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Industrial Innovations Named Fanuc Robotics Integrator
presses and automation systems, including the Triform line of precision forming equipment, was awarded a con- tract by H&R Parts Co. in Wichita, KS, to manufacture a Triform model 24-5BD fluid-cell sheet-hydroforming press. The press will support H&R’s aluminum aerospace-part production.
Canadian Fabricator Expands Capabilities with Fiber-Laser Cutter
Industrial Innovations, Grandville, MI, was named a Fanuc Robotics authorized integrator. The company develops auto- mated solutions for tasks such as robotic extraction, spray lubrication, ladling, machine tending and inspection.
LaserNett, a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada-based metal-fabrication company, has expanded its inhouse capabilities with the addition of a TL3030 fiber-laser cutting machine from Trumpf, Farmington, CT.
Beckwood to Manufacture Press for Aerospace Supplier
Tooling Tech Group’s Expansion Accommodates 2750-ton Press Tooling Tech Group, Macomb, MI, has
Bodycote Contracts with Rolls-Royce
Beckwood Corp., a St. Louis, MO- based manufacturer of custom hydraulic
announced a 70,000-sq.-ft. expansion of its progressive-die and stamping facility to accommodate the installation of a 2750- ton Eagle press, while providing additional space for its die-assembly operations. The new equipment will expand Majestic’s capabilities into the transfer-die business by providing die design, construction, try- out and production of larger components with more complex features.
Bodycote, a U.K.-based provider of heattreatment and thermal processing, has signed a 15-year contract, worth more than $227 million in incremental revenues, with Rolls-Royce’s Civil Aerospace business. Bodycote will provide vacuum heattreatment and hot isostatic pressing, supporting Rolls-Royce’s turbine-blade casting facilities in Derby and Rotherham, United Kingdom. The agreement ensures the provision of thermal processing to support the growth of Rolls-Royce’s large civilian engine programs.

The company also is investing in ancil- lary press equipment, including a straightener-feeder, 50,000-lb.-capacity coil mandrel for running progressive dies

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