on these pages.
Mo-Kan AFS Tours
Martin Foundry
Above: Part of the Mo-Kan AFS group touring Martin Foundry.
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Above: A pour at Martin Foundry during the Mo-Kan AFS Tour on May 20th.
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Precision Tool & Die/Metal Fab, Ponca City, Oklahoma, has recently installed a new Hurco VMX84i machining center.
The 36-year-old con-tract manufacturer offers die design/making, stamp-ing, laser cutting, waterjet cutting, welding, fabrica-tion, CNC machining and EDM work. Its crew of 38 work in 60,000-sq.-ft. of space. They work with all basic metals in both ma-chining and fabricating.
The new Hurco VMC, purchased from Gage Machine Tool, was needed to expand the company’s capacity and upgrade exist-ing equipment. It features a 50 taper, 8,000 rpm spindle; an 84” x 34” x 30” work area; glass linear scales (for accuracy) and WinMax controls. “This is our fourth Hurco from Gage,” stated Greg Neisen, president. “We have been happy with the Hurcos and the service provided by Gage.”
Other equipment at Precision includes a water-jet, two 4400-watt lasers, three CNC press brakes, five CNC machining centers, two wire EDMs, an assortment of stamping presses (25-300 ton) and various manual lathes and milling machines.
Precision serves a wide range of industries across the country including: food, recreation, agricul-ture, energy, construction and power.
Precision Tool & Die/Metal Fab Installs Hurco VMX84i Machining Center
Ponca City, Oklahoma
Above: A new Hurco VMX84i machining center at Precision Tool & Die/Metal Fab.
Above: A stamping line at Precision Tool & Die/Metal Fab.(Continued on page 30)
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The company has grown over its history, adding on to its build-ings eight different times. “We have succeeded by staying diversi-fied in our services and industries, being financially conservative and lots of hard work,” commented Neisen.
Precision Installs Hurco
...From page 28
Precision Tool & Die/Metal Fab can be contacted at: (580) 762-2421, Fax (580) 762-8173;
2200 North Ash Street, Ponca City, Oklahoma 74601; www.ptdie.com.
Above: A stamping die in process at Precision Tool & Die/Metal Fab
Above (l-r): Greg Neisen and Travis Gillispie with the new Hurco.
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www.metalsusa.comLiberty, Mo - 2840 E Heartland Dr, 64068 (P) 816-415-0004 or 1-800-635-6061(F) 816-415-0030Wichita, Ks - 2525 S Sheridan, 67217 (P) 316-945-6624 or 1-800-303-5052(F) 316-945-6719. Aluminum, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel, Expanded Metal, AMPCO Bronze, Bearing Bronze and other metals. Coils, Plate, Sheet, Painted Aluminum Sheet (various colors) Bars, Extrusions, etc. 102,000-square-foot facil-ity. 72-inch wide, State-of-the-art Braner leveling line. 1/4” stainless, .250” alumi-num. Shear 1/4” mild steel, 12’ lengths. High-speed precision band saw, slitting 52” width. Gary Crabtree, Mike Drum-mond, Wendell Halterman, Mike Higgins, Kurt Krausse, Pat Lynch, Matt McAtee, Gary Rutledge.
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The Mid-America chapter of the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) held its annual spring golf outing at the Eagle Creek Golf Club in Joplin, Missouri, on May 22nd. The Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) is a trade association that supports and represents the metals industry, including met-als producers, distributors, pro-cessors and, to a lesser extent, the interests of metals users.
Because its primary mem-bership consists of metals service centers, businesses that inventory and distribute met-als for industrial customers and perform first-stage process-ing, MSCI is ideally situated to identify and respond to the networking, educational, public policy, and research needs of the entire metals community. The Mid-America chapter also raises funds for scholarships at some of its events.
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ACC Inc., Russellville, Ar-kansas, continues to grow and add equipment.
The 19-year-old firm offers CNC cutting (laser & waterjet), fabricating and powder coating.
A Trumpf 7036 CNC press brake has been installed and 12 welders now work in-house.
“We needed to keep up with our growth and expand our capac-ity,” stated John Duvall, plant manager and 17-year veteran. “The ISO certification has also helped our business.”
The new Trumpf 7036 (pur-chased from Icon Machine Tool) was needed for its speed, accuracy and its reduced footprint.
We have purchased a lot of equipment from Icon over the years and have been pleased with their service and equipment,” noted Duvall.
Other equipment at ACC’s 36,000-sq.-ft. facility includes four Trumpf 5,000-watt laser cutting systems, a Flow abrasive waterjet system, press brakes, iron workers and welding stations.
The laser systems can run with air, oxygen or nitrogen.
The powder coating line features: a Nordson powder booth with two Surecoat guns; a 5-stage pre-wash system; dryoff and cur-ing ovens and a capacity for parts up to 33”w x 86”h.
“We can cut, bend, weld and powdercoat entire assemblies,” noted Robert Crabtree, CEO. “Our commitment to quality re-mains key. Our great crew is a big factor in our success.”
The company serves a wide range of industries including: defense; automotive; medical; electronic; construction; recre-
ACC Inc. Continues To Grow and Add Equipment
Russellville, Arkansas
Above: A new Trumpf TruBend 7036 CNC press brake at ACC.
Above: One of four Trumpf 5000-watt lasers at ACC.
Above: Parts being powder coated at ACC. Above: A FARO inspection arm.
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon recently signed legislation officially changing Linn State Technical College of Mis-souri’s name to the State Technical College of Missouri.
The legislation was introduced to better reflect the college’s statewide role.
Enrollment at the college consistently represents over 80 percent of Missouri counties and its graduates fuel the state’s technical workforce.
“This name change truly represents our service to the entire state,” said Dr. Donald Claycomb, STC Presi-dent.
Enrollment at the college has grown 58 percent over the last 16 years. As the only state technical college in Missouri, State Tech’s curriculum balances hands-on technical courses with a strong foundation in commu-nication, problem solving, decision-making and critical thinking. In 2012 alone, STC facilitated over $900,000 in workforce development through customized training for Missouri businesses.
For more information about the school visit www.statetechmo.edu.
October 8-9, 2014Nebraska Products Show for Business & Industry, Fonner Park, Grand Island, NE; Mid-America Expositions, Inc., 402- 346-5412, www.showofficeonline.com
October 20-22, 2015Wichita Industrial Trade Show (WITS), Century II Expo Hall, Wichita, KS, 316-942-2401, www.witshow.org
