EXPO 2007 - Weldon Solutions

An ESOP Company
Featuring ……
AMMO LAS VEGAS
EXPO 2007
∗ Installations
∗ What’s New
∗ Employee News
Weldon Solutions
will be an
exhibitor at The
American
Manufacturing
Expo (AMMO) Las Vegas 2007.
The event will be held,
September 18th thru 20th, 2007,
at The Las Vegas Convention
Center located off the strip in
Las Vegas. We will be featuring
our Model UGC
multi-spindle CNC grinding
machine.
Visit our booth to watch the
UGC operate and to talk to
Denny Rowe and Fred Ritchie.
GRIND TEC USA
EMEC (CANADA)
CONCEPT
MACHINE
ROBERT E .
MORRIS
HARTER
& MARSHALL
TED GROB
SALES
T.A.G.
TORNQUIST
AME
TRIAD
TORNQUIST
KLINE
MACHINERY
RBR SUPERIOR
EQUIPMENT
KORTE
AIM
SMITH
INDUSTRIAL
REM
SALES
Denny Rowe and Fred Ritchie
of Weldon Solutions will be
demonstrating the UGC MultiSpindle CNC Grinding Machine.
This will be our first time at the
show.
CROTTS &
SAUNDERS
HARDIN MACHINERY
REM SALES
CNC PREC. (MEXICO)
On October 4th and 5th, 2007
The Asheville Civic Center in
Ashville, NC will be hosting the
“Grind Tec USA”, “Grinding
Into The Future II” seminar
sponsored by Advanced
Superabrasives, Inc. This is a
follow-up to the one held in
2006 which was very successful.
FOCUS
MACHINE
TOOLS
REMINDER
WELDON SOLUTIONS WILL BE
CLOSED
MONDAY, SEPT. 3, 2007
LABOR DAY
NEWS of Interest to Weldon Distributors and Associates
CATERPILLAR EXPANDS PEEL GRINDING
CAPABILITY WITH THE NEW “SOLARIS”
Dual CGI
gages
arranged for
post-grind
sizing with
BCD output
to control.
The recent success of Caterpillar’s Midas Peel
Grinder for smaller pins and planetary shafts led to
the order for a new large capacity Solaris CNC
grinder. Special thanks to Crotts and Saunders
Engineering for their efforts to secure this new
business opportunity.
Wheelhead
mounted
automatic
lateral
locator with
Renishaw
probe.
60” between
centers
capacity live
spindle
tailstock and
hydraulic
face driver.
NEW ENGLAND BAKER RECEIVES A ROBOTIC PALLETIZER
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Weldon recently designed and built a
Robotic Palletizing System. The
Fanuc M-410i robot places cardboard
boxes loaded with baked goods onto a
pallet.
1. The robot picks up a pallet.
2. The robot’s gripper can also pick
up cardboard boxes.
3. The robot stacks boxes up to
twenty layers high.
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LEADING HYDRAULIC COMPONENT MANUFACTURER ACCEPTS DELIVERY
OF AUTOMATED PUMP SHAFT GRINDING CELL
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Three Weldon Grinders, a Marposs post-process
gage, four Fanuc LR Mate Robots, and a Flexlink
conveyor system fully integrated on a turnkey basis.
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1. Four station automated pump shaft grinding cell.
2. Dual spindle automatic center grinding machine.
3. Flexlink powered conveyor with multiple stop stations, part sensors and bottom puck return.
4. Master cell controller with Allen Bradley PLC and Ethernet connection to each work station.
5. 120A Midas formed wheel plunge grinder for grinding “Pump” end of shaft.
6. Feather-lift puck return system.
7. Midas 120A high-speed CBN peel grinding machine for grinding “Customer” end of shaft.
8. Marposs post-process inspection gage with SPC software.
WELDON SOLUTIONS EMPLOYEE NEWS
Keith Boyer
Keith, one of our newest employee of the Weldon
“team”, was hired as an Electrical Controls
Engineer and Robot Programmer He graduated
from PSU with a bachelor degree in electromechanical engineering
technology and an associates
degree in mechanical engineering
technology.
In his free time, Keith enjoys
white water rafting, camping and
volleyball.
Good Luck Keith!
DISTRIBUTORS’ GROUP SELECTS OFFICERS
At its annual meeting in April in Scottsdale, AZ
the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Assn.
elected new officers and board members.
The group’s new secretary is Van Crotts, CMTSE.
Van is the president of Crotts & Saunders
Engineering Inc. (Winston-Salem, NC) and son of
Marcos Crotts, who served as the Assn.’s chairman
in 1982. Van represents SC, NC, and VA for
Weldon Solutions.
Congratulations Van!!!!
Luke McNinch
Weldon would like to welcome back to “the team” our former “York College
Intern” Luke McNinch. Luke will be working part-time during the summer months
as a mechanical engineer. Luke recently graduated from York College and will be
going for his Masters at Virginia Tech in the near future. He will be helping out
John Bennett and his team of engineers.
Welcome back Luke!!!
It is a 1975
Chevy Nova
with a 350
cubic inch
small block
engine.
Mike
Ambrose
proudly
reveals his
favorite
toy….
Mark Killian
had his son,
Jason, in to
work for the
day.
Should we
hire him?
Chase Bixler
Weldon would like to
welcome to “the team”
our new employee,
Chase Bixler. Chase is
a loyal hunter and
fisherman. He likes to
spend time in the
mountains every
chance he gets.
Chase will be helping
out in the shop area
doing various jobs.
Good Luck Chase!
Jason
even
wore the
Weldon
shirt to
make it
official.
On May 22nd Weldon went Go Carting!
There was a great turnout. Over 40 employees,
family and friends had a crashing time.
Take me out to the
ballgame!! Weldon
attended the York
Revolution game on
June 30, 2007.
Charlie Gales’
son, Mark, was
lucky that night.
He was given a
ball from the
game, by a player
in the dugout.
George
Sipe and
his
grandson,
Taylan
wait their
turn.
It was a fun night
for all. The game
was on the home
field in York and
was followed
with fireworks!
Ummm,
who should
we “crash
into”? A
ME, EE, or
an AE!
Pictured with
the Downtown
Revolution
bird is Tamara
Gibson’s son
Ja’kobe.