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Major Indian caster anticipates dramatic improvement in surface quality and production rates from new Italian grinding/fettling center 
Schaumburg, Illinois (USA)-Magna Electro Castings Limited (Tamilnadu, India), a major producer of small to medium ductile and gray iron castings, has announced its purchase of a new grinding/fettling center from Maus SpA (Padua, Italy), according to company sources. The machine is a Maus SAM 600G, a compact yet powerful automatic grinding center, with four-tool capacity and product load/unload time less than four seconds.
Mr. N. Krishna Samaraj, managing director for Magna, stated it was the company’s expectation that this machining system, scheduled for start-up after July, 2011, will result in significant improvements in the surface quality and production rates at the company. Magna is a vertically integrated foundry, as it performs various machining, surface treatment and heat treating operations, in addition to its full foundry capabilities for various products sold to the valve, refrigeration, rail, hydraulics, automotive, wind turbine and other industries worldwide. 
Magna runs a fully automated sand prep and mold line, as well, using equipment from its longtime supplier, Hunter Automated Machinery, who represents Maus in various world market areas. Magna currently runs a Hunter HMP20E Automatic Molding Machine (1994) and an HLH 20 Type II mold handling system (2007).
Magna is ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 16949 certified for its Quality Management System.
The sale of this Maus grinding/fettling machine was finalized between Mr. N. Krishna Samaraj for Magna and Mr. Ashwin Katke of Carraro, the parent company of Maus, with offices in India.
For further information on this announcement, interested parties may contact:
MAGNA ELECTRO CASTINGS LIMITED 43, Balasundaram Road Coimbatore – 641 -018 Tamilnadu, India Phone: +91 4322 2240109 Email: magnacast@vsnl.com Web: www.magnacast.com Attention: Mr. N. Krishna Samaraj, Managing Director
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MAUS SpA Via Caltana, 28 35011 Campodarsego Padova, Italy Phone: +39 0499299311 Sandra Selwan, Marketing Manager Sandra_Selwan@maus.it www.maus.it
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HUNTER AUTOMATED MACHINERY CORPORATION 2222 Hammond Drive Schaumburg, Illinois 60196-1094 USA Phone: +1 847 397 5136 Email: kpurdy@hunterauto.com Web: www.hunterauto.com Attention: Kevin Purdy, Vice President
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Agency contact for Hunter: Tim Daro Bernard & Company Palatine, Illinois (Chicago) USA +1 847 934 4500 tdaro@bernardandcompany.com
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Heimatec axial tool with built-in U-Tec® system
Significantly reduces inventory, changeover time for lathe and mill/turn users
See the U-Tec video HERE.
Heimatec, a world leader in live tools, angle heads and multi-spindle drill heads, today announced immediate availability of its newest development, recently unveiled at IMTS.
U-Tec® is the company’s patented flexible tool adapter system that allows a standard ER output live tool to accept various adapters for different applications. This allows users the ability to have quick changeover of tools on almost any lathe, using a single live tool, without having to commit to a quick-change system on the initial purchase. A facemill adapter, for example, can be quickly positioned into the standard holder, without the need for a completely new base being installed. This significantly reduces inventory costs as well as changeover time, for the busy shop.
Heimatec radial tool with built-in U-Tec® system
The U-Tec® system, according to Heimatec Inc. President Preben Hansen, “…represents a real improvement in lathe and mill/turn tooling design. U-Tec® allows great user flexibility, while a polygonal drive system ensures extremely high power transmission stability and faster set-up with absolutely no loss in performance or accuracy, because the live tool base remains in position and only the adapter and collet get swapped.”
He went on to explain the unique collet nuts on the U-Tec® system have internal threading for rigid mounting and that this new tool adapter system enables the actual cutting tool to be brought into closer proximity to the bearing, thus further improving performance in use. This benefit results from the short and compact tool length design. Internal coolant up to 2000 psi(140 bar) is provided standard.
Side lock adapter
Every adapter in the U-Tec® system comes complete with any necessary clamping nuts and adapters are immediately available in face mill style, ER extensions, side lock, shrink fit, hydraulic and blank.
The U-Tec® system is available for all major turning machines on the market today. Heimatec currently manufactures over 10,000 live tool types.
Extended ER collet chuck adapter
For further information and literature on this new product, please contact:
Preben Hansen, President
HEIMATEC INC.
16 E. Piper Lane Suite 129
Prospect Heights, IL 60070
Phone: 847-749-0633
Fax: 847-749-2445
Email: info@heimatecinc.com
Website: www.heimatecinc.com
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Heimatec is an international tooling manufacturer, based in Renchen, Germany. Its experienced staff is dedicated to providing customers the most innovative tooling technology possible. In 2010, the company opened Heimatec Inc. in Prospect Heights, IL, near Chicago, to serve its growing North American customer base with sales and service, plus an extensive inventory of products. Heimatec serves the auto, aero, medical, off-highway, rail, energy, woodworking, composites and other industries, as well as an ever-increasing number of machine tool OEM’s worldwide.
Face mill adapter
ER collet
ER collet chuck adapter
No. 885 is a 1400°F electric, inert atmosphere tempering furnace from Grieve, currently used for heat treating weldments at a customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions of this unit measure 24”W x 36”D x 24”H.
42 kW installed in nickel chrome wire coils, supported by a stainless steel frame, heat the workspace, while a heat resistant alloy recirculating blower, powered by a 5-HP motor, provides vertical downward airflow to the workload.
This tempering furnace features 7” thick insulated walls, comprising 1” of 2300°F ceramic fiber blanket, 2” of 1700°F ceramic fiber blanket, 2” of block insulatin and 2” of rockwool insulation. The 6-1/2” thick furnace floor comprises 4-1/2” of 2300°F firebrick and 2” of block insulation. 16 ga. Stainless steel interior lagging and a stainless steel subway grating hearth are also included.
No. 885 has an electrically-operated vertical lift door with an automatic door switch to shut off the heaters when the door is opened.
Grieve’s inert atmosphere construction includes a continuously welded outer shell, a high-temperature door gasket, sealed heater terminal boxes, an inert atmosphere inlet and inert atmosphere outlet, plus a recirculating blower shaft seal.
This furnace also has an inert atmosphere flowmeter and digital programming temperature controller onboard.
For more information, please contact:
THE GRIEVE CORPORATION
500 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL 60073-2898
Phone: (847) 546-8225
Fax: (847) 546-9210
Web: www.grievecorp.com
Email: sales@grievecorp.com
Attention: Frank Calabrese, VP
No. 891 is a specially modified 500°F electric universal oven from Grieve, currently used for heating tool cassettes at a customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions of this unit measure 24”W x 60”D x 24”H.
6.6 kW installed in Nichrome wire heating elements provide the heat, while a 600 CFM, 1/3-HP recirculating blower furnishes a universal pattern airflow to the workload.
This oven features an aluminized steel exterior, Type 430 stainless steel interior and 4” thick insulated walls, plus a silicone rubber door gasket and explosion-venting latches. A 500 lb. capacity subway grating shelf and seven angle iron shelf supports are included.
No. 891 has a digital indicating temperature controller to display actual and set point readings.
For more information, please contact:
THE GRIEVE CORPORATION
500 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL 60073-2898
Phone: (847) 546-8225
Fax: (847) 546-9210
Web: www.grievecorp.com
Email: sales@grievecorp.com
Attention: Frank Calabrese, VP
No. 877 is a 500°F electric walk-in oven from Grieve, currently in use for a variety of heat processing applications at a customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions of this unit measure 108”W x 144”D x 84”H.
140 kW installed in Incoloy sheathed tubular elements heat the workspace, while a 17,500 CFM, 30-HP recirculating blower provides a combination airflow to the workload.
This jumbo walk-in oven features an aluminized steel interior and exterior, 4” thick insulated walls, exceptionally heavy-duty walls with high-temperature stainless steel spring insert door gaskets, a brushed stainless steel control panel face and rear-mounted heat chamber.
No. 877 also includes a digital programming temperature controller and a manual reset excess temperature controller with separate heating element control contactors.
For more information, please contact:
THE GRIEVE CORPORATION
500 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL 60073-2898
Phone: (847) 546-8225
Fax: (847) 546-9210
Web: www.grievecorp.com
Email: sales@grievecorp.com
Attention: Frank Calabrese, VP
No. 876 is a 500ºF gas-heated belt conveyor oven from Grieve, currently used for drying brass and aluminum parts at a customer’s facility. The workspace dimensions of this unit measure 22”W x 126”D x 15”H. The workload rides through an 18” long open belt loading zone, 126” long insulated heat zone with recirculated airflow, 6” long open zone, 72” long cooling zone and a 12” long open unloading zone.
350,000 BTU/HR installed in a modulating natural gas burner heat the workspace, while a 3000 CFM, 2-HP recirculating blower furnishes vertical downward airflow to the workload. This oven features an aluminized steel interior and exterior, 4” thick insulated walls and two 12” diameter tubeaxial fans, each driven by a _-HP motor to push/pull air through the cooling zone. A side oven door allows access to the heat chamber.
No. 876 includes a 16”W, B36-24-14 conveyor belt with 3”H flex plate edges, driven by a 1/3-HP motor with variable speed from 1.3 to 26 feet per minute.
All safety equipment required by IRI, FM and NFPA Standard 86 for gas-heated equipment is onboard, including a 325 CFM, 1/3-HP powered forced exhauster.
For more information, please contact:
THE GRIEVE CORPORATION
500 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL 60073-2898
Phone: (847) 546-8225
Fax: (847) 546-9210
Web: www.grievecorp.com
Email: sales@grievecorp.com
Attention: Frank Calabrese, VP
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No. 842 is a high-temperature, 1250oF electrically-heated inert atmosphere oven from Grieve, currently used for various stress relieving operations at a customer’s facility.
Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 36” wide x 48” deep x 36” high. 24KW installed in Incoloy-sheathed tubular heating elements furnish the heat, while a 1400 CFM, 1 ½-HP recirculating blower provides front to back horizontal airflow to the workload.
This Grieve oven has 10” insulated walls, aluminized steel exterior and Type 304, 2B finish stainless steel interior, plus three roller rails at the bottom of the workspace to support 2,500 lb. loads. The oven includes an integral, heavy-duty leg stand.
Safety and control equipment on-board this Grieve oven include a 975 CFM blower to pull air through an air jacket on the inner oven for cooling, a digital indicating temperature controller, manual reset excess temperature controller with separate contactors, recirculating blower airflow safety switch, 10” diameter circular chart recorder and SCR power controller.
Grieve inert atmosphere oven construction features include all interior seams welded gas-tight, all wall penetrations welded inside and fitted with compression fittings outside, inner oven walls extended through oven throat area to seal directly against silicone rubber door seal, 2-point cam action positive latching door hardware, inert atmosphere inlet with pressure regulator, atmosphere flowmeter, and pressure gauge to indicate interior oven pressure.
For more information, please contact:
No. 854 is a special high-temperature, 2200oF electrically-heated, inert atmosphere floor furnace from Grieve, currently used for various heat treating applications at a customer’s facility.
Workspace dimensions measure 24” wide x 48” deep x 24” high. 53KW installed in heavy-gauge, high-temperature Kanthal AF alloy wire, rod overbend design heaters provide maximum operating temperatures to 2200OF.
This Grieve furnace features 9” insulated walls, consisting of 4 ½” thick 2600OF firebrick, 2 ½” thick 2300OF firebrick and 2” thick block insulation. A firebrick plate hearth is supported on firebrick piers. An electrically-operated vertical lift door is provided, with remote foot pedal control.
Special inert atmosphere construction on No. 854 includes a continuously welded outer shell, high-temperature door gasket, sealed heater terminal boxes, inert atmosphere inlet, outlet and flowmeter.
Safety and control equipment on-board this Grieve furnace include a digital indicating temperature controller, manual reset excess temperature controller with separate contactors and a four-channel strip chart recorder.
For more information, please contact:
THE GRIEVE CORPORATION
500 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL 60073-2898
Phone: (847) 546-8225
Fax: (847) 546-9210
Web: www.grievecorp.com
Email: sales@grievecorp.com
Attention: Frank Calabrese, VP
No. 848 is a special high-temperature 1000oF electrically-heated, top-loading oven from Grieve, currently used for preheating large steel molds at a customer’s facility.
Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 6’ wide x 3’ long x 3’ high. 80KW installed in Incoloy-sheathed tubular heating elements provide the heat, while a 5,000 CFM, 5-HP recirculating blower furnishes horizontal airflow across the load.
This Grieve oven features 8” insulated walls, an aluminized steel interior and exterior, reinforced ¼” steel plate top, air-operated rear-hinged door, wear bars at the sides of the workspace and a floor reinforced for 2,000 lb. load on a removable subway grate.
Safety and control equipment on No. 848 include a digital indicating temperature controller, manual reset excess temperature controller with separate contactors, and a recirculating blower airflow safety switch.
For more information, please contact:
THE GRIEVE CORPORATION
500 Hart Road
Round Lake, IL 60073-2898
Phone: (847) 546-8225
Fax: (847) 546-9210
Web: www.grievecorp.com
Email: sales@grievecorp.com
Attention: Frank Calabrese, VP