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900° Walk-In Oven from Grieve

Grieve846No. 846 is a 900°F (482°C), high temperature walk-in oven from Grieve, currently used for pre-heating steel molds at the customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 50” W x 96” D x 96” H. A 7800 CFM, 5-HP recirculating blower provides combination airflow to the workload.

This Grieve walk-in-oven features 8” thick insulated walls, 6” insulated floor, aluminized steel interior and exterior, plus a removable top-mounted heat chamber.  Type 304, 2B finish stainless steel heat chamber interior consists of two independent doors, front and rear, for access to workspace, each opening 40” high. Features include inner and outer door gaskets, with an inner gasket that seals directly against door plug; outer gasket seals directly against the front face of the oven. The floor of each opening is reinforced for 5,000 lb loading at removable subway grate.

Controls on No. 846 include a digital programming and recording temperature control and a manual reset excess temperature controller with separate contactors, plus a recirculating blower air flow 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

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1050ºF Cabinet Oven From Grieve

1050ºF Cabinet Oven From Grieve

No. 1036 is a 1050ºF (566ºC), electrically-heated cabinet oven from Grieve, currently used for production heating of glass assemblies at the customer’s facility. Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 50” W x 50” D x 50” H. 80 KW are installed in Incoloy-sheathed tubular elements to heat the oven chamber, while a 3750 CFM, 3-HP recirculating blower provides horizontal airflow to the workload.

This Grieve cabinet oven features 10” thick insulated walls, top-mounted heating chamber, aluminized steel exterior and Type 304 stainless steel, 2B finish interior.

Controls on No. 1036 include a digital indicating temperature controller, manual reset excess temperature controller with separate contactors and 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

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Project Puts Exact Metrology On The 3D Map With Fermilab

High precision 3D mapping supports installation of a new beam transport line for scientific research

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), America’s premier high-energy particle accelerator laboratory, in Batavia, Illinois, collaborates with scientists from around the world to perform pioneering research, operate world-leading particle accelerators, plus experiment and develop technologies for science supporting U.S. industry.

In 2014, Fermilab contracted Exact Metrology to work on a project known by its location as “Main Injector Ring Section MI-10.” Horst Friedsam, Head of the Alignment & Metrology Department at Fermilab, led the week-long project with Exact Metrology, which involved 3D mapping of existing equipment in order to yield data to support the placement and installation of an additional beam transport line.

Exact Metrology performed the scanning in section 10 of the Main Injector Accelerator, which is situated in a tunnel about 10 m below ground with a circumference of approximately two miles. The Main Injector accelerates a proton particle beam, arriving from the 8 GeV (Giga-electron-Volts) Booster, to 120 GeV and subsequently blasts it into a stationary target to generate the world’s highest intensity neutrino beams.

Recently, Fermilab has been working on a new Deep Underground Neutrino Project (DUNE) to provide a neutrino beam to the Homestake Mine in South Dakota. This project features access to research facilities 2 miles below ground, which is ideal for neutrino experiments requiring shielding from cosmic ray events. In order to deliver a neutrino beam to the DUNE, a new beam transport line that fits within the existing beam line infrastructure was required. As a result, data scanning, full CAD modeling and photo overlays of a large section of the currently installed Main Injector equipment was needed. The collected data were crucial for the design of new beam elements and visualizing interferences with existing components.

3D Map will help Fermilab install a new beam transport line | Exact Metrology

3D Map will help Fermilab install a new beam transport line

The Alignment & Metrology Department maintained a high precision control network throughout the laboratory complex. For the scanning process, a Leica ScanStation P20 ultra-high speed 3D Scanner was used in conjunction with special laser scanner targets, modified to fit within the existing control network points. Exact Metrology’s Leica ScanStation P20 was chosen for its combination of high accuracy and low scan noise, plus its industry-leading environmental specifications for industrial as-built documentation. The software chosen to aid the process was Leica Cyclone, producing TruView—a web-enabled panoramic point viewer allowing the user to view, pan, zoom, measure and mark up point cloud data over the web. Additionally, RSL300 laser scanner target markers from Berntsen International Inc. were mounted concentric to 1.5” radius steel half spheres interfacing with Exact Metrology’s laser tracker nests. The coordinates of the control network, determined at the millimeter level, were provided to Exact Metrology to globally register all scans relative to Fermilab’s system. Thus, the end product provides information for all scanned objects in the common coordinate system used for the entire Fermilab site.

Fermilab has a long-existing relationship with Exact Metrology, having purchased and rented equipment from their instrument pool plus contracted for metrology services as on-site work, such as this scan.

Exact Metrology is an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company.

ExactMetrologyLOGOExact Metrology, with facilities in Cincinnati and Milwaukee and affiliated offices throughout the Midwest, is a comprehensive metrology services provider, offering customers 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality inspection, product development and 2D drawings. The company also provides turnkey metrology solutions, including equipment sales and lease/rental arrangements.

For more information on this new system, please contact:

EXACT METROLOGY, INC.
11575 Goldcoast Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45249
Phone: 513-831-6620
Toll Free: 866-722-2600
www.exactmetrology.com
stevey@exactmetrology.com
Steve Young, President

Or

EXACT METROLOGY, INC.
Dean Solberg
20515 Industry Avenue
Brookfield, WI 53045
Phone: 262-533-0800
Local: 866-722-2600
www.exactmetrology.com
deans@exactmetrology.com

Or

FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY (FERMILAB)
1117 N Washington Ave
Batavia, IL 60510
Phone: 630-840-2787
Horst Friedsam

Exact Metrology, with facilities in Cincinnati and Milwaukee and affiliated offices throughout the Midwest, is a comprehensive metrology services provider, offering customers 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality inspection, product development and 2D drawings. The company also provides turnkey metrology solutions, including equipment sales and lease/rental arrangements.

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Ultratech Forms Productive Partnership With Press Supplier

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin tooling supplier and metal stamper uses press and diework relationship with Heim to further develop its business, enter new markets and prosper

Deep draw gear cover entirely produced by Ultratech, ready to assemble at Amarillo Gear

Deep draw gear cover entirely produced by Ultratech, ready to assemble at Amarillo Gear


Covers for Corvette brake assemblies made by Brembo

Covers for Corvette brake assemblies made by Brembo

Ultratech Tool & Design Inc. (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin) began as a tool shop in 1990 (happy 25th anniversary!), serving the small engine manufacturing sector, Over the course of the past seven to ten years, the company has been supplying stampings from its 32-ton to 600-ton presses, with products ranging from simple washers to complex automotive and aerospace components.  As President Bill Melang notes, “We took the tooling expertise we had from the start and built the business around it.  This approach gave us the ability to see our customers’ challenges from the inside and help them find better solutions for their own production.” Major manufacturers in industries such as automotive, consumer goods, electrical products and aerospace populate the ranks of Ultratech’s North American customer base.

GM Sierra dust shields

GM Sierra dust shields

All jobs begin here with the tool design.  Ultratech uses Solidworks and Logopress software to produce its designs, then interacts with its customers in that fluid exchange of ideas, engineering suggestions and production fine tuning that creates the finished product.  That product is made entirely in-house at Ultratech on the latest CNC machines and CMM test equipment.   Melang comments, “We try our best to stay ahead of the competition with our machine tools and design protocols, using the best technology available in the market.”  Sensor selection on the dies, for example, is performed in the shop’s sensor lab, where simulation of the die-in-press scenario translates to a tool that is less likely to crash, plus Ultratech produces dies with complex in-die tapping and nut/stud insertion capabilities, as well as lamination dies.

Welding operations

Welding operations

Out on the production floor, another key reason for the shop’s success stands at the center of the operation.  Back in 2002, according to Melang, the company formed a working relationship with The Heim Group (Chicago, Illinois), buying their first Heim press.  Today, there is an 80-ton Heim OBS with 5000 lb. feed line, plus a 500-ton Heim Maxi-Stamper with 10,000 lb. feed and a 600-ton Heim Maxi-Stamper with 20,000 lb. feed.  Complementing this equipment is a full resistance welding, heat treating and assembly cell operation.   Ultratech also supplies its customers a range of finishing and part coating options to facilitate ready-to-assemble requirements.

PEM riveting operations

PEM riveting operations

Describing the partnership his company enjoys with Heim, Bill Melang observes, “Back in 2002, we bought our first Heim press.  It was an older machine and Heim helped us with a rebuild.  Since that time, we’ve developed a value-adding relationship with Heim, as they’ve provided us considerable assistance with press utilization and maintenance advice, while I think we’ve also been helpful to them with die design ideas.”

Heim President Katie Heim further comments, “Our relationship with Ultratech has benefited both our companies, over the years.  As our industry knows, the die dictates the press and we’ve worked closely with Bill and his team, as this particular customer’s knowledge of die design and performance characteristics in the press has created a real synergy with our engineers, who bring decades of press design and die handling mechanics to the task.  The fact that Ultratech also has some of the nicest people in the industry, starting with Bill, is the icing on the cake, so to speak,” Katie remarks.

Galvanized stakes for hold downs on a satellite receiver

Galvanized stakes for hold downs on a satellite receiver

This American-made press builder, Katie notes, is quite often asked for a turnkey system of press, die and coil handling equipment, including complex die and part handling mechanisms, in a single package.  She observes, “The knowledge we’ve shared with and acquired from Ultratech has made us both stronger players in the market today.”   She added that the decline in the workforce numbers and equipment manufacturers based in America has created the need for companies such as Heim to be more pro-active in the turnkey area, as customers today seek this assistance on a much more frequent basis than previously occurred.

Heim 80-ton stamping press at Ultratech

Heim 80-ton stamping press at Ultratech

Katie Heim is third generation owner of the business, which has built presses in Chicago for nearly 70 years and today boasts over 55,000 machines in the global stamping market.

Heim produces presses to 1000 tons and also supplies coil handling, part transfer mechanisms and complete die systems in turnkey packages for customers worldwide.

Ultratech is an ISO 9001:2008 certified supplier and is currently advancing to the TS automotive specification that will enhance the company’s involvement as a supplier to that industry.   The shop employs 25 people, including the next generation, as Bill Melang’s son is in the business and has recently completed a plant expansion of 30,000 square feet.

Lastly, Bill Melang mentioned the assistance he’s received from Jack Best and Tony Mase at Heim.  “There isn’t a single question we’ve thrown their way that went unanswered.  They do what they say they’ll do and that gives us great confidence in their abilities to handle our very fast-paced variety of needs for presses and support engineering.”

For more information on this story, please contact:

Bill Melang, President
ULTRATECH TOOL & DESIGN INC.
1210 Scott Street
Fond du Lac, WI 54936-0548
Phone: 920-922-0257
www.ultratechtooldesign.com
bmelang@ultratechtooldesign.com

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Katie Heim, President
THE HEIM GROUP
6360 W. 73rd St.
Chicago, IL 60638
Phone: 08-496-7400
www.theheimgroup.com
katie@theheimgroup.com

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1000°F Electric High Temperature Universal Oven for Cleaning and Heat Treating

818 Grieve (2014_02_19 02_56_07 UTC)Grieve Corporation introduces No. 818, a 1000°F high-temperature universal oven, currently in use for cleaning and heat treating fuel nozzles at a customer’s facility.

Workspace dimensions inside this unit measure 24” wide x 36” deep x 24” high.  24kW power is installed in Incoloy sheathed tubular heating elements.  A 1000 CFM, 3/4 HP recirculating blower provides a front-to-back horizontal “universal” airflow to completely surround the workload.

This Grieve oven features 8” thick insulated walls, an aluminized steel interior and exterior, plus inner and outer door gaskets.  The inner gasket seals directly against the door plug, while the other gasket seals directly against the front face of the oven for optimum seal integrity.  The unit accommodates up to seven shelves on 3” centers.

Standard equipment includes a digital indicating temperature controller, manual reset excess temperature controller with separate heating element control contactors, a recirculating blower airflow safety switch and a UL Listed control panel, top-mounted to minimize floor space requirements.

All standard universal ovens by Grieve meet the requirements of National Fire Protection Association Standard 86, Industrial Risk Insurers, Factory Mutual and OSHA Standards.

This unit was entirely designed, engineered, built and full tested by Grieve.

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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1250ºF Cabinet Oven for Heating Metal Parts

 

975 for heating metal parts | Grieve Corporation

975 for heating metal parts | Grieve Corporation

No. 975 is a 1250ºF (676ºC), electrically-heated cabinet oven from Grieve, currently used for heating metal parts to remove deposits at the customer’s facility.  Workspace dimensions of this oven measure 50” W x 50” D x 50” H.  160 kW are installed in Incoloy-sheathed tubular elements to heat the oven chamber, while a 6000 CFM, 5 HP recirculating blower provides horizontal airflow to the workload.

This Grieve cabinet oven features 10” insulated walls comprising 2” of 1900ºF block insulation and 8” of 10 lb/cf density rockwool insulation, top-mounted heating chamber, aluminized steel exterior, Type 304, 2B stainless steel interior and all safety equipment required for handling flammable solvents, including explosion-venting door hardware.   The insulated floor of the oven is reinforced for 1000 lb. loading with a 1/4” thick, Type 304 stainless steel plate.

No. 975 controls include a digital indicating temperature controller and manual reset excess temperature controller with separate 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

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750ºF Belt Conveyor Oven for Curing Mold Release Onto Steel Molds

792 for curing mold release onto steel moldsNo. 792 is a gas-fired, 750ºF belt conveyor oven, currently used for curing mold release onto steel molds.  Workspace dimensions measure 42” W x 12’ D x 12” H.  800,000 BTU/HR are installed in a modulating natural gas burner to heat the unit, while a 7800 CFM recirculating blower provides vertical downward airflow to the workload.  The oven travel comprises a 4’ long open belt loading zone, 1’ long insulated but unheated vestibule entrance, 12’ long insulated heat zone with recirculated airflow, 1’ long open zone, 2’ long cooling zone and 2’ long open unloading zone.

This Grieve jumbo walk-in batch oven features 6” insulated walls, a 36” wide x 1” x 1” flatwire conveyor belt with ½ HP motor drive, variable from 0.7 to 14.3 ipm, two 12” tubeaxial fans, each driven by a ½ HP motor, to push/pull air through the cooling zone, an aluminized steel interior and exterior, plus all safety equipment required by IRI, FM and NFPA Standard 86 for gas-heated equipment, including a 650 CFM 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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#IMTS – Everywhere You Look! #TBT Edition

Remember when IMTS 2014 announced their photo contest and we submitted this scrumptious morsel of photography??  For #TBT, I’d like to pay tribute to this delicious day in Bernard & Company history: “Chicago’s Favorites”  featuring Bernard & Company, IMTS, Portillo’s Chicago-Style Hot Dogs/Fries and Italian Beef Sandwiches, Lou Malnati’s Deep Dish Pizza and Garrett’s Chicago Mix Popcorn.

Click Photo to Enlarge Deliciousness

Click Photo to Enlarge Deliciousness

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Ensuing food hangover included!

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Keep warm and keep having fun, manufacturing world!

– n

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IMTS – Everywhere You Look!

When IMTS 2014 announced their photo contest, we couldn’t wait to get to work!

Presenting our entry:

“Chicago’s Favorites”  featuring Bernard & Company, IMTS, Portillo’s Chicago-Style Hot Dogs/Fries and Italian Beef Sandwiches, Lou Malnati’s Deep Dish Pizza and Garrett’s Chicago Mix Popcorn. What could be better?? Nothing, I tell ya.

Click Photo to Enlarge Deliciousness

Click Photo to Enlarge Deliciousness

Do NOT miss IMTS this upcoming September!! Our clients, including Siemens Machine Tools, Siemens Production MachiningRattunde, Advanced Machine & Engineering, Heimatec, TCT Stainless, GMTA, Suhner and Chemtool will all be exhibiting!

And if the photo above did not leave you reaching for a napkin to wipe the drool, IMTS will be home to over 100,000 decision makers showing new manufacturing technology and ideas. So come on over to Chicago and get a taste of everything IMTS will have to offer!

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Exact Metrology Installs New CT Scanner

Will enable measurement to 2 microns, even on denser parts

vtomexmsmallExact Metrology, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has acquired a new Metrology Grade GE Phoenix v|tome|x m, a CT scanner system with dual tube technology, nanofocus to 180Kv and microfocus to 240Kv, significantly expanding the company’s capability in 3D  scanning to 2 microns with sufficient power to measure denser parts.  Exact Metrology is the first company in the U.S. to purchase this system, according to company sources.

Exact President Steve Young notes, “We bought the new system because it has significantly greater accuracy, better detail and great reliability.  Exact is currently seeking users for this new system.”   The system has already received operational approval from the state of Ohio and is installed at the company’s main facility in Cincinnati.

The Phoenix v|tome|x m system features a unique temperature stabilized detector array (up to 30fps) for extremely fast CT data acquisition on workpieces up to 500 mm diameter and 600 mm in height, weighing up to 50 kg (110 lbs).   Typical functions performed on this system might include 3D analysis of a scanned turbine blade, automatic pour porosity volume analysis on an aluminum casting and 3D measurements with nominal-actual CAD comparisons on a machined aluminum cylinder head.

HandWithPartExact Metrology is offering this service for process control and customer R&D functionality, plus scientific research applications.

With full CT automation, click & measure capability and the dual tube technology, this new system can perform analyses on an extremely wide range of samples, from high-resolution nano CT of low-absorbing samples to the high-power micro CT applications such as engine turbine blades.

Other applications for possible utilization of this new system at the Exact Metrology facility include light metal castings, electronic assemblies, thermoplastic molded and composite parts, plus all types of machined metals.

Compared to conventional tactile or optical CMMs, this new scanner system can generate a first article inspection report including internal dimensions in less than one hour, with high accuracy and repeatability.

Utilizing the GE Phoenix Datos|X CT and Volume Graphics software platform further enables full automation of the system at Exact Metrology, thereby reducing the time to perform the testing procedures.

Exact Metrology is an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company.

To see videos on this new scanner’s capabilities, please visit:

VG GE casting analysis with CT hi-res at Exact Metrology

http://youtu.be/DfRV-JzFlUo

v | tome | x m CT scanner at Exact Metrology

http://youtu.be/-PVlS7TYbks

For more information on this new system or to arrange a demonstration, please contact:

EXACT METROLOGY, INC.
11575 Goldcoast Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45249
Phone: 513-831-6620
Toll Free: 866-722-2600
www.exactmetrology.com
stevey@exactmetrology.com
Steve Young, President

Exact Metrology, with facilities in Cincinnati and Milwaukee and affiliated offices throughout the Midwest, is a comprehensive metrology services provider, offering customers 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality inspection, product development and 2D drawings. The company also provides turnkey metrology solutions, including equipment sales and lease/rental arrangements.

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