P&H Becomes Joy Global

Posted at: 05/15/2012 4:50 PM | Updated at: 05/15/2012 11:10 PM
By: Renee Passal  Read Story:  http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/S2619529.shtml?cat=10363

The expansion is so big it can be seen from Highway 53. After all, it’s 92,000 square feet just north of Virginia. And it’s the home of the former P&H Minepro offices and manufacturing space. Along with the new space, is a new name.

“We’ve consolidated our brand name into Joy Global name. We will still build P&H shovels and other equipment, but under the Joy Global name,” explained Jon Anderson, regional manager for Joy Global Iron Range.

Leaders say it was a customer driven decision.  The company is seeing growth. ”We’re bringing in work from eastern Canada, and Appalachia, and expect to continue to grow,” Anderson said.

P&H is already known well in our taconite plants.

Part of the deal for the expansion included 20 new jobs within 5 years. That was the agreement with the city of Virginia, which footed the bill for infrastructure for the site.  Joy Global has hired four people this week, and plans to hire 10 more in the next couple of months. Over 60 people work there now.  Mayor Steve Peterson said they are ahead of pace to hit that 20 mark.

The new building is expected to be in use this fall.

EWI looks forward to continuing to support valued member Joy Global as they grow bigger and better.

Below are highlights from Mark Norfolk‘s presentation on Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM) a few days ago at the ASM Symposium at GE’s Global Research Center in NY. Mark is a senior project manager at EWI and the CEO of Fabrisonic, an EWI spinout.  

• Ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) is a novel new process that produces true metallurgical bonds with full density and works with a variety of metals such as aluminum, copper, stainless steel, and titanium.
• In combining additive and subtractive process capabilities, UAM can create deep slots, hollow, latticed, or honeycombed internal structures, and other complex geometries impossible with conventional subtractive manufacturing processes. 
• The solid state nature of the UAM bond allows for welding of dissimilar metals.  This enables dissimilar metal cladding, production of custom metal matrix composites, and the ability to embed objects or sensors in a metal substrate.  
• With UAM technology, customers are able to manufacture complex parts that have unique features and attributes not possible using traditional manufacturing techniques.
• Parts currently made with traditional operations can be made with much less waste, an increasingly important factor as more expensive, higher performance materials see broader use. 

For more information about this super-cool technology innovation, contact Mark Norfolk at 614.688.5223 or mnorfolk@ewi.org.

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  Where the magic happens! Fabrisonic's "SonicLayer™7200" is a production-scale automated UAM system with a 6 ft. work envelope. Smaller versions of the machine are also available.

   

I’m Mary Wilmoth, Marketing Manager at EWI.  If you’d like information about the other leading-edge manufacturing technologies we’re applying to industry to make our customers more competitive, check out www.ewi.org or email me at mwilmoth@ewi.org. I can connect you with the right experts.  

Yesterday (5/16) EWI hosted the Spring – EWI Member Orientation and Update.  There were attendees representing 12 companies and 5 states, from Ohio to Oklahoma.  The Membership Orientation and Update is a  quarterly event that brings EWI members together for technology briefings, a facility tour, and most importantly, a review of  how to get the most value from EWI membership.   In this session the technical briefings included Welding Design and Distortion and Mechanical Testing.  The membership review walked through all the important benefits available to EWI members as part of their membership package.  It is important to us that our members know how to use their membership to the greatest extent possible in order to get the most value. In addition, it is always exciting to see our members networking with each other. This in itself is a great benefit for everyone involved.

Some attendee comments included: “Great stuff – facility is amazing”; “Face-to-face contact is always best”;  “Seeing the facility and accessibility to various EWI experts is a plus.”

If you are an EWI member and have not been to our facility, or a member who has been here many times, we would love to have you join us for our Summer – Member Orientation and Update on August 14th.  This is a free event.  To register for Summer Orientation and/or find out more about other EWI events, please check out our web page at: www.ewi.org/events.

If you are NOT an EWI member, we would still love to have you visit and learn more about what’s important to you.  For more information, please contact me at 614-688-5049 or lkohr@ewi.org and I would be happy to assist you.

Leah Kohr, EWI Member Relations Manager (I love my job!)

Welcome Laser Operations!

Laser Operations LLC, manufactures the QPC Lasers line of products and is a leader in high performance diode lasers and diode pumped laser products for defense, medical, industrial and consumer applications.  Laser Operations products are based on proprietary technologies, notably its Brigthlase® and Brightlock® diode designs which provide unequalled diode brightness and spectral control and offer significant improvements in size, weight and cost compared to competing technologies. 

All operational and business functions are conducted at our 18,000 square foot factory in Los Angeles. Laser Operations’ manufacturing facilities are certified in accordance with the internationally valid standard ISO 9001:2008 and are ITAR registered.

The Company’s products are currently used by leading OEMs in a variety of medical, defense and industrial products and are being included in a variety of large scale consumer products currently being developed.

We are excited to welcome Laser Operations LLC to EWI.

          EWI welcomes our newest member  Hydrogen Energy Systems LLC. 

Hydrogen Energy Systems, located in Akron, Ohio has invented technology that allows an internal combustion engine to run mechanically on 100% compressed hydrogen.  The Hydrogen “Mixing Block”™ is a device that replaces the carburetor or electronic fuel injector, which delivers the exact mix of hydrogen and air to successfully and efficiently run small internal combustion engines. With their mechanical approach, Hydrogen Energy Systems has done what no other company has been able to do, which is develop hydrogen engine technology that is affordable to the masses.

Welcome EWI new member Bloom Energy. 

Bloom Energy manufactures on-site power generation systems which utilize an innovative new fuel cell technology with roots in NASA’s Mars program. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA,  Bloom Energy was founded with the mission to make clean, reliable energy affordable for everyone on earth.

Derived from a common sand-like powder, and leveraging breakthrough advances in materials science, Bloom Energy’s technology is able to produce clean, reliable, affordable power,… practically anywhere,… from a wide range of renewable or traditional fuels.  Their Energy Servers™ are among the most efficient energy generators on the planet; providing for significantly reduced electricity costs and dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions.

EWI President & CEO, Dr. Henry Cialone, sat today with German Ambassador to the US, the Honorable Peter Ammon, on a panel discussion about manufacturing and innovation hosted by The Brookings Institution.  The German perspective is important and relevant, given that Germany’s manufacturing industry has continued to grow and prosper while U.S. manufacturing has stagnated in comparison.  The German ability to innovate new manufacturing technologies and get them to market quickly has much to do with their business model, which includes government-funded applications centers.

The largest of the German applications centers is Fraunhofer, and Dr. Cialone joked with Mr. Ammon about having “Fraunhofer envy.” EWI, in fact, has many similaries to Fraunhofer. Folks at Brookings are even calling it “the American Fraunhofer.”  Both EWI and Fraunhofer are manufacturing applications centers that innovate and mature technologies to the point that they are ready for industry.  The primary difference is that Fraunhofer is subsidized by the German government, which allows them to mature more technologies more quickly, and continually expand their capabilities — providing German manufacturers with quicker access to the latest manufacturing technologies available.

Dr. Cialone and Chris Conrardy, VP of Technology & Innovation at EWI, have talked a great deal recently with representatives from U.S. industry and state and federal government about how this “innovation model” proven in Germany could be the key to getting U.S. manufacturing back on track.  If the country embraces public/private partnering, this model could provide the innovation infrastructure that the U.S. is currently missing…

What do you think?  Might this innovation model work in the U.S.?  Add your comment below, or email me at Mary Wilmoth.

German Ambassador Peter Ammon (middle) and Dr. Henry Cialone (right) with moderator.

 

 

German Ambassador Ammon (left) and Dr. Henry Cialone (right)

Dr. Henry Cialone, EWI President and CEO, speaking on U.S. Manufacturing

Welcome Taylor-Winfield Technologies to EWI.  Taylor-Winfield Technologies of Youngstown, Ohio manufactures welding and soldering equipment of all shapes and sizes.  We are excited to have them on board.

 EWI would like to welcome new member Rogue Fitness.  Rogue Fitness is from right here in Columbus.

Rogue Fitness manufactures sporting equipment for CrossFit training.  What is         CrossFit?  CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.  It is an intense exercise program featuring dynamic exercises like plyometric jumps and Olympic lifts while using non-traditional weightlifting equipment.  This may sound complicated and intimidating, but  it is really “old school” exercise with jump ropes, kettlebells and sand-bags.  The program is structured in such a way that participants are challenged to do a certain number of repetitions in a workout in a specific time frame.  I’m tired just writing about it!