Advanced Machine & Engineering Co.
Rockford, IL 61103
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. to Feature Products at IMTS 2014
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) will be exhibiting their machine tool component products in both the East and West buildings this year at IMTS 2014. In the West building, at booth W-2405, they will be showing their fixturing product lines under the Amrok brand name, which consists of the following products: • Amrok Epoxy-mineral Tombstones • Amrok Cast Iron Tombstones • Triag...
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AMLOK® Pneumatic Rod Locks Keep A-10 Warthog Steady and Protects Technicians During Refurbish/Repair OPS at HILL AFB
Unique rod lock assemblies from Advanced Machine Engineering built into Boeing fixtures; used to stabilize airframe, maintain structural integrity during and after major repairs During the maintenance and repair operations of A-10 Warthog aircraft at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, a unique product design from Advanced Machine & Engineering (AME) helps maintain the structural integrity of this heavy...
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TRD Uses Modular Tombstone Fixtures to Improve Production of Cylinder Components by Over 40%
In its production of various cylinder and related products for hundreds of customers, TRD Manufacturing, Inc. of Machesney Park, Illinois (near Rockford), a division of Bimba, one of the leaders in actuation devices, was challenged by an ever-increasing variety of sizes, styles and materials in their workpiece blocks.- As VP of Operations Kerry Reinhardt explains, TRD is a fast-paced...
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What to Look for in a Carbide Saw
Saws built for low vibration work best Carbide saws equipped with carbide or coated cermet-tipped blades are designed to cut extremely hard materials. How effective the blade is depends in large part on how the saw is built. The relatively brittle carbide or cermet tips require very rigid and backlash free machines, operating with low vibration to avoid cracking of the cutting tips and ensure an...
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Rod Locks control over-travel, drifting, and bouncing.
Available mounted to ISO 6431 style pneumatic cylinder or as standalone unit, AMLOK-® RLI Series is constructed of black anodized aluminum with piston and wedge locking mechanism actuated by multiple springs that mechanically lock rod quickly and securely. Clamp is unlocked when air actuates piston, compresses spring, and releases locking device. Providing consistent clamping force in both...
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Hydraulic Rod Locks Assist on Movable Pool Bottom Project
Aquatic Development Group uses specially modified Amlok-® product from Advanced Machine & Engineering to protect movable pool floor stability at Ithaca College Aquatic Development Group (ADG) of Cohoes, New York is a professional design, manufacturing and construction firm serving the waterpark, resort, hotel aquarium, aquatic therapy and commercial/institutional swimming pool markets. The...
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Linear Roller Guides ensure precision, rigidity under load.
Tschudin and Heid linear roller cages and guides are components for machine, instrument, tool, and fixture applications. Roller and cage design allows displacement of moving parts in axial direction via use of parallel shafts and sleeves; no radial movement is possible. Construction suits applications where heavy loads must be moved in confined spaces. Rollers are arranged within plastic or...
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Amrok® Custom Dedicated Milling Fixtures
Solves Multiple Machining Challenges on 5000 Lb. Pump Housings, While Saving Cost And 50% Of The Set-up Time Weir Minerals North America, a Madison, Wisconsin manufacturer of large pumps for mining slurry applications, needed large 108 W x 108 H pump housing Class 40 iron castings machined, including milling, drilling and boring. Each pump housing consisted of a frame and cover section, each...
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Under the Sea, Under the Sea...Amlok Holding Tight Connections
Argus Subsea uses hydraulic rod locks from AME to secure underwater oilfield trees at 5000-6000' depths to 3000 psi and 50,000 pounds of axial holding Argus Subsea produces its AZ-10 fully concentric, vertical mono-bore subsea tree design for rapid field development. Originally designed for low net present value (NPV), marginal and smaller fields, where the capital investment containment is...
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Perfect Machine Protection at IMTS 2010 Booth E-5708
Hennig, Inc., Machesney Park, Ill., announces their return to IMTS 2010. Visit Booth E-5708 to learn about Hennig's machine protection products featuring: o Telescopic Steel Cover Repair o Chip Disc Filtration (CDF) Systems o Bellows Visit Booth W-2405, for additional Hennig products such as: o Telescopic Steel Covers o Chip Conveyors o Machine Enclosures Other products include roll-up and...
Read More »More Manufacturing Jobs Expected with 2018 AME/Hennig Expansion
The expansion answers customer demand, creates new jobs, and brings manufacturing back to its prime in the United States Rockford, Illinois, USA – November 30, 2017 – Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME), www.ame.com, your one source solution for machine components, and its sister company, Hennig Inc., www.hennig-inc.com, a global leader in machine protection products and services, are...
Read More »AME Reduces Tombstone Lead Times with New Toyoda HMC Machine
Advanced Machine & Engineering doubles down to show its commitment to delivering high precision tombstones at the lowest possible lead time. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Rockford, Illinois, USA—March 8th, 2018—Advanced Machine & Engineering (AME), a global manufacturer and distributor of machine tool components and metal cutting machines for over 50 years, has recently invested in a Toyoda...
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Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. to Feature Products at IMTS 2014
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) will be exhibiting their machine tool component products in both the East and West buildings this year at IMTS 2014. In the West building, at booth W-2405, they will be showing their fixturing product lines under the Amrok brand name, which consists of the following products: • Amrok Epoxy-mineral Tombstones • Amrok Cast Iron Tombstones • Triag...
Read More »
AMLOK® Pneumatic Rod Locks Keep A-10 Warthog Steady and Protects Technicians During Refurbish/Repair OPS at HILL AFB
Unique rod lock assemblies from Advanced Machine Engineering built into Boeing fixtures; used to stabilize airframe, maintain structural integrity during and after major repairs During the maintenance and repair operations of A-10 Warthog aircraft at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, a unique product design from Advanced Machine & Engineering (AME) helps maintain the structural integrity of this heavy...
Read More »
TRD Uses Modular Tombstone Fixtures to Improve Production of Cylinder Components by Over 40%
In its production of various cylinder and related products for hundreds of customers, TRD Manufacturing, Inc. of Machesney Park, Illinois (near Rockford), a division of Bimba, one of the leaders in actuation devices, was challenged by an ever-increasing variety of sizes, styles and materials in their workpiece blocks.- As VP of Operations Kerry Reinhardt explains, TRD is a fast-paced...
Read More »
What to Look for in a Carbide Saw
Saws built for low vibration work best Carbide saws equipped with carbide or coated cermet-tipped blades are designed to cut extremely hard materials. How effective the blade is depends in large part on how the saw is built. The relatively brittle carbide or cermet tips require very rigid and backlash free machines, operating with low vibration to avoid cracking of the cutting tips and ensure an...
Read More »
Rod Locks control over-travel, drifting, and bouncing.
Available mounted to ISO 6431 style pneumatic cylinder or as standalone unit, AMLOK-® RLI Series is constructed of black anodized aluminum with piston and wedge locking mechanism actuated by multiple springs that mechanically lock rod quickly and securely. Clamp is unlocked when air actuates piston, compresses spring, and releases locking device. Providing consistent clamping force in both...
Read More »AMSAW® Carbide Saws Return to AISTech 2012
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) Rockford, IL is happy to announce their return to AISTech, May 7-10, 2012, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. is the pioneer in carbide sawing and sawing technology, with over 40 years of manufacturing. They will be presenting: AMSAW-® Production Sawing Machines using Carbide or Cermet Tipped Blades...
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Hydraulic Rod Locks Assist on Movable Pool Bottom Project
Aquatic Development Group uses specially modified Amlok-® product from Advanced Machine & Engineering to protect movable pool floor stability at Ithaca College Aquatic Development Group (ADG) of Cohoes, New York is a professional design, manufacturing and construction firm serving the waterpark, resort, hotel aquarium, aquatic therapy and commercial/institutional swimming pool markets. The...
Read More »
Linear Roller Guides ensure precision, rigidity under load.
Tschudin and Heid linear roller cages and guides are components for machine, instrument, tool, and fixture applications. Roller and cage design allows displacement of moving parts in axial direction via use of parallel shafts and sleeves; no radial movement is possible. Construction suits applications where heavy loads must be moved in confined spaces. Rollers are arranged within plastic or...
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