Transition to automation, easy decision. Adding weld robotic automation to your operation.

Experience to Serve

Joe Dengel – Weld Robotic Specialist Chris Boycks – Director of Quality and Process Improvement

Experience to Serve

Veteran-Owned Small Business More than 57 years of Metal Fabrication Serving over 50 different Industries

Experience to Serve

True Job Shop – Military to Food Grade and Medical Prototype to full production 80 full time employees with 3 shifts – Monday through Thursday with 4, 10 hour days and a weekend shift of 3, 12 hour days

Commitment to serve…

Original Building – 1955-1968

1968-1979 Location

1980 -- New Location 2005 -- Expansion

Atlas Logistics Facility Warehousing in logistics facility to support Kanban / JIT / Lean Manufacturing

Expansion 53,000 Sq.ft.

WhatCommitted are wetocapable of doing you…….. growth/increased servicesfor despite economy

Lasering / Punching

Amada 4000 Watt Rotary Laser round, square, rectangle tube cutting, angle & channel material size .75” – 8.66” (round/rectangle diagonal)

New Amada Automated Material Handling Station with 15 shelf tower system Amada 6000 watt laser Multiple Amada 4000 watt lasers Amada Vipros Turret Punch Amada Coma Turret Punch Whitney 1548 Punch Whitney 360 Punch Click on image above for a short video of our Rotary Laser

Forming / Tube Bending / Rolling

New Amada 243 ton – CNC controlled with quick change dies / 14’ bed, 5-axis back gauge

Horn CNC Multi-axis Automatic Tube Bender

Multiple Cincinnati Auto form CNC Press Brakes

WDM Workhorse 4 roll pinch roller

Quality

- ISO 9001: 2008 Certified - AWS Sustaining Member - Multiple portable FARO CMM’s up to 8 ft. of measuring capability

- Six Sigma Green Belt on Staff - DMAIC Process

- 3 in-house AWS CWI’s

Full Service

-CNC Marvel Spartan S620A saw -Acra AM3 Milling Machine -Flex Arm Tapping -Shearing up to 10” and .25” thick -Numerous deburring/ material finishing methods -Certified Solid Works / PEP nesting software -DXF, DWG, HPGL, PDF, STP and TIF File ready -Large and Small assembly -Well-maintained warehousing to support Kanban/JIT/Lean manufacturing systems -Powder coating, wet paint, vinyl dipping, e-coating, anodizing, tempering and hardening -Reliable and convenient transportation methods, including Jay trucking

Welding

Multiple Panasonic Perform Arc Robotic Systems Low, mid or high volumes of manufacturing into single or progressive fixtures

Certified Welding --AWS D1.1 and D1.3 – Steel -AWS D1.2 / D1.2M- Aluminum -AWS D1.6/ D1.6M – Stainless Steel -AWS D8.1M / D8.7M - Resistance Spot Welding -GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, FCAW -NAVSEA TECH PUB 271/248

Click on image above for a short video on our Panasonic Robotic Systems

BLUCO Modular Fixturing for robotic systems and manual welding stations

Weld Qualifications / Testing

-Many WPS and PQR’s ranging all material types, pre qualified and not pre qualified. - Guided bend testing, Macro Etching, Tensile pulls with elongation data , and Annealing all done in house.

Why Weld Robotic Automation? Dollars and Sense

Process/People vs. Machinery Ability -Customer need vs. people hours available -Volume of work vs. capacity, 1- 1000 - Cost driven, carrying costs per year vs. employee (R.O.I.) - Plug and play, 4- 6 weeks vs. hiring process/training - Minimal training to get “operator” up to speed

Why Weld Robotic Automation? Dollars and Sense

Process/People vs. Machinery Ability -

Consumables - Consistent Usage Consistent flow – Repeatable Part Design Welding takes in optimal weld position Change overs take place in minutes, torch change outs, etc… - Robotics rarely takes extra breaks or calls in sick

Improved Quality o Weld sizes will not vary.

o Welds wont be over looked or forgotten. o Every part will look the same as the last. The robot will only do what you tell it to.

Success with Robots

o Robots output has proven to be 3 to 1 compared to a manual welder. o The addition of robotics has increased thru put velocity, across 3 shifts. o Quote jobs at competitive prices.

Fixtures 2 types Permanent and Modular Fixturing o Permanent Fixtures o Large Heavy items o Odd shapes o Multistep / Progressive

Modular Tooling o Multiple part #’s can run at the same time. o Makes it easy to change the quantity. o Allows you to do low quantity jobs without large setup times.

Touch Sensing

o One of the biggest eliminators of down time o Keeps manual touch ups to a minimum o Robot self adjusts its program to the part o Helps in running multiple batches of parts where the dimensions vary slightly from batch to batch o Corrects the difference between the 3D offline world and real world o Reduces scrap

Offline Programing o No down time to write new programs

o Get new parts ready to go on the robot before the work ticket hits the floor. o Makes it easier to shuffle programs around to free up space and run more than one part per side.

Advantages o Quoting and Scheduling are more accurate with solid weld times. o Touch sensing allows for upstream variability in sub components. o Weld consistency the same, they don’t vary visually based on who welded them.

o Consumable usage more predictable and better controlled. o Run multiple jobs at the same time.

Looking Forward to our Future

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