VOLUME 21FOURTH QUARTER • 2004

ONTHE MOVE

The latest manufacturingfacility for Ogura products isbeing built in the Shanghai area ofChina. This is Ogura’s third man-ufacturing facility in China.Ogura is currently renovating anexisting building that plans tohave production started before theend of this year. Like the previousmobile clutch plant that openedearlier this year in China, the newfacility is 100% owned by Ogura.

At 50,000 square feet, thisfacility is smaller compared to theother manufacturing facilities butit is also going to be one of themost focused. This plant willmake spring applied holdingbrakes for elevators.

Detroit, Michigan

For approximately the past year and a half Ogura Corp. inMadison Heights, Michigan and HPPC in Chesterfield, Michiganhave been going through the ISO/TS16949 certification. Thenew certification is more global in its scope and covers concernsof both Europe and Asia. It replaces the existing QS9000 certifi-cation which expires in December 2006.

New industrial manufacturing facility in China

USA Manufacturing Plant Receives ISO/TS16949Certification

NEW CHINA PLANT ANNOUNCED

Because of the building growthand desire to use less overall landarea, buildings are becoming tallerin China, which is necessitatingthe need for elevators.

This in turn has caused the

elevator manufacturers to movesome of the assembly operationsto China. This assembly plant willproduce more local content whichwill help Ogura’s customers winmore contracts.

Mushaku, China

ISO/TS16949

Since their debut at the TokyoAuto Salon earlier this year, patient cus-tomers have been awaiting the produc-tion release of the new series of carbonracing clutches. These new clutcheshave been appraised by D1 car driversand are now available to the generalpublic.The new disks go into both sin-gle and twin plate assemblies and canbe used with most Japanese high per-formance car engine/transmissioncombinations.

My name is Jim Andes and Irecently joined Ogura Industrial as anApplication Engineer.

I was bornand raised in NJ,and have livedhere all but sixmonths of my life.

I graduatedfrom KeanUniversity, Union,NJ with a BSMSin 1992. Shortlyafter that I joinedElectroid Company, Springfield, NJ asa Production ControlManager/Expeditor. After a year ortwo of wearing multiple hats I waspromoted to inside sales representa-tive. I enjoyed the successful fiveyear career at Electroid but left theCompany in 1999 to move to Florida.My stay in Florida was short livedand in 2000 I returned to NJ. Sincethen I have been employed byIngersoll Rand Co., Edison, NJ as anApplication Engineer. This involvedapplication and sales of compressedair systems to numerous industriesincluding manufacturing, pharma-ceutical, auto repair, plastics, wood-working, dry cleaning, and others.

In my leisure time I enjoy ridingmy Harley Davidson and playingsports. I also enjoy working on andimproving my home in Avenel, NJ.

It feels great to be reunited withsome former co-workers and to bewelcomed by my new friends atOgura. I look forward to workingwith all of you and I’m sure that withyour help we can work together tofurther the success of Ogura.

Jim Andes

Jim AndesApplication Engineer

EMPLOYEES WIN JUMBOPARADE GRAND PRIZEAT YAGIBUSHI

ORC’s New CarbonClutch Disk

New light weight, high speedcarbon clutch plates

Kiryu, Japan

At a scene morereminiscent of the startof Most ExtremeElimination (MXC) thana typical summer festi-val, many of Ogura ‘semployees participatedin the festival with thehopes of capturing thegrand prize that eludedthem last year. Saki con-sumption was onceagain an important part of this year’s festival. The weather was perfect,all employees had a great time, and look forward to a repeat grand prize

win nextyear.

OIC EMPLOYEE PROFILE

An Ogura employee hangs on as she tries to ride the big Makoshi.

Employees with the float that helped them win the grand prize.

Every day they risk theirlives to save our homes and prop-erty, our places of work or our

dried forestsand wood-lands, as wellas our ownlives and thatof family andfriends. Sinceour nationaltragedy ofthree yearsago, we haverightly recog-nized our fire-fighters acrossthe country asheroes. Withtheir lives injeopardy atany given

moment while fighting a fire, itis of the utmost importancethese men and women deservethe best, most technologicallyadvanced equipment available.

We all know that when afirefighter enters a burningbuilding an air tank is neces-sary for him or her to completethe task. However, when a fireis particularly large or is out ofcontrol, the tank’s capacitymay not be enough to allowthe firefighter to remain on thescene. So what happens then?

Bauer Compressors of Norfolk,Virginia manufactures an inte-grated breathing air systemmobile trailer which allows firecompanies to refill breathing airbottles on location. The applica-tion of this product is very wide –potentially from city streets tonational parks to presently on mil-itary air bases to our soldiers over-seas. This product also has appli-

APPLICATION STORY

“The ST1Whas added

value as wellas reduced

cost to Bauerwhile provid-

ing greaterflexibility andbetter control

. . . Ogura isproud to be a

part of thissystem.”

A BOTTLE OF AIR TO GO PLEASE

The Bauer Breathing AirMobile Trailer System

Cutaway view of the Bauer Breathing AirMobile Trailer System

cations for scuba diving as well asfor search and rescue operationsthat take place underwater.

The DDTR Mobile TrailerSystems feature a dual drive ofdiesel (Mitsubishi 37hp engine) orelectric power, depending upon theenergy source available at the scene.

The system also includes a genera-tor to power scene lighting and anyadditional electrical devices.

In Bauer’s previous system, acentrifugal clutch had been used toallow the operator to switch fromelectric power to diesel or viceversa. As the system became moreadvanced technologically, theyfound the centrifugal device diffi-cult to control, as well as being

quite costly. They approachedOgura Industrial for a better solu-tion. After evaluating speeds, loadsand duty cycles, the MA-GT-ST1Wmobile/general purpose clutch wasselected. The electric clutch ismounted to the diesel engine,which is belted to the electric

motor, and in turn is belted tothe compressor. This allows theoperator to drive through theelectric motor and still run thecompressor while in dieselmode, but eliminate the enginewhile running the electricmotor. An additional belt allowsthe diesel to run the generatorwithout running the compres-sor, something the centrifugaldevice could not accomplish.

The ST1W has added valueas well as reduced cost to Bauerwhile providing greater flexibil-

ity and better control. The clutch israted at 250 ft. lb. of torque and fea-tures a mounting hub for the pulleyor sheave of the customer’s choice.Ogura is proud to be a part of thissystem. To learn more about ourGeneral and Mobile product line, aswell as our Industrial and Lawnand Garden products, we inviteyou to visit our web site atwww.ogura-clutch.com.

Clutch/belting system allows diesel, electric or generator power to be used independently

Contestant adjusting for clutch wear at the EETC com-petition in Louisville.

OGURA INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

O G U R A I N T H E N E W S

Louisville, Kentucky

At the end ofSeptember, theannual lawn andgarden expo washeld at LouisvilleKentucky. At theshow this year,many end usersstopped by theOgura booth just tosay thank you formaking the per-formance improve-ments to the PTOclutch/brakes. These performanceimprovements, along with Ogura’sconsistent quality, are allowing theend users to notice a difference inboth their “up time” and mainte-nance cost.

As the Ogura name becomesmore and more synonymous withboth quality and performance,original equipment manufacturersare also promoting that theirequipment now uses Ogura clutch-es and brakes.

One newproduct at theLouisville showthis year was theSpider mower,which heavilypromoted the factthat their productutilizes Ogura’squality PTOclutch/brakes.

EETC AddsClutch/BrakeCertification

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P.O. Box 5790, 100 Randolph Road, Somerset, NJ 08875-5790Tel: 732-271-7361 • Fax: 732-271-7580E-mail: oguranj@ogura-clutch.comWeb Site: www.ogura-clutch.com

Louisville, Kentucky

Equipment and Engine TrainingCouncil has added (Ogura Contributed) PTOclutch brake installation and troubleshootingto their certification program.

Students are required to take a writtentest covering installation and troubleshootingand are also required to show how to make anadjustment to the clutches for wear.

At the Louisville show, competition washeld for the top three finalists in both the col-lege and high school divisions. Engineers fromOgura were on hand to grade the contestants’answers and to verify their adjustments. Allcontestants did extremely well.

Happy HolidaysHappy Holidays

At EXPO 2004 CustomersPraise Ogura’s ImprovedPTO Clutch/Brakes

The Ogura Show crew ready for action

Spider mower at inside booth,highlighting the Ogura clutch

Spider at outside booth, with Ogura sign

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