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%HWWHU 7KDQ 3XQFK DQG &RRNLHV As a child I remember attending the 50th wedding anniversary party of my grandparents. They had a big cake, punch, cookies and an open house at our church, where it seemed like hundreds of people stopped by to help them celebrate that momentous occasion. That was my first impressionable memory of a big anniversary celebration. With this issue we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Springs magazine, a very impressive milestone worthy of much more than just punch and cookies! Since 1962, Springs has been bringing the latest news and developments within the industry to springmakers around the globe. Springs continues today as the premier publication for the industry and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;go toâ&#x20AC;? source for the most accurate and up-to-date information related to our industry. When Springs was launched 50 years ago, our world was a much different place. In 1962, gas was just $0.28 cents a gallon, the average cost of a new home was only $12,500 and a new car was just $3,125. That was the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the year John Glenn first orbited the Earth in Friendship 7, the year Telstar relayed the first live transatlantic television signal and the year Sam Walton opened his first WalMart store in Bentonville, Ark. The mark of a great publication is its ability to maintain its relevance in a rapidly changing world. Springs has done that for half a century with a perfect blend of consistency and innovation. Some of the departments are the same as in the very first issue, while a larger portion of the magazine represents dramatic changes and improvements. Our industry owes its thanks and gratitude to Springs for being the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beacon of our Industryâ&#x20AC;? for the past 50 years and especially to the visionaries at SMI who not only had the vision for such a publication, but successfully launched a publication so well thought out that it still effectively serves the needs of our industry today. As G. Donald Jacobson, then SMI president, wrote in his Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Message in the inaugural issue of Springs: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Directed primarily to springmakers, we will continue, through this medium, to bring to members of our industry the latest developments in springmaking techniques, materials and good management practices. To spring users and the general public, we also hope through the magazine to reveal the importance of the spring industry and its technical competence, as well as the vital role springs play in our everyday lives.â&#x20AC;? His comments accurately summed up the original purpose of the magazine and as regular readers of Springs can attest, that mission is as true today as it was in 1962. On behalf of all Springs readers, I want to express our thanks to Richard Rubenstein, chairman of the Magazine Committee and Gary McCoy, the managing editor, for their leadership and innovative thinking that continues to keep the magazine new and fresh, while elevating it to an even higher level of excellence! Happy 50th Anniversary Springs magazine!

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Springs Goes Digital: Building the Archives At the SMI headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill. a hard cover copy of almost every Springs magazine ever published is available. A few are missing and some have faded with age, but the magazines provide a classic representative of the news and trends that were shaping the industry back then. When the magazine started 50 years ago, a digital version of the magazine was not thought of or even dreamed about. Now, through the magic of technology, every issue of Springs that is printed and mailed to you is also available for you to view at the SMI website (www.smihq.org). Not only are the most recent

copies of the magazine available, many older issues are also now on the website. At the impetus of SMI magazine chairman Richard Rubenstein, SMI has slowly begun the process of converting older magazines into portable document ďŹ les (PDF) for easy viewing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a vast digital archive that will take years to complete. Almost every Springs magazine published between 1994 to 2012 are now available. The process of creating a digital archive of Springs magazines will continue moving backward from 1993 until the premiere issue of May 1962 is ďŹ nished.

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We must discard old standards. What was true yesterday, is not necessarily true today, and what was good enough twenty or thirty years ago is certainly not good enough today.

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Mapes can manufacture piano strings for virtually any pianoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;old or new. James Nave processes a pattern for manufacture replacement strings for piano restoration.

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Andy Wilson, piano string manager, prepares a day's order of Steinway piano string sets.

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Happy 50th Birthday Fourslide Spring and Stamping, Inc. By Art “Bud” Funk Jr.

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Decarburization in Steel Wire By Mike Caranna

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What is Special Shaped Wire? By Scott Kirkpatrick

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Enhance Your Spring-Grinding Knowledgeâ&#x20AC;Ś at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Success in Spring Grindingâ&#x20AC;? Seminar at SpringWorldÂŽ 2012

Scott Kirkpatrick is the vice president of sales and marketing for Radcliff Wire, Inc. in Bristol, Conn. He may be reached at 860-583-1305, ext. 120 or email: skirkpatrick@radcliffwire.com.

Join us for this informative presentation led by a Spring Grinding Industry expert. Topics will include: Machine set-up Proper wheel specifications Challenges in grinding the variety of spring materials Superabrasive wheel applications Latest abrasive wheel developments The free 1-hour program will be presented 3 times in one of the Educational Seminar meeting rooms right on the show floor. Register to attend SpringWorld 2012 and join us for this informative learning experience. Wednesday Oct 3rd: 11:00 am and 3:00 pm Thursday Oct 4th: 11:00 am

Call toll-free 1-800-243-7366 or visit www.fivesgroup.com/tools www.fivesgroup.com

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Optimizing Energy Consumption During Spring Coiling By Dr. Uwe-Peter Weigmann, and Klaus Wurster

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Leaders In Double Disc Technology

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At Anchor Abrasives we specialize in the design and manufacture of resin, epoxy and oxychloride bonded nut inserted discs and cylinders...plus centerless and rollwheels. Today, in our new manufacturing facility, we are ready to continue our tradition of innovative quality products and unmatched customer service. For more information contact Anchor Abrasives Company, 7651 West 185th Street, Tinley Park, IL 60477 U.S.A. Phone: 708-444-4300; Fax: 708-444-1300.

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For over 25 years, Zapp has been providing the spring industry with the highest quality, best performing products which far exceed the industry standards. Our state-of-the-art mill facility located in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, offers a convenient supply chain that insures continuity and reliability. At Zapp, no matter how we slice it, our precision quality and outstanding customer service always shine through.

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Spring World 2012 Show Preview

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Spring World 2012 October 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5, 2012 Rosemont, Illinois

A&D Trading

Anchor Abrasives

Booth #432

Booth #1124 At Admiral Steel we believe in more than just the bottom line. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve carefully invested in people and technologies that help us better serve our customers - as their success becomes our own. Over the years weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown, but at a steady and sustainable pace. We now stock over 1300 different products and have customers all around the world, ranging in size from mom and pop to Fortune 500.

Booth #1027 At Anchor Abrasives we specialize in the design and manufacture of resin, epoxy and oxychloride bonded nut-inserted discs and cylinders, recently adding resin bonded centerless and roll wheels. Changing manufacturing methods, closer tolerances, and material speciďŹ cations demand a supplier whose abrasives can evolve with these changes. Anchorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s modern technology, high standards, and unmatched performance are the result of innovation and the pioneering of new concepts in grinding technology.

Alloy Wire International

Bennett Mahler/NIMSCO

Booth #1021

Booth #905

Admiral Steel

Alloy Wire International is a world leader in the supply of precision manufactured round, ďŹ&#x201A;at and shaped wire in a comprehensive range of high performance Nickel alloys. Wire can be supplied in coil, spool or straight lengths in diameter from 0.827 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 0.001 inches and in quantities as low as a few feet. Our range includes Inconels, Hastelloys, Nimonics, Incoloys, Phynox and Waspaloy.

This year Bennett Mahler will exhibit two CNC controlled Maxicoil machines from their range of servo driven spring coiling lathes. These machines will highlight their ability to control the initial tension in the spring from the operatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keyboard. Also on exhibit will be the New AG-800 single end water cooled spring grinder. Included in the booth will be the SG1-200 grinder for small lightweight springs and a video display of the complete line of Bennett â&#x20AC;&#x153;behind-the-centerâ&#x20AC;? servo driven downfeed spring end grinders.

Elgiloy Specialty Metals Booth #1132 Elgiloy Specialty Metals is a manufacturer of over 60 different alloys in strip, foil, wire and bar serving the automotive, aerospace, electronics, energy, power generation and medical industries throughout the world. Nickel, cobalt and titanium

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based, trademark alloys drawn and rolled by Elgiloy include Inconel, Hastelloy, Haynes, Monel, Elgiloy, L 605, MP-35N commercially pure grades 1-11 and Beta 21S materials. Wire and bar sizes are supplied in diameters from .960 down to .008 inches. Strip and foil products are supplied in thicknesses from .125 inches down to .001 inches.

Forming Systems, Inc. Booth #512 Forming Systems, Inc. is dedicated to providing springmaking and wire forming customers with the best possible production solutions. FSI offers HTC spring machinery for spring coiler or spring former applications, plus HSI spring making production accessories such as inline conveyor ovens for stress relieving, spiral ovens, box ovens, part collectors, and payoff reels. FSI also provides TBE wire forming machinery, Whitelegg wire bending machinery, and Jaykase CNC tabletop benders for wire and strip materials. Spring testers from Spring Analysis Systems, Inc. (SAS) include compression spring testers, torsion spring testers, extension spring testers, spring fatigue testers, and deďŹ&#x201A;ection spring testing. FSI specializes in providing production solutions for spring making and wire forming customers.

Gibbs Wire & Steel Booth #1114 Within the metalworking community, Gibbs is considered to be a worldwide leader in the supply and processing of wire and strip. Our network of service centers, strategically located throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and our commitment to technology and innovation, enable us to provide our customers with a level of quality and service well beyond traditional expectations. Gibbs has been meeting the needs of the growing North American metalworking community for some four decades. We are continuously upgrading and replacing slitting, edging, and oscillating equipment, and adding to our already extensive stocks of wire and strip.

Gibraltar Corporation

Industrial Steel & Wire Co.

Booth #717 Gibraltar Corp. is the exclusive North American dealer for Simco Spring Machinery Co Ltd., a Taiwan-based spring machinery manufacturer. Gibraltar Corp. focuses on assisting spring and wire forming manufacturers, metal stamping manufacturers, and OEMs that produce their own in-house production, with cost effective manufacturing solutions and technical support. From turnkey, ready-togo machines to fully customized solutions we will help you ďŹ nd the right system to ďŹ t your needs and budget. Gibraltar Corp also provides high quality carbide spring tooling at reasonable prices for many types of spring and wire forming machinery.

Booth #921 Industrial Steel and Wire is a national leader when it comes to the supply of wire and strip from stock and one of the largest distributors of Spring Wire in the world. Our wires are used mainly for springs and wire forms that are components from everything from toys to airplanes. Our products include carbon steel wire, stainless steel wire, non-ferrous wire, carbon steel strip and stainless steel strip. Many wire custom services are available.

HSI Booth #512

Interwire Products Booth #1509 Interwire Productsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; inventory of more than $20 million worth of high quality ferrous and non-ferrous wire, special temper wires, and stainless steel wire gives us a decided edge in ďŹ lling even the most difďŹ cult wire orders. We have a large selection of wire products, including brass wire, aluminum wire, copper wire and stainless steel wire.

IST/NIMSCO Booth #1026

HSI will exhibit at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spring World 2012 in booth 512. HSI is a manufacture of many accessories that are used to produce springs and wire forms which would include, box ovens, conveyor ovens, parts collectors, parts washers, payoff reels, spring length gages, part conveyors, spring testers, vision systems, and air cleaners.

HTC Booth #512

The Institute of Spring Technology is the UK based International Independent Centre of Excellence for Spring Technology, offering specialist technical services, shot peening, research and development, design software, training, problem solving, testing and failure analysis, from our UKAS / NQA accredited technical centre.

HTC will exhibit at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spring World 2012 show in booth 512. HTC offers a variety of models of spring coilers, spring formers, and now wire formers that cover wire ranges from 0.15mm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 16mm (.0059â&#x20AC;&#x201C;.630).

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Jaykase

Lapham Hickey Steel Corp.

Booth #512

Booth #819

Our capability is such that we can offer many varied services in addition to our standard tooling line.

Omas Booth #512

Jaykase will be showing the JK-625 servo bending table, a fully servo 5/8 inch (15.88mm) basic wire bending machine. The JK-625 offers a lot of advantages over hand bending of wire like the ability to store up to 30 different bend angles and the ability to have up to 9 different bend angles in one part. The JK-625 can have adjustable home positions for each bend, it can coil, and can be adjusted for any of the bending parameters including bending speed, return speed and ramp up and ramp down for motor acceleration.

JN Machinery Corporation Booth #929 JNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electric conveyor ovens have mostly been used for heat treatment and stress relieving springs, especially for heat treating stainless steel and carbon steel wire. Another use is with JNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TRC paint system. However, there are virtually unlimited uses of our conveyor ovens beyond heat treating metal. Our conveyor ovens are also being used for rustprooďŹ ng, tempering metal, baking, oiling, drying, and sterilization.

Kiswire Trading Inc. Booth #733A Kiswire Group Ltd. will assist springmakers with their spring wire needs, including piano wire, music wire, shaped wire, highcarbon spring wire and oil tempered wire. In addition, the company focuses on product development through joint ventures with automobile, machinery and construction companies. Kiswire also manufactures bead wire, steel cord and hose wire, galvanized steel wire and strand, wire rope, and PC wire and strand.

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Lapham-Hickey Steel stocks the largest selection of spring and strip steel in the country. This includes polished, tempered, and annealed spring steel. With slitters, skiving, edge conditioning, cut-to-length and oscillating lines in house, we can meet your requirements. Visit our booth at Spring World 2012 (#0819) or call (800) 323-8443.

Larson Systems, Inc. Booth #1121 Over the course of 30 years, Larson Systems Inc. has continued to be an industry leader with our uncompromising top-quality products. With two patents (U.S. Patent Numbers 6,094,980 & 6,289,744) on the Torsion Spring Tester (TST) line and many other ground-breaking designs on other products, LSI has clearly established the standard for others to follow. We have over 50 testing products covering a wide range of performance and price points. If you have an especially unique testing problem, whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s custom tooling for awkward parts or a full-ďŹ&#x201A;edged automated testing solution, please feel free to contact us.

Omas manufactures ring forming and welding machines, 3D bending machines, high speed slide forming machines, and high volume formed wire products assembly machines. The new CEB-600 series is a more cost effective solution than a standard CEB-100 series machine. Omas also specializes in custom solutions for wire forming projects with modiďŹ ed standard machines, such as automated secondary operations, integration of robotics, or customization of a standard Omas machine. Omas can offer 3D machines with a combined wire range of 0.7mm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 16mm (0.027-0.630) and ring coilers and welders with a combined range for wire of 1mm-12mm (.039-.427) and an OD range of 15mm-2200mm. (0.590-86.615).

OMD Booth #512

Mount Joy Wire Booth #1131 Mount Joy Wire has been a global leader in the specialty wire industry for over 20 years. As a trusted manufacturer of high quality spring and oil-tempered wire, we have brought value to a diverse mix of customers. Mount Joy Wire is proudly made in the USA.

North American Spring Tool Booth #1015 North American Spring Tool Company, a division of All Five Tool Company, maintains a complete carbide and tooling service to meet the needs of all spring and wire product manufactures throughout the country and abroad. Being a progressive organization, we support the new springmaking technologies and look forward to developing and supplying tooling for the array of CNC machines that are becoming prevalent in the market today.

OMD will display the MA10/1E 500 spring grinding machine in booth 512. OMD spring grinders have all of the features that high precision springmakers require such as: continuous pass grinding, down feed grinding, single and double loading plates, special ventilation systems, automatic grinding wheel compensation, automatic grinding wheel dressing, adjustable grinding wheel direction, spring length control system and automated grinding systems.

Precision Steel Warehouse

RK Trading

Booth #1113

Booth #707 Custom slitters of premium springs steels, Precision Steel Warehouse offers slit, edge rolled, blanked, skived, leveled, edge ďŹ led and oscillated coils. Spring Steels include: 50, 74 & 95 carbon, blue tempered and polished strip, tempered (scaleless) strip, AISI-SAE 4130 heattreatable strip, tempered stainless steel, low carbon c.r. sheet, special temper high carbon strip. ISO 9001-2008n certiďŹ cation.

Proto Manufacturing Booth #933 Proto Manufacturing specializes in high precision, quality rapid-prototyping of machined parts in aluminum, steel, copper, brass, stainless steel, kovar, titanium, and most plastics. We machine precision parts for the following industries: motorsports, medical, musical Instruments, military, and industrial.

Radcliff Wire, Inc.

Since 1996 RK Trading has been supplying the spring industry with a full line of CNC coilers, wire formers and grinders. RK also offers local technical support and service with a full inventory of machine parts and tooling for all of the Herdon machines. We will be introducing the latest in the CSX Hybrid series with the CSX-20 Hybrid 2.0mm wire former featuring a 6 place changeable tooling head and bottom moveable slides. The all servo Hybrid series machines are available from 1.0mm up to 8.0mm.

SAS Booth #512

Booth #800 Radcliff Wire can produce wire in most materials including: stainless steel, carbon steel, beryllium copper, copper, brass, bronze, nickel and nickel alloys. To provide quality wire products, we at Radcliff Wire start with only those raw materials that meet our stringent requirements. After the proper material has been chosen, a manufacturing process is developed that will not only give the customer the shape required, but also the desired mechanical properties. SAS will display a variety of spring testers and vision systems. Spring Analyses Systems (SAS Inc) was established in 2001 to provide cutting edge non-destructive testing solutions to the aerospace industry and speciďŹ cally to the spring and wire forming industries. If your spring testing requirements include compression, tension, torsion, life cycle, fatigue testers or the latest line of vision inspection equipment for both axi-symmetrical parts and for 2 and 3 D wire forms, visit booth 512 to see our large line of standard and custom spring testing solutions to meet your needs.

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Shinko Machinery

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Booth #1213 Shinko Machinery of Japan produces compression, extension and torsion machines, along with ring and oval spring coilers.

Booth #512

United Wire Co., Inc.

Simplex Rapid Booth #1005 Simplex Rapid will exhibit the new High Speed Spring Coiling Machine with 6 CNC axes, type FX 10 (working range: Ă&#x2DC; 0.15 to 1.1 mm). This machine stands for the ideal solution for the production at high speed of big batches of compression springs with thin wire. We will also feature the new CNC Spring Coiling Machine, type MC 80 (World Preview), with 12 axes (working range : Ă&#x2DC; 1.75 to 8.0 mm), ďŹ tted with a new software for the 4 diameter motors. This coiler stands at the top in the working range of medium/big wire. All machines at the show will be ďŹ tted with the famous coiling ďŹ nger rotation device with controlled axis for adjusting the spring initial tension during the coiling cycle (International Patent).

SPX Precision Components, Fenn Division Booth #1321

TBE will be represented at the Spring World 2012 show by their exclusive North American representative Forming Systems Inc. TBE has a long standing commitment to quality machine design and tooling concepts. This year TBE has introduced the new sinubend machine for the high speed production of square formed sinuous wire forms. This new design allows for the machine to produce 2D and 3D shapes of sinuous wire-forms complete off of the machine. TBE is a leader in the production of high volume, high precision wire forming and spring making equipment.

Booth #1129 Tool King, Inc is an ISO 9001:2008 certiďŹ ed specialty niche metal service center. We supply manufacturers with narrow width ďŹ&#x201A;at rolled carbon, stainless steel, copper based alloys and aluminum. Our value added services include both slit and round edged products that are the highest quality in our industry.

Booth #925 The Fenn Division of SPX Precision Components will be featuring its new generation of spring coilers, the Torin FZ Series GI. These coilers will feature Runtime Automation Suite with Windows 7 GUI, real time diagnostic features, will be wireless ready, available in multiple languages, and will accept previous Model W and CNC tooling.

Suzuki Garphyttan Corporation

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Booth #1031 United Wire Co., Inc. located in North Haven, Conn. has become a specialist in manufacturing ďŹ&#x201A;at wire, square wire and shaped wire in a wide variety of materials; stainless steels, carbon steels, nickel bases, copper bases, and aluminum. With competitive pricing, great lead times, and superior quality we are able to cater to the spring industry like no other.

WAFIOS Booth #1205

Tool King, Inc.

Ulbrich Stainless Steel and Special Metals, Inc.

Booth #1309 Suzuki Garphyttan develops and manufactures advanced spring wire from various alloys for applications where the quality and performance requirements are extremely strict. The main applications are valve springs, transmission springs, piston rings, wave springs, die springs, linear guides and springs for injection systems.

tensile strength, yield strength and hardness levels to exact speciďŹ cations. We offer a wide array of pancake and oscillate wound coils.

Ulbrich Stainless Steel, with 13 global locations, supplies stainless steel and special metal alloys rolled to precision tolerances in strip and foil. Ulbrichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cold rolling and annealing processes produce

WAFIOS will exhibit the latest coiling machine technologies with the FUL and FSE Series CNC coilers, demonstrating both the iQAutopitch and iQBestspeed productivity enhancing programs. Also, the FMU and FMK Series CNC torsion spring/wire forming machines will produce complex applications at lightning speed, along with the powerfully ďŹ&#x201A;exible BM Series CNC wire bending machine. X

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From Springmaker to Winemaker Dick Witham said when he sold his company to Clarcor in 1986, both his accountant and attorney asked him if he wanted to move to Florida or Nevada to enjoy retirement life. Dick said he was too young to retire, and moving to a warmer climate and slowing down did not appeal to him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I decided I wanted to invest in the local community to try and create jobs,â&#x20AC;? said Dick of his decision to buy back AIM and start Motion Dynamics. Now 74 and retired from both companies, he continues to live in the Muskegon area with his wife, Marilyn, and enjoys time with his family, which includes six grandchildren. He spends some of his spare time helping young entrepreneurs establish themselves in business. Most of the time Dick says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not invested money in these businesses, just his time. For example, over the last couple of years heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been helping a friend of Chrisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; who builds trailers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve asked this young man: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;How do you differentiate yourself?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The answer came down to building the best trailer, at a fair price.â&#x20AC;? Dick says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proud of what this young man has done and the success heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achieved. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s served as an unofďŹ cial mentor

to several other young men like this. He maintains an ofďŹ ce at the plant, but has no title. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m available to talk to Chris and Kurt, but I have no ofďŹ cial role with either company.â&#x20AC;? Dick said he continues to enjoy seeing the employees at the two companies, many of whom heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known for a long time.

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When heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not in Muskegon, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traveling north to his cabin in the Traverse City, Mich. area. Fascinated by all the vineyards in that part of the state, Dick said he wanted to drive through a vineyard to get to his house. Smitten by â&#x20AC;&#x153;the grape,â&#x20AC;? Dick had a vineyard installed on his property. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a real departure for me in that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s physical work and very little mental,â&#x20AC;? Dick explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My life before was so much mental and very little physical.â&#x20AC;? He enjoys his part-time work as a farmer and goes to the cabin nearly every week to check on his prized grapes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a fun thing,â&#x20AC;? said Dick. Because Marilyn doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t often accompany him on his trip north, he says with appreciation, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a very understanding wife.â&#x20AC;? What has resulted from Dickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is bottled wines from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twisted Wire Vineyards,â&#x20AC;? which is his way of acknowledging an industry that has been good to him for so many years. Like a ďŹ ne wine, Dick savors the memories of being an SMI president and acquiring so many friends throughout the industry.

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Aiming to be the Turnkey Machine Supplier On a plant tour at AIM, Kurt Witham pointed out an older machine sitting on their manufacturing floor. It was one that had just been returned from a customer. The machine was an early vintage machine that AIM had produced in the ‘80s and was now being refurbished and retooled to be put back into service. In the meantime, the company was busy building new CNC coiling machines that will eventually be sent to customers who want a custom built, computer controlled machine to help automate their processes. Kurt says with reshoring returning spring manufacturing business to North America from China and other overseas locations, he’s seen an improved market for spring companies who need machinery to help them keep ahead of the competition. He explained that AIM has manufactured 10 or more systems for the garage door industry. He says starting with a standard CNC coiler, they built a system with cassette tooling that can handle multiple wire sizes. Kurt says in the garage door spring business, being able to change sizes quickly is very important. “We’re doing five minute changeovers, where the industry average might be two to four hours to setup.” What gets him excited is solving customer problems. He cites AIM’s most recent garage door spring project, which is a turnkey system: “Basically wire in and a finished part out.” He explains that the machine they built starts with a spring coming out of the coiler, which is immediately transferred to a stress relieving oven. It is next dropped into a paint tank; “imagine a hot spring with an Egyptian coating,” said Kurt. Finally, the product dries on a conveyor, and an inkjet label is printed and applied that marks the spring length, wire diameter, etc. “All of this is done automatically, in one pass,” said Kurt with pride. Though things have been more challenging recently due to the struggling U.S. economy, Kurt sees more projects like this for AIM where a “turnkey system is built that takes labor costs out.” Kurt said some of the machine systems they are building can have a payback of one year or less. In addition to building new machines and refurbishing machine controls, Kurt said they’ve recently taken on some extra work by 746-2+7 *EPP

CNC machining parts for local companies. They also have a steady business with their DuraBond Slide business. This linear, solid bearing slide technology was originally developed for AIM CNC coilers in the late ‘80s. The attractiveness of this technology involved excellent wear characteristics, high rigidity, vibration and shock dampen-

When asked what he likes most about the spring industry, Kurt says, “I enjoy the challenge of providing solutions for a variety of spring and wire forming applications." ing. In addition, DuraBond Slides operate without lubrication and excel in contaminated environments. The success of the DuraBond Slide led to the design of direct replacement slides for Torin and Sleeper Hartley mechanical spring coilers which use bronze dovetail slides. In addition, the company reconditions steel on steel slides on a variety of spring coiling and wire forming equipment where linear bearing surface is bonded to the original slide surface. The company’s standard line of DuraBond Slides, in widths from 2” to 12”, is available to the machine tool industry. Their slides are available with a variety of actuations including manual, pneumatic, hydraulic, lead screw and servo ball screw. Kurt’s workforce consists of 10 individuals and he holds a “stand up” roundtable meeting with the staff on Monday mornings. “It used to be me doing most of the talking and the guys would tend to glaze over. Now I give all the high points of where we’re at

budget wise and what we’ve accomplished.” He then has every employee talk about significant accomplishments from the week before and what needs to get done that week. “I like doing it on Monday morning because it gets people back in the groove after the weekend and to get them thinking about what they’re working on.” Kurt runs a flat organization, with minimum levels of hierarchy, “It’s pretty much one level and everyone understands their responsibilities.” He sees a company like AIM as a great industry for a kid to go into. “It certainly isn’t the old sweatshop mentality.” This summer he hired a boy, who is the son of a friend of his, who wasn’t sure what he wanted to do after his upcoming senior year of high school. “I’ve watched him his whole lifetime and he’s pretty mechanically inclined,” said Kurt. “So we put him on this summer and hope he makes a career out of it.” If everything works out, Kurt plans to help pay for his post-high school education. Kurt is the proud father of three teenage daughters who are 18, 16 and 14. Outside of work he enjoys opportunities to boat on Lake Michigan with his family and ride motorcycles with friends. When asked what he likes most about the spring industry, Kurt says, “I enjoy the challenge of providing solutions for a variety of spring and wire forming applications. In most cases, the capital equipment investment has to be justified within a reasonable payback period of two years or so. This is accomplished by providing higher production speeds, shorter setup and changeover times and lower labor costs through automation.”

“Success in the spring business is much different now than it was for many years,” explained Dick. “A lot of good companies were started by good mechanics that bought a used piece of equipment and started making springs in their garage at night; they eventually bought more equipment and moved to a building.” Dick says that would be a lot more difﬁcult to do today.

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Motion Dynamics: Hiring Minds, Not Backs When it comes to making springs, Chris Witham says he wants to deal with everything but commodity items. “At Motion Dynamics we primarily deal with fine wire,” he says. Motion Dynamics Corporation has made its mark by manufacturing some of the smallest wire components on the market, including a high precision laser welded micro garter spring with an inside diameter of <0.100.” They primarily serve the medical, electronics, aerospace and military markets with custom wire components. “We are capable of utilizing wire diameters down to 0.0007” and producing coil diameters down to 0.005,” explained Chris. He believes that a lot of things they produce are things that other spring companies would take a pass on, “In terms of the processing required and the type of materials.” Chris explained that they use a lot of precious metals, such as gold. “We try to do the real unique stuff.” The key to the success of Motion Dynamics, says Chris, has been to develop relationships with research and development (R&D) engineers. “We want them to rely on us to solve their problems.” He says oftentimes engineers will say: “This is what I want the part to do, can you help me?” Chris says trusting partnerships like this with customers has helped the company grow to 67 employees. “All we have to do for the customer is figure how to do it,” he explains. Chris says he loves getting up every morning and coming to work. He knows every employee by first name and has a company-wide employee meeting every Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. He stresses the importance of hiring the right people and working as a team. “We encourage people to work together and share their ideas. The vast majority of the time we end up with a better solution than any one individual would come up with on their own.” This thinking carries over to the benefits as well. All employees have the same health care and 401 (k) program In addition, the company has a lucrative profit sharing plan. “A pool of money for this is generated each year, then distributed based on employees overall contribution.”

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Chris says it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been with the company or how much you make per hour, “the profit sharing is based on what you did to move the company forward over the past 12 months.” He explains that if an employee comes in and does their basic job, their bonus will be a smaller portion of the pool. “But if you do something substantial that is lasting and helps us create a new process that we didn’t have before, your bonus is going to be much larger. “We have low turnover, and the whole goal of things like the bonus pool is to get employees to act like owners.” Chris says as a result, the company is not overpopulated with supervisors and things that customers are not willing to pay for. “If it’s going to come out of the bonus pool, it gets people to think like owners real quick,” commented Chris. He said one of the proudest moments for him as a business owner occurred recently. In the past, when the company had met their yearly plan’s goals, they had celebrated with a steak or fish fry for all the employees. Looking to do something different, he ordered company shirts for everyone. After this, Chris noticed that employees began ordering their own company apparel. “We get employees, all the time, ordering Motion Dynamics apparel with their own money. That they want to wear our logo, and that ties back to low turnover. People are proud of what they do here.” He believes firmly that Motion Dynamics “hires minds, not backs.”

Chris says he’s worked hard to create an environment where employees know they are valued. He points out that the company has never had a layoff since it started in 1992 and said when the economy was in bad shape back in 2009, the company actually added six employees. “My objective is to make sure there’s plenty of work in front of everybody,” says Chris. And he quantiﬁes that by saying it must be good work for Motion Dynamics, “the kind of stuff that creates the bonus pool.” He says that’s one of the reasons he likes what he does and works hard at it. “I don’t want to disappoint those 67 people. I would be a failure if we miss and I don’t want to miss.” In addition to running Motion Dynamics, Chris is married and the father of a 23-year old son and two daughters who are 21 and 18. He’s a member of the SMI board of directors and the mayor of his hometown in North Muskegon, Mich., a town of 4,000 people. He’s been at the job for four terms over 12 years and is most likely one of the few members of the spring industry involved in politics. Chris says with a chuckle, “I like springmaking better.” X

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A total of $25,000 in awards will be granted for the 2013 SMI Scholarship Program. Eligible participants must be sons and daughters of employees who work for an SMI member company. A total of nine regional scholarships of $2,000 each will be awarded. In addition, three at-large scholarships will be awarded. The International Spring Scholarship awards an at-large scholarship of $3,000, and is sponsored by Joe Goldberg of International Spring Company. The Bud Peterson Memorial Scholarship, sponsored by Pete Peterson, awards an at-large scholarship of $2,000, and is named in honor of Pete‘s father, the late Bud Peterson, who served as president of SMI. The Callaghan-Hart Scholarship is sponsored by Jim Callaghan, former CFO of MW Industries. The $2,000 at-large scholarship is named in honor of Callaghan‘s parents, Ed and Rita Callaghan. Applications are now available at the SMI website (www.smihq.org), or phone the SMI ofﬁce at 630-495-8588.

60, 0RXUQV 3DVVLQJ RI 0HPEHU It is with deep regret that Springs announces the passing of Gail Clemens Brink on July 21. Brink, 59, passed away surrounded by her loving husband and family after a courageous ﬁght with cancer. Brink was born December 17, 1952 to Jane O. Clemens and the late Robert F. Clemens, ranking third in their clan of eight. Moving to Berlin, Vt. in 1960, she attended Berlin schools, graduating from Berlin High in 1971, furthering her education at Johnson State College in Johnson, Vt. Brink is survived by her husband of 20 years, Richard A. Brink; her mother Jane O. Clemens; seven brothers and sisters: Mark Clemens, Paul Clemens and Teresa Burby, Beth and Peter Campanelli, Ruth and David Sturgeon, Judy and George Procko, Neal Clemens, and Dean Clemens; cousin, Nancy O. Burch; and several nieces and nephews. The Brinks owned and operated two businesses, BHS Torin in Farmington, Conn., which they sold, and LM Gill Welding, which they currently own and operate. Through business the couple became world travelers; skiing in Colorado, hitting the links at Pebble Beach or just a night out with friends, she enjoyed it all. Golf became a passion. As members of the Farmington Country Club, they had many leisurely hours on the greens. A home in Barnard, Vt., which the couple built together, was Brink’s sanctuary. Whether snowmobiling, sitting on the porch or spending endless hours with friends, the home was their “Field of Dreams.” Brink touched many lives, collected many friends and cherished each and every one. A memorial service was held on August 10, 2012.

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2I[ 4VSHYGXW DAYSet™ High-Precision Compound Tooling System DAYSet™ high-precision compound tooling is a complete tooling system for the production of high-quality, cost-effective stamped products in a single step operation. The system allows 15-minute tool changeover, making it ideal for short and medium runs, prototyping, and quick changeover environments. Based on the “Hovis Die” principle, but with an improved design, DAYSet™ eliminates the need for high-cost progressive dies, thus saving time and money while providing maximum product consistency. This unique technology allows the efﬁcient production of stamped parts, like washers, in varying thicknesses, sizes, shapes, and materials, even in short runs. Dayton Progress says the company’s proven design is ideal for a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, agriculture, automotive, consumer goods, commercial engines, factory automation, marine, material handling, medical/scientiﬁc, national defense, pharmaceutical, trucks and buses, and more. The DAYSet™ pre-assembled Master Compound Die is a precision-made die set that works with the compound tooling to provide a complete system for producing

ﬂat blanks (like washers) in a single press stroke. This two-post die set with adjustable guides includes a knockout and a key for irregular shapes. All parts are made to exacting standards with top quality materials. Tool changeover can be accomplished in under 15 minutes in a master compound with identical registry without manual alignment. Changeover to different tooling for a different size or shape part

can be accomplished by simply removing screws and replacing the tool. Dayton Progress provides their “Firm Delivery Schedule” which allows delivery in just 10 working days for complete tooling sets (shorter lead times for individual parts). For additional information visit www.daytonprogress.com, or call 937-859-5111.

Quick Talk™ RQT Improves Plant Communication Quick Talk™ RQT is an industrial-grade radio transmitter with sensor inputs and voice recording storage that automatically alerts radio-equipped personnel when plant conditions change. The product accepts inputs from up to four switches or sensors to monitor conditions; when a change is detected, a pre-recorded message alerts plant personnel to that speciﬁc sensor variance. Virtually any sensor or switch input can be accommodated, allowing this unique technology to monitor conditions like an emergency motion, liquid level, temperature, vibration, power interruption, door or window ajar, obstructions, and many others found within manufacturing environments. The gasketed and sealed, polycarbonate enclosure offers built-in mounting ﬂanges. The RQT radio can operate standalone on six AA batteries, or it can be powered externally by an optional 110V AC adaptor. The RQT is available with a 2 Watt transmitter or a 120 mWatt transmitter. Compatible with virtually every business-band 2-way radio, the Quick Talk™ can

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also be used with UHF radio repeaters to provide added coverage. Each sensor can be set for different frequencies to further ensure that proper personnel receive appropriate alerts (for example Input 1 – Maintenance, Input 2 – Security, Input 3 -Operations, etc.). An optional, internal 433MHz UHF receiver allows remote keyfob activation (for emergency call button) from up to 100 feet away. Each Quick Talk™ is designed and assembled in the U.S. The QuickTalk RQT Wireless Monitoring and Alerting System accepts inputs from up to four monitors and then alerts radio equipped personnel with a prerecorded message when plant conditions change. Virtually any sensor can be used including temperature, liquid (or solid) level, pressure, emergency, and more. For additional information, visit www.ritron.com.

SAS TESTERS introduces the LVA – Load Vector Analysis module New Book Vacuum Heat Treatment Focuses on Heat-Treating Industry Vacuum Heat Treatment by Dan Herring is a new book focused on principles, practices and applications for the heat-treating industry. The book is described as “the ﬁrst truly comprehensive resource on the subject of vacuum technology,” which is the fastest growing segment of the heat treating industry today. This book provides the reader with practical advice, a diverse set of application examples and a wide range of technical and engineering information necessary to make informed decisions about how to heat treat and what equipment features are necessary to do the job. The author states that the book is unique because he wrote it so that engineers, metallurgists, heat treating operators, supervisors, managers, quality, industrial and manufacturing engineers and just about anyone interested in thermal processing or manufacturing can become skilled in the art and science of vacuum heat treatment. Vacuum Heat Treatment was scheduled for publication in September 2012; preorder discounts are available at http://store.bnpmedia. com/store/aec_online/hvac/index.html.

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An ideal compression spring will impart a load within its assembly, co-axial with the spring’s geometric axis. Since there is no such thing as an “ideal” spring, the load vector generated by compressing a compression spring may be located at an angle to the spring centerline axis in one or both of the XZ and YZ planes. Given this scenario, the assembly within which the spring operates may be adversely affected by this “off-axis” anomaly, especially if the side loads generated by the components of the load vector cause wear, hysteresis or unwanted friction (valve stems/guides are one example of undesirable off-axis load vectors). Alternatively, a particular load vector may be required in the assembly, which may be beneficial if axially misaligned (motor vehicle suspension dynamics could benefit from tailored load vectors). SAS’s Load Vector Analysis (LVA) module has been specifically designed to precisely determine the load vector of a compression spring by measuring the vector as a function of load. The LVA unit and its software present the vector geometry related to the spring’s centerline with angular offsets in the XZ and YZ planes, together with the precise position (in polar coordinates) of the vector intersection with the springs base plane (refer to the figure at left). The LVA module can be supplied with most CT series load testers and seamlessly integrates with other test functions (force at height, height at force, spring rate etc.), providing a test result combining both the geometric load vector results with regular spring testing variables (CT100k with LVA below). Contact Forming Systems Inc at info@formingsystemsinc.com or 269-679-3557 for additional information. Ask for Tim Weber or Dan Bagwell. X

%HZIVXMWIVÂ´W -RHI\ A & D Trading (440) 563-5227 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Admiral Steel (800) 323-7055 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Alloy Wire International (866) 482-5569 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Anchor Abrasives (708) 444-4300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 CASMI (630) 369-3466 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Century Spring, Division of MW Industries (800) 237-5225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Citco/Gardner (800) 243-7366 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Diamond Wire Spring Co. (800) 424-0500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Edge Factor www.edgefactor.com . . . . . . . . . 76 Elgiloy Specialty Metals (847) 695-1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Forming Systems Inc. (877) 594-4300 . . inside front cover, back cover, 22 Gibbs Wire & Steel Co. Inc. (800) 800-4422 . . inside back cover Gibraltar Corporation (847) 769-2099 . . . . . . . . . . 50, 60 Industrial Steel & Wire (800) 767-0408 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 InterWire Products Inc. (914) 273-6633 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 JN Machinery (224) 699-9161 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Kiswire (201) 461-8895 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Kreher Steel (800) 323-0745 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Lapham-Hickey Steel (800) 323-8443 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Larson Systems (877) 780-2131 . . . . . . . . . . 25, 44 Mapes Piano String Co. (423) 543-3195 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Mount Joy Wire (800) 321-2305 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 NESMA (860) 314-2101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 NIMSCO (563) 391-0400 . . . . . . . . . 39, 49

North American Spring Tool (800) 759-6278 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Precision Metalforming Association www.pma.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Precision Steel Warehouse (800) 323-0740 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Proto Manufacturing (800) 965-8378 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Radcliff Wire (860) 583-1305 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 RK Trading (847) 640-9371 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Shinko +81-6-6794-6610 . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Simplex Rapid (563) 391-0400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Spring Manufacturers Institute (630) 495-8588 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 SPX/Fenn Division (860) 594-4300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Suzuki Garphyttan (574) 232-8800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Tool King (800) 338-1318 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Ulbrich Stainless Steels (203) 239-4481 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 United Wire Co. (800) 840-9481 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Vulcan Spring & Manufacturing Co. (215) 721-1721 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 WAFIOS (203) 481-5555 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Zapp Precision Strip (203) 386-0038 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Join us at Spring World for the SMI Cocktail Party Wednesday October 3, 5-6 pm at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. See you there!

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7RETWLSX :LOOLDP 0 +LFNH\ -U /DSKDP +LFNH\ 6WHHO &RUS Nickname: Bill Company name, city and country: Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp., Chicago, Ill.

Brief history of your company: Family owned and managed steel service center founded in 1926.

Job title: President. Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Current home: Suburb of Chicago. Family: Spouse, Leslie, children, Will, Brian, Laura and Mary Ellen, two daughters-in-law, Danna and Colleen, and four grandchildren.

What I like most about being in the industry: Every day is very different. With our company’s position in the supply chain we have a very good look at the basic community process and the customers who make the products. Manufacturing is exciting!

Favorite food: Something on the grill, chicken, ﬁsh, hot dogs.

Favorite books/author: “Winds of War” / Herman Wouk. “Tiny Dancer” / Paul McCartney

People who knew me in school thought I was: Fun.

Hobbies: Golf, walking, reading.

I knew I was an “adult” when: My

Favorite song/musician:

Favorite places: Napa, Amalﬁ Coast. Best times of my life: Now. A really great evening to me is: Dinner with family and friends.

The one thing I can’t stand is: Lying. My most outstanding quality is: Determination.

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father became my best friend.

If I weren’t working at LaphamHickey, I would like to: I have worked at Lapham-Hickey my entire life. I cannot think of anything else I would like to do!

The most difﬁcult business decision I ever had to make was: Making a decision that would affect employees losing their jobs.

Role model: My father and Jim Davis. I would like to be remembered in the spring industry for: Devotion and dedication to the manufacturing industry.

But people will probably remember me for: Integrity.