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Business Notes
Beckwood to Build
3500-Ton Bulge Forming Press for Wabash National
Beckwood Press Co., a St. Louis, MO- based manufacturer of hydraulic and servo-electric presses and automation systems, has announced a contract with
Wabash National Corporation to engineer and build a custom 3500-ton hydraulic bulge forming press. Scheduled for deliv- ery in October, this machine will form stainless steel and aluminum tank heads
with diameters to 156 in. for Wabash National’s tank and silo business.
Schuler Installs Servo for Minis
Schuler has announced the installa- tion of a servo press line at BMW’s Mini Cooper automotive plant in Swindon, Eng- land, where stamped parts and small assemblies are produced. Schuler’s first servo press line went into operation at BMW in Leipzig, Germany, in 2009.
Facilities
Weld Systems Integrators Adds New Lab Capabilities
Weld Systems Integrators (WSI) has added the following to its welding-lab capabilities: a 12-kJ capacitive-discharge (CD) welder and a mid-frequency DC heavy-duty press welder with fast rise time.
The investment enables WSI to contin- ue advancing its role in projection welding of fasteners to hot stamped/press/hard-
ened steels, hard aluminum, stainless steel alloys and the latest 3rd-generation materials. WSI also pursues research on heat-affected zones and their intrusion on coatings, hardness and metallurgical changes in the weld zone.
Training
Linear Transfer Automation Opens Training Lab
Linear Transfer Automation in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, has opened its new training and development lab for cus- tomer training, inhouse R&D program- ming development and ongoing educa- tional training for local college and high school groups. Linear’s four major con- trols platforms—Bosch Rexroth, Allen- Bradley, Siemens and Mitsubishi—are fea- tured in this laboratory.
SC Technical College Adds Advanced Manufacturing Training to Georgetown
Horry-Georgetown Technical College in Conway, SC, in response to new oppor- tunities for advanced manufacturing jobs, is adding a 30,000-sq.-ft. training center. Beginning this fall, students will learn welding, machine tooling, robotics and other skills necessary for roughly 240 new jobs coming online from new and existing companies such as George- town, SC-based pump manufacturer EnviroSep, and Peddinghaus Corp., a metal working and fabrication firm in Andrews, SC.
The center will house as many as 30 welding booths and more than $2 million in mechatronics and machine tool equip- ment. Financial aid and scholarships will be available for students. In addition, companies may utilize the center for training.
Lincoln Electric Joins Forces With Tooling U-SME
Lincoln Electric, a Cleveland, OH- based provider of welding solutions, announced efforts to advance its flag- ship welding curriculum platform, U/LINC, making it more user-friendly and accessible to welding instructors and
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