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TRUMPF machine brings major benefits to Formatic 2000 |
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 by Jerry Cook
Initially, adding more production capacity might have been the primary impetus behind Mississauga, ON-based Formatic 2000 Inc.'s decision to install a new TRUMPF combination laser cutting and punch press machine, but the custom sheetmetal fabricator has realized a variety of other benefits as well.
"I needed more capacity," says John Armstrong with Formatic, Mississauga, ON. "We were running 20 hours day and it was becoming difficult to service our customers."
However, when Armstrong began looking for a new laser cutting and punch press machine, he wasn't considering TRUMPF. Instead, Armstrong was planning on installing a competitor's machine. "My intention was to buy another make of machine entirely."
However, Armstrong quickly changed his mind when he began looking at the technology that was featured in TRUMPF's equipment.
"The spread in technology between the TRUMPF machine and the competitor's machine that we were using was incredible. The TRUMPF machine had so much new technology I really didn't have a choice (as far as selecting which machine)," he notes.
As a result, Formatic installed a TRUMATIC 6000L combination laser cutting and punch press machine late last year.
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Manufacturing Hall of Fame established |
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 After more than two years in the making, the formation of the Canadian Manufacturing Hall of Fame was recently announced at a special ceremony held at St. Clair College, Windsor, ON.
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Try-the-Technology event takes hands-on approach |
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 A unique event hosted recently by Conestoga College provides a showcase of welding technology and gives students at the college a chance to employ the equipment after the fact.
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Video measurement enables high accuracy |
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Video measurement lets manufacturers ensure that processes are under control and that parts are within specification. Video measurement systems use specialized software to measure an image of the part, so the process is non-contact. The image is usually magnified many times, so the system is like a microscope with the eyepiece replaced by a camera.
The key advantage of video measurement is that it can be CNC-controlled for fully automatic operation. What constitutes a video measurement system? |
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