MW MIDWEST Vol. 13 No. 4 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 Drilling / Tapping April 2020 See Online DIGITAL EDITIONS at www.mfgnewsweb.com High Feed Drilling Autocam Medical Apprentices Recognized at Graduation Ceremony Ohio State Launches Artificially Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Lab The Ohio State University is ad-dressing the gap between industry and academia, and preparing for the next industrial revolution, by launching the first-of-its-kind Artificially Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Lab (AIMS) at The Ohio State’s Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence (CDME). “The fourth Industrial Revolution— or Industry 4.0—is here, but most Amer-ican businesses and schools are not prepared for how artificial intelligence (AI) will impact what they do. But The Ohio State is,” said a spokesperson. “To Continued on Page 76 Self-clamped carbide tipped drills boost drilling productivity up to 50%. See Page 14 Medical Manufacturing Solutions for the Medical Sector Medical Excellence Center partners with customers by offering innovative manufacturing solutions. See Page 30 Autocam Medical, a global contract manufacturer of precision surgical and medical components and devices, re-cently presented nine students with cer-tificates of completion for their CNC Machinist Apprentice Program during a ceremony at Western Michigan Uni-versity’s AMP Lab in Grand Rapids. The year-round program requires students to complete 728 hours of class-room instruction over a period of 91 Continued on Page 75 Acme Metal Spinning Adds Additional Automatic CNC Spinning System Acme Metal Spin-ning has added to its au-tomatic CNC spinning capacity by installing an additional spinning ma-chine to produce high volumes of components for lighting fixtures, tanks, ventilation and aerospace parts. “This machine forms consis-tent, smooth, cosmeti-cally appealing com-ponents with short set-up times,” said a com-pany spokesperson. The new system was purchased from Prism Machinery LTD, Continued on Pg. 75 New Machines and Technology to Debut at Mazak Midwest DISCOVER Event Mazak Corporation will host its first DISCOVER MORE WITH MAZAK tech-nology and education event of the year at the Midwest Technology Center in Schaumburg, IL, on May 5-6, 2020. Fea-turing the Midwestern debut of several machine tools, the show will also high-light the North American debut of the all-new VARIAXIS C-600, a full simulta-neous 5-axis multitasking machining center featuring a flexible, automation-ready design and the new MAZATROL SmoothAi CNC. Continued on Page 76 Applying Technology Multi-Spindle Technology Advanced technology efficiently handles complex parts. See Pg. 40 Metalforming / Fabricating / Waterjet Large Part Processing Fiber laser system designed for challenging large part welding, drilling and cutting processes. See Page 46 Milwaukee Tool to Open Wisconsin Manufacturing Plant Milwaukee Tool will once again ex-pand its footprint in the United States with a new vertically integrated man-ufacturing plant in West Bend, WI. Lo-cated only 20 min. from Milwaukee Tool’s global headquarters, the facility will manufacture new-to-market hand tools for professional electricians and utility linemen. Continued on Page 76 Replacement Parts Gearhead Family with Numerous Gear Ratios Metal GPT planetary gearheads feature compact dimension, high torque and fine graduations of numerous gear ratios. See Page 54 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 63 PAID