MAG Cincinnati Introduces Industry's Highest Output Horizontal 5-axis Profiler for Aluminum Aerospace Components. New HyperMach H4000 features high-performance simultaneous 5-axis contouring, 2 x 4 meter part capacity, cell-ready design, and ergonomics. (14398)
MAG Cincinnati clears the table and collects all the chips in high-value aluminum machining, introducing industry's highest output 5-axis horizontal machining center for clean, contained cutting of parts up to 2 x 4 meters. Designed especially for high-throughput, precision machining of next-generation aircraft components, the new HyperMach H4000 adapts proven modular components from the company's advanced high-speed vertical profiler family.

TransDigm Announces Completion of the Acquisition of CEF Industries (14395)
CLEVELAND, Ohio TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG) has completed the purchase of the outstanding common stock of CEF Industries ("CEF") for approximately $83 million in cash pursuant to the previously announced Stock Purchase Agreement among TransDigm Inc., CEF and the stockholders of CEF. CEF is located in Addison, Illinois and has been a supplier of proprietary, highly engineered components to the defense and commercial aerospace industries for many years. The company has annual revenue of over $30 million and employs approximately 130 employees.

Delaware, Ohio-based Greif Acquires Vietnamese Steel Drum Operation (14385)
Industrial packaging manufacturer Greif Inc. widened its reach across Southeast Asia with the recent purchase of steel drum maker Petro-Summit Mechanical Co. in Vietnam.

GE Training Hundreds of Jet Engine Technicians from Chinese Airlines (14346)
EVENDALE, Ohio -- With hundreds of GE and CFM International jet engines being delivered to Chinese airlines and cargo companies, GE Aviation is training a growing number of technicians from Chinese operators of these dramatically expanding fleets.

Type 1 Simple Support Frame High-Volume Bag Discharger from Spiroflow Systems (14323)
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA -- A simple Type 1 Support Frame High-Volume Bag Dischargers that supports the weight of the bag for safe, secure and controlled discharge of steady flowing product is available from Spiroflow Systems. The Type 1 Support Frame accommodates most types and sizes of High-Volume Bags (Flexible Intermediate Container) and can easily controlled by a single operator.

Angstron Introduces Low Cost Nanomaterial Solution To Meet Market Demand For Next Generation Products (14319)
DAYTON, Ohio — Angstron Materials LLC has developed a new cost effective, high quality alternative to nanotubes. The carbon-based material is called nano-graphene platelets (NGPs). Similar to carbon nanotubes, the properties and characteristics of NGPs outperform all other nanomaterials on the market. Angstron’s nano-graphene product is especially suited to aerospace, automotive, energy, marine, electronics, construction, medical and telecommunications applications.

$61 million Renewable Energy Plant On The Drawing Board. Louisville Company Wants to Introduce its Patent-Pending Refining Process by Building a New Facility in Kentucky. (14292)
A renewable energy company is raising funds and hopes Kentucky will be the home of its first facility. Louisville Clean Energy has plans for a $61 million plant to produce a variety of eco-friendly energies including ethanol, biodiesel, electricity and natural gas. Founder and chief executive Bill Bivins is looking at three possible sites in Shelby County, Kentucky and hopes to make a decision soon.

Physical Prototypes: A Necessary Step or Needless Bottleneck? (14291)
Building and testing physical prototypes — an expensive, time-consuming task in traditional product development — is one area that manufacturers are critically examining to reduce overall design costs and speed time to market. Physical prototyping can be a major bottleneck, slowing down the product development process and seriously constraining the number of design alternatives that can be examined.

Thayer Scale Introduces the MWF-OS Sanitary Open Construction Weigh Belt Feeder (14250)
Thayer Scale, developer of continuous weighing and feeding equipment, introduces the new MWF-OS Sanitary Open Construction Weigh Belt Feeder for processing of snack food, cereal, pasta, pet food and any other application where hygiene and ease of cleaning is important. The MWF-OS can provide either a “closed loop” gravimetric control of material feed rate or an “open loop” control for precise convey rate output and totalization of an uncontrolled or intermittent material supply.

Gripper 101: What Is A Gripper? Why Use One? (14243)
WHAT IS A GRIPPER? WHY USE ONE? A gripper is a device which enables the holding of an object to be manipulated. The easier way to describe a gripper is to think of the human hand. Just like a hand, a gripper enables holding, tightening, handling and releasing of an object. A gripper is just one component of an automated system. A gripper can be attached to a robot or it can be part of a fixed automation system. Many styles and sizes of grippers exist so that the correct model can be selected for the application.