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human resources and project management to positively impact growth."
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certifications, this building is certainly designed to provide that successful environment.”
corrective levelers to ensure flatness and nearly stress-free results, according to Alliance Steel officials.
ing a state-of-the-art energy management system. From the foundation to the crown, the 52-ft.-high press will require more than 40 truck- loads to ship.
Hobart Institute
Opens Learning Facility
Lucas-Milhaupt has launched www.brazingbook.com, based on the original publica- tion of “The Brazing Book.” The original publication, released nearly 30 years ago, has long been a tool for both the novice brazer and the sea- soned engineer.
The Hobart Institute of Welding Technology (HIWT) opened the Next Generation Welder Learning Facility on its Troy, OH, campus. The new 16,000-plus-sq.-ft. building began hosting classes in late- October 2016 at the 13-acre campus that has trained more than 100,000 welders.
New Plating Line for Gatto Industrial Platers
The facility features three technically advanced class- rooms that seat as many as 120 students, and contains high-tech audio-visual training aids. The facility also houses a dedicated nondestructive lab- oratory and classroom for hands-on liquid-penetrant and magnetic-particle inspection and training. Additionally, the facility boasts a large welder performance-qualification lab- oratory for destructive testing. The new facility will enhance the student learning experience for welder skill and technical training, as well as qualifica- tion testing and certification services.
The new mobile-compatible website better suits the needs of customers, according to company officials, with its mis- sion to expand the applica- tions of brazing by relaying the many advantages of it as a metal-joining method, while being realistic about its limita- tions. The site includes sci- ence behind the process as well as fundamentals and tips. An overview of the many peo- ple and industries using braz- ing techniques to increase their manufacturing efficien- cies also is included.
Gatto Industrial Platers, Inc., Chicago, IL, installed a new, larger zinc-nickel plating line. The line enables Gatto, a provider of zinc and zinc-nickel plating and aluminum chro- mating for the automotive, agricultural, electrical and rail- road industries, to plate both large parts and assemblies as well as high-volume orders of smaller pieces. This added plating capacity also provides quicker turnaround times for customers.
Arisa’s large-capacity prod- uct offering continues to expand. In addition to the 5000-ton servo press, the company has received an order for a 4500-ton mechani- cal transfer press destined for a Michigan stamping plant, with an expected production startup of early-2018.
Authoritative Brazing Resource Now Online
The equipment addition adds to Alliance Steel’s exist- ing flat-roll capabilities, includ- ing slitting, leveling, multi- blanking and cold reduction.
The press will feature an Arisa-designed transfer mech- anism, allowing high-tensile material to travel through the die space at high production rates while maintaining precise part tolerances required by Gestamp. In addition, the Arisa turnkey system will include fully integrated controls, pro- duction software and automat- ed quick-die-changing units.
Lucas-Milhaupt, based in Milwaukee, WI, supplies braz- ing and soldering products and services.
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The plating tank on the new line measures 30 in. wide and 60 in. deep, and its large size enables Gatto to plate parts and assemblies to 12 ft. long and weighing to 1800 lb.
Based in Logroño, Spain, Arisa was acquired by Nidec Minster in 2015.
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New 72-in. Stretcher- Leveler at Alliance Steel
Alliance Steel, Bedford Park, IL, installed a Red Bud high-efficiency stretcher-level- er that boasts 90,000-lb. coil capacity and can handle material widths to 72 in. and thicknesses to 0.4 in. This line features Red Bud’s SureGrip technology and is capable of a 40-ft. stretch in a cycle time of less than 8 sec. The stretcher- leveler is complemented by two inline Bradbury E-Drive
Multi-national automotive stamper Gestamp Automacion will take delivery of the press at its Bielfeld, Germany, facili- ty where it is anticipated that full-scale production will begin in April 2017.
Wilson Tool International, White Bear Lake, MN, has named Kelli Williams its marketing director. Wilson Tool provides tooling solutions for sheetmet- al-fabricating machinery.
Big Servo Press on Way to Gestamp in Germany
Wintriss Controls Group, Acton, MA, has promoted Dan Glennon to national sales manager. His previous posi- tion as regional manager will be filled by Fred Thaure. Also, promoted are Barry Erlandson to regional manager, Jay Guil- mette to project manager and Dick LaBelle to sales and mar- keting manager. Wintriss Con- trols Group manufactures automation and safety prod- ucts for the metal stamping and forming industry.
“This expansion to our campus is an investment in its mission to serve our students and industry as HIWT is dedi- cated to welding training and education excellence,” says Scott Mazzulla, HIWT presi- dent and chief executive offi- cer. “This new state-of-the-art building will educate next-gen- eration welders and welding professionals. For those cur- rent and future certified weld- ing inspectors and certified welders looking to gain contin- uing education or acquire new
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Spanish press builder Arisa, a subsidiary of Nidec Minster Corp., is set to begin shipping what is reportedly the world’s most powerful servo press, featuring two slides with a combined stamping force of more than 5000 tons.
With die space of more than 9 sq. m, the Arisa press for Gestamp is powered by six Siemens servo motors featur-