Merrill Receives Michigan Clean Energy Grant to Manufacture Large Wind Parts

Merrill Technologies Group (Saginaw, MI) Received a Michigan Clean Energy Grant. Merrill will use the grant to purchase a MAG MC 1600 to manufacture large wind turbine parts. The MC 1600, a machining center-type horizontal boring mill, automates large-part production and reduces non-cutting time with a pallet shuttle system and tool changer. The machine's 1600 mm x 1600 mm (63 in x 63 in) table handles parts up to 15,000 kg (33,100 lb).

This is the sixth MAG machine tool purchased by Merrill since 2006, as the company continues to diversify its customer base and serve the wind energy industry. Merrill also has two RT 1600 boring mills, two vertical turning centers and a horizontal machining center. Yackel says the first parts on the machine will almost certainly be wind-related, as a result of recent new business acquisition.

Michigan's Centers of Energy Excellence program provides seed funding for clean-energy projects that create jobs in wind and other alternative energy sectors by leveraging the state's research and development expertise in advanced manufacturing, engineering and materials sciences.

The federal Department of Energy (DOE) has said that Michigan is in the top five states for wind power generation potential and in the top four states for wind manufacturing jobs potential. The DOE estimates Michigan has the potential to create more than 30,000 jobs by 2030.

MAG is a leading machine tool and systems company serving the durable-goods industry worldwide with complete manufacturing solutions. The company offers a comprehensive line of equipment and technologies including process development, automated assembly, turning, milling, automotive powertrain production, composites processing, maintenance, automation and controls, and core components.

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