VOLUME 24THIRD QUARTER • 2005

ONTHE MOVE

INDUSTRIAL PLANT IMPROVESINVENTORY HANDLING

The MIC productline from Ogura wasintroduced approximate-ly 16 year ago. Since thisintroduction demand formicro clutches has risenevery year. Both printersand copy machines haveevolved into smaller andfaster machines increas-ing the demand for micro clutches in North America, Europe andAsia.

To keep up with this demand Ogura has stream lined its manu-facturing process in Japan, and is also now producing micro clutch-es in China for the Chinese market.

This year production reached 65 million clutches produced at adefect rate of less then 100 parts per million.

Ogura Micro Clutch

Ogura has expanded their environmentalpolicy procedures to their supply base. Effectiveimmediately, all suppliers will be required tocomplete Ogura material supply forms listing allmaterials used in any parts purchased byOgura. This will allow Ogura to immediatelyidentify any potential hazardous materials andthen track the overall percentage of these mate-rials used in any Ogura finished product.

If a new supplier is brought on board or if adifferent combination of suppliers are used,Ogura will immediately know the breakdown ofall materials and/or chemicals used in any fin-ished part. By extending Ogura’s green policyto the supply base it will help with Ogura’s goalof total elimination of all environmentallyunfriendly parts.

Kiryu, Japan

Ogura’s plant #3, inKiryu Japan, produces awide variety of industrialrelated clutches andbrakes. To maintain accu-rate inventory of both com-ponent and finish parts,Ogura personnel performedphysical counts approxi-mately eight times per year.Each time this was per-formed, it took five employ-ees approximately 10 hours.This represented around 400employee hours per year.

In order to reduce this time asmuch as possible, all parts need to bechanged over from a manual hand

Micro Clutch ProductionHits 65 Million

Ogura Installs Green Supply Database

written storage tag to a bar code label.To do this, all parts were converted inthe database and assigned bar codes.

To makeaccessibility ofparts easier, thewarehouse rackswere made thin-ner to allow bet-ter visibility ofparts. In addi-tion the ware-house locatorsystem waschanged from analpha numeric to

strict numeric system. Now when parts are used they are

immediately updated to the databasevirtually eliminating the need forinventory cycle counts. This hasresulted in a man hour time savingsand has also increased inventoryaccuracy rate to 98.2%.

New label printer and scanner

Part bar code labels

New Ogura Industrial CD Now Available

OIC EMPLOYEE PROFILE

Kiryu, Japan

This year the Yagibushi festivalwas held in Kiryu Japan from August7th through the 10th. In the festival,competing groups carry or pull floatsas they sing the same folk song tryingto get the top honor and win thegrand prize.

Hi, myname isC a n d a c eAntkies. I haverecently joinedO g u r aIndustrial as anAdministrativeAssistant. Iwas born andraised in NewYork. My husband and I recentlymoved to New Jersey.

Prior to joining Ogura, I wasan Administrative Assistant forseveral large Brokerage Firms inManhattan. I really enjoyed work-ing in a large city at the time. Ieven met my husband while work-ing in Manhattan. My originalplan after graduating High Schoolwas to become a Veterinerian,however, those plans changed.Over time I developed many skillsand have dealt with many chal-lenges. Eventually commutinginto the city was becoming toohectic and so I decided to find anAdministrative Assistant positioncloser to home.

When I am not at work, I enjoyspending time with my husbandand my adorable dog Joey. Sincemy husband and I just purchasedour first home, I am having a greattime decorating. I also enjoy enter-taining friends and family, travel-ing, skiing, swimming, watchingmovies, photography, shoppingand gardening.

I enjoy working at Ogura and Ilook forward to being a part of thecontinuous growth and success ofOgura Industrial Corp.

Candace Antkies

CandaceAntkiesAdministrativeAssistant

Somerset, New Jersey

A new CD Rom has been pro-duced to match the changes made tothe Ogura Industrial ( HYPERLINK"http://www.ogura-clutch.com"www.ogura-clutch.com) websitethis year.

The new CD rom contains all thetechnical information on the currentwebsite as well as pdf files, dxf filesand pictures for all Industrial andMobile Clutches. The CD also con-tains movies on Ogura’s produc-tion facilities and product lines.

To help customers view all files on the CDall the necessary software to view movies, pdfs and caddrawings are also included. These new CD’s are available from your local salesrepresentative or direct from Ogura Industrial by calling 732-271-7361.

Ogura Employees on parade float

Yagibushi (Summer) Festival Held

New 2005 CD

The festival is very popular withOgura employees but to limit the amountof employees participating, Ogurarestricts the entrance to only those withless than three years experience.

Although a good time was had byall, no prizes went to Ogura this year.(Maybe next year Karaoke should beincluded in the hiring process).

When two brothers came upwith the idea for a better outboardmotor eight years ago, little did theyknow their company would be in themiddle of the courageous efforts tosave lives in the aftermath ofHurricane Katrina.

Pro Drive Outboard, located inL o r e a u v i l l e ,Louisiana, designsand manufacturesshallow water out-board motors andboats specificallyfor use in the bay-ous, swamplandsand marshesacross the country.The brothers, K.P.and Brian Provost,decided they hadto do something tohelp fellowLouisianans afterthe hurricane, and

sent six boat and motor combinationsto New Orleans, along with 6 ProDrive employees. Amid the confusion,they were turned back. Determined toparticipate in some capacity, they pro-vided two boatsand motors to res-cue workers fromArizona. These twoboats alone wereresponsible for res-cuing over 100 peo-ple from a retire-ment home. Theyadditionally provid-ed 6 more boats andmotors for efforts inSlidell, one of thehardest hit areas in the New Orleansarea.

The unique design of the Pro Driveoutboard allows the operator to tra-verse terrain that ordinarily would be

APPLICATION STORY

LOW DRAFT BOATS HELP RESCUEEFFORTS AFTER KATRINA

The GT4Cprovidesthe con-

venienceof instant

forwardand

neutralthrough aremotelyactuated

panel.

inaccessible with a conventionalmotor/boat combination. At times thiscan be only a few inches of water. Thisdesign features a gas engine whichdrives a vertical shaft into a gear hous-ing. An output shaft, located at about120 degrees from vertical, directlydrives the propeller. The size of theprop, combined with orientation, notonly allows shallow water travel, butsufficient speeds in deep water.

When Pro Drive engineers selecteda 32hp engine with a 1” crankshaft asthe outboard’s power plant, maneuver-ability and handling were concerns.

Turning in tightspaces with a con-ventional motormany times meansleaning out overthe side. That’swhere the OguraGT4C GeneralPurpose clutchcomes in. Theclutch is mountedon the enginecrankshaft with

the driveshaft coupled to the clutchoutput hub. The GT4C provides theconvenience of instant forward andneutral through a remotely actuatedpanel. Through a simple pushbutton,

Clutch is locatedbeneath engine

and protected byshroud

the clutche n g a g e sand disen-gages theprope l lerfrom thee n g i n ew h i l ea l l o w i n gthe engineto contin-ue to run. Inthe case ofa commercial user, this feature allowsthe operator to position the boat accu-rately to set and collect traps or nets onthe go, saving time and gasoline. To aduck hunter, it means positioning theboat in their favorite spot without theneed to muscle the boat through themud by standing and “poling”. Ratedat 250 ft. lb. of torque in a compact size,the GT4C transfers torque to the pro-peller without slippage, providingpower the instant it’s required.Additionally, the clutch saves wear andtear on the engine, since it is not beingstarted and stopped as frequently.

The Ogura line of General Purposeclutches are rated at 110 ft. lb. through350 ft. lb. and feature bore sizes from 11/8” through 1/7/16” diameters. Visitour website at www.ogura-clutch.com.

Outboard moves throughinches of water with ease

A typical shallow water application

Mansfield, Ohio

The 2005 Lawn-mower Racing pointsseries finished withthe Race ofChampions inMansfield, OH onSeptember 3rd. ShaneShellnut, who races forthe BC Racing team and drives the Ogura Clutch Machine#11, finished in seventh place in the overall point standingfor the year. Unfortunately because of a death in the fami-ly Shane was not able to compete in the Race of Championsand therefore did not finish in the top of the standings how-ever, throughout the 2005 season,Shane was in the top three and at onetime led the field of approximately 32active drivers on the circuit.

This year Shane also started racingin the FX Class (Factory Experimental).The FX Class has a lot more freedom tomodify the engine to boost horsepowerso the machines really move.

A new driver for the BobbyCleveland team, also sporting Oguraclutch logos on his machine, finishedsecond in the IMOW Division overallpoint standings. Congratulationsgoes out to Wayne Lawhon for anexcellent racing season.

ESPN2 taped the Mansfield Raceand will air it on the 13th and 16th ofOctober.

During the race Bobby Cleveland(BC), who was leading, ended upcrashing his machine which knockedhim out of the top finishers.

For general information on lawnmower racing and other broadcastdates on ESPN2 go towww.letsmow.com.

OGURA INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION

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

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

Lawnmower Racing Finishes Season in Manfield, Ohio

New Higher Torque General PurposeClutches Released

Ogura Industrialfrom the staff ofHappyAutumn

With the success of the 350ft. lb. GT5clutch/brake being used in mowing applications,Ogura Engineering has converted thisclutch/brake unit into a clutch only unit to be usedfor general purpose applications.

This clutch is rated at a torque capacity of350ft. lbs. and utilizes a double bearing field con-struction which gives superior performance in heavyvibration, high temperature and high speed applica-tions. To transmit the torque, a two groove V belt pul-ley comes standard as part of the clutch assembly. The clutch comes fully assembledwhich makes installation extremely easy. Although the clutch is normally manufac-tured with the two groove B section pulley. Other pulley configurations are possible.

The clutch is made to mount directly on gas or diesel engines up to 35 horsepow-er. This cost effective clutch is already finding its way into a number of industrieswhere it is desirable to couple the load from a gas or diesel engine. Agricultural, con-struction, marine and utility markets have all found applications for this clutch. If youlike any additional information on this clutch or any of the other general purposeOgura clutches, please refer to the website or contact your local sales representative.

N E W P R O D U C T R E L E A S E

New high torque clutch

WayneLawhon’sfinishgiveshim secondplace inthe pointstandings

Bobby Cleveland before his crash