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News Fronts
Facilities
New Name for
Iowa Metal Spinners
Kryton Engineered Met- als is the new name taken by Iowa Metal Spinners, Cedar Falls, IA. The firm spe- cializes in custom and pro- duction spun metal parts, while also offering fabrica- tion services including form- ing, rolling, machining, weld- ing and fastening.
Yarde Metals
Expanding
Connecticut Home Base
A 150,000-sq.-ft. expan- sion is under construction at the corporate headquarters of metals service center Yarde Metals, Inc., in Southington, CT. The addi- tion, slated for completion this spring, will house a Herr-
Voss cut-to-length line rated for coils to 50,000 lb., of stock to 1⁄4 in. thick by 72 in. wide, and equipped with PVC and paper interleaving equip- ment. Sharing the addition will be three shears and a 4-million-lb.-capacity sheet- racking system.
Contract Manufacturer
Increases EDM Capacity
to Tackle “Tall Parts”
“Our new wire-EDM machine (a Mitsubishi BA24 model, with a 16.5-in. Z axis) gives us the capacity to do tall EDM parts,” says Bobby McIntire, marketing and sales manager at G&H Diver- sified Manufacturing L.P. The Houston, TX, contract manu- facturer includes on its process resume CNC laser cutting, manual and robotic welding, precision machining
and sheetmetal fabrication, and wire-EDM. Its new EDM machine features the PM4 control that allows process automation from rough to fin- ish machining.
Production Cell to
Feature HMC, Two
Robotic Welders
D&S Manufacturing, Black River Falls, WI, announced plans to invest in a new pro- duction cell centered around a Toyoda FA800 horizontal machining center (31.5 by 31.5-in. pallet size, 40-hp spindle motor), flanked by a pair of six-axis ABB robotic welders.
D&S manufactures large- scale components and assemblies for a customer list that includes Caterpillar, Oshkosh Corp. and The Trane Co.
Autodie Plans
$24 million Investment
A 12- to 18-month mod- ernization plan has been hatched by Autodie, Grand Rapids, MI, to upgrade its CNC milling capabilities and improve its overall plant infrastructure. The large-scale manufacturer of automotive stamping dies aims to dramatically improve lead time and quality levels for its customers, domesti- cally and abroad.
Pipe Maker Adds
Tension Stand,
Rewind Reel for
Oscillate-Wound Coils
Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, MI, has deliv- ered a special tension stand and rewind reel for oscillate- wound coils to the Tyler Pipe coupling-manufacturing facili-
WELD FUME CONTROL
Improved air quality. Doesn’t everybody want that?
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