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Greetings!
Happy New Year! We hope your new year is off to a smooth start and great things come your way in 2012. At MMUSA, we began our new year with a new President and CEO.
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Futoshi Miyamoto |
January 1, 2012, Futoshi (Toshi) Miyamoto succeeded Masahiko Hattori as President and CEO of MMUSA. Mr. Miyamoto has many years of management experience with his most recent position being Manager, Strategic Planning Office-Kyoto, Japan. The last few months of 2011 he spent time with Mr. Hattori ensuring a smooth transition to his new responsibilities.
Mr. Miyamoto's is married and has two children who will be joining him in the US in March.
Masahiko (Mark) Hattori completed his term at Murata and has accepted a management position in Global HR Affairs at the Kyoto Headquarters. |
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Automated turning and then some . . .
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Keith Wilson |
By Keith Wilson, Regional Manager
There are many good reasons for automated turning (high-to-medium volume, hard-to-find skilled labor, utilizing your current work force more efficiently etc.). One of many advantages in partnering with Murata is you can take full advantage of our engineering and design team to make the most of an automated lathe.
A case in point, one of my customers wanted "no part handling" within the cell. Their vision was to forklift in a stack of raw parts and back out with a pallet full of finished parts. They wanted better throughput, less scrap and faster changeover for their family of parts, along with single source accountability of the whole system.
Our solution was a MW200GS lathe with secondary automation, vision system, part orientation, post process gaging and the ability to pull from different dunnage for their parts family.
Murata incorporated a Fanuc robot with vision system to find the parts on the pallet once they were fork lifted into the cue station. The robot arm then re-orients the part based on a feature on the OD so it is loaded consistently into the custom workholding.
After the turning operation, our gantry places the part in a PPG which gages and sends offset info to the machine control. From that point, the Fanuc robot picks up the finished part from the PPG and loads a finished pallet. The system also detects when the finished part pallets are full so levels of pallets have a consistent number of parts for easy inventorying. Changeover to another part consists of end-of-arm tooling for the Fanuc robot and our "program select switch" within the Murata control which changes the machining program and the gantry loader program with the push of a button.
The result realized a 30% increase in productivity due to the automation, parts scrap fell because of repeatability of the automation. By eliminating operator fatigue factor, changeover time decreased by 35%, better safety and ergonomics were realized and cost per part was lowered.
If you would like information on how we can help you eliminate operations and reduce costs, contact your local Murata representative or call the factory at 800 428 8469.
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Gabe Morelli Appointed SE Gulf Coast Regional Manager
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It is with great pleasure the Machine Tools Division announces the appointment of Gabe Morelli as the new SE Gulf Coast Regional Manager for Turning Products. Gabe will report to Steve Landrum, N. American Sales Manager.
Gabe is a sales professional with an extensive technical background and a commitment to customer satisfaction. His sales, applications and programming experience along with his first-hand knowledge of machining process, automation, tooling and workholding will be an asset customers will appreciate as they work together on projects.
As the new SE Gulf Coast Regional manager, Gabe is responsible for turning sales in the states of TN, LA, MS, AR, AL, GA, W. KY, TX and the FL panhandle.
Gabe lives in Tennessee, married 24 years to his wife Lori and has three children - Justin 26, Luke 21 and Christian 16. He is very active in his church teaching 4th and 5th graders on Sunday mornings. He also leads a weekly men's Bible study and is involved in other ministry opportunities such as feeding the homeless and the disaster response team. In his spare time he enjoys working on cars, riding dirt bikes with his sons and is active in two off-road riding clubs.
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MMUSA Adds Applications Personnel
We'd like introduce you to Wade Phillips and Kevin Wilson, two new additions to the Applications Department. Wade and Kevin, with their past experience, have "hit the ground running" working on machine projects. They have been a great addition to the division and we know customers will enjoy working with them.
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Wade Phillips |
Hometown: Williamsport, PA moved to NC in 1996
Education: Attended PA College of Technology, a division of Penn State. AS degree in Tool Technology
Work History: Worked in aerospace, medical, and printing industry for manufacturing parts and service
Enjoys: spending time with his wife and three children, active with church activities, and enjoys doing some occasional fishing
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Kevin Wilson |
Hometown: Daytona Beach, FL
Education: Agua Fria High in Arizona
Work History: 12 years experience in aerospace and job-shop settings
Enjoys: golf, hiking, and time with family
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In Closing . . .
Thank you for reading this issue of the Murata newsletter. We'll see you again soon!
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