Hot Off the Press
Updated Website Showcases
Tool and Die Manufacturer
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Future Products, a manufacturer of precision tooling an die components, has redesigned its website to showcase its capabilities including five-axis machining, wire and sinker EDM, turning and milling, and surface and jig grinding. The firm, which makes die components for stamping, fine blanking and forging, also includes its equipment list on the
website, as well as downloadable capabilities brochures and an RFQ area where customers can upload files. And, an extensive gallery houses hundreds of parts photos.
Separately, Future Products announced its recertification to AS 9100 (for aerospace-industry suppliers) and ISO 9001.
Award Recognizes R & D Efforts
for Joining of AHSS
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
John Bohr, chair of the Auto/Steel Partnership’s (A/SP) Advanced High Strength Steel Joining Team, received the Special Recognition Award from the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR). USCAR, a collaborative technology group for Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, performs cooperative R & D projects;
www.uscar.org. Learn more about A/SP at
www.a-sp.org.
Motoman Partners to Provide
Robotic Waterjet-Cutting Systems
Friday, June 18, 2010
Motoman Robotics, Dayton, OH, has partnered with automation-system integrator Tech-Con Automation Inc. (TCA), Burlington, Ontario, Canada, to provide robotic waterjet-cutting systems. TCA will be responsible for integrating waterjet-cutting cells for new and existing Motoman customers in North America, and will handle service contracts and retrofits on existing Motoman waterjet-cutting systems (which use Flow Corp. waterjet apparatus) in the automotive industry. More at
www.motoman.com and
www.tech-con.com.