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Tech Update
Press Builder-Customer Relationship Yields Technology-Transfer Benefits for Both
Ultratech Tool & Design Inc., Fond du Lac, WI, has been supplying stampings from its 32-ton to 600-ton presses, with prod- ucts ranging from simple washers to com- plex automotive and aerospace compo- nents. In 2002, the company formed a working relationship with press builder The Heim Group, Chicago, IL, buying its first Heim press. Today, Ultratech boasts an 80- ton Heim OBS with 5000-lb.-capacity feed line, a 500-ton Heim Maxi-Stamper with a 10,000-lb.-capacity feed line and a 600- ton Heim Maxi-Stamper with 20,000-lb. feed. Complementing this equipment are full resistance-welding, heattreating and assembly operations. Ultratech also sup- plies its customers a range of finishing and part coating options to facilitate ready-to- assemble requirements. Since that first press buy, the Ultratech-Heim partner- ship has proven mutually beneficial.
UItratech produces all its own tooling, from design through assembly, including this tooling running in a 500-ton Maxi- Stamper press from Heim Group.
was an older machine and Heim helped us with a rebuild,” says Bill Melang, Ultratech president. “Since that time, we’ve devel- oped a value-adding relationship with Heim, as they’ve provided us considerable assistance with press utilization and main-
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