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Vol. 107 | No. 2 | MARCH 2012 | www.canadianmetalworking.com

FOCUS ON AUTOMOTIVE AUTO PARTS REPORT 2012....................18 Optimism and opportunity as the economy recovers

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

18 LIKE MAGIC........................................23 From jawbones to jets, partmaking a layer at a time

EDM EFFICIENCY WITH ACCURACY .............28 EDM ha come a long way in 40 years

SPECIAL FABTECH CANADA COVERAGE

S1 MILLING THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLING........76 New machines from muliple manufacturers

DEEP HOLE DRILLING IN DEEP..............................................82 The basics of high L/D holemaking

FABTECH VISITS CANADA.....................31 A must see for manufacturers and suppliers

TAPPING

FABTECH CANADA 2012 SHOWGUIDE.... S1

THE CUTTING TOOL EDGE...................87

STAMPING A PRESSING MATTER........................... 65 Gaston Pelletier reinvents teamwork at Connecticut Spring & Stamping

WELDING WELDING NEWS............................... 68 CUTTING AND HEATING WITH ALTERNATIVE FUELS...............................70 Switching from acetylene isn’t rocket science

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FINISHING QUICK CHANGE COLOUR.................. 92 More time for painting

DEPARTMENTS View from the Floor................................... 6 News...................................................... 8 Floor Space........................................... 16

By The Numbers..................................... 96

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View From the Floor Why we don’t do R & D Year after year, the story is the same: Canadian business lagging in research and development. It’s been going on for so long, we’re almost used to it by now, but we shouldn’t be. If ever there was a time and in metalworking a sector that demands higher levels of R&D spending, it’s now and here, but yet again we’re falling behind. Why? The answers, at their core, aren’t hard to understand. The biggest is the branch plant nature of our industrial economy. This is understandable….US-based firms will always want to do the bulk of R&D at home and the same goes for Asian and European companies. Indigenous Canadian SME’s however, agree that they need to do more, but can’t. Why? Because we’re chronically undercapitalized, understaffed and dragged down by overhead and regulatory compliance costs. We’re lucky as an industry to keep the doors open, let alone innovate through research and development. So what’s the answer? Government’s standard strategy is to hand out tax credits and incentives to spur innovation, cash that ends up primarily in the hands of large companies. It’s not hard to see why. Check the paperwork load to participate in these programs. Have staff council and a budget for specialty consultants? Then the cash can be yours. If you’re a smaller business, digging out of the accounting/payroll/payables/receivables front office nightmare and running a shop at the same time leaves little room for a complex application process. Remarkably, after decades of tinkering with programs, neither federal nor provincial governments have managed to create R&D assistance programs that the majority of Canadian metalworking businesses can access. Is it that government is too incompetent to design a solid system? Is it that they don’t know or understand how most innovation happens in this country? Or is it that they simply don’t care? It’s probably all four. What the R&D gap illustrates is a major flaw in how public-private partnerships really work. Put simply, large firms get cash, for which they promise jobs and provide a “photo op” for politicians to declare victory in the war for innovation. The fact that it’s not working for the majority of Canadian industrial businesses and hasn’t for years obviously hasn’t upset anyone in Ottawa, Liberal or Conservative. If it did, we’d have a coherent policy by now. We don’t and we won’t, not from this government any more than the previous Liberal team, because politics isn’t about Canada anymore, it’s about narrow ideology and winning the next election. And that’s bought more cheaply and dramatically with media spin than by fostering true innovation. Own a computer? E-mail your MP and MLA today and demand real action, not just for big OEM’s and Tier Ones, but for every industrial enterprise in Canada. Go to association meetings and demand a government-facing strategy. That’s the first step toward effective lobbying, which is the grease that lubes the bearings of government. It’s ugly, but it‘s the way we govern ourselves, at least for now.

JIM ANDERTON, EDITOR

Do you agree? Let me know, and feel free to drop me a line at the e-mail address below, or buttonhole me at a show or event. I’d love to hear from you! janderton@canadianmetalworking.com 6 | MARCH 2012 | www.canadianmetalworking.com

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News DMG/Mori Seiki integration on display at Germany open house

Over 5000 attendees from around the world saw 60 machines in operation with 5 world premiers.

DMG/Mori Seiki hosted over 5,000 visitors from around the world to the firm’s open house at DECKEL MAHO Pfronten, Germany. Attendees saw 60 machines in operation, among them five world premieres, as well as ten technology seminars including five-axis, aerospace, medical and automotive machining. The event emphasized further integration of DMG and Mori Seiki technology, with the new NHX4000 horizontal machining centre entering production for Europe at the Pfronten manufacturing facility. Mori Seiki itself will continue the firm’s emphasis on horizontal machining with its larger NHX5000, NHX5500 and NHX6300 machines. Energy efficiency was a major theme at the open house. More fuel-efficient machine technologies, energy-saving manufacturing processes and automatic shutdown routines were highlighted, along with energy saving and alternate energy technologies within the Pfronten machine assembly facility.

Daniel Medrea, vice-president, DMG Canada Inc., was in attendance and commented on the Canadian market for machine tools. “We are doing better than most of the world.

Even the recent GDP numbers for 2011 show that were above a two per cent increase as opposed to everybody else. The

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U.S. will be less than this, Mexico as well and Europe will be around zero, with not much growth. We are not as active as the Chinese or the BRIC countries but there is stability which is key…a steady increase in the market.”

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News Elliott Signs Agreement to Distribute HURCO CNC Machine Tools in Canada

The CTX beta 800 4A 4-axis production turning centre was a premier at the Pfronten open house. The centre features liquid-cooled main and counter spindles, two DirectDrive turrets including Y-axis and a quick tool change system as well as a traversable counter spindle/tailstock combination. The CTX beta 800 4A runs with a Siemens 840D control running ShopTurn 3G.

Medrea sees the relative strength of our market as inevitable given market pressures. ”I think it’s the only way to stay competitive”, he said, adding, “we’re a high end builder and most of our business is five-axis and mill/turn lathes, however, we’re starting to offer entry-level machines which are competitive. We see more investment in high-end machines in small shops rather than big production facilities, who have stepped back a little bit, going to three-axis machines, rather than four or five.”

Medrea agrees that this is contrary to expectations, especially in the Canadian market. ”It’s a little bit surprising.

Firms like Magna and Wescast have bought three-axis verticals, as opposed to four- or five-axis horizontals. They’ll tolerate multiple setups for the lower up front investment. It’s the recession and (economic) problems from 2008 to 2010.

They’re careful, buying spindles with less automation. Eventually there will be a change.”

The NHX4000 is an example of close technical cooperation between DMG and Mori Seiki with DMG’s SLIMline® control with 15” screen (Siemens 840D) running through a Mori Seiki MAPPS IV (MSX-853 IV) control panel

Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc. has partnered with HURCO CNC Machine Tools to represent HURCO products across Canada.

HURCO Companies, Inc. designs and produces interactive computer controls, software and computerized machine systems for the worldwide metal cutting and metal forming industries.

“We are confident that the relationship between Elliott and HURCO has a bright future. HURCO’s product line together with Elliott’s service and support will be a winning combination.

We are excited to see where this partnership will take us,” said Frank Haydar, President of Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc. Bruce Manthey, Hurco General Manager, North America, said, “We believe Elliott Matsuura is the perfect choice to represent our advanced manufacturing technology throughout Canada.”

Based in Oakville, Ontario, Elliott Matsuura Canada Inc. is a full range metalworking equipment and service/support provider established in 1950.

PwC: Manufacturers’ confidence up for 2012 Canadian manufacturers have started the year feeling confident about their prospects, according to a PwC study.

The global consulting company’s fourth-quarter 2011 manufacturing barometer study show more than half the respondents are confident about the next 12 months, a 25 per cent jump from the previous quarter.

Ninety per cent expect positive revenue growth for their own companies, with 10 per cent forecasting double-digit growth.

“Industrial manufacturing CEOs are now focusing on the upside rather than the downside,” Calum Semple, consulting partner, PwC, says. “Across the board we’re seeing Canadian manufacturers with positive projections associated with company growth, international sales and spending trends. One area of concentration is operational spending. Eighty per cent of Canadian respondents are hoping to increase spending in this area over the next year.”

Leading areas of increased spending are information technology (47 per cent), research and development (47 per cent), and new product or service introductions (37 per cent).

“Manufacturing CEOs plan to change their company’s research and development innovation capacity in the next year. CEOs are using innovation to make their products more sustainable. Also, with signs of global manufacturing activities on the rise and U.S. manufacturers showing signs of resilience, there is a need to upgrade existing systems, associated business intelligence and introduce mobility as a source of success for firms of all sizes.”

Barometer panelists expect international sales to contribute 66 per cent of their total revenue over the next 12 months.

PwC says international data shows manufacturing peers around the world are thinking the same. Nearly three-fifths of CEOs said they would like to develop operations outside of their home markets. The four BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are cited as potential opportunities.

Foreign market competition is cited by 43 per cent of Canadian manufacturers surveyed as a barrier to growth. To

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News reduce this barrier, initiatives such as new strategic alliances and joint ventures in markets abroad are on the minds of companies this year.

“An example of this is Canada’s Magna International Inc.’s application to produce 300,000 vehicles annually in Russia,” Semple says in a statement. “Its current Magna Steyr operation in Austria is the largest contract manufacturer in the world, assembling vehicles for MercedesBenz, PSA Peugeot, Minis for BMW AG, and others.”

Barriers to business growth highlighted by manufacturing companies include concerns over oil and energy prices and monetary exchange rate and a lack of qualified workers. Respondents planning to hire within the next year are seeking production workers (30 per cent), skilled labour (27 per cent) and professionals and technicians (23 per cent). With files from PLANT CM

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“Businesses are in good shape and interest rates have never been more attractive, and the Canadian dollar is strong. We are making more of our balance sheet available to business owners, so they can continue to innovate, grow and create jobs,” Frank Techar, President and CEO, Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Bank of Montreal, said. “This new money will provide small- and medium-sized businesses with more certainty of available credit and represents BMO’s ongoing confidence in them and in the Canadian economy.

“Our bankers stand ready to advise business owners on strategic spending and investment decisions that will help them boost productivity and expand into new markets, both at home and abroad.

Our bankers are also armed with limits to make almost every lending decision locally, rather than on Bay Street.

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News •1 6 per cent of SMEs are led by women and employ over 1.5 million people •A boriginal entrepreneurs are increasing at a rate of over three times faster than the rest of entrepreneurs.

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“Further growth in business investment outlays will be critical in helping Canada boost its productivity growth,” Douglas Porter, Deputy Chief Economist, BMO Capital Markets, said.

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Population growth leads G8: Statistics Canada The population of Canada increased 5.9 per cent between the 2006 and 2011 censuses, compared with a 5.4 per cent increase during the previous five-year period according to the Statistics Canada report, The Canadian Population in 2011: Population Counts and Growth.

The increase in the growth rate was attributable to slightly higher fertility and to an increase in the number of non-permanent residents and immigrants.

Canada’s population increased at a faster rate than the population of any other member of the G8 group of industrialized nations between 2006 and 2011. This was also the case between 2001 and 2006.

Net international migration (the difference between immigrants and emigrants) accounted for two-thirds of Canada’s population growth during the last 10 years, and natural increase (the difference between births and deaths) for about one-third. In contrast, recent population growth in the United States has been mainly the result of natural increase.

The 2011 Census of Population enumerated 33,476,688 people in Canada, compared with 31,612,897 in 2006.

The population of all provinces and two of three territories increased between 2006 and 2011.

Nationally, the highest rate of growth occurred in Yukon, where the population increased 11.7 per cent between 2006 and 2011. Among the provinces, Alberta (+10.8 per cent) had the fastest growth rate.

The rate of population growth was higher in all provinces and territories between 2006 and 2011 than it was between 2001 and 2006, except in Ontario, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

The largest increases in the growth rates between the two five-year periods occurred in Saskatchewan, Yukon, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Manitoba.

A turnaround occurred in Saskatchewan, where the population increased 6.7 per cent between 2006 and 2011, following declines of 1.1 per cent in each of the two previous intercensal periods. The 2011 Census counted more than one million people in Saskatchewan.

The one million mark was surpassed only once before in census history, in 1986. The increase in the population growth rate in Saskatchewan was

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News mainly the result of higher immigration levels and higher net interprovincial migration.

A turnaround also occurred in Newfoundland and Labrador, where the growth rate reached 1.8 per cent between 2006 and 2011. This was the first increase in Newfoundland and Labrador’s population since the period between 1981 and 1986. The increase between 2006 and 2011 a result of higher numbers of non-permanent residents, slightly higher numbers of immigrants, and fewer migrants leaving the province for other regions of the country.

The population growth rate doubled in the Yukon and Manitoba because of higher immigration levels in both jurisdictions. Additionally, the Yukon had a higher number of non-permanent residents and higher net inflows of people from other provinces and territories.

New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also experienced faster growth between 2006 and 2011.

Immigration was the main factor explaining the increase in Prince Edward Island. New Brunswick also received a higher number of immigrants and fewer people left the province for

other regions of the country. Nova Scotia’s growth increased slightly between 2006 and 2011.

In Central Canada, Quebec’s population increased 4.7 per cent between 2006 and 2011, compared with a 4.3 per cent increase between 2001 and 2006. The increase was mainly the result of a higher level of immigration, an increase in non-permanent residents and higher fertility.

Ontario’s population increased 5.7 per cent between 2006 and 2011, compared with a 6.6 per cent increase during the previous five-year period. The main contributors to this slightly slower growth were lower immigration levels and increases in the number of migrants leaving for other parts of the country.

British Columbia’s population increased 7.0 per cent, compared with a 5.3 per cent increase between 2001 and 2006. Nunavut’s population rose 8.3 per cent compared with a 10.2 per cent increase, while the Northwest Territories’ population was unchanged after rising 11.0 per cent between 2001 and 2006. CM

Feedback Chris Kappeler, of Sampla Belting Canada, shares editor Jim Anderton’s frustration with the labour situation: Dear Mr. Anderton I just finished reading your View from the Floor – There is no labour shortage. (February, 2012-ed) Congratulations – you could not have done a better analysis of the subject.

I am in the belting (conveyor and transmission belts) industry and am experiencing exactly the same labour situation as the metal working industry. I was particularly impressed with two points that you have raised: The image of the manufacturing industry in the eyes of young people and Apprenticeships in Germany (and Switzerland) etc.

As a native Swiss, I hear from my old friends over there that the problem of young people wanting to work in the manufacturing industry is precisely the same as here. I do not know how long it will take to correct the up to now accurate perception by the young generation that banking, insurance, all the electronic gimmicks industry and general office work of any kind etc. is nicer and better paid than a job in manufacturing?

The remuneration excesses in these industries must stop. We are still in the aftermath of the last financial and ultimately economical crisis and I do not see any decisive changes being made to avoid a repetition of such crisis. I would agree with you that Canada is steering a much better course than many other countries. But this must not make us sit back. ... continues on page 16 www.canadianmetalworking.com | MARCH 2012 | 15

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Floor Space “How often do you take a day off (not counting weekends or holidays)? In your opinion, is time-off a good way to recharge or an unwise indulgence?”

“I don’t take days off. I do try to plan a week for family at least once a year. Time off is a good way to recharge, depending on the situation. If you have time off and all you do is think of work, you aren’t really recharging.”

-Renny Husada, vice-president, Yess Products, Surrey, B.C.

“I usually take a week vacation throughout the year to travel and spend time with my family. I find I have a hard time booking vacation time because I really like my job and enjoy the people I work with. That being said, once away from the shop for a couple days spending time with my growing family grounds me and puts in perspective what is important in life. I come back to work refreshed and renewed to take on the next challenge.”

-Chad Plath, shop manager, D-M Precision Products, Dunnville, Ont.

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-Joseph Manzoli, president, Colourfast, Concord, Ont.

“I usually take a day here and there. It’s very hard to take weeks off. If I plan a week off, I arrange for it to include the weekend so that I don’t have to be away for too long. I also plan it during our slow times. I do believe that it is a great way to recharge but if my mind is not off from work then it wasn’t much of a holiday.”

-Larry Stuyt, president, Ontario Laser Cutting, Tillsonburg, Ont.

“Rarely. I can’t remember taking a non-scheduled day off.

Instead, I try to leave an hour or two early and even then it’s a rarity to leave. Even on holidays, my head is working ... I find this refreshing and come back with energy.”

-Marco Gagnon, Gagnon Ornamental Works, Grand Falls, N.B.

“It always depends on the situation in the shop. I had two weeks holiday scheduled for August. I cancelled that due to some f-ups at work. I think that’s normal. I am scheduled to go to Australia in March. Hope it works. It’s hard to plan anything when you own a job shop.”

-Rob Muru, president, A-Line Precision Tool, Toronto, Ont.

“Our shop adds a day on a weekend a few times a year to give our guys a few extra long weekends, and at Christmas we try to shut down for two weeks. I think when you have a big, technical job, it is a good idea to take a break for everyone who really [worked hard] on the job. We believe in profit sharing where we can so we would pay a small bonus and take an extra day when possible.”

-Steve Cotton, owner/president, Micro Precision Parts Manufacturing, Vancouver Island, B.C.

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The apprenticeship European style – especially in Germany and in Switzerland – has made these two countries export stars for machinery of all kinds and in the case of Germany for motor cars and trucks etc. In the case of Switzerland in the last 3- 4 years, I am sad to say that companies have cut back extremely on the number of apprentices, so that willing and capable young people have trouble finding a place as an apprentice. I fear that several industries are hurting themselves badly for the future, then should the economy pick up, and it will, these required well trained professionals will not be available. Here our short term imperatives make us do the wrong things maybe and politics and management should come back to more medium term strategies. Long term we have to forget as changes are just too quick. ... continues

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Finally, I find it refreshing and very useful, if you are not holding your breath.

Sincerely Chris Kappeler Sampla Belting Canada Ltd. Dick McIvor of McIvor Engineering and Maintenance Services comments on Edior Jim Anderton’s editorial “Fat, Lazy but Fixable” from the October 2011 issue: Hi Jim, I just wanted to let you know that I liked your view from the floor editorial comment titled “Fat, Lazy but Fixable” in the October 2011 issue of Canadian Metal Working.

I work in the mining industry ( for the past 40+ years) specializing in mine hoist plant equipment and have seen a lot of changes in the Canadian manufacturing industry. Most of the changes have not been positive as mergers and acquisitions have taken major suppliers like General Electric in Peterborough and John Bertram in Dundas out of the business. Almost all of the suppliers to the mine hoist equipment business are now foreign owned or controlled. The large machine and fabrication shops are virtually gone and there are very few large companies now supplying electrical and mechanical components for mine hoist plants.

I do not think that we can bring back the Canadian manufacturers because most of the mining companies are now owned by foreign companies (Vale – Brazil, Xstrata – Switzerland, BHP – Australia, Suncor – China, etc.) and they are buying world wide.

We are reverting back to being a natural resource exporter with minimum added Canadian value to the products.

I think that your editorial would make a good rant for Rick Mercer on the CBC TV show “The Rick Mercer Report” although he likes to take a chunk off of the politicians most of the time.

Regards, R. A. (Dick) McIvor, P. Eng. McIvor Engineering and Maintenance Services Inc. Sudbury, Ontario

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“Competitiveness” is the new mantra among automotive pundits, as they ponder a revitalized vehicle manufacturing sector but uncertain future. While production figures are up, experts hope the industry embraces a more competitive spirit. Auto parts suppliers are urged to get competitive and keep a close eye on new technologies and the advent of cleaner, greener cars.

GOOD NEWS IN GENERAL

A total of 2.098 million light duty vehicles were produced in Canada in 2011, according to the Toronto-based Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association (CVMA). Of this figure, 65 per cent – 1.322 million vehicles – came from plants run by the Big Three (General Motors, Ford and Chrysler). The remaining vehicles were primarily built at plants run by Honda and Toyota.

While production figures are roughly the same as they were in 2010, they represent an enormous leap from 2009, when fewer than 1.5 million vehicles were made in Canada, amidst recessionary woes.

“This past downturn was probably the deepest I’ve ever seen in my 27 years of experience. Production numbers are almost back to where they were in the pre-crisis period ... compared to where we were three years ago, there’s a great deal of optimism out there,” Mark Nantais, president of the CVMA, which represents the interests of the Big Three in Canada, says.

Steve Rodgers, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA), which is also based in Toronto, agrees. “We’re in a period of recovery ... for the next couple years we think we will continue to see increases in production overall,” he says.

Rodgers urges workers, OEMs and the federal government to be flexible and competitive.

“If we can do that, I don’t think we’re in danger of any more plant closures,” Rodgers says.

FOR THE MOMENT, AUTOMAKERS ARE IN EXPANSION MODE

In August 2011, for example, Toyota announced it would build the RAV4 electric vehicle at its Woodstock, Ontario assembly plant. Toyota is partnering with California-based electric vehicle pioneers Tesla Motors for this venture, with production scheduled to begin sometime this year.

“I think there’s definitely some opportunity there [for suppliers] ... overall, I think it will create opportunities ... it’s a positive thing,” Rodgers says.

Honda Canada, meanwhile, has made plans to start building its CR-V crossover utility vehicle at its Alliston, Ont. plant.

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“Automotive production is going up but there is some question as to whether or not we can continue to hold our own in Canada,” Rodgers warns.

He says growth in Mexico, a strong dollar, which remained slightly above or below par all year, and concerns about Canada’s competitiveness make the future a bit cloudy.

“All of those factors when combined together suggest it is going to be much tougher for Canadian automotive parts suppliers, even though overall the NAFTA industry picture continues to get better,” he states.

To remain competitive, Ottawa and the provinces shouldn’t hesitate to offer car-makers incentives such as tax breaks, reduced red-tape and loans, Nantais adds.

“Mexico has been exceptionally successful at getting new investment.

The southern United States has also been quite successful. It comes down to the fact these jurisdictions understand the job multiplier value of assembly plants in the auto industry,” he adds.

If government incentives are a way to keep Canada competitive on a global scale, pundits also offer tips to auto parts suppliers who want to remain in the game.

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you’re doing everything possible in all of those areas to address your competitiveness,” Rodgers says.

“Two, you really need to think that the world is essentially flat ... with respect to where you can do engineering, etc. There’s been growth in a number of automotive markets around the world, Mexico, Brazil, India. One really has to think about, ‘How do I partner, how do I take advantage of global markets?’” he continues.

Auto suppliers are also urged to stay up-to-date on international pollution regulations, “green” innovations and advances in vehicle technology.

In July 2011, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the United States announced that President Obama had reached an agreement with 13 major automakers to set tough new standards to improve fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Where Washington D.C. leads, Ottawa is certain to follow. Indeed, even before the NHTSA announcement, Ottawa indicated it planned on harmonizing Canadian GHG standards for cars with American standards.

U.S. regulations on new vehicle emissions “are so stringent, they will lead to major technological changes in drive-trains, designs and the very materials that go into the vehicles,” Nantais says.

recovery with a huge amount of technological change going on.

We still have some distinct advantages as Canadian suppliers ... we still have a ton of challenges in front of us ... but I am optimistic we will find our way through this and be more competitive on a global basis.”

Auto parts makers themselves express divergent opinions about the state of their industry.

Adriano Oppio, vice-president of Classic Tool & Die in Oldcastle, Ont., says his business “is approximately 85 to 90 per cent auto-related. Last year we were about the same as this year, although in 2009, our business was diversified to about 60 per cent automotive and 40 per cent other, such as aerospace, architectural and nuclear.”

“We manufacture metal stamping dies along with short-run or low-volume stamping production. We also provide wire EDM, CNC and die repair service,” Oppio adds.

Classic recently purchased a high-speed Takumi CNC machine from Canadian firm, Megatel.

One of Oppio’s biggest complaints concerns the Production Part Approval Process (PPAP). Under PPAP, all components from suppliers must meet exacting standards before being approved for use in an OEM’s production line. Suppliers don’t get paid until all their parts are approved, which can take months, even years. Needless to say, PPAP terms – often a prerequisite when doing business with the Big Three – are wildly unpopular among suppliers.

When asked if there’s been any letup in PPAP terms Oppio says, “Not at all.

Unfortunately, this trend in the industry has set its roots and is here to stay. Luckily for programs such as EDC, these terms are slightly – Steve Rodgers, president, Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association easier to deal with rather than carrying all the costs internally. Unless all the remaining tool In the effort to create lighter, more environmentally-friendly shops combine efforts to refuse PPAP terms, I believe we are vehicles, auto makers have been increasingly turning to biostuck with these outrageous payment terms.” fibres such as hemp, kanaf and flax.

Export Development Canada (EDC) is a crown corpora“There’s a whole range of [uses for] bio-fibres, everything tion that provides financing, insurance and risk management from potential for interior components, luggage components. services to exporters. EDC offers loan guarantees and insurance We’re even starting to see some high-performance items underfor Canadian auto parts makers who supply the Big Three and the-hood, engine covers, sound deadening panels and close-out their affiliates, thus slightly easing the pain of PPAP. panels underneath the vehicle for aerodynamic efficiency ...

In the face of the APMA and CVMA’s sunny optimism, Oppio there’s a whole bunch of areas where bio-fibres have potential,” takes a more nuanced view. says Rodgers.

“Although we are starting to see an increase in demand On the other end of the technology scale, connected cars are in the automotive sector, the requirements of the customer also expected to continue to gain in popularity. Such vehicles have been ever increasing which causes dealings to be much boast internal communications and entertainment systems that more difficult. With this said, if I didn’t have hope for the auto allow drivers to make calls or receive directions via voice-comindustry in the next few years, I would have definitely steered mand. Connected vehicles can also provide automated voice our company into a different direction instead of continuing to warnings when the car’s speed or position on the road becomes pursue the automotive market,” Oppio says.

David Foscarini, president of Mecon Industries in Scar­bor­ perilous and a link to the Internet. Ford Motor Company was ough, Ont., is considerably more upbeat. Foscarini estimates that one of the first automakers to offer connectivity, with its SYNC three-quarters of Mecon’s work is for the automotive industry. system.

The company manufactures coil handling equipment and Nantais describes connectivity as an important trend, materials handling equipment and offers a range of services “whether it’s connectivity of the vehicle to the infrastructure from flame cutting to sawing, machine milling, turning, boring, or vehicle to vehicle ... this will be an essential technology in grinding, assembly and painting. providing motorists with a broad spectrum of information.”

As for the future, Foscarini’s outlook is positive.

Embracing high-tech on the shop floor is also a good way for “I think the auto industry is on the rise. The rise will be to part suppliers to stay competitive. nowhere near past heights, but it is rising,” he states.

“Suppliers that have proven over the longer term to be the Such a rise would portend good things for the entire most profitable are those that adapt systems and technologies economy. that allow them to be more efficient overall. That’s everything “Nationally speaking, [the auto industry] represents 500,000 from 3D solid modeling to the use of virtual prototyping ... using jobs – direct and indirect. That’s the largest manufacturing all the software tools that we have on the engineering side,” sector that exists in Canada. It’s very important to keep this says Rodgers. engine running, so to speak,” Nantais says. CM As for the future, he says: “I’m optimistic. We are in a time of

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Like Magic From jaw bones to jets, additive manufacturing promises to change everything, one layer at a time

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Surgeons replacing a jaw.

It seems like something from science fiction: parts appearing out of thin air. Additive Manufacturing, as defined by the ASTM, is the “process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies, such as traditional machining”.

AM is predicted to move from a rapid prototyping technology to a full production technique, especially in the plastics industry but there are several promising advances in metalworking.

Spray deposition of metal to build up worn surfaces is nothing new; it’s done on metallic substrates from engine crankshafts to backhoe buckets every day. Very fine control of the process however, promises to build metallic surfaces in layers so thin the bulk part appears machined or cast. One method is deposition welding, where material is welded to a substrate as a thin wire, guided by hand, with the fine metal wire melted by laser. The rough shape is then finish machined using conventional tools. The goal of AM however, is direct to net-shape partmaking, which requires CNC processes. Laser sintering, or laser melting is a leading technique, with the laser energy heating a very fine layer of metal powder under computer control in two axes, “raster scanning” much like the elecron beam forms pictures on CRT televisions. By controlling the powder deposition and lowering the machine platen by the powder particle size for each scan, the third part dimension is

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built from the bottom up. Titanium alloys, stainless steels, tool steels and nickel superalloys have been successfully processed with the technology. Applications range from jet engine components to surgical implants. While parts with difficult internal structures like film-cooled jet engine components are a natural for metal AM, surgically implantable materials are currently the most dramatic use for the technology.

Leuven, Belgium-based additive manufacturing company LayerWise has built the world’s first patient-specific lower jaw using selective laser melting technology. Working with medical industry and university partners, the firm created a titanium total lower jaw implant reconstruction to treat a senior patient’s progressive osteomyelitis of almost the entire lower jawbone.

This was the first time a patient specific custom implant of this type was attempted. Specialists at LayerWise printed the complex implant design incorporating articulated joints and dedicated features. The new jaw was post-processed with structural provisions for artificial teeth, polished joint surfaces and was sprayed with a bioceramic coating, and has been implanted successfully. It restored the patient’s facial features and allowed her to regain speech within hours.

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freedom of shape allows the most complex freeform geometries to be produced as a single part prior to surgery. As illustrated by the lower jaw reconstruction, patient-specific implants can potentially be applied on a much wider scale than transplantation of human bone structures and soft tissues. The use of such implants yield excellent form and function, speeds up surgery and patient recovery, and reduces the risk for medical complications.”

patient was able to speak and swallow normally again.”

The new method has been developed by the Biomed research group of the University of Hasselt in collaboration with engineers from the Xios Hogeschool in Belgium, Xilloc Medical BV in the Netherlands and the University of Leuven along with maxillofacial surgeons from the Orbis Medisch Centrum SittardGeleen. LayerWise NV produced the implant structure, which was coated with a bioceramic coating by Cam Bioceramics BV in the Netherlands.

Will selective laser sintering of metal powders replace conventional machining? The technology is already available for short run and one-off parts, but conventional multi-axis machining centres are fast and can be easily integrated into production processes. Additive processes like laser sintering, however, can create undercuts and internal detail that can’t be machined into single parts, allowing engineers to design single parts that replace assemblies. For very complex shapes like facial implants, conventional machining is often impossible. While metallic AM equipment is allowing larger and

Precision laser sintered metal powders create a shape that in many applications is net or near net.

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more parts to be formed, it’s still a building up process that takes hours, not minutes for most parts. For high production volumes the chip-makers are safe, but for one-off or short run super complex (and potentially life saving) components, laser additive manufacturing opens new possibilites. CM

CAD/CAM rendition of jaw plate to be produced and placed.

Prof. Dr. Jules Poukens of project partner University of Hasselt in Belgium, describes the complexity of the part: “ The implant integrates multiple functions, including dimples increasing the surface area, cavities promoting muscle attachment, and sleeves to lead mandible nerves. Furthermore, the mandible implant is equipped to directly insert dental bar and/ or bridge implant suprastructures at a later stage. I led the team of surgeons who implanted the AM-produced structure during a surgery of less than four hours at the Orbis Medisch Centrum in Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands). Shortly after waking up from the anaesthetic the patient spoke a few words, and the day after the

SOURCES: LayerWise NV www.layerwise.com International Powder Metallurgy Directory www.ipmd.net EOS e-Manufacturing Solutions www.eos.info National Research Council of Canada www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

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Efficiency and accuracy with EDM machines Electronic Discharge Machines have come a long way in 40 years

By Nestor Gula . ...................................................................................................................................................

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Being environmentally friendly does not necessarily mean stopping production and making radical changes to society.

Frequently being environmentally aware and friendly works well on the bottom line, and not just in marketing.

Take EDM (Electronic Discharge Machining) for example. By their very nature they are large users of electricity and consumables. EDMs use electricity to erode metal and this involves a power supply that converts a standard three-phase current into cutting pulses. A strong ignition pulse is needed to kick-off the cutting process. This initial energy pulse is more than is needed for the actual cutting spark, and so the excess energy is fed through resistors. This creates a hot environment that has to be cooled with air conditioning. EDMs also need electricity to run servo drives and pump motors.

This is a fairly “modern” manufacturing process. The Swiss company Agie launched the world’s first numerically controlled wire-cut EDM machine only some 40 years ago in 1969. The first CNC wire EDM machine was developed in 1972 by Seibu.

The theoretical background of this process was first developed in 1770 by English physicist Joseph Priestley who studied the erosive effect of electrical discharges.

Current machines have evolved and now use some 30 per cent less energy than their older siblings. Efficiencies have been found with digital anti-electrolysis generators that help shape the cutting pulse. Some machines have a power regeneration circuits that store the excess current in the initial ignition pulse to be used for the following pulse reducing the heat leading to a more environmentally friendly, efficient and cost effective machine.

The fact that EDM is a fairly new process in the manufacturing world means that there are fewer suppliers of EDM machines and services. “There are certainly a lot fewer players in the EDM market than there are in the milling machines and turning machine markets,” said Frank Boliero, Vice-President Sales & Marketing for Elliott-Matsuura Canada Inc. a Canadian distributor of EDM pioneers GF AgieCharmilles. “It is a very accurate process,” he said. “The goal is always to have a machine that is able to use the thinnest diameter wire possible so that when you are dealing with smaller features around corners with tight radii, it will enable the machine to cut these details precisely. Even though it is a slower process it has the ability to cut features that a traditional milling machine or lathe is not able to get to. And the accuracy that it has the ability to cut too is certainly higher.”

“The general rule of thumb is if it can be milled/turned/ ground do it that way because these operations are typically faster than EDM,” said Jeff Kiszonas, the EDM Product Line Manager for Makino, a manufacturer of horizontal machining centers, vertical machining centers, EDM machines, and graphite machining centers. “When the detail size or location do not lend themselves well to traditional cutting technologies,

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or when the material hardness or toughness make chip making operations impossible or extremely costly, then go with EDM.” He lists several examples, “a 0.005” radius is needed in an inside corner and the part is several inches tall. This cannot be done with milling, but is easily achievable with wire EDM (WEDM), or a blind cavity needs a detail on a side wall an inch below the top of the cavity. Sinker EDM (SEDM) can place this detail on the side wall using a side burning technique, or a large deep pocket needs to be created in a block of titanium. To do this with chip making would require multiple very expensive cutters. The cavity could easily be machined to near net shape using one or two graphite electrodes (relatively inexpensive), and then finished with cutters.”

WEDM AND SEDM

“Wire EDMs are usually used to machine through a part similar to the process used with a band saw,” said Steve Bond, National Sales Manager, RoboDrill, RoboCut and EDM Products, for Methods Machine Tools Inc., a leading supplier of precision machine tools. “In the early days wire EDMs were quickly applied to making stamping dies which allowed the ability to cut complex shapes without the need for segmenting and grinding.

The Wire EDM uses deionized water as a dielectric which is more viscous and can wash away the “swarf” or cutting debris more effectively than thicker fluids like oil.” Die Sinkers, or Sinker EDM, are used to make blind cavities for the most part.

“Molds for example generally have a bottom form which is machined by burning or transposing a shaped from an electrode (usually graphite or copper) to the work piece (usually a form of steel),” he said “Sinkers have the ability now to machine in multiple axes as well. This makes the machine useful in burning compound angles in tough materials like turbine components.

Sinkers remove large areas of material more efficiently in many cases over other traditional machining process when the materials have been hardened. This process takes place in specialized dielectric oil rather than water.”

Using wire and sinker EDMs, “a company can produce just about any part imaginable in any material that is conductive of course,” said Bond. “When it does not make sense is when there is a more efficient (faster) way to cut the part. EDM is often used as the last resort due the amount of time usually

needed to produce a part. That said though, EDM lends itself well to unattended operation and with automation can often out produce other traditional forms of machining.”

CONSUMABLE USE

There are several consumable items that a manufacturer must contend with. Wire EMDs use wire to cut while Sinker EDMs use electrodes. Both types of machines use dielectric fluid (water based for WEDM and oil based for SEDM), filters for cleaning the dielectric fluid. WEDM will also use Power Feed Contacts that energize the wire Wire Guides, to position the wire accurately and depending on the manufacturer various rollers or belts. “For the most part, Wire EDMs have more with way of wear items or consumables than sinker machines but sinker electrodes can be very costly to manufacture and can be more expensive in terms of operating cost Agie Charmilles’ CUT 200 WEDM has the than the consumables potential for using less expensive wires and reduced filtration cost, combined with a lower used in the Wire EDM consumption of electricity. process,” said Bond.

“WEDMs are one of the most maintenance intensive machines on the shop floor, ranking right up there with grinders and water jets,” said Kiszonas. “Most of the consumables cost in operating any WEDM is the cost of the wire itself. Plain brass wire pricing is around $6-$6.50 per pound. While most machines use wire at a rate of about 1.2-1.6 pounds per hour, Makino WEDMs use about 0.5-0.6 pounds per hour without any sacrifice in speed.”

Kiszonas said that dielectric fluid, the filters, and the electrodes are all the consumables needed for SEDM. “Good filters will last for several thousand hours in general use applications – some roughing, some finishing, cutting mostly

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steels,” he said. “If someone is cutting excessive wear forcing the operator to aluminum, for example, there is a lot use more electrodes for a particular job of larger debris produced as a result of or application. A more adverse condition the EDM process. In this case, filter life can happen when debris builds up in can be greatly diminished, sometimes concentrated area of a cavity that causes to less than a few hundred hours.” In the electrical energy to focus on that these cases he would recommend using one area and build up what is known as a less costly, larger micron rated filter, a DC arc. This concentration of energy “because the majority of debris created often produces a cavity or hole in a will be larger than if cutting steels.” cavity resulting in a damaged and many The fluids for EDMs should last times irreparable work piece.” EDM a few years, with topping off as fluid manufacturers are taking great strides A sample of electrodes from Agie Charmilles evaporates, is broken down by the in their control technology and flushing EDM process, or is lost with parts removal from the work tank. capability to monitor and minimize this risk. The controls of Synthetic fluids can last for 5 to 7 or more years before requiring SEDM machines monitor conditions that can lead up to a DC replenishment. arc. They “change power settings and jump speeds quickly to Electrodes in SEDM are made of metallics, such as copper, minimize if not eliminate this condition when it starts to arise,” copper tungsten, or graphite. “In the US, graphite is by far the said Bond. “The whole EDM process is a controlled DC arc so to predominant electrode material,” said Kiszonas. “As electrodes say you eliminate it may be a misnomer but problems associated are used they will wear. Roughing electrodes will be discarded and to uncontrolled arcing is for the most part a thing of the past.” replaced with used finishing electrodes in many cases. These used When electrodes wear they adversely effect the quality of the finishing electrodes will then be replaced with new electrodes.” manufactured work piece. “Today’s machines use power generFlushing the work surface and keeping the filters clean is ators that are finely tuned and adaptively controlled throughout important. “In the Wire EDM process, the debris, if not properly the EDM process to reduce electrode wear to a minimum,” said flushed away with dielectric, can cause the wire to break in the Kiszonas. “Higher wear percentages will be seen with lower power, spark gap,” said Bond. “When this happens it is not usually a higher voltage conditions, such as those used in fine finishing. big deal. Machines offering reliable automatic rethreader or Higher power roughing burns, and burns using longer on times autothreaders are capable of reinserting the wire and continuwill have lower wear percentages. Since wear is volumetric ing on in the machining process.” In SEDM it is not so simple. relative to the amount of material being removed, and very little “Debris in the cutting gap can have a much more adverse material is removed at lower power settings, even though the effect,” he said. “In the least evasive case, the electrode can have percentage is high, the amount of wear is somewhat low.” CM Machitech is a Canadian manufacturer of industrial equipment for the metal cutting markets. We offer complete installation and training packages that are tailored to the customer’s needs and experience. Our technicians are highly trained to trouble shoot any situation encountered. Machitech’s extensive knowledge in CNC Plasma, Water Jet and Laser technology is what makes them the leader in the Canadian Market

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FABTECH visits Canada Comprehensive show is a must see for manufacturers and suppliers.

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ABTECH has an unsurpassed reputation in North America as being the one show that brings all manufacturing solutions together. This is truly a one-stop gathering of welding, lasers, cutting, fabricating, bending, forming shaping and other manufacturing processes that are used in Canada’s robust manufacturing sector.

Held at the Toronto Congress Centre on March 20-22 this event will feature a comprehensive showcase of the latest technologies, tools and trends and is specifically tailored to Canada’s manufacturing industries ranging from automotive and energy to transportation and construction.

FABTECH Canada is brought to Toronto by The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA) and the American Welding Society (AWS). FABTECH in the United States is a must-go-to event for any manufacturer. It is held annually in three rotating cities including Chicago, Las Vegas and Atlanta and was held in November 2011 in Chicago. The FABTECH brand was also brought to Mexican in 2009 as FABTECH Mexico.

A surprising and refreshing move is the choice of keynote speaker for the first-ever FABTECH Canada. Champion Race Car Driver Andrew Comrie-Picard will be delivering the keynote address to kick off the conference. This popular TV personality will share the inside scoop on what it means to engineer on the

fly. He has rolled over a rally car in the middle of the woods at night and yet still found his way to the finish line to win. He has performed motorcycle repairs across Africa using batteries as welding equipment. He has even stopped in the hills outside of Morocco to repair a Volkswagen minivan using whatever was at hand – including a stick of chewing gum. He will inspire attendees to stay in touch with the “human side” of engineering as they search for ways to re-invent or re-style their businesses in the face of challenging times. His presentation is being sponsored by Autodesk, Inc., a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, and will take place on Tuesday, March 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 am. Comrie-Picard will spur the manufacturing and fabricating industry to think outside of the box. He is not just a simple car jockey. He has five university degrees, including a B.A. from The University of Toronto (Trinity College), an M.A. from Trinity College, Oxford, an MBA and law degrees from McGill University. Thinking outside the box is a skill he relies on whether he’s trying to come first in a rally race or attempting to turn a car into an airplane in three days on a television series. The real message, he says, is to learn to trust human intuition when it comes to devising solutions to problems, especially in pressure situations like a tough economy. To

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demonstrate what it means to “engineer on the fly,” a rare Ford Escort Cosworth he once used to win the 2006 Black Bear Rally in Ontario will be displayed at the show.

Manufacturing is a vital industry in Canada, there are about 11,160 fabrication companies in this country, and the arrival of FABTECH will only enhance this economic sector and lead to its expansion and modernization. 80 per cent of Ontario’s exports

are to the US. Canada is the third largest exporter of automotive products after Japan and the US — this accounts for 16.7% of North American vehicle production.

Welding is a vital technology in manufacturing and it is well represented at FABTECH Canada by the presence of AWS. In Canada, welding represents 75,000 jobs at the technician and welding operator level. At the show, the American Welding Society is putting on a Career Educational Exhibit created by students and showcasing all the latest virtual welding technology to improve how welding is viewed as a career. There will be a Canada’s Best Welder Competition among other seminars like the Fundamentals of Laser Welding, Preventing Weld-Associated Cracking in Nickel-Base Alloys, Essential Tips for Welding Aluminum, High Power Laser Applications in Industry, and The Future of the Welding Industry’s Workforce.

FABTECH Canada will feature an extensive exhibition floor. Attendees will be able to explore hundreds of exhibiting companies presenting products, tools and technologies that manufacturers need to strengthen their business, minimize costs and increase flexibility. Attending FABTECH will save manufacturing company’s staff valuable time by having most leading edge manufacturing technology in one location. It will be easy to conduct side-by-side machine evaluations, discuss the capabilities of the machines with the supplier’s representatives and other manufacturing experts. The show is also a fabulous place to meet with thousands of experts and peers to exchange ideas, find answers and network with the best in the business.

Discover hundreds of innovative products and solutions from leading suppliers at FABTECH Canada, March 20-22 at the Toronto Congress Centre. www.fabtechcanada.com

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WELCOME TO YOUR EVENT! On behalf of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association (FMA) and the American Welding Society (AWS), welcome to the first FABTECH Canada. FABTECH Canada is honoured to support the fabricating, welding and metal forming industries by working with innovative solution providers and offering the resources and ideas necessary to keep your business competitive.

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10:15 am-12:15 pm

F02: LASERS: General to Advanced Laser Cutting Considerations

10:15 am-10:55 am fi Advancements in Plasma Cutting Process Optimization Resulting from Cut-to-Cut Cycle Times Reduction: Derek Weston, Hypertherm 10:55 am-11:35 am fi Laser Cutting Considerations for First Time Buyers: Nigel King, ElliottMatsuura Canada Inc. 11:35 am-12:15 pm fi Waterjet: Brody Fannin, Bystronic 1:15 pm-1:45 pm fi Laser Processing Technology Today: Jason Hillenbrand, Amada 1:45 pm-2:15 pm fiN IR Laser Cutting Dynamics With High Beam Quality: Randy Paura, Dynamic Laser Solutions Inc. & Co. Presenter: Don McDonald, Fabricating Machinery Solutions 2:15 pm-2:45 pm fi Fiber versus CO2 Laser Cutting: Troy Robinson, Cincinnati 2:45 pm-3:15 pm fi The Power of Choice for Laser Cutting: Stefan Schreiber, TRUMPF

*Session scheduled to tentatively end at 2:00 pm

F01: Comparative Cutting: Advancements in Cutting

1:15 pm-2:00 pm fi Preventing Weld-Associated Cracking in Nickel-Base Alloys: Donald Tillack, Nickel Institute

A02: Preventing Weld-Associated Cracking in Nickel-Base Alloys

1:15-3:15 pm

Wednesday, March 21

10:15 am-11:00 am fi Fundamentals of Laser Welding: Kevin Arnold, ESAB 11:30 am-12:15 pm fi Hot Wire Laser Cladding for Life Cycle Cost Reduction: Paul Denney

A01: Fundamentals of Laser Welding

Tuesday, March 20

10:15 am-11:15 am fi Tube and Pipe Mill Set Up: Robert Sladky, Roll-Kraft 11:15 am-12:15 pm fi Laser Tube Cutting: David Hach, BLM

F03: TUBE & PIPE: Forming and Fabricating tube & Pipe

10:15 am-10:45 am fi Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding: Nigel Scotchmer, Huys Industrial 11:05 am-11:35 am fi Aluminum Filler Alloy Selection: Rob Drause, AlcoTec Wire Corporation 11:45 am-12:15 pm fi Aluminum Welding Machine Selection: Thom Burns, AlcoTec Wire Corporation

A03: Essential Tips for Welding Aluminum

10:15am-12:15 pm

Schedule of Events

10:15 am-10:55 am fi Streamlining Part Processes Using Offline Software: Shane Simpson, TRUMPF 10:55 am-11:35 am fi Press Brake Tooling: Ed Severson, Wilson Tool International 11:35 am-12:15 pm fi Press Brake Troubleshooting: John Kemp, BYSTRONIC

F05: BRAKE & PUNCH: Fabricating Sheet Metal

10:15am-11:00am fi Green Stud Welding Saves energy and Labour Costs: Chris Hsu, Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. 11:30am-12:15pm fi Utilizing Technology to Address the Need for a Manufacturing Workforce: Deanna Postlethwaite, Lincoln Electric Co.

A05: The Future of the Welding Industry’s Workforce

10:15 am-12:15 pm

*Subject to change. See website for updates.

1:15 pm-2:15 pm fi Advanced roll Forming of Steel Framing components: Dave Voth, FORMTEK Metal Forming, Inc. 2:15 pm-3:15 pm fi Modern Lubicants for Roll form Processes: Joe Hough, Tower Oil and Technology

F04: ROLL FORMING: General to Advanced roll Forming Concepts

*Session scheduled to tentatively end at 2:00 pm

1:15 pm-2:00 pm fi High Power Laser Applications in Industry: Chris Pilcher, IPG Photonics

A04: High Power Laser Applications in Industry

1:15-3:15 pm

Thursday, March 22

ANDREW COMRIE-PICARD is a phycisist, academic, champion race car driver, and television personality. After eleven years in university and five degrees, including a Master’s degree in Political Theory from Oxford University, he left a career as a NYC lawyer to build and race cars full time. He has hosted custom car build shows on Global TV in Canada (“War of the Wheels”) and Discovery Channel in the USA (“Ultimate Car Buildoff”), and now hosts an extreme driving show on SPEED TV (“Battlecross”). Along the way, he has turned cars into – amongst other things - airplanes, submarines, and weaponized spy vehicles.

He has competed at ESPN’s extreme sports “X Games” five times, and in 2008 famously flipped a car end-over-end, crushing the roof but living to tell the tale.

He is originally from Alberta but lives in Los Angeles where he stunt drives for film and television, and runs his race preparation shop ACP Racing.

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A01 – Fundamentals of Laser Welding Tuesday, March 20, 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM 10:15AM – 11:00AM Fundamentals of Laser Welding

This presentation explores the basic question: What is a laser?

Learn about laser types and beam delivery, as well as application examples and advantages including tips on tube welding.

Expect an overview on: General information on the basics of lasers; How light can be used to weld; How it can be controlled; Advantages laser welding brings to automotive and aerospace applications; The pros of laser welding in tube and pipe production; The economics of laser welding

Kevin Arnold, Automation Account Manager, SAB Welding & Cutting 11:30AM – 12:15PM

Hot Wire Laser Cladding for Life Cycle Cost Reduction

This presentation will review the technical and economic advantages of hot wire laser cladding. The hot wire laser cladding process uses a welding power supply to preheat wire and a laser to melt and bond the material to a metal substrate can achieve deposition rates similar to arc processes but with much lower heat inputs. The process at the same time can deposit greater than twice the material that laser/powder systems can at the same laser power with almost no wasted powder. The presentation will review the mechanics of the process and the justification for its use through various economic models.

Paul Denney, Automation Division, Lincoln Electric Company

A02 – P reventing Weld-Associated Cracking in NickelBase Alloys Tuesday, March 20, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM Preventing Weld-Associated Cracking in Nickel-Base Alloys

Weld cracking is probably the most feared and most expensive event to occur in the fabrication process.

This presentation will explain the steps necessary to prevent cracking in nickel-base alloy welds. Included topics to be covered are: Recommended procedures to prepare the weld area; Techniques to avoid solidification cracking during welding; How to minimize microfissuring; Reducing the possibility of relaxation cracking, ductility-dip cracking, and strain-age cracking; How to prepare for nickel alloy welding Critical welding parameters for nickel alloy welding

Donald Tillack, Technical Consultant, Nickel Institute

F01 – COMPARATIVE CUTTING: Advancements in Cutting

Tuesday, March 20, 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM 10:15 AM – 10:55 AM Advancements in Plasma Cutting Process Optimization Resulting from Cut-to-Cut Cycle Time Reduction

New plasma cutting hardware and nesting software allows Rapid Part technology to target and optimize four elements of the total cutting process-torch retract, table motion, initial height sensing, and gas preflow-to significantly reduce non-cutting time. Reduce cut-to-cut cycle time; Increase productivity from capital equipment; Eliminate the need for manual process intervention; Increase profitability

Co Presenter: Randy Paura, P. Eng., CLSO, President, Dynamic Laser Solutions Inc. Co Presenter: Don McDonald, Regional Manager, Fabricating Machinery Solutions 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM

Fiber versus CO2 Laser Cutting

Although the majority of today’s 2-D laser cutting systems use CO2 resonators, the fiber laser is slowly gaining acceptance in the marketplace with its low operating costs and fast cutting speeds, especially in thin materials. This presentation will focus on the differences between these two technologies from a cost and performance standpoint when used on 2-D laser cutting systems. Hourly operating cost comparison; Material cutting comparison; Cost vs. performance comparison

Troy Robinson, International Distributor Sales Manager, Cincinnati Inc. 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM

The Power of Choice for Laser Cutting

With so many different technologies available when it comes to lasers, it can be next to impossible to know which one is the right choice for your specific application. This presentation will help you sort though the different options, so you can pick the best one for your application. What technologies are available; Which applications are right for each technology; Which is the right choice for your application based on productivity and cost per part

Presenter, Stefan Schreiber, TRUMPF

A03 – Essential Tips for Welding Aluminum Wednesday, March 21, 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Refill Friction Stir Spot Welding

This presentation will present a new machine which provides friction stir spot welds on aluminum sheet and then refills the hole left by the stirring tool on retraction. Learn how this new machine works and the characteristics of good joints made with both the friction stir welding and refill friction spot welding process. See how the machine provides: Stable, consistent welding of aluminum sheet; Refill friction stir spot welding – no hole; Affordable friction stir spot welding; Robot mounting

Nigel Scotchmer, President, Huys Industries Limited 11:05 AM – 11:35 AM

Aluminum Filler Alloy Selection

The selection of a suitable filler alloy for joining various aluminum alloys requires the careful consideration of a number of factors. This presentation, along with case studies as examples, will discuss some of these considerations in order to properly select the most suitable filler alloy for a particular application: Ease of welding; Strength of the welded joint; Corrosion resistance; Color match

Derek Westin, Product Marketing Manager, Hypertherm, Inc.

Rob Krause, Technical Services Manager, AlcoTec Wire Corporation

10:55 AM – 11:35 AM

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM

Laser Cutting Considerations for First-Time Buyers

Due to the high investment cost to purchase a 2-D laser cutting system, it is important to consider all factors before making a buying decision, especially for first time buyers. Factors such as new versus used, resale value, wattage, table size, drive system, and resonator type. These factors coupled with the application will help to ensure the right decision. First time laser buyers; Laser cost justification; Laser v. other cutting processes

Aluminum Welding Machine Selection

The selection of welding equipment for use with aluminum requires a thorough understanding of the unique properties of aluminum. The majority of equipment supplied to the gas metal arc welding market is designed for the purpose of welding steel or some product other than aluminum. As this presentation will point out, no one machine fits all needs.

Nigel King, Product Manager, Elliott-Matsuura Canada Inc.

Thom Burns, Director-Technical Services, AlcoTec Wire Corporation

11:35 AM – 12:15 AM

A04 – High Power Laser Applications in Industry

Waterjet Brody Fanning, Bystronic

F02 – L ASERS: General to Advanced Laser Cutting Considerations Tuesday, March 20, 1:15 PM – 3:15 PM 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM Laser Processing Technology Today

This presentation will review both Fiber lasers and CO2 technology and discuss how both not offer better options to be competitive in any market. Learn how fibers offer incredible speeds and energy savings, lower maintenance, and improve cut capacity & quality. Additional features for improving machine utilization and reducing part cost will also be covered.

Wednesday, March 21, 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM High Power Laser Applications in Industry

This presentation will review the trend in pricing and cost of new laser systems with respect to 10 micron and 1 micron wavelengths. In addition, a focus on the main key points will discuss reliability, beam quality, efficiency, and flexibility. Other topics included in this presentation are: New applications in plastic cutting; Powertrain welding; Remote scanner head cutting; Remote scanner welding; Supersonic welding cladding; Surface hardening; Drilling; Future applications

Chris Pilcher, RSM – Canada, IPG Photonics

F03 – TUBE & PIPE: Forming & Fabricating Tube & Pipe

1:45 PM – 2:15 PM

Wednesday, March 21, 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM Tube and Pipe Mill Set Up

This presentation reviews established rules of thumb for CO2 laser cutting and the different process dynamics of the new solid state Near Infra-Red lasers, such as the fiber and disk lasers. Understanding the inherent nature of the high beam quality of these lasers while selecting appropriate optic and process fiber combinations is essential to achieve the maximum performance, benefits and process robustness.

Process differences between FIR and NIR laser cutting; Process and cost of ownership benefits of new NIR laser power sources for cutting; Collation and summary review of latest research into NIR laser cutting with high beam quality; Optics and process fiber selection criteria and checklist for NIR laser cutting with high beam quality

Robert Sladky, Vice President Tube Mill Engineering, Roll-Kraft®

Jason Hillenbrand, Laser Product Manager, Amada America, Inc. NIR laser cutting dynamics with high beam quality

This presentation is tailored to address and strengthen the “weak links” in tube and pipe mill operations in regard to proper tube and pipe mill set up. It specifically addresses the importance of properly setting up each and every pass on the mill per the design of the tooling, helping establish a “standard” for everyone to follow. By doing so, you will be able to identify problems and implement corrective measures that will build morale, improve product quality, reduce scrap, increase the life of the tooling, and produce greater profits. Identification of each pass on tube and pipe mill; Proper setup of each pass; How you document a good setup so you can repeat the performance; Problems and solutions in each section on the mill

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Laser Tube Cutting

Understand how to design parts for the laser tube cutting process.

Laser cutting metallic tubes; Fiber laser technology; Lean manufacturing via laser tube fabrication

David Hach, BLM Regional Sales Manager Canada, BLM Group USA

F04 – ROLL FORMING: General to Advanced Roll Forming Concepts Wednesday, March 21, 1:15 PM – 3:15 PM 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Advanced Roll Forming of Steel Framing Components

Low air consumption in automotive production New stud welding technology in construction Examples of new stud welding technologies boosting productivity and quality in wind, solar and hydro renewable energy generator fabrication

Chris Hsu, Director of Engineering Nelson Stud Welding, Inc. 11:30AM – 12:15PM

Utilizing Technology to Address the Need for a Manufacturing Workforce

This presentation will provide insight into the latest advancements in roll forming system technology for the Steel Framing Industry. Discussions will focus on automated equipment change-over for material thickness, cross sectional variations, punched opening locations, and part lengths. Handling of the finished product in high speed operations will be discussed. Also addressed, will be the level of operator training required.

The advantages of programmable rotary punching and cutoff systems will be presented.  Included, will be specific examples of these technologies being utilized in the manufacture of steel framing products.

The lack of a skilled workforce is not a new topic for conversation for manufacturing. Addressing the needs of industry and taking a focused look at resolving the issues is how we will address this shortage. To deal with engaging our youth, we need to meet them at their level and implement tools and curriculum that integrates interactive elements, creative and exciting designs and challenges but also engages them. And finally, to advance as a global competitor, the need for innovation, technology and automation must be incorporated, addressed and fulfilled. Examples of schools that identified these needs and have addressed them will be covered to summarize the presentation.

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Deanna Postlethwaite Automation Division; Lincoln Electric

Dave Voth, Product Line Manager – B&K Systems, Formtek Metal Forming Inc. Modern Lubricants for Roll Form Processes

Develop an understanding of the modern roll forming lubricants available that will enable you to select the best lubricant for your process.

New VOC-Free Vanishing Oil replacement lubricants; Control and monitoring roll forming coolants; Lube application methods and equipment

Joe Hough, VP/Director Technical Services, Tower Oil & Technology Co.

A05 – The Future of the Welding Industry‚ Workforce Thursday, March 22, 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM 10:15AM – 11:00AM Green Stud Welding Saves Energy and Labour Costs

This presentation focuses on the cost savings opportunities of incorporating new green stud welding technologies that save energy consumption and Labour hours associated with welding operation, and pre-weld and post-weld operations, and improve productivity and weld quality. Outlined in the presentation are specific innovations and technology improvements that save time, money and energy for fabricators using weld studs in ships, bridges, buildings, automotive and other fastening applications.

A range of topics covered, including: Electricity savings in stud welding Labour savings in stud welding

F05 – BRAKE & PUNCH: Fabricating Sheet Metal Thursday, March 22, 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM 10:15 AM – 10:55 AM Streamlining Part Processes Using Offline Software Learn how to optimize bend sequences and tool set-up in order to increase your productivity and profits.

Optimizing Bend Sequences and Tool Set-up; Creating a user friendly environment for even low skilled operators; Reducing Scrap Rates; Increasing productivity and profits;

Presenter: Shane Simpson TRUMPF 10:55 AM – 11:35 AM

11:35 AM – 12:15 PM

Press Brake Tooling Presenter: Ed Severson Wilson Tool International

Press Brake Troubleshooting Presenter: John Kemp BYSTRONIC

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Abtex Corp

Booth #1838

Deburring Systems Abtex manufactures a full range of deburring and surface treatment systems that are designed to address each customer’s specific application. Whether it is enddeburring of aluminum extrusions and/ or tubing, planetary head flow-through systems for part faces, or rotary indexing systems for complex geometries, Abtex deburring systems are engineered to be simple, overbuilt, and optimally effective.

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The LC-3015F1 NT is engineered to provide high-speed processing, ultraprecise accuracy and superior cutting quality. Equipped with either a 4kW or 6kW laser, the LC-3015F1 NT delivers full-range capabilities. The 6kW model is ideally suited for processing thick plate.

The innovative design of this series also provides an extremely flexible, user-friendly layout in a remarkably small footprint. Featuring a 3-axis linear drive system, Amada’s “no lens change” technology plus ultra-fast piercing and cutting, the LC-3015F1 NT takes productivity to a new level. Additional features such as Cut Process Monitoring and an automatic nozzle changer, enable the LC-3015F1 NT to set the global standard for laser cutting systems. Additional features include: Three-Axis (X,Y,Z) Linear Motor Drive; High-Efficiency NC Control and Automation in a Variety of Configurations

Amada Canada Ltd Booth #1707 HD NT Series Press Brake

• The AMNC/PC control features Bend Navi to allow the operator to create 3D programs from DXF, DWG and IGES files. The 3D simulation makes bending solutions easier to resolve and ensures error-free processing.

• Increased distance between tooling and greater stroke length provides a larger processing area.

• The HD Heavy series is equipped with a double wedge crowning system to guarantee an accurate angle along the entire bend line.

(1/25,000); Delay Control: 0.25-0.35 seconds-fast position; 0.60-0.80 secondsslow position; Operation Temp: –5°C to +50°C (23°F to 131°F); Storage Temp: 20°C to +70°C (–4°F to 158°F); Total Weight: 500g.

AntecTrade Canada Booth #2207 TIG AC/DC PLASMA 200P

AntecTrade Canada Booth #2207 Welding Helmet

The auto-darkening welding filters are designed for Arc welding or cutting applications.

The unit is suitable for all Arc welding processes such as MIG, MAG, TIG, SMAW, Plasma Arc, and Carbon Arc.; Viewing Field; Cartridge Size; UV/IR Protection; Light State; Darkened State; Power Supply; Sensitivity Control; Power On/Off; Reaction Time; Delay Control; Operation Temp; Storage Temp; Total Weight; 98mm x 44mm/3.86” x 1.73”; 110mm x 90mm x 9mm/4.33” x 3.54” x 0.35”; Permanent Shade DIN 16

AntecTrade Canada Booth #2207 Welding Helmet

Booth #1838

Abrasive Filament Brushes Since their development, abrasive filaments have been used in brush format for a variety of industrial applications including deburring, edge radiusing and surface finishing. Abtex fiber abrasive brushing tools are available in disc, radial wheel, tube and end type and cylindrical formats. We offer a wide variety of stock brushes as well as custom designs for specific applications.

Abtex Corp

Amada Canada Ltd Booth #1707

This super inverter welder contains a lot of functions such as Tig, MMA, and Plasma Cutter with pulse, including the foot pedal.

1. Adopting MOSFET secondary inverter controlling technology, HF arc-starting.

2. Compact structure, stable welding current, steady and intensive arc, reliable and durable, easy for maintenance.

3. Protective circuit board inside, safe and reliable.

4. Thermostatic protection, over-voltage protection, over-current protection, undervoltage protection, pedal control interface for safe operation.

5. Adjustable pulse current and frequency can meet various requirements of welding craft.

6. Can weld many sorts of metal, such as stainless steel, carbon steel, copper, aluminum and aluminum-alloy by AC function.

7. Accessories: welding torch, cutting torch, welding holder, earth clamp, compressed air regulator, etc.

8. 24 month guarantee.

Autodesk Canada

Booth #1111

Autodesk® Product Design Suite Standard 2012

With models varying in capacity from 55 to 600 tons, the HD series can handle a full range of applications in bend lengths from 79 inches to 276 inches. This ecofriendly series provides high-performance and low-energy consumption, requiring less hydraulic fluid than conventional systems. To maintain bending accuracy while processing materials that vary in type, thickness and grain direction, the HD series is equipped with Bend Indicator (BI) sensors that utilize probe and laser technology.

Additional features of Amada’s highperformance HD NT series include:

The auto-darkening welding filters are designed for Arc welding or cutting applications.

The unit is suitable for all Arc welding processes such as MIG, MAG, TIG, SMAW, Plasma Arc, and Carbon Arc. Viewing Field: 98mm x 44mm (3.86” x 1.73”); Cartridge Size: 110mm x 90mm x 9mm/4.33” x 3.54” x 0.35”; UV/ IR Protection: Permanent Shade DIN 16; Light State: Shade DIN 4; Darkened State: Shade DIN 9 to DIN 13 Variable; Power Supply: Solar cells with built in rechargeable battery; Sensitivity Control: Adjusts for varying ambient light and welding arc; Power On/Off: Fully Automatic; Reaction Time: 0.00004 sec

A comprehensive, cost-effective design solution for designers engineers who create remarkable products. Containing design, visualization, simulation software, the suite is a robust solution for Digital Prototyping of the entire design workflow.

Autodesk® Product Design Suite Standard 2012 empowers users to innovate and more easily respond to changing business needs. The new product development

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NEW PRODUCTS SHOWCASING AT 2012 FABTECH CANADA and design suite helps designers and engineers work more creatively and effectively communicate ideas. Accelerated 2D mechanical design. Comprehensive libraries of standards-based parts and tools for automating common design tasks and accelerate the mechanical design process. Explore design concepts and produce stunning illustrations. Paint and draw in a robust digital sketchbook. Manage design data more effectively; Create and manage crucial parts lists and bills of materials (BOMs). Autodesk® Inventor® Fusion technology included – Provides intuitive direct manipulation 3D product modeling capabilities, Streamlines transfer of data from concept design into detailed design. Includes: AutoCAD® Mechanical; Autodesk® Showcase®; Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer; Autodesk® Vault®; Autodesk® Mudbox™

Autodesk Canada

Booth #1111

Autodesk® Factory Design Suite Standard 2012

Unique functionality in AutoCAD enables manufacturers to create factory layouts much faster than ever. Minimize costs by using existing AutoCAD® software expertise to analyze factory layouts for material flow efficiency during planning Factory Layout Design for AutoCAD. Autodesk® Factory Design Suite Standard 2012 offers unique functionality in AutoCAD, enabling manufacturers to create factory layouts much faster than ever before. Minimize costs by taking advantage of existing AutoCAD® software expertise to analyze factory layouts for material flow efficiency early on during the conceptual phase of factory planning.

Facilities layout design – Continue in your familiar AutoCAD-based working environment using architectural drafting tools such as walls, doors, and windows.

2D asset library – Easily add commonly used factory objects such as conveyors, robots, and material handling equipment to help expedite layout designs. Material flow analysis – Get real-time feedback on optimizing 2D layouts directly in AutoCAD. Includes: AutoCAD® Architecture; AutoCAD® Mechanical; Autodesk® Factory Design Utilities; Autodesk® Vault; Autodesk® Showcase™

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Autodesk Canada

Booth #1111

Autodesk® Vault for Collaboration

Data Management Autodesk® Vault data management software products organize, manage, and track data creation, simulation, and documentation processes for design and

engineering workgroups. The Autodesk® Vault family of data management products helps design and engineering workgroups, accelerate development cycles and optimize their investment in design data, with features for tracking key design and release management processes for the entire organization. A comprehensive set of features facilitates workgroup collaboration, enterprise data management, data search and reuse, and revision management, and is supported by easy administration and configuration.

Tightly integrated with Autodesk Digital Prototyping applications, Autodesk Vault data management software enables teams to more efficiently collaborate and meet tight deadlines. The software is available in configurations that offer specific levels of functionality to fit data and revision management needs: Autodesk® Vault, Autodesk® Vault Workgroup, Autodesk® Vault Collaboration, Autodesk® Vault Collaboration AEC, and Autodesk® Vault Professional.®

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FEIN KBH 25 • New hand-held drilling technology • Made in Germany • Rapid work progress with considerably less effort

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NEW PRODUCTS SHOWCASING AT 2012 FABTECH CANADA Balluff Canada Inc

Booth #1419

Balluff’s new linear inductive position sensor.

Balluff’s new BIP linear inductive position sensor has an absolute measuring principle for position monitoring in applications such as drive spindles and clamping devices for tools and workpieces.

The sensor can also be used for many other linear motion applications such as punch depth, grab positions, rolling positions, valve positions, etc. The BIP is non-contact and linear travel of up to 40mm can be reliably detected. The Balluff BIP has excellent resolution of 14 microns, high repeat accuracy of +/– 80 microns and non linearity of +/– 250 microns for optimal process quality. Available outputs include 0-10V and 4-20 mA. The sensor’s high degree of repeat accuracy guarantees excellent process quality, even in cramped locations with temperatures up to 85°C. Mechanical adjustments are not necessary as the sensor is teachable on site, allowing the measuring range to be adapted to the application. With the IO-Link Variant this is also possible via the control system.

Balluff Canada Inc

Booth #1419

Rugged Auxiliary DC Power for Industrial Networks Every machine builder is looking for ways to reduce the total cost of their machine while improving performance; and every end user is looking for ways to improve uptime and reduce operating costs. Power supplies can take up a substantial space in crowded controls cabinets. With the use of distributed I/O, block I/O and remote I/O becoming more prevalent, the need for ample power on the machine has also increased. But most power supplies in the market today give no feedback on their long term health. A faulty or dying power supply can cause maintenance crews hours of precious production time in troubleshooting and repair. The introduction of Balluff’s IP67 intelligent power supplies with Heartbeat® technology allows these maintenance crews to get reliable feedback on the real time and long-term status of the supply and be able to predict the replacement and maintenance cycle of the supply.

Bohne Spring Industries Ltd. Booth #1541 Austempering

Hardening and tempering using the Austempering process (salt quenching) to harden SAE 1050-1095 Annealed Spring Steel.

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Bohne Spring has the capacity and capability to Austemper (harden and temper) your spring products. Submit drawings or samples for pricing. Fast turnaround offered on most orders.

Bystronic Inc

Booth #1319

Bystronic Xpert Press Brake Bystronic’s enhanced version of the Xpert press brake incorporates a high speed ram positioning system and the new Fast Bend+ safety system for reduced bending cycle times. The high speed ram positioning system is capable of reducing bend cycle times by 15% to 35%, in reaching approach speeds of up to 600 inches per minute and bending speeds up to 47 inches per minute without sacrificing accuracy. It is the only press brake on the market that introduces no angle errors itself with a ram positioning accuracy of .00015 inch. New Xpert Options: FastBend + safety system for higher productivity and increased machine safety; Energy Saver saves up to onethird of the energy that is consumed by conventional press brakes. Optical Bend Guiding, guides operators of press brakes safely through all bending applications.

LEDs indicate the correct position of the tool stations and bending sequences.

D/F Machine Specialties Inc Booth #2118 D/F Machine Specialties Automated MIG Tandem Torch

help achieve different center-point distances between the two tandem contact tips and are easily changeable.

rugged all purpose, water-cooled, manual “MIG” welding torch designed to operate at welding currents up to 600 amperes continuous duty using all

D/F Machine Specialties Inc Booth #2118

Duroair Corp

D/F W/C-to-the-Tip Automatic Robotic Torches

D/F Machine Specialties’ MIG (Gas Metal Arc Welding).

“TIG” (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) torches have been used exclusively with welding automation equipment by Lincoln Electric, Miller Welding, Linde/ESAB, and Thermadyne for over 40 years. D/F Machine Specialties has been committed to producing the finest American made welding products available on the market today. D/F’s MIG (Gas Metal Arc Welding). “TIG” (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) torches have been used exclusively with welding automation equipment by Lincoln Electric, Miller Welding, Linde/ESAB, and Thermadyne for over 40 years. For automated welding systems, hard automation, high deposition, and large wire diameters that require preheat and high amperages, a D/F heavy duty water-cooled w

D/F Machine Specialties Inc Booth #2118 D/F Water-Cooled MIG Pistol Grip Gun The D/F Machine Specialties specially designed high amperage MIG Tandem welding torch is a critical component of the Tandem welding system, engineered with specific spacing and alignment of two contact tips to achieve proper arc control.

D/F Machine Specialties’ patented MIG Tandem Wire Torch has been developed for heavy-duty welding, where the requirements relating to heavy-duty applications and long welding times are rigorous. The D/F tandem wire welding torch is designed to provide excellent cooling of the nozzle, gas cup, body and the current tips. This rating is typically in the 600-1300 amp range. Two wire electrodes electrically insulated from one another must run through a common gas nozzle and share a common welding torch. The distance between the tandem contact tips (the wires) can vary by removing the body screws of one or both of the inner bodies. This allows rotation of each inner body increasing or decreasing the distance between the two welding wires.

The D/F Tandem Torch inner bodies can be either straight or bent to desired degrees to

Booth #1125

Duroair Retractable Spray Booths Duroair’s retractable enclosures allow for installations where fixed booths will not fit and allows for simple loading of the paint area reducing material handling time.

Duroair is the ONLY provider that offers full turn-key solutions that are compliant with both Environmental and Fire Code regulations. Duroair can manufacture any size enclosure and will match the airflow required to produce the perfect finish, quality and compliance. The retractable enclosures are a cross draft design where airflow is increased during the dry cycle to wick the moisture out of the paint and achieve faster dry times. The patented tapered airflow focuses the air down the center of the enclosure with almost no airflow down the walls, ceiling or floor. This allows for the optimal capture of overspray and reduces any dust or dirt transfer. The enclosure retracts to less than 20% of the extended length saving valuable floor space when not in use. The system can be assembled or torn down in approx 2-3 hours.

Easy Abrasives LLC Booth #2229 Wire Brushes, Tungsten Electrodes Our Wire Brushes offer continuous brushing action. It is excellent for cleaning and removing paint, scale and light rust from flat surfaces.

Tungsten Electrodes are available in industry standard lengths (seven inch). Tencount tungsten packages are conveniently color-coded according to tungsten type.

Easy Abrasives LLC Booth #2229 Carbide Burs Solid Tungsten Carbide Burs. Double and Single cut available.

Easy Abrasives LLC Booth #2229

The D/F Machine Specialties Water-Cooled MIG semi-automatic pistol grip gun is ideal for welding 3/64”, 1/16” and 3/32” Aluminum and Stainless Steel, using .030” through 7/64” diameter wires.

With more than 44 years of aluminum and steel trailer welding, D/F Machine Specialties Water-Cooled Semi Automatic “MIG” Pistol Grip Gun Model NC-21/ HT-21 has been welding trailers. Like the Linde ST-5 and ESAB ST-21 but with improvements and new features, and proven to be a superior replacement alternative, the D/F Water-Cooled handheld pistol grip “MIG” gun is a

Flap discs, Flap wheels. Cut-off Grinding wheels Flap discs and wheels are made of VCM premium sand cloth, designed for one-stop grinding, blending, and finishing of metal.

Epicor Software Corp Booth #1934

Epicor Manufacturing Express Edition (SaaS ERP) With Epicor Manufacturing Express Edition, you can expect everything in one system to manage customers and contacts, opportunities and orders, products and production and accounting and payroll. Whether your business is a job shop, machine shop, stamper, or other type of manufacturer, however you account, cost, or produce, Express is flexible enough to support your business process, including assembly, make-to-stock, make-to-order,

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Express is available to you on-demand, as a service, so there’s no hardware or software to install or maintain – Epicor handles all that for you. All you need is a workstation with an Internet connection and users have access to the system.

Ongoing software updates and system maintenance are provided and managed

by Epicor so there’s zero IT overhead.

facturing is uniquely positioned to manage the requirements of multiple industries with a single solution, including Industrial Machinery, Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Medical Device, Electronics and Electrical Equipment, Fabricated Metals, Furniture and Fixtures, Rubber and Plastics, Job Shops, and more.

Epicor Software Corp Booth #1934

Kremlin Rexson EOS Pump

Epicor Manufacturing (On-Premise ERP) Epicor Manufacturing is a tightly integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution for identifying and planning the extended enterprise resources you need to capture, produce, ship, and account for customer orders.

Epicor Manufacturing is designed to support the various manufacturing processes including discrete, make-to-order (MTO), engineer-to-order (ETO), configure-to-order (CTO), mixed-mode and make-to-stock environments. Epicor continues a 25-year plus tradition of providing industry leading solutions for rapidly expanding emerging manufacturers alongside mid-sized companies and subsidiaries of large multinationals. Epicor Manufacturing is scalable and modular with rich feature sets; which allow us to support your company’s growth with rapid implementation and easy expansion no matter the size and complexity of your manufacturing process. As a multidimensional solution, Epicor Manu-

ates Performance by delivering Efficiency, Optimization and Simplicity through its advancements in design, operation, and easier maintenance procedures.

Exel North America Inc Booth #1818 2K Plural Component Equipment

Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Booth #2527

Exel North America Inc Booth #1818

The New EOS pump range Accelerates the Performance of your Airmix® Xcite™ gun by delivering Efficiency, Optimization and Simplicity EXEL North America will be hi-lighting the release of the New Kremlin Rexson EOS Pump Range! Kremlin Rexson has set the standard again for medium pressure solutions. We are introducing the new EOS Pump Range with two pumps: 15-C25 and 30-C25. The New EOS Pump Acceler-

automatic, and robotic systems for automotive and general industrial markets. We integrate turn-key paintshop and bodyshop dispense systems for Sealer, Mastic, and Adhesive applications. We also have three Labs located in our Plymouth, Michigan headquarters: General Industrial, Auto Paint, and Dispense Labs.

FEIN KBH 25 Hand-held Core Drill

Manufacturer of Kremlin Rexson, SAMES, and Johnstone Products. We offer Turn-Key Manual; Automatic Paint; Dispense Systems and Robotic Applications Systems.

As the industry has been pounded by economic times, we have chosen to grow and develop ourselves faster and larger than ever before. We’ve got great products, and even better people. We manufacture spray guns, bells, pumps, metering systems and all the accessories that go along with them. We have a large Advanced Technology team that has 30 years of experience applying every kind of material to any kind of part you could think of.

If it’s painted, we’ve probably done it before – by hand and/or with a robot. We supply turn-key paint / dispense manual,

The world’s first hand-held core drilling system for metal, the FEIN KBH 25 combines the advantages of high performance power drills and carbide-tipped core bits in a single system.

The new drilling technology enables rapid work progress with considerably less effort and allows you to work up to five times faster when core drilling. Even in tight, difficult-to-reach locations, the KBH 25 plays off its strengths, a result of the long experience and the enormous development edge that FEIN has, as the inventor of the power drill. • Convenient operation that is up to 5 times faster due to new drilling technology and special core bit tooth geometry; • Hand-held drill-

Canadian manufacturer of custom engineered oxy and plasma cutting machines  2D and automated 3D bevel weld prep applications  Designed to optimize cut quality and reduce cycle times, Rhino Cutting Systems bridges the gap between cutting processes and motion control  Offering complete, turnkey equipment solutions, retrofits and service  Retrofits for 2D and 3D Bevel  Ultra precise Infinity CNC digital drive systems

by Linatrol, quality engineered bridge construction, network ready!

See it LIVE at FABTECH CANADA booth # 2133

RHINO CUTTING SYSTEMS 596 Arvin Ave., Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada L8E 5P1 Phone: 905 664 0365 Fax: 905 664 0366 Web: www.rhinocuttingsystems.com Email: info@rhinocuttingsystems.com

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NEW PRODUCTS SHOWCASING AT 2012 FABTECH CANADA ing of holes up to 1” diameter in steel up to 3/4” thick using carbide bits; • Handheld drilling of holes to 2-1/8” diameter in steel up to 5/32” thick using carbide hole saws; • A drilling system with the highest quality materials and workmanship, combined with tungsten carbide bits optimized for long service life; • Forward and reverse rotation

Flow International Corp Booth #1725 Flow International Mach 4c Waterjet Cutting System

Hangzhou Xiangsheng Abrasive Machine Manu­ facturing Co Ltd Booth #1325 SB1030 Deburring Machine, SD-H Vacuum Table

vinyl, and white polyethylene film (Ultra Cut). Stencil-Cad Basic 7.1 software offers a ‘WYSIWYG” (what you see is what you get) screen and features hundreds of fonts and imports files from many Windows-based programs

Heartland Shipping Supplies Inc.

Booth #2843

STEEL STRAPPING ACCESSORIES:

Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Booth #2527 FEIN RS 10-70E PIPE SANDER

Compact, light, and ergonomic, RS 10-70 E Pipe Sander for all standard pipe and hand rails.

Ideal for processing straight and curved tubes – from stain or heat discoloration removal, smoothing of fine weld seams, satinizing, to polish preparation and polishing to mirror finish. Small, easy to handle, it features an arm rotatable through almost 360º which allows for comfortable operation, even in tight spaces. In addition, it is highly flexible and can be easily adjusted for different pipe diameters and grinding belts. • Easy handling; • Safe belt tracking; • Low weight; • Variable speed; • Tool-free belt changes; • FEIN high power motor; • Dustproof ball bearings

Flow will introduce the Mach 4c which is designed to optimize the production environment.

The Mach 4c is the newest addition to the Mach 4 line of waterjets and offers a variety of features that are unique in the waterjet industry including an expandable modular design, up to 14m (48’) in length, allowing customers to increase the size of the cutting area as their business grows. The system provides fast, accurate machine motion with zero backlash. The new Mach 4 is ergonomically designed to improve operator convenience and productivity with lighting to enhance work piece visibility, efficient abrasive removal, and easy access to material and parts with full four-sided accessibility. For more information, see http://www.youtube. com/user/FlowWaterjets.

Global Shop Solutions

One-System ERP Solutions™

Booth #2228

Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Booth #2527 FEIN Fillet Weld Grinder KS 10-38 E

FEIN rounds out its range in the stainless steel surface-processing field with the FEIN Fillet Weld Grinder.

The small, low-profile and handy tool removes fillet welds quickly and easily after welding. Even in the tightest corners and angles, seams can be levelled, ground and polished while scratches and unevenness can be removed with precision. With the ability to match the optimal speed to each application and original FEIN accessories; consistent and flawless results can be achieved.

• Flexible operation using the tool-free, rotating arm • Low-profile design for corners, angles and hard to reach places • Electronic speed control • Long belt drive service life due to maintenance-free tensioning system • ‘Made in Germany’ quality

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The One-System ERP Solutions™ is designed to streamline manufacturing operations and position your company for growth. It provides the tools to organize every department-resulting in increased sales, lower costs and improved on-time delivery and quality.

Global Shop Solutions provides One-System ERP Solutions® specifically designed to streamline manufacturing operations and position your company for growth.

We provide easy-to-use software and training you need to organize every department – the results are increased sales, lower costs and improved on-time delivery and quality. For over three decades, Global Shop has been dedicated to meeting the needs of our customers and has the largest base of successful implementations in the industry. Why? Our solutions feature Built-in Customization – enabling you to easily adapt our system to fit your specific needs. The benefit is having the exact functionality you need, when you need it for today and in the future. Plus every screen is easy to use and navigate so everyone in your company – from the owner to the shop floor operator – experiences immediate benefits and an enhanced level of discipline throughout your organization.

SB1030 – Two sides deburring in one pass, no damage on the existing galvanized layer.

D-H Swing Vacuum Sanding Table. This table is equipped with patented vacuum system with two switchable heads to reach 360o in the range of the arm.

The cantilever arm is self-suspended by mechanism, no pneumatic air or power required. It is $9000 only.

Heartland Shipping Supplies Inc. GPX-MARKERS

Booth #2843

Heartland steel strapping is available in all widths/gauges to accommodate your strapping requirements.

Our steel strapping is edge rounded, deburred to ensure a safe rounded edge that is problem free during application.

All of our steel strapping conforms to all ASTM or AAR specifications and is available in black painted finish or zinc coated for increased rust protection. We carry all types of tools and dispensers to fulfill each customer’s individual requirements.

Industrial Magnetics Inc Booth #2013

Our GP-X Classic is the world’s favorite marker. Available in eight weather-and fade-resistant colors and with replaceable tips. Makes permanent marks on: porous and non-porous surfaces, metal, wood, corrugated, rubber, plastic, and glass.

We are now offering a Xylene-free GP-X Eco Classic marker which is environmentally and user friendly. Available in seven nose-appealing scents and colors. Marks on metal, wood, rubber, glass – just about anything! Works on light and dark surfaces and dries quickly. SARA Compliant, No Hazardous Air Pollutants, CONEG/RoHS Compliant, No Prop 65 reportable chemicals, Black, White, Yellow have Low Halogen Levels

Heartland Shipping Supplies Inc.

Booth #2843

ELECTRONIC STENCIL CUTTING MACHINE

The most advanced stencil system is also a great value at a price less than a large character manual stencil machine.

This versatile machine allows you to cut characters in a wide range of sizes, plus you’ll enjoy the benefits of a unique knife-saving technology, extra-wide 29” bed, and easy to use keypad. Cuts stencil board, heavy-duty polyester, magnetic

Transporter® Magnets Powerful Rare Earth magnets positively hold the part during transfer – even during unexpected loss of shop air.

Transporters® greatly reduces chances for slipping and shifting of parts due to mill oil coatings, dust, dirt,rust or weld splatter.

• Original Transporter®: for use in heavier gauge, non-flexing parts and uses a single burst of shop air to actuate the magnet on and off.

• Transporter® LP: minimal die clearance and can be easily installed to existing air connections on tooling booms or robotic face plates. Designed to directly replace vacuum cups with only minor tooling adjustments. Ideal for applications in the Appliance, Automotive, and Office Furniture industries, as well as numerous other material handling applications.

• Transporter® MV (MagVac): combines vacuum and magnet technology to lift and hold all shapes and types of steel. Ideal for facilities with mixed-use metals and ferrous and non-ferrous parts.

These compact, yet powerful, Rare Earth lift magnets can be used on flat or round surfaces and contain an internal release on/off device that does not contact or damage the surface of the part being lifted. Permanent magnetic lifts also eliminate the fear of dropping the load being lifted due to power failures. ON/OFF Rare Earth design; Lifts flat or round loads; Easy internal manual release does not contact the load; Heat resistant up to 180°F (82°C); CONFORMS TO ASME B30.20 STANDARDS; Lock On/Off Features. The new handle on the PowerLift® Rare Earth lift magnet features a positive lock-on and lock-off mechanism that requires the operator to manually switch between the two states. This prevents the handle from being turned only ‘partially on’

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International Sew Right Booth #2019

superior productivity. Since 1971, KMT has been the leading innovator manufacturer of high pressure waterjet pump technology and offers waterjet cutting heads, abrasive delivery systems VFT.

PPE We have been manufacturing PPE for over 25 years. Safety, quality and comfort are what we work towards. Uniforms, Pants, Shirts, Coveralls, Overalls, Arabian hats, Beanies, Sleeves, Aprons, Shop Coats, Aluminized Clothing, Arc Flash Clothing, Tarps for high heat and welding, Parkas, Robot Covers, Furnace Hoods, High Heat Hand Protection.

Kubes Steel Inc

Isah International

Partnering with Kubes Steel can enhance your business’s effectiveness by focusing on what you do best.

Increase your flexibility to meet changing business conditions, demand for products, services and technologies. Renowned for our world class structural, section rolling and metal forming services; Kubes also offers Plate rolling and forming. Custom Shapes, Cylinders, Cones, Transitions.

Pipe Rolling and Bending to 42” diameter. Rotary Draw Bending. Our Stretch Forming technology creates distortion free bends in a variety of exotic shapes and metals. Provided with the confidence and credibility of ISO 9000 Quality Assurance. Our core business is to provide a developed capacity of quality, competitive and innovative forming solutions and ser-

Isah Business Software

Booth #2328

Isah, built for manufacturing, is the opti­ mal combination of innovation proven technology and is based on 4 integrated pillars of success, standard rich functionality, no 3rd party solutions or custom de­velopment required, one single version based on standard Microsoft Technology, making it intuitive user friendly.

Engineering Integration brings extensive product optimization, including 3D CAD/ AutoCad, SolidWorks, Inventor, change management, centralized product data management, PDM/EDM integration. MRP functionality e.g CRM, logistics control, procurement, scheduling, production, financials, cost management. Service Management: contracts/calls, object management, repairs, service, parts, lease/rental. Integrated Project Management: project admin. primary subprojects, monitoring milestones, graphical planning. Integrated Business Intelligence: pivots graphs, accurate current data, budget actuals, KPI’s – allowing adjustments on production to achieve profitability.

Booth #1529

Rolling Bending and Forming Services

vices to a broad spectrum of businesses and markets. Want to control your costs, reduce your investment, increase energy and commitment in your non-core areas and create a stronger career path for your employees? We should talk!

Liburdi Dimetrics Corporation Booth #2119

Liburdi Dimetrics M-Series™ In-Place Weld Heads

Liburdi Dimetrics introduces an economical flexible clamp on weld head to allow orbital welding of tube/pipe assemblies.

The M-Series® Heads are available in a range of sizes to cover 1/2” to 10” pipe sizes. The torch assembly allows welding of butt joints, v-groove and sockets. The standard head incorporates programmable servo driven rotational speed and wire pulsing. Optional module provides programmable AVC/Oscillation control.

Pendant controls are built in to the handle for ease of use. Helical drive system eliminate backlash for precise bead placement. M-Series® Heads incorporate on board wire spool holder or optional

off board holders for extended welding.

Standard M-Series® Heads incorporate a 300 amp water cooled GTAW torch. Optional MIG and VP (aluminum) welding modules are available. Options include trailing/shield viewing cameras.

M-Series® Heads are an ideal choice for contractors fabricators or educational institutes where economical maximum flexibility is required for inplace welding.

Marktech Inc

Booth #2817

McCann Equipment Ltd

Booth #2224

PVD Thin Hard Coatings PVD Coatings are anti adhesion and are low coefficient of friction, low temperature coating helps keep the dimentional stability.

Advantages of PVD coatings: increased abrasion resistance and high fatigue strength of the base metal lower temperature coating keeps the dimentional stability. High protection against the erosion.

Increased corrosion and thermal resistance unlimited number of re-coatings. Anti adhesion and low coefficient of friction

Equipois zeroG Mechanical Arm

The equipois zeroG® arm is a patented technology that allows tools, parts and other payloads to be maneuvered as

KMT Waterjet Systems Inc Booth #1832 KMT Waterjet launches New Pump Product lines.

The KMT Waterjet NEOLine™ Series Pumps are the NEW Low Cost Option for waterjet metal cutting applications.

The NEOLine™ 40i pump uses KMT proven intensifier technology for superior performance with less maintenance. The NEOLine™ 10d direct drive pump is specifically designed as a low-cost solution for light duty cutting limited applications. The NEOLine™ 40i features a new, low profile cabinetry design for easy access to pump controls components along with 55,000psi operating pressure to cut steel, glass, plastic, aluminum, and much more. MT has also launched the Streamline PRO2® series pumps, 90,000psi, 60hp 125hp, which offers the industry’s most powerful combination of horsepower and pressure with significant advances in uptime, which leads to

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NEW PRODUCTS SHOWCASING AT 2012 FABTECH CANADA if weightless, but with a full range of motion – providing its users with a level of performance unmatched by other products such as a crane-based systems, torque arms and tool balancers.

Some of the the top companies in the world have already implemented zeroG® as a best practice because of its ability to boost productivity, reduce injuries, and improve quality. For more information on Equipois products, contact McCann Equipment via E-mails or visit our site

offers more standard features than the MultiCam. Custom engineered aluminum extrusion design for high strength and rigidity. High-Speed contouring; Userfriendly MultiCam Controller; Material Database; Downdraft table; Self adjusting pressure foot; Precision dual X-axis drives; 8 Megabytes of Memory with unlimited file size transfer capabilities; Standard Ethernet or RS232 direct connections

McCann Equipment Ltd

Multicam Canada

Booth #2224

Equipois x-Ar Exoskeletal Arm Support

The equipois, X-Ar is an exoskeletal arm that attaches to your arm and provides dynamic support throughout your natural range of motion.

X-Ar can bear the weight of your arm and small objects that you are holding while preserving your freedom of movement – which means you can work with your arms outstretched for long periods with less fatigue and discomfort. The X-Ar is designed to assist with a wide range of activities where people work with their arms outstretched for long periods with less fatigue and discomfort, from assembly operations in factories to laboratory tasks to office work. For more information on Equipois products, contact McCann Equipment via E-mails or visit our site.

Metabo Canada

Booth #2525

MAG 28 LTX Worlds first 25.3 Lithium-ion magnetic drill MAG28 LTX Order No. 600334520. Complete Kit Includes: 2 – 25.2V Lithium-Ion Batteries, 15 Minute Air Cooled Charger, Weldon 3/4” Tool Holder, 1/2” Keyed Chuck, MT2 Arbor, Drift Key, Safety Strap, Centering Pin; Heavy Duty Case.

Multicam Canada

1000 Series CNC Plasma

Booth #2307

The low-cost MultiCam 1000 Series Plasma is equipped with standard features normally only found on more expensive CNC plasma cutting machines.

The 1000 Series Plasma features dual drives, an engineered aluminum extrusion frame, 25mm bearings throughout, and state-of-the-art Hypertherm plasma units, as well as the legendary ease-of-use of the MultiCam Controller. No machine S14

Nelweld N1500i

Booth #2306

when stud plunge is slowed down**; Nelware® production weld quality record keeping and arc signals oscilloscope PC software

Nelson Stud Welding

Booth #2306

Nelweld N1500i Auto-Feed Systems

Booth #2307

3000 Series CNC Plasma

The rigid, all-steel plate frame design supports a variety of standard or highdefinition plasma units.

Also combined with the industry’s easiestto-use operator interface, as well as the quality features, and high level of service that comes with owning a MultiCam. And because it’s a MultiCam, the 3000 Series also comes with the full support of the MultiCam Tech­nology Center network, with locations worldwide. MultiCam sales, service, support and training are always located nearby.

Multicam Canada

Nelson Stud Welding

Booth #2307

This new, dependable, and light-weight stud welder is not light in power.

From the inventor and trusted leader of stud welding, N1500i is a third generation inverter that Nelson has to offer to the world hungry for such a little giant. This all-digital system has 50% more output power than comparable products in the market. This means it can weld larger studs, weld more studs per minute and drive more cable (up to 100-600 feet). The friendly user interface with 10 presets, graphic gun and welder status, and bright alpha-numeric displays reduces set-up time, and operator training and error. Precision control at 60,000 Hz frequency ensures the most stable arc, accurate heat input and highest quality process. Consistent welds are produced, inconsistent plate surface, weld position, gun and cable conditions notwithstanding.

Combining control, gas and power in one composite cable provides robustness, reliability and increased up-time in production.

Nelson Stud Welding Nelweld N800i

This portable auto-feed stud welding package is ideal for quality-minded fabricators in need of boosting fastener welding productivity.

N1500i can deliver up to 1500 amps for short-cycle drawn-arc fastener welding, and FFL100M feeder can feed stud pneumatically to a hand-held PFL901 gun or a KFL901 robot-held weld head. N1500i features a friendly user interface with 10+ weld program presets, bright alphanumeric displays; graphic gun and weld quality indi-cator. Its simplicity reduces set-up time, operator training, and error.

OMAX® Corporation Booth #xxxx Booth #2306

Abrasive Waterjet Systems

3000 Series WaterJet

The MultiCam 3000 Series Waterjet cutting system is an affordable, easy-to-use, production cutting solution designed for manufacturers that want the ability to cut a wide variety of materials.

High-pressure waterjet machining also offers unique advantages over other cutting technologies allowing the user to cut highly accurate parts with excellent finish and no heat affected edge. All 3000 Series WaterJet machining systems are manufactured using high-tolerance, large-scale CNC metalworking machines and are verified with certified laser calibration equipment. And every MultiCam 3000 Series waterjet also comes with the full support of the MultiCam Technology Center network, with over 70 locations worldwide. MultiCam sales, service, support and training are always nearby.

• Shipbuilding • Industrial • Automotive repair and production • Insulation pins • Threaded studs It can deliver up to 800 amps for 1/2” (12mm) full base diameter stud welding.

Precision control at 60,000 Hz frequency ensures the most stable arc, accurate heat input and highest quality welding process.

The features and benefits include: Weld Monitor® built-in arc energy watchdog to detect bad welds from actual process signals; Gun Monitor® built-in gun watchdog to match gun speed and adaptively compensate for gun wear; Cable Monitor® built-in cable and connector watchdog to detect cable wear and loose connector; Stud Expert® choose setting from stud diameter and can be re-programmed by user spreadsheet; Pulse Waveform reduces heat input, cuts surface contaminants and stiffens arc for out-of-position welds; Plunge Current® saves electricity, reduces cable wear, and maintains arc energy despite gun wear; Cold Plunge Prevention® extends arc time

OMAX® Corporation is the global leader of precision abrasive waterjet systems.

At FABTECH Canada, a 60120 JetMachining® Center (10’ 6” x 5’ 2” X-Y cutting travel) will be showcased with a 40 hp EnduroMAX® direct drive pump.

The 60120 can expand your shop capabilities and open new revenue sources with an unsurpassed cold cutting process ideal for large fabrication production runs to smaller, prototype or customized jobs.

Powered with the Intelli-MAX® Software Suite, our innovative waterjet-specific control software, and the world’s most reliable direct drive pump with 20 years of proven operation and continuous improvement behind it, OMAX provides unmatched levels of performance. For more information on OMAX or MAXIEM, visit www.omax.com and www.maxiemwaterjets.com.

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Booth #2107

TC-1000 TITANIUM CARBIDE TIP BLADE

TITANIUM CARBIDE TIP BLADE Pearl’s NEW Titanium Carbide Tip Metal blade (TC-1000) is designed to cut a variety of mild ferrous metals with fewer burrs, less dust and reduced material burning than abrasive blades. In addition, it provides much longer life than traditional abrasive wheels. The Pearl TC-1000 is engineered with a triple chip design for add­ed durability. It is ideal for cutting angle iron, conduit, metal studs, pipe as well as aluminum and plastic.

Pearl Abrasive Co CARBIDE BURS

Booth #2107

Carbide Burs Pearl Abrasive Co. offers a new line of tungsten carbide burs in the most popular shapes and sizes. Pearl supplies both Double Cut carbide burs for ferrous metal as well as the Aluminum cut for non-ferrous metals.

Polymet Corp

Booth #2758

Tungsten Carbide Hardfacing Wire Our NiBWC and NiCrBWC hardfacing wires are ideal for the severest wear applications, including mining, petrochemical and pulp and paper.

NiBWC Wire; NiCrBWC Wire

Polymet Corp

Booth #2758

Polystel hardfacing wires for high temp. wear Polymet’s Polystel cobalt based hardfacing wires are ideal for high temperature wear applications including valves in the petrochemical industry, aircraft engine components and saw blade tipping in the lumber industry Polystel 1 in 1.2 and 1.6 mm diameter; Polystel 6 in 1.2 and 1.6 mm diameter; Polystel 12 in 1.2 and 1.6 mm diameter; Polystel 21 in 1.2 and 1.6 mm diameter

Polymet Corp

Booth #2758

Thermal spray wires Polymet has a complete line of cored and solid thermal spray wires in 1.6 mm and 3.2 mm diameter.

Nickel aluminum; Nickel chrome aluminum; Nickel molybdenum aluminum; Molybdenum; Amorphous alloys; Stainless steel; Alumimum

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Promotec Srl XTREME

Booth #1207

Xtreme is a high performance and high productivity machine, designed for the most demanding contractors. The axes movement is done by linear motors.

Xtreme can be integrated with any loading and unloading system and sheet metal store.

Xtreme is rather a high performance machine. Specifically built to meet the high productivity fiber lasers requirements when cutting very thin materials, Xtreme is equipped with linear motors which can give top speeds up to 300 m/min, with accelerations of 20 m/sec2 (2g). The working areas are the same as the Xbase in length, but with a width that rises up to 2500 mm: then from 1500x3000 mm to 2500x12000 mm. Both models have cantilever arms, a solution that makes these machines extremely versatile and flexible, the only difference being that Xtreme moving arm (all-aluminum based) is supported by a central upright support, while the Xbase one is supported entirely by its side.

Promotec Srl XCUBE

Booth #1207

Xcube is designed to meet the demands of a market primarily oriented on cutting thin metal sheets, such as galvanized steel, prepainted steel, aluminium, copper, stainless steel, while maintaining the possibility to cut ticker materials.

Xcube is a system representing an excellent solution for compactness and integration when supplied (as option) with a coil feeding and automatic unloading over selfleveling bays, but equally appealing in the basic models with manual 1500x1500mm pallets or automatic repositioning table 1500x3000mm. Designed to be capable of very high precisions, due to the reduced square strokes, which have allowed the structure to be constructed and therefore machined in one whole body, Xcube is a plug play machine with reduced installation time and maintenance. With its high acceleration close to 10 m/sec2 (1g) and a top speed of 110 m/min the Xcube is considered to be as the most compact high performance Fiber laser machine on the market.

Promotec Srl KOMBIMAX

Booth #1207

Kombimax is a cutting machine that can be equipped with 1 or 2 Plasma heads 2d or 3d and 1 or more 2d or 3d Oxy heads and Drilling Unit ISO50 with 12 automatic changing tools. It is possible to cut circular pipe with rotary axis from 80 to 700 mm diam.

Kombimax is the biggest heavy duty plasma system available on the market.

It has been installed in many shipyards where it is able to cut over huge singlepiece sheets of sizes 13x40 m or to produce thousands of 42mm diameter holes (or threading up to M32) over a 6000x12000 sheet for bridge constructions or industrial buildings. Same options as for the ‘smaller’ Kombi system from which this powerful machine was derived.

Working area has nearly no limitation in selection of sizes.

Pruftechnik Maintenance Tech­ nology Service Inc Booth #1332 VIBXPERT®, VIBNODE®, OPTALIGN smart®, ROTALIGN® PRUFTECHNIK is the global leader in shaft alignment systems.

Our award-winning alignment products have become standard equipment in many sectors of industry. Innovative machine monitoring systems for all machine types and sizes serve our customers to optimize system availability and enable a high level of productivity.

Condition monitoring means that every machine is regularly subjected to a ‘health check’ – normally with a vibration measurement: The vibration measurement instrument which is used to perform this check provides a numerical value which can be compared with a standard value to indicate the machine states. Accurate shaft alignment is a sure way of avoiding mechanical degradation in rotating machinery. Precise shaft alignment increases the operating lifespan of rotating machinery.

Rapid Abrasives WENDT ABRASIVES

Booth #2138

CLEANING DISCS and WHEELS – Excellent for removal of rust, paint, epoxy and weld splatter. FELT FLAP DISCS – Used with polishing compounds and pastes to produce up to a mirror finish. MINI FELT FLAP DISCS AND FLAP WHEELS (1/8” Shank) – Flaps are flexible and dissipate the heat generated by polishing. Perfect for Mold and Die polishing, irregular shapes and other detail polishing.

SURFACE FINISHING ROLLS – Abrasive Flap Rolls and Brushes, Interleaf and Nonwoven finishing Flap Rolls, FELT polishing flap rolls – Most available with 5/8-11 thread.

REA Elektronik

REA-JET SC Ink Jet Printer

The REA JET SC prints alphaneumeric text, dates, barcodes and logos which are printed contact-free at high quality and resolution, with a printing height of 2 – 12mm, at high speed, and with minimal drying time.

REA Elektronik

Booth #1429

REA-JET Large Character Ink Jet Printer

The modular designed coding and marking systems for texts, dates or logos are available in printing heights up to 140 mm for each print head. For larger printing several print heads can be combined.

The resolution meets the requirements of virtually all industrial applications for marking and coding. These large character systems, with 1-, 7-, 16- or 32-nozzle print heads are easy to use, robust and due to the modular construction of the system components, they are highly reliable.

REA Elektronik

REA-JET ST Spray Technology For the past 40 years, G. Wendt GmbH of Germany has been one of Europe’s leading innovators in abrasive technology.

Wendt USA, which is based in Buffalo, NY, manufacturers a number of specialty abrasive products exclusive to Wendt.

ABRASIVE FLAP BANDS – More aggressive stock removal than a flap wheel. SILICON CARBIDE FLAP WHEELS – perfect for titanium and aerospace applications.

UNMOUNTED FLAP WHEELS with 5/811 THREADS – new finishing solution for your angle grinder. REX NONWOVEN

Booth #1429

Booth #1429

REA JET Spray Technology Systems – coding, marking and pre-treatment. Just consider some of the ways in which we rely on color-coded markings in our daily lives.

In industrial applications, colored markings provide information on the quality and condition of products.

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NEW PRODUCTS SHOWCASING AT 2012 FABTECH CANADA Rhino Cutting Systems Inc. Booth #1707

SpaceClaim Corp SpaceClaim Engineer

Booth #1639

Strong Hand Tools

Booth #2239

Synetik Design

Booth #2338

MagTab DUO

STAG4

Clamp anywhere on flat, round or angled surfaces. Position and hold pipes, tubes, or plates at two points on ONE side of your workpiece, leaving ample space on the other side for welding. MagTab DUO is the better, faster, easier way to hold metal tabs, tubes, or small plates in position for tack welding. Each MagTab Magnetic Clamp is equipped with 4 magnets; two on the Adjustable Magnetic Base, and two on the Adjustable Bracket. Clamp horizontally or vertically, clamp parallel or perpendicular to your substructure. The MagTab DUO is ideal for clamping in tight spaces, or for low profile, precise clamping of small parts.

Ergonomic seat allowing users to work in a kneeling position with comfort. Reduces perssure sensations felt in the knees, ankles and lumbar region.

Rhino cutting table

Rhino Cutting Systems Inc. is pleased to introduce a line of plasma and oxy-fuel cutting tables that are scalable to accommodate standard sheet sizes.

The cutting tables feature 2D and/or full 3D bevel weld preparation, Linatrol Infinity digital drives, 900 inch/minute or greater traverse speed, replaceable rails, ways and racks and heavy duty construction to minimize motion-induced vibration.

ROFIN

Booth #xxxx

SpaceClaim Corp. will be demonstrating SpaceClaim Engineer, the world’s fastest and easiest 3D Direct Modeler.

SpaceClaim brings powerful yet easy-touse 3D to all engineers, enabling them to work with and repair CAD data from any source, regardless of origin. SpaceClaim is used in a number of applications including concept modeling, bid modeling, 2D to 3D transition, sheet metal manufacturing and model prep for analysis.

Stevens Machinery Sales Inc

Booth #1607

LAG MODEL GBS PATENTED HYDRAULIC PRESS BRAKE

StarWeld Performance Microwelder

Strong Hand Tools

Booth #2239

Sheet Metal Magnet

Synetik Design TF180

Booth #2338

Ergonomic chair with many ergonomic adjustments, improves worker comfort on raised work surfaces, provides a footrest to support legs, offers lumbar support.

Synetik Design FLEX

Booth #2338

Fastest Hydraulic Press Brake In The Marketplace. No C Frame Limitations; Bending Widths = Back Gauge Width; Patented Pull Down Ram

The new StarWeld Performance sets a new benchmark once again in the manual welding laser market.

After 20 years as an innovation and market leader in this segment ROFIN has rethought every detail. Manual laser welding is made easier, faster and more efficient – the new Performance brings together a number of practical innovations with lots of details improvements in a completely new housing design.

With its innovative laser technology, the Performance offers many new welding functions that have been revised down to the last technical detail: more intelligent – easier – stronger.

SIA Abrasifs JJS 2891 Siaindustrial

Booth #1324

Stevens Machinery Sales Inc

Booth #1607

Weber Slag Grinder Model BLC 1-600

One Dual action abrasive belt/patented bolt beam station Dry System with Optional Dust Collector and Duct Work Solid welded construction Conveyor drive AC Frequency controlled Hinged doors for easy access Machine Frame: Solid welded construction; Conveyor drive AC Frequency controlled; Hinged doors for easy access

Stevens Machinery Sales Inc

Sheet Metal Magnets provide a large magnetic contact surface to firmly hold sheet metal in a positive location for cutting, welding, and tacking operations.

Strong, generously sized plastic handle makes placing, moving, and removing the Sheet Metal Magnets fast and easy. Rare earth disc magnets in the magnetic plate provide superior gripping power, making these magnets ideal for butt welding applications. The magnetic plate features a rubber cap that protects your work surface. The no-mar replaceable rubber caps can be replaced when dirty or worn.

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Tengzhou Tri-Union Machinery Co Ltd Booth #2746 Metal cutting band saw

Booth #2239

Pipe Pliers w/ SS V-Pads

Booth #1607

MIDWEST GROUP ONE DEBURRING/ GRAINING/FINISHING MAC

Our new product 2891 siaindustrial is a flap disc that has been optimised for stainless steel.The advantages are aggressive cut, high performance and cool cut.Fiberglass backing angled or plastic backing angled.

Burn-resistant ergonomic chair, reduces pressure sensations felt in the buttocks, wrists and lumbar region, reduce fatigue by limiting muscular effort.

Single Multi-Head Machines, Dry Wet, 100% Manufactured in the USA Deburring, Graining, Polishing, Edge Finishing.

Pipe Pliers, with Stainless Steel Adjustable V-Pads, are the convenient way to hold round or square SS pipes for butt-welding. The unique Stainless Steel Adjustable V-Pads adapt to hold stock of different sizes and shapes.

Hold pipes up to 2-1/2” in diameter. The top V-Pad is attached to a threaded spindle that can be adjusted up or down for different capacities. A Quick-Turn Crank Handle can be used to adjust the opening, and the torque.

TTMC will be your best supplier for the metal cutting band saws and sheet metal working machines.

We TTMC are the professional manufacture specialized in metal cutting band saws and sheet metal working machines.

We are the intergration company in R-D, manufacture and export machinery, more than 20 new items will be developed each year. With 6 branch factories and 960 staffs, we can provid you more than 600 kinds of items to meet your requirement at good quality and large quantity.

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NEW PRODUCTS SHOWCASING AT 2012 FABTECH CANADA TH Industrial Solutions Inc Booth #2749

Micromag Magnetic Filter Magnetic filters by Eclipse Magnetics remove ferrous material below 1 micron. The life and quality of cutting oils/coolants and quenching liquids can be greatly improved thru the use of these types of filters. Reduced disposal costs, minimizing fluid loss and reduced pollution are advantages associated with magnetic filters. Unlike barrier filters there is no pressure drop or reduced flow as the filter elements removes ferrous particles. Magnetic filters are available as manual, self-cleaning and turnkey systems complete with pumps, piping, control panels and collection vessels.

Flow rates are available from 18 to 238 usgpm. Systems can be manifolded for higher flows. Applications include metal working/finishing, hydraulic systems, fuel storage and handling, gear boxes, heating/ boiler water systems, HVAC piping. Using magnetic filters creates significant savings due to improved part finish quality, accuracy and increased tooling life.

Tiger Vac International Inc Booth #2020

liquid immersion bath. Legally Certified for use in NFPA (NEC) 70-500 Class I – Group D T3C, Class II Groups E, F, G Locations Less than 10 Ohms of resistivity; Coalescing Filter Element (CFE) for moisture removal; HEPA Filter – Included with an efficiency of 99.995% on 0.3 micron. Tested: IEST RP-CC001.3. H14 by MPPS method as per EN 1822. Designed for the recovery and neutralization of conductive and explosive dust into a liquid immersion bath; Optional Conversion Kit for Wet/Dry Recovery available; Pneumatically (air) operated; Stainless steel SAE 304 Interceptor tank; Recovery capacity of 1 gallon (4 liters) of dust into 5 gallons (20 liters) of liquid; Equipped with a heavy duty powder coated Tilting Cart and stainless steel Drain Valve for easy emptying of recovered materials. ****LARGER UNITS ALSO AVAILABLE. ****ELECTRICALLY OPERATED UNITS ALSO AVAILABLE

Manufacturers have choices depending on their individual preferences and business requirements: The TruLaser 1030 fiber with TruDisk 2001 solid-state laser and 2 kW of laser power, and the TruLaser 1030 with TruCoax 2500 CO2 laser, featuring 2.5 kW of power. The TruLaser 1030 with TruCoax 2500 and pallet changer will be shown at FABTECH Canada. Available with either semi or fully automatic pallet changer, this addition to the machine facilitates loading and unloading parallel to the production process, which helps manufacturers maximize their time to achieve greater efficiency and increased productivity.

Walter Surface Technologies

Weld Cleaning System

Booth #2113

Tiger Vac International Inc Booth #2020 HOGOIL-100L

angled style phenolic back and the high density flat style phenolic back Saber Tooth flap discs are available in 4-1/2” and 7” sizes. Weiler provides the ONLY ceramic trimmable backed disc in the marketplace!

It’s trimmable design enables the operator to reduce the diameter of the backing to extend disc life. Trimmable backing also provides high flexibility, enabling access to hard-toreach areas. The performance-engineered non-marking trimmable backing will not damage the work-piece, resulting in less re-work and scrap. Saber Tooth blending discs are available in 2” and 3” diameter, with metal hub or plastic buttons in grit sizes of 36, 60 and 80. Our resin fiber discs are designed for all-purpose weld blending, grinding, surface preparation and finishing. They are available in 4-1/2”, 5” and 7” with grit sizes from 24 – 80. Belts are available in many sizes and grits.

Weiler Corp

Booth #2507

DUALLY™ Weld Cleaning Brushes

Legally Certified Explosion Proof Vacuum Cleaner

Electrically Operated Explosion Proof Vacuum Cleaner Legally Certified for use in NFPA (NEC) 70-500 Class I – Group D T3C, Class II Groups E, F, G Locations; Less than 10 Ohms; HEPA Filter Included; Designed for applications where finely pulverized dust is to be recovered. For Dry recovery Only All stainless steel SAE 204 construction (except cart); Detachable recovery tank (DT); Complete static dissipating tool kit and suction hose included. **ALSO AVAILABLE FOR WET/DRY RECOVERY; **ALSO AVAILABLE CONTINUOUS DUTY; **ALSO AVAILABLE PNEUMATIC (AIR) OPERATED

SEPARATE CHIPS, OIL, COOLANT AND PUMP OUT Designed for the recovery of chips and coolant; Heavy duty continuous duty 3-phase motor/blower; For wet and dry recovery; All stainless steel SAE 304 construction (except cart). Liquid recovery capacity of 14 gallons (53 liters) of coolant in recovery tank and 12 gallons (47 liters) of chips in Sieve Basket; Detachable Tank (DT) for easy disposal of recovered materials. Site Glass installed on recovery tank to prevent overflow; SOOW oil resistant Power Cable.

Trumpf Inc TruLaser 1030

SURFOX™ is a safer, faster and easier to use alternative with passivation guaranteed!

The SURFOX weld cleaning system removes weld discolorations and passivates the work surface without the use of dangerous pickling pastes. TIG and spot weld discolorations are removed instantly and the original mill finish is restored. This truly revolutionary system is: • SAFE: Surfox-T and Surfox-H electrolyte solutions certified to be safe and cause absolutely no health risks to the operators. • FAST: cleaning and passivation of a typical TIG weld is achieved at a speed of 3 to 5 feet per minute. • EASY TO USE: the cleaning liquid is delivered automatically to the cleaning tip by an integrated pump system.

Weiler Corp

Booth #2507

SABER TOOTH™ Ceramic Abrasives

Booth #1407

Tiger Vac International Inc Booth #2020 Explosion Proof Wet Type Dust Collection

Designed for the recovery and neutralization of conductive and explosive dust into a

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5x10 2D cutting machine that fits in 1/2 the space of a traditional 5x10 machine.

Requires minimal investment for a big return.

Available with a TruCoax 2500 CO2 resonator or a TruDisk 2001 solid-state laser.

The TruLaser 1030, which revolutionized the sheet metal fabricating industry when it was introduced to the market in 2009, is now an entire product family.

Weiler’s expanded line now offers; ceramic HD flap discs, blending discs, resin fiber discs and belts. All products can be used on aluminum as well as stainless steel, Inconel, titanium and other hand-to-grind metals.

Saber Tooth flap discs grind and finish in one step, resulting in fewer changeovers and increased productivity. Both the standard

DUALLY™ brushes feature a patent-pending dual hex nut design that simplifies periodic flipping of the wheels for maximum cutting action, long life, and safer use.

The Weiler DUALLY® features a dual-hex nut that eliminates interference issues that might otherwise force users to remove the guards from their angle grinders, resulting in a safety hazard. The patent-pending design of the DUALLY features a nut with a hex on each side of the wheel that is tall enough to insure adequate clearance on the tool. Featuring a stringer-bead twist that puts the sharp wire tips at the end of the knot, the DUALLY immediately cuts through slag, spatter, and oxidation. By utilizing the highest quality heat-treated steel wire and unique construction that virtually eliminates knot movement, the Weiler DUALLY delivers smooth operation and long life for the lowest weld cleaning costs. Weiler manufactures a full range of DUALLY stringer-bead brushes right here in the U.S.A. for use in the most demanding multi-pass welding applications. From root pass to cap pass, the DUALLY excels at cleaning welds without damaging the filler material.

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EXHIBITOR LISTINGS 3M CANADA INC Booth #2238

Phone: 800-265-1840 solutions.3mcanada.ca 3M keeps metalworking industries on the cutting edge of competitiveness with grinding and finishing systems designed to help 3M customers improve their productivity and throughput. From fabrication to foundries, whether cutting metal or precision finishing, there’s a 3M product to get you the job done fast and efficiently.

Visit us at Booth 2764!

ABB INC

Booth #1933

Phone: 248-391-8400 www.abb.com/robotics

ABICOR BINZEL CANADA INC Booth #2039

Phone: 905-428-1611 Founded 1945 Alexander Binzel Schweisstechnik GmbH & Co. KG early specialized in the development and production of inert-gas shielded MIG/MAG welding torches and patented developments characterize the world of welding according to international standards.

ABMAST INC

Booth #2764

Phone: 800-361-0854-228

ABSOLUTE STAINLESS INC Booth #2024

Phone: 905-567-8182 www.absofast.com Absolute Stainless is one of Canada’s largest suppliers of stainless steel and exotic alloy fasteners. We are Canadian owned and operated and invite you to check out our booth #2024 or visit our website at www. absofast.com

AMERICAN TORCH TIP COMPANY Booth #1013

AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY Booth #2754

Phone: 800-443-9353 www.aws.org The American Welding Society (AWS) was founded in 1919 as a multifaceted, nonprofit organization with a goal to advance the science, technology and application of welding and related joining disciplines.

AMICO CANADA

Booth #2838 Phone: 905-335-4474 www.amico-online.com

ANNEX BUSINESS MEDIA Booth #2766

AGO INDUSTRIES INC Booth #2318

Phone: 519-452-3780 www.ago1.com AGO Industries manufactures a wide variety of protective apparel and safety screens, curtains, blankets and accessories for the welding industry.

AJAN ELEKTRONIK SERVIS SAN VE Booth #2311

Phone: 011 90 232-328-1202 www.ajancnc.com We are manufacturer of the production of CNC Plasma and Oxy-Fuel Cutting, CNC Drilling and CNC Pipe Cutting Machines, respectively. Our company paying attention to quality of its products achieved ISO 9001:2000 quality certificate on June 24th 2003.

Booth #1107

Phone: 952-890-0000 www.beckhoffautomation.com Beckhoff provides advanced, open automation products based upon proven technologies enabling customers to implement high performance control systems faster and at a lower overall cost than traditional PLC and motion control systems.

Phone: 905-509-6522 www.benchmarkpdm.com Benchmark PdM is the Canadian National Distributor of Easy-Laser® alignment and measurement systems offering sales, service & experienced training on shaft & pulley alignment as well as geometric laser measurement. Benchmark supplies industries such as ship building/repair, power generation, steel, pulp and paper, windmill & fabrication industries.

Booth #2207

Phone: 647-274-6867 www.antec.cn We provide professional OEM, ODM services of Auto-Darkening Welding Helmets and Filter Cartridges to customers around the world. Our Auto-Darkening Welding Filters are designed for Arc welding or cutting applications. The unit is suitable for all Arc welding processes such as MIG, MAG, TIG, SMAW, Plasma Arc, and Carbon Arc.

ARC MACHINES INC Booth #2515

Phone: 181-889-6955-6 www.arcmachines.com

Phone: 919-772-0115 www.ati-ia.com

Phone: 610-280-9840 www.acecadsoftware.com StruM.I.S is an all encompassing steel fabrication management information system that harnesses the information flow and work processes through the steelwork contract between departments, suppliers and clients; from estimating, through procurement and production to construction; delivering efficiencies, increased productivity and full traceability.

BECKHOFF AUTOMATION

ANTECTRADE CANADA

Phone: 315-694-7110 www.abtex.com Abtex Corporation has manufactured fiber abrasive brushing tools since 1978. In 1980, we introduced the first Abtex end deburring system for aluminum extrusions.

Booth #1719

Phone: 705-726-1444 www.barriewelding.com The Barrie Welding Group is a multi-faceted firm specializing in service. Show features will include custom fabrication and welding as well as coil handling equipment. Further services offered include laser, plasma, and water-jet cutting, machining, heavy equipment rebuilding, guarding services, etc.

BENCHMARK PDM

ATI INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

ACECAD SOFTWARE

Booth #2762

Phone: 905-727-0077 www.clbmedia.ca

ABTEX CORP

Booth #1838

BARRIE WELDING & MACHINE

Booth #2206

AUTODESK CANADA Booth #1111

Phone: 416-874-8237 www.autodesk.com Autodesk is a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software. Through powerful Digital Prototyping technology, Autodesk® Inventor® software is changing the way manufacturers design, visualize, and simulate their product, and is helping create more productive workflows. www.autodesk.com/inventor

AX-IOM ERP INC Booth #1334

Phone: 905-430-5445 www.ax-iom.com AX-iom ERP is a Canadian-based Enterprise Software (ERP) reseller and services provider specialized in the delivery of Microsoft Dynamics AX solutions to the manufacturing community.

AXIS PROTOTYPES Booth #1820

Phone: 514-351-5511 www.axisproto.com Axis Prototypes is Canada’s number 1 choice for Rapid Prototyping, Additive Manufacturing, Product Development, Reverse Engineering through 3D scanning and 3D design services. What would you like to build today?

BAD DOG TOOLS Booth #1932

Booth #1338

BEX SPRAY NOZELS Booth #1233

Phone: 905-238-8920 Over 45 years’ experience in design and manufacturing of spray nozzles and tank mixing eductors. Based in Mississauga Ontario, BEX is a leader in industrial spray nozzle and tank mixing eductor technology. BEX utilizes World Class Manufacturing systems to ensure exceptional product quality standards and the industry’s fastest lead times.

BLUCO CORP

Booth #2225

Phone: 800-535-0135 www.bluco.com Bluco’s modular fixturing system for welding consists of precision machined welding tables and a reusable set of tooling components, such as, patented bolts, angles, clamps, blocks, etc., to fixture virtually any size and shape weldment. Our fixture design engineers are able to create customized modular fixturing solutions for your application.

BOHLER UDDEHOLM CANADA Booth #1833

Phone: 905-812-9440 www.bucanada.ca Bohler-Uddeholm is a global manufacturer and distributor of the highest quality tool, die and mould steel. With facilities across Canada to serve you, we offer services including saw cutting, machining, grinding and vacuum heat treatment. Contact us today at 1-800-665-8335.

BOHNE SPRING INDUSTRIES LTD. Booth #1541

Phone: 416-231-9000 www.bohnespring.ca Bohne Spring is a custom spring manufacturer with a state of the art facility in Toronto, Ontario. Manufactured Products and Services Include: • Compression Springs • Extension Springs • Torsion Springs • Wire Forms • Fourslide Parts • Small Stampings • Light Assembly • Austempering • Stock Parts

BRADFORD DERUSTIT CORP Booth #2821 Phone: 714-695-0899 www.derustit.com

Phone: 905-676-9610 www.amada.ca As a leader in the manufacture of equipment for the precision sheet metal industry, our ongoing commitment to our customers is quality, reliability and service.

Phone: 401-253-1330 www.baddogtools.com We make the tools that help you get the job done faster, easier, BETTER! Multi-purpose Bits drill metal, wood, pvc, masonry, more. Unique tip stays sharper longer.

Biter Drill-Mounted Sheet Material Cutter turns hand drill into nibbling tool. Effortless cuts with no secondary operations to 3/4” in diameter! See these and more in action at FABTECH Canada!

AMERICAN EXPRESS

BALLUFF CANADA INC

BUWW COVERINGS

Phone: 416-945-2321 www.americanexpress.com

Phone: 905-816-1494 www.balluff.com

Phone: 519-765-3899 www.buww.com

AMADA CANADA LTD

Booth #1707, 2830

Booth #2810

S20

Booth #1419

BUSINESS INFORMATION GROUP Booth #1839

Phone: 416-543-1640 www.businessinformationgroup.ca Business Information Group is Canada’s largest publisher of trade magazines, online magazines, directories and mailing lists.

Booth # 1718

Providers of Machine Tool Protection Solutions for anyone who manufactures, owns or sells machines all over the world. BUWW Coverings also provides powder coating and laser cutting services. If buying a new waycover is out of your budget let us evaluate and repair it for less than you would pay for a new waycover.

BYSTRONIC INC

Booth #1319

Phone: 847-214-0300 www.bystronicusa.com Bystronic Inc. has offered customers single source service expertise for over 30 years. They provide innovative laser cutting, waterjet cutting, press brakes, automation, system software and comprehensive customer training and support. The company’s North American headquarters is located in Elgin, IL. Offices are also located in Toronto, Canada.

CAMBRIDGE MATERIALS TESTING LIMITED Booth #1821

Phone: 519-621-6600 www.cambridgematerials.com Cambridge Materials Testing Limited is an independent laboratory servicing a broad range of suppliers. We operate two facilities in southern Ontario, Cambridge and Mississauga. Raw materials to finished parts, we serve industry. The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) certifies CMTL as an independent testing laboratory to ISO 17025.

Our scope of accreditation and certificates are available on our website www.cambridgematerials.com.

CANDET (CANADIAN NDE TECHNOLOGY LTD) Booth #2219

Phone: 416-213-8000 www.candet.ca Candet supplies a complete line of NDE equipment and supplies. Ultrasonic flaw and Thickness gauges and accessories. Eddy Currrent crack and hardness testing instruments. Magnetic Particle systems and materials.

Liquid penatrant systems and materials. Borescopes and videoscopes. X-ray supplies. Repair, service and rental of all NDE equipment

CAPS ‘N PLUGS

Booth #2018 Phone: 905-791-1303 www.capsnplugs.com

CERIDIAN CANADA Booth #1006

Phone: 905-947-7561 www.ceridian.ca Ceridian is a Human Resources solutions provider and expert source of HR KnowHow. A trusted partner to 42,000 clients, Ceridian helps organizations optimize their workforce, mitigate compliance risk, reduce costs and save time by finding, paying, developing, engaging and deploying their talent. You can find more information at www.ceridian.ca.

CHANGZHOU HUARUI WELDING & CUTTING EQUIP CO LTD Booth #2207

Phone: 011 86 519-86201365 www.huarui-cn.com

CIMATRON TECHNOLOGIES INC Booth #1234 Phone: 248-596-9700 www.cimatrontech.com

COLOURIFIC COATINGS LTD Booth #1106

Phone: 905-564-7300 www.colourificcoatings.com Colourific Coatings Ltd., founded 22 years ago, is recognized as one of the most advanced custom coating facilities in North America, specializing in the application of high performance coatings. Wagner Industrial Solutions Group will be exhibiting a combination of powder and liquid paint application equipment showcasing its latest technology.

COMBILIFT

Booth # 1439

Phone: 0113534780500

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EXHIBITOR LISTINGS CONTROLLED AUTOMATION INC

ELUMATEC NORTH AMERICA INC

Phone: 150-155-7510-9 www.controlledautomation.com

Phone: 574-273-1790 www.elumatecusa.com

Booth #2021

Booth #1620

CORDSTRAP CANADA CORP

ENTIRE IMAGING

Phone: 262-898-6670 www.cordstrap.net Cordstrap’s cargo securing systems - eliminate cargo damage. Let us help you safely secure your cargo in any industry, application and transport mode. Cordstrap manufactures cargo securing products using latest polyester strapping technology and offers composite, bonded & woven range of polyester strapping solutions for a wide range of industries.

Phone: 905-673-2000 www.entireimaging.com Traditionally a concept has been promoted with words, sketches and drawings but invariably there is a gap between what you see and what your client understands.

Entire’s 3D Rapid Protypes let your vision be realized in exact, scaled detail. Allowing you to see, touch and comprehend your design idea.

Booth #1638

CORWHIN TOOL & MANUFACTURING Booth #1206

Phone: 519-822-1089 www.corwhintool.com Corwhin Tool & Manufacturing will repair, refurbish and manufacture you a new way covers. Also we repair chip conveyor systems or new builds. We repair or manufacture Bellows, Rollup covers, Shutter covers and Armor Aprons. FREE on site Inspections and Quotations.

30 Years of sevicing the machine industry. ‘’WE BUILD THEM BETTER!’’

CREAFORM INC

Booth #1239

Phone: 418-833-4446 www.creaform3d.com Creaform combines 3D processes and technologies with innovative solutions that cover all 3D applications: 3D scanning, reverse engineering, inspection, styling, design, digital manufacturing and medical applications.

Creaform has developed and markets the Handyscan 3D™, HandyPROBE™, MetraSCAN™, MaxSHOT 3D™ and CBD lines of products.

D/F MACHINE SPECIALTIES INC Booth #2118

Phone: 507-625-6200 www.dfmachinespecialties.com D/F MACHINE SPECIALTIES manufactures “MIG” (GMAW) & “TIG” (GTAW) torches for robotic and welding automation equipment, welding products, consumables and accessories. D/F manufactures watercooled & air-cooled torches, semi-automatic, handheld, automatic & robotic torches, tandem, open-arc, gasless & submerged arc (sub arc) welding torches.

DESIGNFUSION

Booth #1224

Phone: 416-267-5542 www.designfusion.ca Founded in 2002, Designfusion is a leading technology solutions provider specialising in the supply, integration and consulting of Siemens PLM software for manufacturing, design, and engineering companies. Our unique approach to providing a complete range of PLM products enables us to offer enduring solutions that scale to our customer’s needs.

DUROAIR CORP

Booth #1125

Phone: 416-988-7576 www.duroair.com Duroair is the leader in innovative airflow and filtration technology. With retractable enclosures ranging from 350SqFt to 3900SqFT, Duroair will provide the solution to your coating needs while saving outsourcing costs.

The retractable design saves your valuable shop floor space when not in use and allows for faster and safer material handling.

DYNABRADE INC Booth #1228 Phone: 716-631-0100 www.dynabrade.com

EASY ABRASIVES LLC Booth #2229

Phone: 973-575-7879 www.easyabrasives.com/catalog/ Easy Abrasives, LLC. Offers high quality Carbide Burs, Wire Brushes, Flap Discs, Flap Wheels, Cut-off Wheels, Grinding Wheels, and Tungsten Electrodes.

Booth #1835

EPICOR SOFTWARE CORP Booth #1934

Phone: 949-545-4000 www.epicor.com Epicor Software Corporation is a global leader delivering business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail and services industries. For more information on Epicor ERP solutions, text MFG FABCN and your e-mail address to 60379.

EXEL NORTH AMERICA INC Booth #1818

Phone: 416-431-5017 www.exel-na.com Exel North America is a World Leader in ‘’Making Manufacturers More Competitive’’ with special application equipment for pumping and finishing applications.

Our product range is among the widest in controlled applications for any flowing powder fluid product. EXEL helps their customers MAXIMIZE THEIR FINISHING PROFITABILITY. Visit us at Booth 1818

FABRICATING MACHINERY SOLUTIONS Booth #1318

Phone: 905-822-8600 www.fmscanada.ca FMS is a distributor of steel fabricating equipment, accessories, tools, and laser consumables. We offer customers innovative, high quality products and provide solutions to their production problems. Our expertise in these fields provides the competitive edge our customers need.

FACCIN USA INC

Booth #1632

Phone: 813-664-8884 www.faccin.com A world leader in the production of heavy duty bending rolls for plates and profiles, as well as dished end equipment and specialized machinery for ship manufacture and repair.

FARO TECHNOLOGIES INC Booth #1225

Phone: 800-736-0234 www.faro.com FARO develops and markets computer-aided coordinate measurement devices and software. Portable equipment from FARO permits high-precision 3D measurement and comparison of parts and compound structures within production and quality assurance processes.

FEIN CANADIAN POWER TOOL CO LTD Booth #2527

Phone: 905-890-1390 www.fein.com FEIN’s product line of high performance power tools, abrasives and accessories, is specifically designed for intensive daily use in industry and skilled trades.

Each FEIN product meets the challenge of solving an application with an operator-oriented approach and lives up to the FEIN reputation for quality, durability, and professional results.

FERRIC MACHINERY INC Booth #1625

Phone: 905-820-3232 www.ferricmachinery.com Ferric Machinery offers a full range of fabricating equipment. From basic ironworkers to state of the art pressbrakes and laser cutting centres. All Ferric products are backed by local service. Dare to compare. Ferric is here to work for you.

FLADDER-HANSEN & HUNDEBOL INC Booth #1613

Phone: 770-452-1271 www.fladder.com Deburring, edge-rounding, oxide removal, surface prep.

Sheet metal as well as machined parts.

FLOW INTERNATIONAL CORP Booth #1725

Phone: 253-850-3500 www.flowwaterjet.com Flow International Corp. is a world leader in waterjet technology. For over three decades Flow has engineered innovative breakthroughs. Our Mach Series machine tools offer a wide range of production equipment choices, and our exclusive 94,000 psi HyperPressure™ technology allows users to cut faster, increase production, and lower costs.

FMA

Booth #1010

Phone: 815-227-8207 www.fmanet.org FMA is a professional organization with 2,300 members working together to improve the metal fabricating and forming industry. FMA brings fabricators and fabricating equipment manufacturers together through technology councils, education programs, events, seven magazines and the FABTECH® trade show. Learn more at fmanet.org and thefabricator.com.

FORMTEK INC

Booth #1210

Phone: 216-292-4460 www.formtekgroup.com Formtek is a group of long-established companies, each with a well-known name & a history of providing innovative & reliable equipment to the metal forming & metal processing industries. Because of the combination of these companies, including the industry’s largest engineering & service staff worldwide.

GARLAND CANADA INC Booth #2312

Phone: 416-747-7995 www.garlandco.com Garland has manufactured solutions offering high performance roofing systems that meet today’s requirements. With outstanding people, products and services as well as certified ISO 9001 Garland will assist you, with roof evaluations, infrared scans, moisture testing, inspections and long-term roof programs for restoration and/or replacement.

GEM TOOL CORPORATION Booth #1312

Phone: 414-762-1545 www.gemtoolcorp.com GEM TOOL CORPORATION manufacturers I.D./O.D. scarfing tools, mandrels, end-prep tools, impeders and cutoff blades. In addition, we also offer sharpening services and we have the capabilities to design and manufacture indexable tools made to your specifications.

GEMA

Booth #2828

Phone: 800-628-0601 www.itwgema.us Gema is the World Leader in Powder Coating Equipment Technology and Color Change Solutions. Product offerings include manual & automatic spray guns and booths, fast color change equipment, cartridge & cyclone recovery systems, gun movers, control systems and other ancillary equipment.

GENIUS SOLUTIONS Booth #1232

Phone: 416-987-6005 www.geniuserp.com Genius Solutions delivers manufacturing and job management solutions for all types of manufacturing environments including make to stock, engineer to order, and make to order. Genius Manufacturing is easy to learn and use, scalable and highly cost effective. You will gain quicker access to real-time information and improved delivery capability.

GLOBAL FINISHING SOLUTIONS Booth #1229

Phone: 705-719-4007 www.globalfinishing.com GFS Industrial Division offers an incredibly diverse range of products for all imaginable types of finishing operations. From small, bench-style paint booths, to multi-stage automated finishing systems, GFS Industrial provides solutions to businesses of all types and all sizes..

GLOBAL SHOP SOLUTIONS Booth #2228

Phone: 281-681-1959 www.globalshopsolutions.com Global Shop Solutions provides One-System ERP Solutions™ specifically designed to streamline manufacturing operations and position your company for growth. The company provides software and training to organize every department, increasing sales, lowering costs, and improving on-time delivery and quality.

GLOBEC MACHINERY Booth #1207

GREAT WALL HEAVY MACHINERY MANUFACTURING Booth #1736 Phone: 86106551500 www.gwhm.net

H2O JET INC

Booth #2025 Phone: 360-866-7161 www.waterjetparts.com

HANGZHOU XIANGSHENG ABRASIVE MACHINE MANUFACTURING CO LTD Booth #1325

Phone: 604-525-7676 www.xs-sander.com Hangzhou Xiangsheng’s subsidiary AME to support partners to distribute its JONSEN deburring/finishing machines in North America. The brand JONSEN has earned sound reputation in metal working industry in China for nearly 20 years, and developing rapidly in the US since its first machine launched 5 years ago.

HEARTLAND SHIPPING SUPPLIES Booth #2843

Phone: 905-564-9777 www.heartlandshippingsupplies.com Heartland Shipping Supplies, established 1989, proudly distributes a full-line of protective packaging, sanitation, material handling, safety, and shipping supplies to a wide variety of industries. For over 115 years, Diagraph MSP has set the standard for marking, coding, and shipping products.

HENKEL CANADA CORP. (LOCKTITE) Booth #1633 Phone: 905-814-6511 www.henkel.com

HORN MACHINE TOOLS INC Booth #1424

Phone: 559-431-4131 www.hornmachinetools.com Manufacturer and distributor of CNC tube bending equipment, Bender tooling, Tube bender rebuilding and Control retro-fits. Horn Machine Tools, Inc specializes in CNC & Semi-automatic tube benders, All-Electric CNC benders, Tube bender tooling, robotic tube cells and tube fabrication machinery of all types.

HOUGEN CANADA INC Booth #2772

Phone: 905-573-9088 www.hougen.com Hougen Mfg provides tools for on-site work, metal fabrication, and maintenance applications. Many models from their line of portable magnetic drills will be displayed.

Also showcased will be Rotabroach annular cutters and Punch-Pro portable punching machines, including the new cordless model 76000.

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EXHIBITOR LISTINGS HTM SENSORS

IAN JONES SALES CO

INDUSTRIAL MAGNETICS INC

Phone: 800-644-1756 www.htmsensors.com HTM Sensors exists to reduce the total cost of production for manufacturing plants. Durable MetalHead sensors last longer to reduce downtime costs. Standard sensors have the lowest price. Check out our vending program to control costs and usage of MRO products.

NEW Vending machines include internet-enabled reports and operate with a 10” TouchScreen.

Phone: 905-331-1273

Phone: 231-348-5732 www.magnetics.com IMI is an industry leader in providing both permanent magnets and electromagnets for work holding, lifting, fixturing, conveying and magnetic separation. At IMI, our specialty is custom fabricating! We design, engineer and manufacture magnetic assemblies and magnetic separation devices for our customers’ specific requirements.

Booth #1013

I.S.T INTERNATIONAL SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES Booth #2811 Phone: 514-793-6678 www.ecoind.com

Booth #1213

IMAGINIT TECHNOLOGIES Booth #1111

Phone: 140-757-1682-9 www.rand.com/imaginit

INDUSTRIAL DRIVE SERVICE INC Booth #1007

Phone: 519-262-2837 www.idscontrols.com IDS is a custom design systems house. We design, assemble/ manufacture, program and install DC and AC variable speed drive-motor control systems which are integrated into a wide variety of industrial applications such as processing lines, material handling equipment and automation applications.

Booth #2013

INFOSIGHT CORP Booth #1618

Phone: 740-642-3600 www.infosight.com InfoSight offers solutions for many different types of asset identification applications along with a Complete

Solution for Fabricators and Galvanizers which includes identification through galvanizing, painting, and shot-blasting processes. InfoSight provides marking and traceability solutions for all industries.

IN-HOUSE SOLUTIONS INC Booth #2824

Phone: 519-658-1471 www.inhousesolutions.com In-House Solutions provides Robotic Software, Support and Training for CNC Manufacturing Ind. and Educational Facilities. Robotmaster is a CAD/CAM based off-line programming software for 6-8 axis robots.

Robotmaster seamlessly integrates robot programming, simulation and code generation,delivering quicker robot programming for various applications.

INTERNATIONAL KNIFE AND SAW INC Booth #1840 Phone: 450-361-0314

INTERNATIONAL SEW RIGHT Booth #2019

Phone: 905-374-3600 www.safetyclothing.com We have been manufacturing and custom designing PPE for over 25 years.

ISAH INT’L

Booth #2328

Phone: 905-267-8557 www.isah.com Isah Business software, specifically developed for SME manufacturers, is based on 4 major application modules: Engineering, ERP, Project Management (entire product lifecycle), Service. Isah is built on Microsoft SQL technology, providing complete integration with Microsoft Office, with lowest TCO and guaranteed ROI through our Profit Guarantee.

IWI CONSULTING COMPANY Booth #1328

Phone: 416-499-4821 www.iwigroup.ca IWI Consulting Group provides software solutions to small and medium sized businesses in the Greater Toronto and surrounding area. The company is a team of Certified Management Accountants, Business Consultants, Computer Programmers, Sales and Marketing Managers, and IT Specialists.

JAVELIN TECHNOLOGIES Booth #2213

Phone: 905-815-1906 www.javelin-tech.com A provider of technology solutions since 1997. We are experts in 3D design and have helped thousands of companies with solutions for mechanical design, electrical design and 3D printing. Large or small, we have the skills, experience, and services to propel your organization to new heights so you can aim high.

JOHNSON MATTHEY Booth #1525

Phone: 905-682-9258 www.jmlcanada.com Johnson Matthey, Precision Castings Division, manufactures precision investment castings for many industrial applications, including converting your components from more expensive manufacturing processes over to IC castings. We offer design assistance, rapid prototyping, and fully finished, turnkey components.

KLINGSPOR ABRASIVES Booth #2324

Phone: 905-643-0770 www.klingspor.ca Klingspor manufactures Bonded and Coated Abrasives.

Bonded : Grinding and Cut off Wheels Coated: Flap discs, Flap wheels, Fibre discs, quick change discs, Standard and custom Belts.

KMT WATERJET SYSTEMS INC Booth #1832

Phone: 620-856-2151 www.kmtwaterjet.com Since 1971, KMT Waterjet Systems, the Global Leader in Waterjet Cutting Technology, has manufactured precision products, from NEOLine 40hp/60,000 PSI pump for economical system integration to the maximum

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EXHIBITOR LISTINGS cutting speed of the 125hp/100,000 PSI Streamline™ PRO2 pump. KMT cutting heads are precision perfect & offers a full line of high pressure VFT.

KUBES STEEL INC Booth #1529

Phone: 905-643-6633 www.kubesteel.com Kubes Steel Inc. is Canada’s premier provider of structural and section rolling services. We form structural sections to 40” in depth & bend pipe to 42” Diameter. Our other services include plate rolling, cones, transitions, custom brake press forming, spiral rolling, rotary draw bending and aluminum stretch forming. All with ISO Quality Assurance.

LA-CO INDUSTRIES/MARKAL Booth #1119

Phone: 847-956-7600 www.markal.com La-Co/Markal® features a full line of high performance marking products designed to meet the most difficult industrial marking needs. From the originators of the B® Paintstik®, Markal® offers permanent and temporary marking products including solid paint markers, liquid paint markers, felt-tip ink markers, metal markers and temperature indicators.

LANKHORST MOULDINGS Booth #1532

Phone: +31 (0)515-487677 www.lankhorst-mouldings.com Coil storage systems from Lankhorst are suitable for stacking coils in levels with a maximum of 3 high. KLP® coil storage systems always offer the same important properties: improved safety, optimal flexibility and extreme long lifetime. The product range includes a.o.: Rollblocks, Rollcradles, Storageblocks, RollStopSystem and RollCradleSystem.

LASERAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP

LIGHTING SOLUTIONS

MARKTECH INC

Phone: 847-856-2206 www.laserage.com Laserage partners with Medical OEMs providing precision laser machining, cutting, drilling and welding of most metals, quartz, ceramic and silicone. Applications include components for vascular and orthopedic implants, surgical and dental instruments, and implant delivery devices..

Laserage is ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2008 registered.

Phone: 416-493-7630 www.lightingsolutions.ca Lighting Solutions is a complete service provider for supply, design and installation of lighting, sensors and hazardous waste management. We provide our clients with risk-free solutions to minimize the impact of increasing energy & maintenance costs through professional client-oriented services.

Phone: 514-333-1555 www.marktech.ca Marktech is a manufacturer’s sales agency representing many quality brand industrial products and services.

We have recently added PVD thin hard coatings services along with bearings, motor mounts, linkages, Lazy Susan and specialty products. Plus we now have a factory trained/authorized Metal Telescopic Way cover repair facility located in Ontario

Booth #2763

Booth #1533

LATEM IND LTD

LOCK 8 EQUIPMENT

Phone: 519-886-6290 www.latem.com Latem Industries is an ISO-9001:2008 registered metal finishing/coating job shop. We offer vibratory/tumble finishing, shot blasting & peening, ultrasonic cleaning, polishing and provide a full line of finishing compounds & media used for metal finishing. Our sister company Plastico offers plastisol, vinyl, nylon and A-Coating services.

Phone: 905-834-9494

Booth #1132

LEV-CO THE LOCAL EXHAUST & VENTILATION CO INC Booth #2521 Phone: 888-862-5356 www.lev-co.com

Booth #2847

LUVATA OHIO INC Booth #2029

Phone: 740-272-7526 www.luvata.com Luvata is the world’s leading manufacturer of resistance welding electrodes including such internationally recognized brands as A-Trode™, C-Trode™, Cupal™, Nitrode™ and Z-Trode™. We produce a complete line of resistance and arc welding products including: electrodes, shanks, adapters, contact tips, diffusers, nozzles, and braze welding wire.

LIBURDI DIMETRICS CORPORATION

MAGNUS CHEMICALS LTD

Phone: 905-689-0734 www.liburdi.com Liburdi Dimetrics manufactures an extensive range of orbital welding products using advanced technologies.

Liburdi Automation is the manufacturer of high precision, vision based LAWS, Dabber® and Pulsweld® power sources, multi-axis articulated motion systems and controllers for various applications.

Phone: 450-655-1344 www.magnus.ca Magnus Chemicals Ltd. develops, manufactures and markets integrated chemical, equipment and service solutions for commercial and industrial water treatment and metalworking applications. Magnus is committed to bring forward value added and eco-proactive solutions aimed at optimizing our customers’ performance and preserving the environment.

Booth #2119

Booth #1539

Booth #2817

MATERIALS JOINING INNOVATION CENTRE (MAJIC) Booth #2041

Phone: 705-567-6411 www.majic-ca.org Materials Joining Innovation Centre (MaJIC) is one of the most advanced materials testing labs in Northern Ontario. MaJIC offers mechanical and metallurgical testing,failure analysis, R&D, welding procedure development, welder qualification testing to companies in Canada’s leading industry sectors.

MATTA PRODUCTS INC. Booth #2339

Phone: 519-894-1207 www.workmatta.com Matta Products safety surfacing is recognized as the leader in providing optimal ergonomic benefits coupled with extreme durability. Matta Products unique network of Compression Columns located on the underside of each tile offer support to the skeletal structure while promoting blood flow through muscle stimulation which helps to eliminate fatigue

MAZAK OPTONICS CORP Booth #1307

Phone: 847-252-4522 www.mazakoptonics.com Mazak Optonics Corporation is a major supplier of laser-cutting systems, offering 50 laser models and

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EXHIBITOR LISTINGS leading the industry in the implementation of emerging laser technologies.

MB METAL TECHNOLOGIES Booth #1033

Phone: 414-771-9270 www.mbmetaltech.com MB METAL TECHNOLOGIES impact and pin marking product offer versatility to your direct part and tag marking process. Flexible impact cylinders and presses mark quickly at a depth which allows for post process painting/plating. Portable pin marking products allow for taking the marker to the part improving productivity with easy to use software.

MCCANN EQUIPMENT LTD Booth #2224

Phone: 905-677-3336 www.torquetools.com McCann Equipment Ltd. is a complete torque tool specialty house. We provide torque equipment from manual screwdrivers and wrenches to high powered pneumatic, hydraulic and electric torque tools, test equipment and controllers. McCann Equipment is the largest supplier of torque tools and torque-related equipment in Canada.

MEGAFAB

Booth #1213

Phone: 620-727-8403 www.megafab.com MegaFab is comprised of the Piranha, W.A. Whitney and Bertsch brands of machine tools. MegaFab combines the respective resources of all three brands, bringing greater manufacturing efficiencies, more innovations, and higher customer service levels for metal fabricators throughout the world. To learn more, visit www.megafab.com.

METABO CANADA Booth #2525

Phone: 905-624-5897 www.metabo.ca Whether it’s our innovative cordless tools with impulse, our armature protection grid system that extends a tools life or our Triathlon “sds “ concrete bits that out perform any bit on the market, we strive to deliver the best tools and accessory products to the Canadian market.

METFORM INTERNATIONAL LTD Booth #1619

Phone: 905-670-2057 www.metformintl.com Metform designs and builds an extensive range of roll forming and coil processing equipment. We offer our customers solutions from single products to completely integrated systems for many industries. Specifically Metform supplies roll tooling, roll forming lines, slitting and cut-to-length lines and other unique solutions such as embossing lines.

MULTICAM CANADA Booth #2307

Phone: 905-738-7954 www.multicam.ca Multicam Canada is a authorized distributor of

Multicam CNC routers, plasma cutters, waterjet and laser cutting machines. We offer local sales, technical support and training on all aspects of our cutting equipment including software. Multicam is your source for all your cutting needs

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Booth #2517

Phone: 418-545-5099 www.nrc.gc.ca The Aluminium Technology Centre of NRC provides solution to Canadian entreprises in the fields of joining and forming aluminium components. Joining solutions include MIG, laser, FSW, and hybrid welding along with usage of structural adhesives. Forming solutions include warm-forming, Hydroforming, and shape casting of aluminium components.

NEDERMAN CANADA LTD Booth #2124

Phone: 905-366-2200 www.nederman.ca Nederman Extraction and Filtration Experts Nederman is the world leader in industrial air filtration and with over 60 years of experience in extraction and filtration of various air contamination. We offer the widest range of products and solutions on the market for your extraction and filtration needs.

NELSON STUD WELDING Booth #2306

Phone: 905-795-8277 www.nelsonstud.com Nelson® Stud Welding, founded more than 65 years ago, is the leading global manufacturer and distributor of weld stud fasteners and application equipment serving a broad range of markets on a worldwide basis including the automotive, construction and industrial markets.

NILFISK INDUSTRIAL VACUUMS Booth #1624

Phone: 610-913-5300 www.nilfiskindustrialvacuums.com Nilfisk Industrial Vacuums helps industrial manufacturers meet their cleaning requirements and challenges with an extensive range of high-performance, HEPA filter industrial vacuum cleaners and a wide range of accessories including overhead cleaning of dust and debris on overhead pipes.

NORTON ABRASIVES CANADA Booth #2319

Phone: 905-547-2551 www.nortonabrasives.com Norton is the world leader in the manufacturing of abrasive products for the industrial market. For applications from aerospace, foundry and gear grinding, to railroad, toolroom and welding, our industrial abrasive products are engineered to give you the best performance for your specific application. We have a full ine of Coated, Bonded, Non-Woven

OMAX CORP

POLYMET CORP

Phone: 253-872-2300 www.omax.com OMAX® Corporation is the leader in the design and manufacturing of precision, multi-axis abrasive waterjet systems. We are a fully integrated, designing and producing our own machines which include our acclaimed Intelli-MAX® software, extremely efficient direct drive pumps, and the broadest range of table sizes and accessories in the industry.

Phone: 513-874-3586 www.polymet.us Polymet is the leading manufacturer of high performance hardfacing, welding and thermal spray wires. We stock a complete line of both solid and cored wires for immediate delivery. Our wires have most all applicable aerospace and commercial approvals. We promise to provide the highest level of quality, service and technical innovation.

Booth #1825

ONTARIO INDUSTRIAL MAGAZINE Booth #2734 Phone: 416-446-1404 www.oim-online.com

OSBORN

Booth #2027

Phone: 216-361-1900 www.osborn.com Osborn, the world’s oldest brush manufacturer, has facilities in thirteen countries. Osborn products are sold in more than 90 countries with safety testing done on all products sold in North America to meet ANSI standards.

PEARL ABRASIVE CO Booth #2107

Phone: 705-741-6447 www.pearlabrasive.com Professionals all across Canada look to Pearl Abrasive for a full line of technologically advanced abrasives & diamond products.We provide fast delivery & friendly service from strategically located warehouses in Canada. Pearl quality is more than innovative design, it is engineering & quality control. Next time you require abrasives look to Pearl.

PFERD CANADA INC Booth #1925

Phone: 905-501-1555 www.pferdusa.com PFERD Canada is the subsidiary of August Rüggeberg & Co. Progressively PFERD has developed expertise in manufacturing a wide variety of quality abrasives and cutting tools. PFERD has become a global presence in the marketplace. Our goal is to offer “single-source” solutions for hand finishing, grinding, cutting, and specialty applications.

PNEUTOOL PARTS & SERVICE CO LTD Booth #2819

Phone: 416-748-1200 www.pneutool.com Pneutool Parts & Service Co. Ltd., Canada’s most complete air tool company has provided customers with high quality sales and service ince 1983. We supply Pneumatic, Hydraulic and Electric Tools as well as Abrasives, Cutting Tools and Industrial Supplies. Representing such companies as Ingersoll-Rand, Fein, J Walter, and Gesipa to name a few.

Booth #2758

POLYURETHANE PRODUCTS CORP Booth #2826

Phone: 630-543-6700 www.polyprod.com Urethane tooling for metal Fabrication. Specializing in radius and mar-free bending.

PRECISE CASTINGS INC Booth #2752

Phone: 519-669-5159 www.precisecastings.ca Precise Castings Inc. as a manufacturer is celebrating 25 years in the “Lost Wax” Investment Casting industry.

Producing steel, stainless steel and nickel alloy castings to your requirements. Explore your options with us.

PRESTIGE EQUIPMENT CORPORATION Booth #1721

Phone: 631-249-5566 www.prestigeequipment.com Prestige Equipment is the worldwide leader in the procurement and sales of used and new fabricating and metalworking machinery. We offer an extensive inventory of late-model CNC and manual machine tools. Our full scope of services include auctions & liquidations, asset management programs, appraisals, financing, plant turnaround & business sales.

PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURING CORP Booth #1235

Phone: 708-865-7583-579 www.principalmfg.com Principal Manufacturing is Precision Metal Stamping(100-600 tons), Fineblanking(100-630 tons), insert molding, robotic mig welding and assemblies. We offer “speed to market” from in house tooling, “engineering assistance” to remove cost, and “completed parts” through all operations out of our 160,000 sq.ft ISO/ TS16949 plant shipping internationally

PRODUCTO DIEMAKERS SUPPLIES LTD Booth #2820

Phone: 905-856-9990 www.productodiemakers.com

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EXHIBITOR LISTINGS PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ONTARIO Booth #2804

Phone: 416-840-1068 www.peo.on.ca Through the Professional Engineers Act, Professional Engineers Ontario governs over 80,000 licence and certificate holders and regulates professional engineering in Ontario to serve and protect the public. Professional engineering safeguards life, health, property, economic interests, the public welfare and the environment. Visit www.peo.on.ca.

ROFIN-BAASEL CANADA LTD Booth #2007

Phone: 905-607-0400 www.rofin.com Rofin-Baasel Canada, a division of the laser industry leader ROFIN-SINAR, provides sales/service of our Micro, Macro and Marking lasers throughout Canada, standard, fully-engineered turn-key systems or systems for integration. We offer an applications lab, training facilities and a sophisticated support network in our Mississauga facility.

ROLLED ALLOYS PROMOTEC SRL

Booth #1207

Phone: +39 (49) 9004619 www.promo-tec.com Promotec Industrial Cutting System produces Laser, Plasma, Oxy flame and Drilling machines using its experience to combine these technologies on customer requests developing a wide range of products to meet their needs.

PRONIC INC

Booth #1226

Phone: 734-480-9200 www.pronic.com Pronic provides in-die, in-line and stand-alone Tapping Solutions, as well as our New Product-Line for in-die Bushing Insertion!

PROTO3000 - OBJET 3D PRINTERS Booth #1118

Phone: 905-738-1779 www.proto3000.com Proto3000 is an Authorized Distributor of Objet 3D Printers and Creaform 3D Laser Scanners. Offering the Connex500, the only 3D Printing system in the world which offers jetting multiple model materials simultaneously. The METRAscan is the latest Scanning Technology for Reverse Engineering / Inspection offering a Handheld Scanner and Wireless Probe

PRUFTECHNIK MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE INC Booth #1332

Phone: 514-738-6565 www.pruftechnik.ca PRUFTECHNIK is the global leader in shaft alignment systems. Our award-winning alignment products have become standard equipment in many sectors of industry.

Innovative machine monitoring systems for all machine types and sizes serve our customers to optimize system availability and enable a high level of productivity.

RAPID ABRASIVES & ACCESSORIES Booth #2138 Phone: 519-622-5550 www.rapidabrasives.ca

REA ELEKTRONIK Booth #1429

Phone: 519-894-3300 www.rea-jet.com Welcome to REA JET. We offer a complete range of products for contact-free industrial coding and marking from one source. We design and manufacture the complete product range at our headquarters located south of Frankfurt, in Germany.

REVCO INDUSTRIES INC Booth #2418

Booth #1527 Phone: 734-847-9447 www.rolledalloys.com

ROSLER METAL FINISHING USA LLC Booth #1127

Phone: 269-441-3638 www.rosler.us Rosler Metal Finishing USA, LLC offers the widest range of surface finishing equipment in the industry, including mass finishing and shot blasting equipment, media, compounds and effluent treatment. Our company slogan “finding a better way...” is exactly what we do. Send us your challenge.

ROUSSEAU METAL Booth #1739

Phone: 418-598-3381 www.rousseaumetal.com

SAF-T-CART INC

Booth #2513

Phone: 166-262-4649-2 www.saftcart.com

SAMSON ROLL FORMED PRODUCTS CO Booth #1819

Phone: 847-965-6700 www.samsonrollform.com

Booth #2836

Phone: 905-890-1567 www.select-canada.com

SHOPTECH SOFTWARE Booth #1628

Phone: 860-633-0740 www.shoptech.com Shoptech is the leading provider of Shop Management Software to machine shops, job shops and made to order manufacturers. Since 1984, The E2 Shop System has helped over 4000 shops become more efficient, and thus more profitable. The E2 Shop System handles everything: quoting, scheduling, job costing, inventory, shipping and complete accounting.

SIA ABRASIFS JJS Booth #1324

Phone: 418-836-0557 www.siajjs.com Abrasifs JJS is the exclusive distributor of Sia abrasive products, be it for metal, wood, composites and the special dimension belts. New products specialized mainly for Stainless steel is our 4515 series fiber discs and the 2828 series flap discs.There is also our Sprectrum Wheels for metal finishing solutions

SIC MARKING

RHINO CUTTING SYSTEMS

Phone: 450-449-9133 www.sic-marking.com SIC Industrial Marking manufactures product marking and traceability systems based on the latest and most cost-efficient technologies, which include dot-peen, scrib-

Phone: 905-730-0923

SME CANADA

Booth #1018

Phone: 888-322-7333 The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is the world’s leading resource for manufacturing information and knowledge. With Canadian headquarters in Toronto, the society promotes an increased awareness of the value of manufacturing among industry professionals, while supporting education initiatives and introducing career options for those entering the industry. SME has members in more than 70 countries and represents manufacturing practitioners across all industries.

SOLAXIS INGENIOUS MANUFACTURING Booth #1733

Phone: 450-919-1515 Solaxis Ingenious Manufacturing specializes in: • manufacturing short run series, prototypes and complex fixtures in THERMOPLASTICS (ABS, PC-ABS, ULTEM®) and advanced SLA resins; • reverse engineering, inspection and CAD design (CMM arms, Romer, FARO laser, Creaform) • Sourcing services. (turnkey services, and comparative analysis)

SOLIDCAD

Booth #1111 Phone: 905-474-1499 www.solidcad.ca

SPACECLAIM CORP Booth #1639

Phone: 978-482-2216 www.spaceclaim.com SpaceClaim develops SpaceClaim Engineer, 3D Direct Modeling software that brings powerful yet easy-to-use 3D to all engineers. SpaceClaim’s sheet metal capabilities are focused on getting parts ready for production.

Take just about any format from your customer and turn it into a flat pattern using SpaceClaim’s powerful sheet metal environment.

SELECT CANADA

Phone: 800-527-3826 www.blackstallion.com

Booth #2133

ing and laser. Visit us at booth # 3020: we will gladly review your product marking needs and provide you robust solutions that will enhance your manufacturing productivity & quality.

Booth #1537

SPEED GLOBAL SERVICES Booth #2809

Phone: 716-876-2235 www.speedgs.com SPEED Global Services is a full service domestic and international shipping, warehousing, and distribution company.

STAUBLI CORP

Booth #2128

Phone: 864-433-1980 www.staubli.com As one of the leading manufacturers of quick connector systems for over 50 years, Stübli covers connection needs for all types of fluids, gases and electrical power.

These standard or specific products (single and multiple connectors, tool changers, quick mould change systems) combine performance, quality, safety, dependability and durability.

STEVENS MACHINERY SALES INC Booth #1607

Phone: 416-798-3611 www.stevensmachine.com Stevens Machinery has been in business for over 40 years selling and servicing new & used fabricating equipment in the Canadian marketplace.

STRATASYS INC

Booth #1519

Phone: 952-937-3000 www.stratasys.com Stratasys produces additive manufacturing systems that

use patented FDM® technology to build thermoplastic parts directly from 3D CAD files. Its Fortus® 3D Production Systems are used for direct digital manufacturing, while its Dimension® and uPrint SE 3D printers are affordable, networked printers, best used for building functional 3D models.

STRONG HAND TOOLS Booth #2239

Phone: 562-949-8625 www.stronghandtools.com Demo the affordable BuildPro Modular Welding Tables and Modular Fixturing Kits for the efficient holding, locating, and positioning of your welding fixtures.

New in 2012 – BuildPro Welding Tables in new sizes for medium to small shops. Come see how BuildPro Tables can help you Fixture Efficiently and Fabricate Accurately.

SUNTEX COMPOSITE INDUSTRIAL CO LTD Booth #2509

Phone: +86 (27) 8786 9042

SWISH MAINTENANCE LTD Booth #1918, 1919

Phone: 905-666-1224 www.swishclean.com A leading sanitation company since 1956 Swish delivers proven innovative solutions and equipment that can lower your procurement cost, increase your productivity, enhance your financial bottom line and make your work place safer and more environmentally responsible.

SYNETIK DESIGN Booth #2338

Phone: 450-759-9449 www.synetik-di.com THE ERGONOMIC SOLUTION THE IDEAL POSITION Synetik Design manufactures, designs and distributes unique ergonomic solutions in North America. With our innovative solutions, health and productivity of your workers will benefit your company. Best posture for the future!

TENGZHOU TRI UNION MACHINERY Booth #2746

Phone: 86-632-595-8067 www.ttmc.cn

TH INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS INC Booth #2749

Phone: 905-831-4963 www.th-is.ca T.H. Industrial Solutions Inc.’s goal is to solve your process problems. For over 20 years we have focused on valve selection/automation, designing filtration systems, and servicing temperature transfer equipment. We will strive to provide a prompt, educated, accurate response at a competitive price.

TIGER VAC INTERNATIONAL INC Booth #2020

Phone: 450-622-0100 www.tiger-vac.com Tiger-Vac is a manufacturer specializing in vacuum cleaner systems for contamination, controlled environments and hazardous locations

TRUMPF INC

Booth #1407

Phone: 860-255-6000 www.us.trumpf.com TRUMPF specializes in the manufacture of sheet metal fabricating equipment and industrial lasers. At FABTECH Canada we will showcase our laser cutting, punching, bending and marking technologies as well as our line of hand held power tools.

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EXHIBITOR LISTINGS TSG NORTH AMERICA Booth #2803

Phone: 815-904-1666 www.tsgnorthamerica.com TSG (The Sertom Group) North America provides the best quality bending machines available in todays industry. Models include plate bending rolls, angle rolls, dish head and flange manufacturing as well as beveling equipment. TSG provides top notch applications engineering, parts and service support from just outside of Chicago with easy access.

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO Booth #2028

Phone: 519-888-4567-31348 hire.uwaterloo.ca The University of Waterloo is one of Canada’s leading comprehensive universities with over 30,000 full and part-time students in undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs. Waterloo is also home to the world’s largest post-secondary co-operative education program. Skilled students are available for year-round co-op, part-time, and summer work.

UNIVERSAL TOOL & ENGINEERING Booth #1433

Phone: 423-282-0304 www.universaltool.com Universal Tool & Engineering is a manufacturer and

distributor of CNC tube/pipe benders, endformers and tube/pipe fabrication equipment. UTE is dedicated to developing, manufacturing and marketing reliable, cost effective tube and pipe benders and tube and pipe fabricating equipment.

VIBRA FINISH LTD Booth #2531

Phone: 905-625-9955 www.vibra.com Vibra Finish is an ISO-9001:2008 registered Canadian manufacturer of vibratory finishing and handling equipment. We provide Production Finishing Services, blend a line of surface finishing compounds and distribute ceramic, plastic and steel media, that is used in the vibratory finishing process.

VIEGA LLC

Booth #2801 Phone: 905-499-3371 www.viega.net Founded in Germany in 1899, Viega employs 3,000 professionals worldwide and is an innovative global leader in plumbing, and pipe joining technology. Viega manufactures and distributes more than 16,000 products for commercial and industrial applications worldwide. Stop by Booth 2801 for a Demo of ProPress “Fast & Flameless” Pipe Connection System!

WAGNER INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS Phone: 163-050-3240-0 www.wagnersystemsinc.com

problems – like two component adhesives + sealants, one component adhesives, elastic adhesives, technical sprays + liquids, assembly pastes and greases, stripping tools for cable + wire stripping.

WALKER MAGNETICS

WEILER CORP

Booth #1106

Booth #2808

Phone: 905-643-3338 www.walkermagnet.com

WALTER SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES Booth #2113

Phone: 514-630-2800 www.walter.com Walter Surface Technologies is an International leader offering solutions to metalworking professionals in North America, South America and Europe. Mainly known for its high quality abrasives and power tools for 60 years, Walter also offers parts cleaning systems, tooling, industrial cleaners and lubricants as well as welding aids.

WEICON INC.

Booth #2129

Phone: 519-896-5252 www.weicon.ca WEICON is a manufacturer of high-quality industrial adhesives and products for production, repair, maintenance + service. Products to solve a variety of

Booth #2507 Phone: 570-595-7495 www.weilercorp.com Weiler, your source for brushes and abrasives for the fabrication and welding industry! Our power line includes wire wheel, cup, end and tube brushes. Our Roughneck® line now includes the Dually™; a dual-hex nut stringer bead wheel. Abrasives include our Tiger® flap discs, Vortec Pro™ flap discs and our general purpose cutting and grinding wheels.

YASKAWA MOTOMAN CANADA LTD Booth #2235 Phone: 905-569-6686 www.motoman.com With 200,000+ robots installed worldwide, Motoman Robotics is a global leader in the industry. At the forefront of automation, Motoman Robotics provides complete, innovative robotic solutions for virtually every industry and application.

Your safest, most efficient alternative to toxic solvent parts washing!

BIO-CIRCLE is a complete, cost-effective and hassle-free solution which: � Cleans your parts without risks of health hazards � Comes with a complete on-site maintenance � Is compliant with ISO 14000, ISO 18000, ACCP and Canadian food industry standards

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PRODUCT/SERVICE FINDER ARC WELDING

Welding – Arc (GMAW) Machines & Components Abicor Binzel Canada Inc 2039 AntecTrade Canada 2207 D/F Machine Specialties Inc 2118 Luvata Ohio Inc 2029 National Research Council 2517 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Welding – Arc (GTAW) Machines & Components AntecTrade Canada 2207 D/F Machine Specialties Inc 2118 National Research Council 2517 Shenzhen Stahlwerk Welding Technology Co., Ltd. 2107 Welding – Arc (Plasma) Machines & Components HTM Sensors 1013 National Research Council 2517 Welding – Arc (Stud) Machines & Components Nelson Stud Welding 2306 Welding – Arc (Submerged) Machines & Components D/F Machine Specialties Inc 2118 Luvata Ohio Inc 2029 Shenzhen Stahlwerk Welding Technology Co., Ltd. 2107 Welding – Drawn Arc (Stud) & CD Welders, Fasteners & Consumables Nelson Stud Welding 2306 Shenzhen Stahlwerk Welding Technology Co., Ltd. 2107 Welding Power Supplies – Plasma Arc Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235

ASSEMBLY

Assembly Equipment/Systems E3 Systems Ltd Industrial Drive Service Inc MB Metal Technologies McCann Equipment Ltd Metform International Ltd Principal Manufacturing Corp Triangle Manufacturing Company Viega LLC WEICON Inc. Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd

2120 1007 1033 2224 1619 1235 2817 2801 2129 2235

BENDING/FORMING

Beveling Machines Fabricating Machinery Solutions Multicam Canada TSG North America Corner Forming Machines Ferric Machinery Inc Embossing Machines & Rolls Metform International Ltd Flanging Machines Faccin USA Inc TSG North America Folding Machines Prestige Equipment Corporation Notching Machines Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Ferric Machinery Inc Roll Benders Faccin USA Inc Prestige Equipment Corporation TSG North America Roll Forming Machines Formtek Inc Metform International Ltd Rolling Mills TSG North America

1318 2307 2803 1625 1619 1632 2803 1721 2527 1625 1632 1721 2803 1210 1619 2803

BUSINESS SERVICES

Architecture/Engineering Design Firms Axis Prototypes Associations American Welding Society Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl Professional Engineers Ontario Society of Manufacturing Engineers Certification American Welding Society Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl Professional Engineers Ontario Society of Manufacturing Engineers Consulting – Manufacturing Technology Pronic Inc TSG North America Educational Seminars American Welding Society

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Engineering Services Creaform Inc E3 Systems Ltd Proto3000 – Objet 3D Printers Triangle Manufacturing Company Engineering Services – Rapid Prototyping Axis Prototypes Proto3000 – Objet 3D Printers Financing TSG North America Government Agencies National Research Council Professional Engineers Ontario Inspection/Testing Services Proto3000 – Objet 3D Printers Inventory Management HTM Sensors Lean Manufacturing 3M Canada Inc Global Shop Solutions ISAH Int’l Pronic Inc Machine Rebuilding/Reconditioning Services Industrial Drive Service Inc Machinery Installation/Alignment Services Benchmark PdM Membership American Welding Society Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl Society of Manufacturing Engineers Metal Service Centers National Research Council Publications American Welding Society Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl Society of Manufacturing Engineers Publishing American Welding Society Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl Society of Manufacturing Engineers Research & Development Services National Research Council Schools – College & University (2 & 4 year) University of Waterloo Service/Repair & Parts E3 Systems Ltd Industrial Drive Service Inc TSG North America Shipping/Transportation Services Speed Global Services Sourcing Services Solaxis Ingenious Manufacturing Sub-contracting services Solaxis Ingenious Manufacturing Supply Chain Management Speed Global Services Systems Integration E3 Systems Ltd Industrial Drive Service Inc Training Services – Technical E3 Systems Ltd Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl Industrial Drive Service Inc Javelin Technologies TSG North America

1239 2120 1118 2817 1820 1118 2803 2517 2804 1118 1013 2238 2228 2328 1226 1007 1338 2845 1010 1018 2517 2845 1010 1018 2845 1010 1018 2517 2028

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FINISHING

2809

2809 2120 1007 2120 1010 1007 2213 2803

1619 2826 1210 1619 1619 1619 1318 1619 2803

CUTTING

Abrasive Cutting Compounds 3M Canada Inc Norton Abrasives Canada

2238 2319

2027 1127 2107 2113 2238 2307 2819 1127 2107 2527 2772 2819 2113 2207 2107 2207 1925 2113 1721 1207 1625 2307 1625 2527 1625 1721 1319 1318 1625 1725 1832 1721

FASTENING & JOINING Fasteners Absolute Stainless Inc McCann Equipment Ltd Strong Hand Tools WEICON Inc. Fastening/Joining Equipment MB Metal Technologies Viega LLC

2120 1007 2803

COIL PROCESSING

Coil Cars & Cradles Metform International Ltd Polyurethane Products Corp Coil Cut-to-Length Formtek Inc Metform International Ltd Coil Processing – Tension Boards Metform International Ltd Coil Uncoilers/Recoilers Metform International Ltd Leveling Equipment – Sheet Metal Fabricating Machinery Solutions Straightening Equipment Metform International Ltd TSG North America

Osborn Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC Shenzhen Stahlwerk Welding Technology Co., Ltd. Walter Surface Technologies Abrasive Cutting Machines 3M Canada Inc Multicam Canada Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC Shenzhen Stahlwerk Welding Technology Co., Ltd. Annular Cutters/Drill Bits Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Hougen Canada Inc Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd Walter Surface Technologies Cutting Tips AntecTrade Canada Changzhou Huarui Welding & Cutting Equip Co Ltd Cutting Tools AntecTrade Canada PFERD Canada Inc Walter Surface Technologies Flame Cutting Machines Prestige Equipment Corporation Promotec Srl Knives & Blades Ferric Machinery Inc Multicam Canada Profile Cutting Machinery Ferric Machinery Inc Shears Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Ferric Machinery Inc Prestige Equipment Corporation Waterjet Cutting Machines & Components Bystronic Inc Fabricating Machinery Solutions Ferric Machinery Inc Flow International Corp KMT Waterjet Systems Inc Prestige Equipment Corporation

Abrasive Disks/Belts/Pads/Wheels 3M Canada Inc Easy Abrasives LLC Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Hangzhou Xiangsheng Abrasive Machine Manufacturing Co Ltd Norton Abrasives Canada Osborn Pearl Abrasive Co PFERD Canada Inc Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC SIA Abrasifs JJS Walter Surface Technologies Weiler Corp Wendt Abrasives Absorbents for Chemical Spills 3M Canada Inc Air Hammers/Planishing Machines Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd Blasting Equipment Latem Ind Ltd Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC Vibra Finish Ltd Brushes – Deburring & Polishing Abtex Corp Easy Abrasives LLC Osborn PFERD Canada Inc Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd Stevens Machinery Sales Inc Weiler Corp Centrifuges Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC

2024 2224 2239 2129 1033 2801

2238 2229 2527 1325 2319 2027 2107 1925 2819 1127 1324 2113 2507 2138 2238 2819 1132 1127 2531 1838 2229 2027 1925 2819 1607 2507 1127

Cleaning & Degreasing Compounds Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Magnus Chemicals Ltd 1539 Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC 1127 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Walter Surface Technologies 2113 WEICON Inc. 2129 Cleaning & Degreasing Equipment Magnus Chemicals Ltd 1539 Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC 1127 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 WEICON Inc. 2129 Coating Equipment Exel North America Inc 1818 Gema 2828 Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Marktech Inc 2817 Coatings (Consumable) Exel North America Inc 1818 Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Conversion Coatings Marktech Inc 2817 Deburring Equipment 3M Canada Inc 2238 Abtex Corp 1838 Easy Abrasives LLC 2229 Fabricating Machinery Solutions 1318 Latem Ind Ltd 1132 PFERD Canada Inc 1925 Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC 1127 Stevens Machinery Sales Inc 1607 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Weiler Corp 2507 Edge Finishing Equipment Stevens Machinery Sales Inc 1607 Electrocoating Equipment Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Filters for Spray Booths Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Finishing Systems Engineering & Installation Services (Systems Houses) Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC 1127 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Heat Exchangers Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Inhibitors Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Lacquers E3 Systems Ltd 2120 Masking/Shielding Supplies 3M Canada Inc 2238 Norton Abrasives Canada 2319 Mass Finishing Equipment & Media Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC 1127 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Nozzles for Finishing Spray Washers Bex Spray Nozels 1233 Ovens for Curing Paint & Coatings Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Ovens for Drying Parts Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Paint Application Equipment – Liquid Exel North America Inc 1818 Wagner Industrial Solutions 1106 Paint Circulating Systems Exel North America Inc 1818 Paint Drum Rotators, Mixers, Shakers Exel North America Inc 1818 Paint Overspray Recycling/Recovery Systems & Services Exel North America Inc 1818 Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Wagner Industrial Solutions 1106 Painting Equipment Exel North America Inc 1818 Gema 2828 Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Polishing Media Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC 1127 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Polishing/Sanding/Buffing Equipment 3M Canada Inc 2238 Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd 2527 FABTECH CANADA 2012 |

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PRODUCT/SERVICE FINDER Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd 2819 Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC 1127 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Walter Surface Technologies 2113 Wendt Abrasives 2138 Powder Coating Application & Recovery Equipment Exel North America Inc 1818 Gema 2828 Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Wagner Industrial Solutions 1106 Powder Coating Sieves, Screening Devices, Sifters Wagner Industrial Solutions 1106 Pretreatment Chemicals – Finishing Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Pumps – Finishing Exel North America Inc 1818 Gema 2828 Rust Inhibitors – Finishing Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Magnus Chemicals Ltd 1539 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Rust Removers – Finishing Magnus Chemicals Ltd 1539 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Weiler Corp 2507 Shotblasting Machines Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC 1127 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531 Spray Booth Cleaning Materials (Consumables) Exel North America Inc 1818 Spray Booth Coatings Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Spray Booth Contaminant Control Devices Gema 2828 Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Spray Booth Equipment Duroair Corp 1125 Exel North America Inc 1818 Gema 2828 Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Spray Booths for Painting/Powder Coating Duroair Corp 1125 Exel North America Inc 1818 Gema 2828 Global Finishing Solutions 1229 Wagner Industrial Solutions 1106 Spray Gun Controls, Movers, Washers Gema 2828 Tube/Pipe Deburring Equipment Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd 2527 Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd 2819 Stevens Machinery Sales Inc 1607 Tube/Pipe Grinding & Polishing Equipment Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd 2527 Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd 2819 Wendt Abrasives 2138 Tube/Pipe Scarfing Equipment Stevens Machinery Sales Inc 1607 Ultrasonic Cleaning Equipment Latem Ind Ltd 1132 UV Curable Coatings E3 Systems Ltd 2120 Vacuum Systems for Powder Coating Nilfisk Industrial Vacuums 1624 Varnish E3 Systems Ltd 2120

GASES & GAS EQUIPMENT

Gases – Cutting Promotec Srl 1207 Pressure Regulators/Valves/Flow Meters (Gas) Abicor Binzel Canada Inc 2039

HYDROFORMING

Bulgeforming National Research Council 2517 Presses – Hydroforming (Sheet)/Elastoforming/Rubber Pad National Research Council 2517 Prestige Equipment Corporation 1721 Tube/Pipe Hydroforming Machines National Research Council 2517

INSPECTION & TESTING

Inspection & Testing – Quality/Process Control Andec Mfg. Ltd. 2219

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Candet (Canadian Nde Technology Ltd) 2219 Faro Technologies Inc 1225 Instrument Technology Inc. 2219 MB Metal Technologies 1033 Proto3000 – Objet 3D Printers 1118 Inspection/Testing Equipment – Dimensional & Shape/Measuring Faro Technologies Inc 1225 Proto3000 – Objet 3D Printers 1118 Inspection/Testing Equipment – Hardness Andec Mfg. Ltd. 2219 Candet (Canadian Nde Technology Ltd) 2219 Inspection/Testing Equipment – Surface Finish Andec Mfg. Ltd. 2219 Candet (Canadian Nde Technology Ltd) 2219 Instrument Technology Inc. 2219 Inspection/Testing Equipment – Tube/Pipe Andec Mfg. Ltd. 2219 Candet (Canadian Nde Technology Ltd) 2219 Nondestructive Testing Equipment AGR Technology Design 2219 Andec Mfg. Ltd. 2219 Candet (Canadian Nde Technology Ltd) 2219 Creaform Inc 1239 Dakota Ultrasonics 2219 Instrument Technology Inc. 2219 Labino 2219 Magnaflux 2219 Parker Research 2219 Rohmann GmbH 2219 Spectronics 2219 Tiede GmbH 2219 Weld Quality Monitors/Checkers/Sensors/ Measurement Candet (Canadian Nde Technology Ltd) 2219

JOB SHOP/CONTRACT MANUFACTURING

Job Shop Finishing Services – Paint/Powder Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Job Shop/ Contract Manufacturing Services – Stamping – Multi Slide Bohne Spring Industries Ltd. 1541 Job Shop/Contract Manufacturing Services – Assembling Principal Manufacturing Corp 1235 Job Shop/Contract Manufacturing Services – Bending & Forming Kubes Steel Inc 1529 Job Shop/Contract Manufacturing Services – Coating/Painting/Plating Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Job Shop/Contract Manu­fact­uring Services – Heat Treating Bohne Spring Industries Ltd. 1541 Laserage Technology Corp 2763 Job Shop/Contract Manufacturing Services – Injection Molding Principal Manufacturing Corp 1235 Job Shop/Contract Manufacturing Services – Laser Cutting Laserage Technology Corp 2763 Principal Manufacturing Corp 1235 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Laser Drilling Laserage Technology Corp 2763 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Laser Processing Laserage Technology Corp 2763 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Laser Welding Laserage Technology Corp 2763 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Machining Laserage Technology Corp 2763 Principal Manufacturing Corp 1235 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Metal Finishing Latem Ind Ltd 1132 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Punching Marktech Inc 2817 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Roll Forming Kubes Steel Inc 1529 Job Shop/Contract Manufact­uring Services – Stamping – ¬Deep Drawing E3 Systems Ltd 2120 Kubes Steel Inc 1529

Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Stamping – Fine Blanking Principal Manufacturing Corp 1235 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Stamping – Four Slide Bohne Spring Industries Ltd. 1541 Job Shop/Contract Manufact­uring Services – Stamping – High Speed Marktech Inc 2817 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Stamping – Progressive Marktech Inc 2817 Principal Manufacturing Corp 1235 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Stamping – Transfer E3 Systems Ltd 2120 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – T/P Bending & Forming Kubes Steel Inc 1529 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Welding – Laser Welding Laserage Technology Corp 2763 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Welding – Mig Welding Principal Manufacturing Corp 1235 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Welding – Robotic Welding Principal Manufacturing Corp 1235 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Welding/Brazing Principal Manufacturing Corp 1235 Job Shop/Contract Manufac­turing Services – Wire Forming Bohne Spring Industries Ltd. 1541

LASERS

Laser Cladding Rofin-Baasel Canada Ltd 2007 Laser Cutting Machines Amada Canada Ltd 2830,1707, 2830 Bystronic Inc 1319 Fabricating Machinery Solutions 1318 Mazak Optonics Corp 1307 Multicam Canada 2307 Prestige Equipment Corporation 1721 Promotec Srl 1207 Rofin-Baasel Canada Ltd 2007 Trumpf Inc 1407 Laser Cutting Optics & Accessories Fabricating Machinery Solutions 1318 Rofin-Baasel Canada Ltd 2007 Lasers – Laser Surface Ablation/Coating Removal Rofin-Baasel Canada Ltd 2007 SIC Marking 1537 Lasers – Polymer Welding Rofin-Baasel Canada Ltd 2007 Lasers – Remote Welding, CO2 Fabricating Machinery Solutions 1318 Rofin-Baasel Canada Ltd 2007 Trumpf Inc 1407 Lasers – Remote Welding, Diode Fabricating Machinery Solutions 1318 Rofin-Baasel Canada Ltd 2007 Trumpf Inc 1407 Lasers – Remote Welding, Fiber Fabricating Machinery Solutions 1318 National Research Council 2517 Rofin-Baasel Canada Ltd 2007 Trumpf Inc 1407 Lasers – Remote Welding, Solid State Rofin-Baasel Canada Ltd 2007 Trumpf Inc 1407 Lasers – Tube & Profile Welding Rofin-Baasel Canada Ltd 2007 Trumpf Inc 1407

LUBRICATION

Coolants Abicor Binzel Canada Inc Hougen Canada Inc Magnus Chemicals Ltd Walter Surface Technologies Lubricants Magnus Chemicals Ltd Walter Surface Technologies WEICON Inc.

2039 2772 1539 2113 1539 2113 2129

MACHINING/EDM

Drilling Machines Promotec Srl Other Machining Equipment Stratasys Inc Tapping Machines Pronic Inc

1207 1519 1226

MAINTENANCE & REPAIR Chip conveyor repairs Corwhin Tool & Manufacturing Marktech Inc Maintenance Equipment/Products Industrial Drive Service Inc McCann Equipment Ltd Swish Maintenance Ltd Viega LLC Weiler Corp New chip conveyors Corwhin Tool & Manufacturing Marktech Inc

1206 2817 1007 2224 1918, 1919 2801 2507 1206 2817

MATERIAL HANDLING/MARKING

Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems Trumpf Inc 1407 Carts Heartland Shipping Supplies 2843 Clamps/Holders/Jigs/Vises E3 Systems Ltd 2120 Lift Trucks Heartland Shipping Supplies 2843 Magnets & Magnetic Equipment Industrial Magnetics Inc 2013 Marking Equipment – Bar Coding Systems & Supplies Heartland Shipping Supplies 2843 InfoSight Corp 1618 MB Metal Technologies 1033 REA Elektronik 1429 Marking Equipment – Indenting/Embossing/Etching E3 Systems Ltd 2120 InfoSight Corp 1618 MB Metal Technologies 1033 Marking Equipment – Inkjet/Paintjet/Markers E3 Systems Ltd 2120 Heartland Shipping Supplies 2843 InfoSight Corp 1618 MB Metal Technologies 1033 REA Elektronik 1429 Marking Equipment – Laser Systems E3 Systems Ltd 2120 InfoSight Corp 1618 Trumpf Inc 1407 Marking Equipment – Signs/Nameplates/Labels InfoSight Corp 1618 MB Metal Technologies 1033 REA Elektronik 1429 Walter Surface Technologies 2113 Marking Equipment – Thermal/Thermal Transfer Heartland Shipping Supplies 2843 InfoSight Corp 1618 Packaging Machinery & Components Cordstrap Canada Corp 1638 REA Elektronik 1429 Packaging Materials Cordstrap Canada Corp 1638 Heartland Shipping Supplies 2843 Protectors – Covers/Caps/Film/Tape Cordstrap Canada Corp 1638 Racks, Fixtures, Hooks & Hangers for Painting Processes Cordstrap Canada Corp 1638 Rolls – Fabric, Urethane, Felt Cordstrap Canada Corp 1638 Scrap Chopping & Handling Equipment Cordstrap Canada Corp 1638 Shipping Containers & Accessories Cordstrap Canada Corp 1638 Heartland Shipping Supplies 2843 Storage Shelves/Racks, Palletized Beds, Cages & Accessories Cordstrap Canada Corp 1638 Lankhorst Mouldings 1532 Tube/Pipe Bundling Equipment Cordstrap Canada Corp 1638 Tube/Pipe Handling Systems Cordstrap Canada Corp 1638 Universal Tool & Engineering 1433

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PRODUCT/SERVICE FINDER Welding Stands/Platens/Positioners/Manipulators Bluco Corp 2225

METAL SUPPLIERS

Metal Shapes Supplied – Bars & Rods Bohler Uddeholm Canada 1833 Metals Supplied – Aluminum/Aluminum Alloys Polymet Corp 2758 Metals Supplied – Brass/Brass Alloys Johnson Matthey 1525 Metals Supplied – Bronze/Bronze Alloys Johnson Matthey 1525 Polymet Corp 2758 Metals Supplied – Copper/Copper Alloys Bohler Uddeholm Canada 1833 Polymet Corp 2758 Metals Supplied – Nickel/Nickel Alloys Bohler Uddeholm Canada 1833 Johnson Matthey 1525 Polymet Corp 2758 Precise Castings Inc 2752 Metals Supplied – Powder Metals Bohler Uddeholm Canada 1833 Metals Supplied – Precious/Exotic Metals Johnson Matthey 1525 Metals Supplied – Steel (Carbon) Johnson Matthey 1525 Precise Castings Inc 2752 Metals Supplied – Steel (High Alloy) Bohler Uddeholm Canada 1833 Johnson Matthey 1525 Precise Castings Inc 2752 Metals Supplied – Steel (Low Alloy) Johnson Matthey 1525 Precise Castings Inc 2752 Metals Supplied – Steel (Stainless) Bohler Uddeholm Canada 1833 Johnson Matthey 1525 Polymet Corp 2758 Precise Castings Inc 2752 Metals Supplied – Steel (Tool) Bohler Uddeholm Canada 1833 Johnson Matthey 1525 Tube/Pipe Bends & Fittings Viega LLC 2801 Tube/Pipe Connectors Staubli Corp 2128 Viega LLC 2801 Tube/Pipe Supplied – Copper/Copper Alloys Viega LLC 2801 Tube/Pipe Supplied – Other Ferrous Metals Viega LLC 2801 Tube/Pipe Supplied – Other Nonferrous Metals Viega LLC 2801 Tube/Pipe Supplied – Steel (Stainless) Viega LLC 2801

OTHER MACHINERY/EQUIPMENT/ PARTS/PRODUCTS Bellows, Metal Marktech Inc Castings Axis Prototypes Johnson Matthey Marktech Inc Precise Castings Inc CNC Machining Multicam Canada Triangle Manufacturing Company Custom Machinery – Sheet Metal & Plate Ferric Machinery Inc Hand Brakes Stevens Machinery Sales Inc Hand Tools 3M Canada Inc Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd McCann Equipment Ltd PFERD Canada Inc SIC Marking Strong Hand Tools Walter Surface Technologies Hand Tools – Nibbling Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Other BUWW COVERINGS Horn Machine Tools Inc Nilfisk Industrial Vacuums Proto3000 – Objet 3D Printers

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2817 1820 1525 2817 2752 2307 2817 1625 1607 2238 2527 2224 1925 1537 2239 2113 2527 1718 1424 1624 1118

Portable Power Tools 3M Canada Inc 2238 Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd 2527 Hougen Canada Inc 2772 McCann Equipment Ltd 2224 SIC Marking 1537 Walter Surface Technologies 2113 Wendt Abrasives 2138 Replacement Parts – Machinery/Equipment Industrial Drive Service Inc 1007 Tube/Pipe Custom Machinery Formtek Inc 1210 Horn Machine Tools Inc 1424 Universal Tool & Engineering 1433 Viega LLC 2801 Used Machinery Fabricating Machinery Solutions 1318 Horn Machine Tools Inc 1424 Prestige Equipment Corporation 1721 Stevens Machinery Sales Inc 1607 Universal Tool & Engineering 1433 Vibration Control/ Machine Mounting Equipment Matta Products Inc. 2339 Strong Hand Tools 2239

PLATE & STRUCTURAL FABRICATING Angle Bending Rolls Faccin USA Inc Ferric Machinery Inc Prestige Equipment Corporation TSG North America Bar Fabricating Machines Fabricating Machinery Solutions Ironworkers Fabricating Machinery Solutions Ferric Machinery Inc MegaFab Oxyfuel/Gas Cutting Machines Ajan Elektronik Servis San Ve Multicam Canada Promotec Srl Plasma Cutting Machines & Components Ajan Elektronik Servis San Ve Fabricating Machinery Solutions Ferric Machinery Inc HTM Sensors MegaFab Multicam Canada Promotec Srl Plate & Structural Fabricating Machines Fabricating Machinery Solutions Ferric Machinery Inc TSG North America Plate Bending Rolls Faccin USA Inc Ferric Machinery Inc MegaFab TSG North America

1632 1625 1721 2803 1318 1318 1625 1213 2311 2307 1207 2311 1318 1625 1013 1213 2307 1207 1318 1625 2803 1632 1625 1213 2803

PRESS BRAKES

Press Brakes (All-Electric) Amada Canada Ltd Polyurethane Products Corp Stevens Machinery Sales Inc Trumpf Inc Press Brakes (Hydraulic) Amada Canada Ltd Bystronic Inc Fabricating Machinery Solutions Ferric Machinery Inc Polyurethane Products Corp Prestige Equipment Corporation Stevens Machinery Sales Inc Trumpf Inc Press Brakes (Hydromechanical) Amada Canada Ltd Polyurethane Products Corp Prestige Equipment Corporation Press Brakes (Mechanical) Polyurethane Products Corp Prestige Equipment Corporation Press Brakes (Pneumatic) Polyurethane Products Corp

1707, 2830 2826 1607 1407 1707, 2830 1319 1318 1625 2826 1721 1607 1407 1707, 2830 2826 1721 2826 1721 2826

PUNCHING

Presses – Punch (Single Station) Ferric Machinery Inc Hougen Canada Inc Presses – Punch (Turret) Amada Canada Ltd Ferric Machinery Inc Prestige Equipment Corporation

1625 2772 1707, 2830 1625 1721

Trumpf Inc Punching – CNC Bus Par Promotec Srl

1407 1207

RESISTANCE WELDING

Welding – Resistance (Spot) Machines & Components Amada Canada Ltd 1707, 2830 HTM Sensors 1013 Luvata Ohio Inc 2029 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235

ROBOTICS

Robotic Equipment – Assembly McCann Equipment Ltd 2224 Staubli Corp 2128 Universal Tool & Engineering 1433 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Robotic Equipment – Cutting KMT Waterjet Systems Inc 1832 Staubli Corp 2128 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Robotic Equipment – Deburring/Grinding/Polishing Abtex Corp 1838 Staubli Corp 2128 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Robotic Equipment – Finishing Staubli Corp 2128 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Robotic Equipment – Machining Multicam Canada 2307 Staubli Corp 2128 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Robotic Equipment – Material Handling/Tending Industrial Magnetics Inc 2013 Multicam Canada 2307 Staubli Corp 2128 Universal Tool & Engineering 1433 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Robotic Equipment – Painting/Finishing Staubli Corp 2128 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Robotic Equipment – Robot Tooling/Grippers Industrial Magnetics Inc 2013 MB Metal Technologies 1033 McCann Equipment Ltd 2224 Staubli Corp 2128 Stratasys Inc 1519 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Robotic Equipment – Welding (Arc) Abicor Binzel Canada Inc 2039 D/F Machine Specialties Inc 2118 Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Robotic Equipment – Welding (Laser) Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235 Robotic Equipment – Welding (Resistance) Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd 2235

SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL

Air Cleaning/Filtration Systems/Fume Extraction/ Dust Collection Systems Nilfisk Industrial Vacuums 1624 Stevens Machinery Sales Inc 1607 Ergonomic Equipment/Products Marktech Inc 2817 Matta Products Inc. 2339 Light Curtains AGO Industries Inc 2318 HTM Sensors 1013 Noise Control Equipment 3M Canada Inc 2238 Pollution Control Equipment Nilfisk Industrial Vacuums 1624 Safety Floor Matting 3M Canada Inc 2238 HTM Sensors 1013 Matta Products Inc. 2339 Safety/Guarding Apparel 3M Canada Inc 2238 AGO Industries Inc 2318 AntecTrade Canada 2207 Safety/Guarding Equipment/Lockouts BUWW COVERINGS 1718 HTM Sensors 1013 Waste Treatment & Recovery Processes & Equipment Rosler Metal Finishing USA LLC 1127 Vibra Finish Ltd 2531

SAFETY GUARDS

Armor aprons Corwhin Tool & Manufacturing Bellows Corwhin Tool & Manufacturing Marktech Inc Roll up covers Corwhin Tool & Manufacturing Marktech Inc Shutter covers Corwhin Tool & Manufacturing Way cover manufacturing Corwhin Tool & Manufacturing Marktech Inc Way cover repairs Corwhin Tool & Manufacturing Marktech Inc

1206 1206 2817 1206 2817 1206 1206 2817 1206 2817

SAWS & CUT-OFF MACHINES Cutoff Grinding Wheels 3M Canada Inc Easy Abrasives LLC Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Norton Abrasives Canada Osborn PFERD Canada Inc Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd Walter Surface Technologies Weiler Corp Saws Prestige Equipment Corporation Tube/Pipe Cut-off Machines Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Stevens Machinery Sales Inc Universal Tool & Engineering

2238 2229 2527 2319 2027 1925 2819 2113 2507 1721 2527 1607 1433

SOFTWARE & MACHINE CONTROLS Computer Hardware Systems & Components Beckhoff Automation Drives Beckhoff Automation Industrial Drive Service Inc Electrical & Electronic Components Beckhoff Automation HTM Sensors Industrial Drive Service Inc Loop Controls Industrial Drive Service Inc Machine Control Hardware & Components Beckhoff Automation Pronic Inc Machine Control Software AceCad Software Beckhoff Automation Machine Monitors Beckhoff Automation Motion Control Products Beckhoff Automation Industrial Drive Service Inc Multicam Canada Motors Beckhoff Automation Industrial Drive Service Inc Sensors & Transducers HTM Sensors Software – Accounting/Job Costing AceCad Software Epicor Software Corp Genius Solutions Global Shop Solutions ISAH Int’l IWI Consulting Company Shoptech Software Software – CAD/CAM AceCad Software Autodesk Canada Bystronic Inc Designfusion In-House Solutions Inc Javelin Technologies Multicam Canada Proto3000 – Objet 3D Printers SpaceClaim Corp Stratasys Inc Software – Cost Estimating AceCad Software Epicor Software Corp Genius Solutions Global Shop Solutions ISAH Int’l

FABTECH CANADA 2012 |

1107 1107 1007 1107 1013 1007 1007 1107 1226 1719 1107 1107 1107 1007 2307 1107 1007 1013 1719 1934 1232 2228 2328 1328 1628 1719 1218 1319 1224 2824 2213 2307 1118 1639 1519 1719 1934 1232 2228 2328

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PRODUCT/SERVICE FINDER IWI Consulting Company Software – CRM (Customer Relationship Management) AceCad Software Epicor Software Corp Global Shop Solutions ISAH Int’l IWI Consulting Company Software – Document Control AceCad Software Autodesk Canada Designfusion Epicor Software Corp Genius Solutions Global Shop Solutions ISAH Int’l IWI Consulting Company

1328 1719 1934 2228 2328 1328 1719 1218 1224 1934 1232 2228 2328 1328

Software – ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) AceCad Software 1719 AX-iom ERP Inc 1334 Epicor Software Corp 1934 Genius Solutions 1232 Global Shop Solutions 2228 ISAH Int’l 2328 IWI Consulting Company 1328 Proto3000 – Objet 3D Printers 1118 Shoptech Software 1628 Software – FMS (Flexible Mfg. Systems) Global Shop Solutions

2228

STAMPING Presses – Deep Drawing Triangle Manufacturing Company

2817

Presses – Dishing Faccin USA Inc

1632

Presses – Fineblanking Principal Manufacturing Corp

1235

Presses – Hydraulic (Gap/C Frame) Amada Canada Ltd 2830,1707, 2830 Triangle Manufacturing Company 2817 Presses – Hydraulic (Servo-Drive) Amada Canada Ltd Presses – Mechanical (Servo-Drive) SIC Marking Automotive Production Equipment Nelson Stud Welding

2306

Capacitor Discharge Welding Nelson Stud Welding

2306

Drawn Arc & Short Cycle Welding Nelson Stud Welding

2306

Software – Inventory/Purchasing AceCad Software Epicor Software Corp Genius Solutions Global Shop Solutions ISAH Int’l IWI Consulting Company Shoptech Software

1719 1934 1232 2228 2328 1328 1628

THERMOPLASTICS

Software – Nesting/Optimization AceCad Software In-House Solutions Inc

1719 2824

Software – OEE Beckhoff Automation

1107

Software – Plant Maintenance Autodesk Canada Global Shop Solutions IWI Consulting Company

1218 2228 1328

Software – Project Management AceCad Software Designfusion Epicor Software Corp Global Shop Solutions ISAH Int’l IWI Consulting Company

1719 1224 1934 2228 2328 1328

Software – Quality Control Autodesk Canada Epicor Software Corp Global Shop Solutions ISAH Int’l IWI Consulting Company Shoptech Software

1218 1934 2228 2328 1328 1628

Software – Scheduling AceCad Software Bystronic Inc Ceridian Canada Epicor Software Corp Global Shop Solutions ISAH Int’l IWI Consulting Company Shoptech Software

1719 1319 1006 1934 2228 2328 1328 1628

Software – Simulation Autodesk Canada Designfusion In-House Solutions Inc Javelin Technologies

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1218 1224 2824 2213

Additive manufacturing Proto3000 – Objet 3D Printers Solaxis Ingenious Manufacturing Complex fixtures Solaxis Ingenious Manufacturing

Tooling – Progressive Die Principal Manufacturing Corp Pronic Inc

1235 1226

Tooling – Punch Presses Amada Canada Ltd MegaFab Trumpf Inc

2830,1707, 2830 1213 1407

WELDING CONSUMABLES Anti-Spatter Compounds Abicor Binzel Canada Inc D/F Machine Specialties Inc Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd

2039 2118 2819

Cut off wheels HTM Sensors Klingspor Abrasives Norton Abrasives Canada Pearl Abrasive Co PFERD Canada Inc Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd Walter Surface Technologies

1013 2324 2319 2107 1925 2819 2113

Electrodes (Copper) Luvata Ohio Inc

2029

Electrodes (Tungsten) Easy Abrasives LLC

2229

Tooling – Roll Forming Formtek Inc MegaFab Metform International Ltd Pronic Inc

1210 1213 1619 1226

Tooling – Tube/Pipe Mills Formtek Inc

1210

Tooling – Urethane Axis Prototypes Polyurethane Products Corp

Flux (Gas Welding/Brazing) Abicor Binzel Canada Inc

2039

1820 2826

Flux (Submerged Arc) D/F Machine Specialties Inc

2118 2039 2118 2758

Scarfing Tool Gem Tool Corporation

1312

2758

Tube/Pipe Assembly Equipment/Systems Horn Machine Tools Inc TSG North America Universal Tool & Engineering Viega LLC

1424 2803 1433 2801

Grinding wheels HTM Sensors Klingspor Abrasives Pearl Abrasive Co Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd

1013 2324 2107 2819

1118 1733

Tube/Pipe CNC Pipe Cutting Horn Machine Tools Inc

1424

Hardfacing/Surfacing (Powder Alloys) D/F Machine Specialties Inc

2118

1733

Tube/Pipe Compression Benders Universal Tool & Engineering

1433

Hardfacing/Surfacing (Strip Cladding) D/F Machine Specialties Inc

2118

Hardfacing/Surfacing (Wire) D/F Machine Specialties Inc Polymet Corp

2118 2758

Metal Cored Wires Changzhou Huarui Welding & Cutting Equip Co Ltd D/F Machine Specialties Inc Polymet Corp

2107 2118 2758 2029 2758

THERMAL SPRAYING Thermal Spray Wires & Powders Polymet Corp

2826 1607 1407

Flux Cored Wire Abicor Binzel Canada Inc D/F Machine Specialties Inc Polymet Corp

Manual & Automatic Stud Welding Equipment Nelson Stud Welding 2306

1218

1719 1006 1934 1232 2228 1328 1628

1537

STUD WELDING

Software – Folding/Unfolding Autodesk Canada

Software – Labour/Order Tracking AceCad Software Ceridian Canada Epicor Software Corp Genius Solutions Global Shop Solutions IWI Consulting Company Shoptech Software

1707, 2830

Tooling – Press Brakes Polyurethane Products Corp Stevens Machinery Sales Inc Trumpf Inc

Customized short-run production Solaxis Ingenious Manufacturing

1733

Prototypes Entire Imaging Proto3000 – Objet 3D Printers Solaxis Ingenious Manufacturing

1835 1118 1733

TOOL & DIE

TUBE & PIPE FABRI­CAT­ING OR WELDING

Tube/Pipe End Forming Equipment Horn Machine Tools Inc Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd Universal Tool & Engineering

1424 2819 1433

Tube/Pipe Expanders Horn Machine Tools Inc Pneutool Parts & Service Co Ltd Universal Tool & Engineering

1424 2819 1433

In-Die Assembly Pronic Inc

1226

In-Die Tapping Principal Manufacturing Corp Pronic Inc

Tube/Pipe Flanging Machines Horn Machine Tools Inc

1424

1235 1226

Tool & Die Design Pronic Inc

Tube/Pipe Flaring Machines Horn Machine Tools Inc Universal Tool & Engineering

Welding Wire Luvata Ohio Inc Polymet Corp

1424 1433

WELDING MACHINES/EQUIPMENT

1226

Tube/Pipe Grooving Machines Horn Machine Tools Inc

1424

Bore Welding Machines & Components D/F Machine Specialties Inc

2118

Tube/Pipe Notching Machines Fein Canadian Power Tool Co Ltd Horn Machine Tools Inc

2527 1424

Chillers – Welding Abicor Binzel Canada Inc Marktech Inc

2039 2817

Tube/Pipe Piercing Machines Horn Machine Tools Inc

Electrode Holders Luvata Ohio Inc

2029

1424

Tube/Pipe Roll Benders Faccin USA Inc Horn Machine Tools Inc Prestige Equipment Corporation TSG North America Universal Tool & Engineering

Water Circulators – Welding Abicor Binzel Canada Inc

2039

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A Pressing Matter Connecticut Spring & Stamping uses Self-Directed Work Teams to improve on-time delivery and quality

For one Connecticut manufacturer of close tolerance precision metal parts, a nearly 20-year commitment to lean manufacturing has naturally evolved into using self-directed work teams (SDWT) to achieve such ambitious objectives as 100% on-time delivery and 100% quality.

With the help of a committed management team, a zealous companywide SDWT champion, dedicated team leaders/ cheerleaders, and most importantly, participation of everyone on the shop floor, Farmington, CT-based Connecticut Spring & Stamping (CSS), is well on its way to meeting its ambitious goals, just two years after launching the initiative. They’ve used several tools to get them to their objectives, including following steps laid out in what some consider the SDWT “Bible,” establishing an achievable, yet challenging reward system, and instituting a new way of visualizing work that synchronizes front end scheduling with actual shop floor execution.

What began as an experiment with one pilot work team, has now been expanded to twenty-one teams that include both shop floor and office processes.

LEAN MANUFACTURING SETS THE STAGE FOR SDWT

CSS embarked on its long lean manufacturing journey in 1994.

Continually looking for a way to embrace a cultural change that would help them reduce waste and increase production, in 2006 they sequestered 34 of their key management and production personnel to brainstorm on ways to implement lean manufacturing at the plant. Since then, CSS has looked at a variety of different approaches (both top-down and bottom-up) to help implement their lean philosophy; management readily admits that some succeeded and some did not.

In 2010, the company began seeking a new approach or

increased level of commitment to help them provide 100% on-time delivery of product to their customers, with 100% quality, and at the same time reduce internal wastes and costs. They opted for the use of self-directed work teams (SDWTs), one of a long line of ideas that had been floated over the years as possible lean initiatives. A SDWT is defined as a group of employees who combine different skills and talents to work, essentially without managerial supervision, toward a common purpose or goal.

And that’s where it got personal for Gaston Pelletier, who was delegated the task of implementing the approach as part of the firm’s 2010-2011 business plan. Gaston, who serves as VP of Continuous Improvement for CSS, came to the industry from Saint Anne, New Brunswick, with a Francophone childhood.

Four years in a small seminary in Point-au-Chene, Quebec would seem a circuitous route to the production floor, but Pelletier’s focus and discipline paid off learning the SDWT philosophy and figuring out how it might work at CSS. Gaston discussed the approach with CBIA (Connecticut Business and Industry Association) to learn if there was any training that he could participate in, and to find out if anyone was using the approach locally. Then, he and a small group visited Dur-A-Flex, Inc., an East Hartford, CT manufacturer of seamless commercial and industrial flooring systems, which had adopted the approach a few years ago.

Gaston really liked what he saw and began getting excited.

He really “saw the light” after reading Leading Self-Directed Work Teams: A Guide to Developing New Team Leadership Skills, by Kimball Fisher. The book is widely cited as the SDWT “Bible,” and provided a much-needed road map that would break down the approach into steps and guide their efforts.

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Auto Loop Team: Job Tracker/Work Flow Board

management team also read it), he began working with a pilot group selected to try out the approach. The group selected was the 11-member automatic loop and torsion (Auto Loop) team, which makes extension springs and complicated wire forms.

When this part comes off a machine, it is usually a finished product and does not require many other processes. As one of the more self-contained of the work groups, auto loop does not rely on many of the other shop departments, making it easier to effect change by their own efforts.

PILOT SELF-DIRECTED WORK TEAM TAKES OFF

With a SDWT, management’s job is to set the initial objectives and then provide all the resources the team requests to accomplish them. The team is also free to develop its own sub-tier objectives; basically steps it wants to take to get to the overall objective (100% on-time delivery of product to their customers, with 100% quality). The team meets frequently, decides on achievable goals, and keeps working toward continuous improvement to accomplish them.

Management is responsible for giving the SDWT the necessary authority to do whatever it takes to improve the process and reach new heights in terms of delivery performance – and then they step aside. “This is definitely the biggest step we have taken on our lean journey,” said Gaston. “We involve all the shop floor people to the ultimate level, and remove management from the picture.” Giving the team the levers to pull led to a gradual taking on of more and more responsibility and ownership.

Gaston himself served as a coach, initially guiding the team but ceding more and more latitude as the auto loop pilot team got rolling. He notes that the team immediately embraced the idea that they could make their own decisions and are in charge of their own destiny.

Once they got going, they held numerous brainstorming sessions and the ideas began to flow. The shop floor workers had always found that there was not an effective feedback mechanism between the shop and the front office. This led to a variety of problems and issues, resulting in reduced performance. For example, detail on jobs was often lacking, there was incomplete understanding of which jobs should be run on which machines, and teams would frequently use different machines for particular jobs but not communicate that back to the front office.

Jobs that required the same tools were scheduled to be set up on the same day on different machines. There were days-long gaps between finishing one job and setting up the next job on particular machines. Sometimes, three jobs with the same start date would be scheduled for one setup person, but no time set aside for set up on the previous week.

One of the first things the team did was to radically alter the way the actual work flow and timing of work among teams was synchronized with the master schedule and electronic systems.

They developed a brand new master schedule job tracker/ work flow board system to help them clearly visualize each job, including how long each will take, which machine it will run on, how much set up time is needed, and which operator is responsible for the job. The scheduling board displays all jobs scheduled for the next 6 months. The scheduling personnel are alerted immediately when there are any conflicts or issues. The team also established a process to continually provide feedback and changes to the master scheduler. The electronic scheduling system was updated with the changes for all future work. This process helped minimize schedule juggling going forward.

In addition to establishing the central job tracker/work flow board as a central communication tool, the team has implemented literally hundreds of other process & quality improvements. Examples include bringing some machines physically closer together, printing the job start date more visibly on work orders, setting up break areas closer to machines so workers don’t need to travel so far for short breaks, establishing a permanent cell for quick die jobs, giving the team leader control of overtime, tracking the time parts should stay in the department compared with the actual amount of time spent in the department, and meeting with the team leader from the material work group to discuss ways to get material to the shop floor faster.

One key to that success is a focus on measurement and posting of individual operator efficiency, because now workers can see the relationship between lost time and on-time performance. Gaston says, “You can’t improve what you don’t measure.” For example, if the goal is to produce 200 parts per hour, individual operators may vary from 150% of the goal to 60-70% of goal. No one is singled out, but there would be a discussion with the team leader on why an operator’s performance is at the lower end. Does the person need more training? Or does he or she need a better or different tool?

EXPANDING THE SDWT’S ACROSS THE FACILITY

According to Steve Dicke, CSS vice president of sales and marketing, one of the most gratifying outcomes is how the boundaries and guidelines for the first team have expanded over time. “I am also pleased that the auto loop pilot team is now training and giving guidance to the 20 other teams we established and are now implementing.”

Gaston concludes by stating that any organization can benefit from the SDWT approach, but it will only be successful with the commitment and support of the management team.

“It takes tremendous effort and commitment from the highest management levels, to the supporting office functions, to the shop floor. But the results are worth it.” CM

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Welding News MORE TUNGSTEN ELECTRODES FROM WELDCRAFT

With the addition of two per cent lanthanated and zirconiated, Weldcraft now offers seven types of premium tungsten electrodes.

Expanding its premium tungsten electrode offering, Weldcraft will now include two per cent lanthanated and zirconiated tungsten electrodes. Like its existing tungsten electrode offering – pure, two per cent ceriated, 1.5 per cent lanthanated, rare earth and two per cent thoriated – the new additions have undergone comprehensive testing to ensure the highest quality and performance.

Weldcraft is the world’s leading manufacturer of GTAW (TIG) welding torches and accessories and offers a broad line of premium products including the Crafter Series, WP Series, MicroTig and Quick Connect System.

The two per cent lanthanated tungsten electrodes provide similar characteristics as the 1.5 per cent lanthanated tungsten electrode, but with improved arc starting and stability, and less tip erosion. They are also a good substitute for two per cent thoriated tungsten electrodes. The new zirconiated tungsten electrodes resist spitting in higher current applications, minimizing the opportunity for tungsten contamination. These electrodes also provide excellent arc starts and stability, and ball up easily in AC applications, ensuring a smooth arc.

Weldcraft offers all of its tungsten electrodes in seven-inch lengths and in five industry-standard diameters (0.040-, 1/16-, 3/32-, 1/8- and 5/32-inch). Each package of 10 tungsten electrodes is colour-coded according to American Welding Society (AWS) A5.12 and ISO 6848 standards: pure – green; two per cent ceriated – grey; 1.5 per cent lanthanated – gold; two per cent lanthanated – blue; rare earth – aqua; two per cent thoriated – red; and zirconiated – brown. www.weldcraft.com

PREVENTING OXYFUEL ACCIDENTS

Accidents with oxyfuel equipment and pressurized gas cylinders can happen if you are a novice or expert and they can have devastating consequences.

Mitigating risks requires following proper procedures when using oxyfuel equipment, but it’s also important to use equipment with safety features than can minimize Regulator disintegrating dangers on the job site. due to oxygen combustive High-pressure oxygen has the

potential to cause a volatile energy release. Contaminants, even minor ones like dust, can combine with oxygen and the heat of compression to form an explosive combination. In the presence of a pure oxygen fire, most materials, even metals, will burn violently. This can turn a gas pressure regulator into a ball of fire. In an effort to minimize these risks and move regulator safety to a higher level, Victor has introduced a new line of regulators called the Edge Series, which include a patentpending, particle trap feature that essentially robs incoming contaminants of their explosive energy by both trapping the particles and diffusing their energy as they enter the regulator.

A simple distraction, unexpected movement or a tangled hose can knock over and turn your gas cylinder into a rocket if it falls on the regulator breaking the gauges, inlet stems and adjusting knobs. New regulator designs incorporate gauge guards and now innovative regulators like the Victor Edge have been engineered to act like a shock absorber in the event of a cylinder accident. The three-stage “Crumple Zone” is built right into the adjusting knob and helps protect against serious cylinder accidents in the event of a fall. www.thermadyne.com/victor

LINCOLN ELECTRIC’S CRUISER TRACTOR

The self-propelled modular Cruiser Tractor from Lincoln Electric brings increased mobility and operator-friendly features to longitudinal submerged arc welding applications common in bridge and barge decking, large tank fabrication and shipbuilding.

When used with the Power Wave AC/DC 1000 SD power source, the Cruiser travel carriage can deliver deposition rates of up to 60 pounds per hour for butt and fillet joints on lengthy plate welding applications.

Rated for 1,000 amps at 100 per cent duty cycle, the feeder can handle 1/16 – 7/32 inches (1.6 – 5.6 mil­li­metres) submerged arc wire diameters at travel speeds ranging from 10 to 100 inches per minute (0.25 – 2.5 The operator-friendly Cruiser Tractor m/min), depending on gear ratio used.

The Cruiser Tractor has a sturdy welded base frame and substantial steel mast that stands up to daily construction site use. Heavy-duty, ceramic-coated adjustment rails and simple cast wheels go with the robust tube-and-clamp design and adjustable extended length outriggers. It also has advanced control pendant that can be used to save procedures, and apply limits and lockouts for any or all controls. Common expendable parts are shared with the MAXsa submerged arc wire drives. www.lincolnelectric.com

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Cutting and Heating with Alternative Fuels

Successfully switching from acetylene to fuel gases such as propane and propylene requires a modest equipment change and learning a few new techniques.

By John Henderson, Senior Product Manager, Thermadyne ........................................................................................

Due to supply chain issues with acetylene during the spring of 2011, industries using oxy-fuel have explored using alternative fuels for their heating and cutting requirements. Common alternative fuels include propylene, propane and natural gas, as well as proprietary gas blends.

Over the years, an unfortunate number of misconceptions and myths arose surrounding alternative fuels. This article sets some of the facts straight and provides hand-held torch operators with the most critical information: how to select the right equipment and how to use the right techniques to successfully cut and heat with alternative fuels.

FUEL CHARACTERISTICS

Without going into too many technical details, there are some important differences in the fuel gases (see Fig. 1).

Fig. 1—Basic Characteristics of Fuel Gases Fuel Gas

Acetylene

Propylene

Propane

Natural Gas

Burning Velocity

22.7 fps

15.0 fps

12.2 fps

15.2 fps

Specific Gravity (air = 1)

0.91

1.45

1.55

0.62

Neutral Flame Temp

5,720°F

5,240°F

4,579°F

4,600°F

Total BTUs/ft3

1470

2372

2563

1050

– Primary Flame BTU

507

403

295

55

– Secondary Flame BTU

963

1969

2268

995

First, alternative fuels have a tendency to “float” up or down.

Natural gas is lighter than air, while propane and propylene are heavier. Acetylene is very close to that of air, so it won’t float as much. Because of these differences, operators need to learn different techniques for lighting a torch using alternative fuels.

Second, different gases have different burning rates at which the gas burns back toward the torch tip (while a flame may look as if it’s burning away from the torch, the opposite is actually happening). Alternative fuels have slower rates than acetylene.

Achieving proper flame attachment, or the standoff between the end of the tip and ignition point of the flame, requires using tips specifically engineered to accommodate the particular burning rate of the fuel gas.

Third are the heating characteristics of the gases. Acetylene releases a majority of its heat (BTUs) in the primary flame, which is why acetylene has a concentrated heat output. Alternative fuels release more of their heat in the secondary flame and create more of a “soaking” or “quenching” type heat. As an example, when heating a large plate with alternative fuels, you can easily heat the whole plate cherry red. With acetylene, the starting point will have darkened by the time the torch reaches the end of the plate.

COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS

One big misconception is that alternative fuels can’t be used for welding steel because the flame is not hot enough.

Considering carbon steel alloys melt between 2,500-2,800°F, this is quite inaccurate. The real reason is that alternative fuels don’t create any shielding gas. Conversely, a proper mixture of oxygen and acetylene with a neutral flame produces CO2, which in turn shields the molten weld puddle from atmospheric contamination. Realistically speaking, this is not much of a drawback, as most industries have substituted other processes for oxy-fuel welding.

Another misconception is that because alternative fuels are not quite as hot, they don’t cut as well. When cutting, the oxygen stream does the real work. After all, oxy-fuel cutting is nothing more than high-speed oxidation, or the common rusting of steel.

All of the commercially available fuel gases have a high enough flame temperature to achieve the desired results when using the correct equipment and proper techniques.

EQUIPMENT CONSIDERATIONS

The core elements of a cutting system are the regulator, the hose, the torch and the cutting tips.

Regulator. The safety standard ANZI Z49.1-2005 Safety in Welding, Cutting and Allied Processes clearly states: “Pressure reducing regulators shall be used only for the gas and pressures for which they are labeled.” A regulator for use with propane or propylene must be marked “L.P. Gas” to indicate that it can be used with liquefied petroleum fuel gases (see Fig. 2).

Fig. 2—Safety codes require using a regulator specifically marked for alternative fuels, such as this L.P. regulator for propane, natural gas and propylene.

Victor EDGE series models are color-coded and labeled for easy identification; use orange for L.P and green for oxygen. High capacity choices for propylene, propane and natural gas include the ESS4-40-510LP and ESS4-125-510LP, while medium capacity

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EDGE regulators include the ESS3-40-510LP and ESS3-125-510LP. Be sure to select a regulator with a “510” CGA (Compressed Gas Association) connection and sufficient delivery pressure for the application. While alternative fuels are safer to use because they do not have the delivery pressure, withdraw rate and storage issues associated with acetylene, Victor still recommends consulting with a welding supply distributor when switching to a new fuel gas.

Hose. CGA and RMA (Rubber Manufacturers Association) recommend a Grade T hose (Fig. 3) for alternative fuels. The neoprene liner of this hose will not allow the liquid phase of an alternative fuel to permeate through it. Grade R and RM hose (the grades sometimes used for acetylene) can potentially allow Fig. 5—Shown L-R are tips for propylene, acetylene and propane/natural gas. Note that the recessed tips for propylene and propane are engineered to optimize flame attachment when using fuel gases with slower burning velocities.

standoff, so acetylene tips are flat and manufactured as a single piece.

Note that while “one-size-fits-all” alternative fuel tips are available, they can lead to frustration. A recess difference of 1/8 inch between propane and propylene might seem small, but it makes a huge performance difference.

LIGHTING PROCEDURE Fig. 3—Replace R or RM hoses with a Grade T hose.

liquefied gas to permeate through the gas hose and into the oxygen hose.

Torch. Torches mix fuel gas and oxygen using different technologies. Those with a “spiral” or “equal pressure” mixer are calibrated to work with both lower-pressure fuels (Alternative) and higher-pressure fuels (Acetylene). These torches keep the gas pressurized and mix them via turbulence between the handle and the torch head (Fig. 4). There is no need to change equipment when switching to alternative fuels when using torches of this design.

Some other torches feature an “injector” or “venturi” style

As noted, alternative fuels have a tendency to float, so operators should learn three methods of lighting a torch — one will definitely work. In all cases, when using a standard combination torch, first open oxygen valve on the handle all the way (Fig. 6) and adjust the flame from the oxygen valve on the cutting attachment. This ensures maximum oxygen flow to the cutting lever.

Technique 1. Open the fuel valve 1⁄4 turn and light. Then, open

Fig. 4—Torches featuring a “spiral” or “universal” gas mixer design deliver optimum performance with all cutting fuels.

mixer that does not pressurize the fuel gas; the oxygen actually “siphons” the fuel out at the mixing point. These torches are best used for work at 2 psi and below, a rare occasion.

Victor torches feature a Universal Gas Mixer that combines the spiral and injector principles. The result is a high-performance torch that operates on any fuel gas delivered at 2 psi and above.

Tips. As noted earlier, fuel gases burn at different velocities.

Manufacturers such as Victor engineer consumables to match the characteristics of each fuel gas. Specifically, the slower burning rate of alternative fuels requires using a recessed tip to create more space for proper flame attachment (Fig. 5).

Alternative fuel tips with a two-piece design provide the best performance. The burning rate of acetylene creates a natural

Fig. 6—Open the cutting oxygen valve all the way so as not to restrict cutting performance.

the oxygen preheat valve 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 turn and “walk up” the flame — more on this technique in the next section.

Technique 2 (see Fig. 7). Open the fuel valve 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 turn and light. Place the tip on the workpiece at about a 45-degree angle, open the oxygen preheat valve 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 turn until the flame “snaps” into place, then walk up the flame as normal. Use this technique on a windy day, if the shop fan is blowing on the work area or if the flame goes out when using technique 1.

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Fig. 7—To light a torch in windy conditions, place the tip against the workpiece at a 45-degree angle, open the fuel valve 1⁄4 to 1 ⁄2 turn and light; keep the tip against the workpiece to apply backpressure and open the preheat oxygen valve until the flame “snaps” into place.

Fig. 8—With the flame lit, walk up the flame by alternately adding fuel and oxygen.

Fig. 9—A good neutral flame with alternative fuel gases has clearly defined primary flame cones.

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7 light the flame as soon as possible and walk up the flame.

In addition to different lighting procedures, alternative fuels require a different shut off procedure: always shut off the oxygen first, alternative fuel gas last. Note that all other standard safety procedures, especially those for personal protective equipment, apply to alternative fuel gases.

ACHIEVING A NEUTRAL FLAME

Alternative fuels require a different technique to achieve a neutral flame. Acetylene requires increasing gas flow to the point where soot discharge disappears (or when the flame achieves a small standoff from the tip) and then adding oxygen until the secondary flames recede to the point where they are even with the primary flames, or the “luminous cones” at the tip.

With alternative fuels, the flame needs to be “walked up” or “forced” to prevent starving or extinguishing the flame.

After lighting the torch and adding the initial preheat oxygen, alternately add more fuel and more oxygen (Fig. 8) by opening the respective valves 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 turn at a time until the fuel gas valve is completely (or almost completely) open. Then add oxygen

until the flame creates a loud whistling sound and the primary cones reach their shortest point (Fig. 9). Depress the cutting oxygen lever and readjust the preheat oxygen if necessary. Note that with propylene, adding a small additional amount of preheat oxygen will produce a more concentrated flame with a heat pattern similar to acetylene.

To check for a neutral flame, place the torch perpendicular to and near the surface of the workpiece. The preheat flames will create a star pattern with clearly defined legs about 2-3 inches long (Fig. 10). An oxidizing flame will have shorter and sharper legs, where a carburizing flame has longer and more feathery legs. Also, properly set neutral flames look distinctly different with different fuel gases (Fig. 11).

CUTTING TIPS & TECHNIQUES

When using alternative fuels, common troubles can be addressed simply by using different cutting tips. For example, some people say that preheat times are too long. In this instance, replace the General Purpose (GP*) tip with a Heavier Preheat (HP*) tip. With Victor, GP tips have 18 preheat slots

Fig. 10 (above)—Another way to check for a good neutral flame with alternative fuel gases is to look for a clearly defined star pattern created by the primary flames.

Fig. 11 (right) —A common mistake is trying to set an alternative fuel flame so that it looks like an acetylene flame. As shown here, alternative fuels create wider and shorter neutral flames.

Fig. 12—Alternative fuels create a soaking heat that works very well when heating a large workpiece.

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versus HP tips that have 22 slots. The four additional slots allow HP tips to apply more heat to the contact area, enabling alternative fuels to nearly match the preheat time of acetylene.

In addition, HP tips make lighting of the fuel gas easier, which can help when working outdoors or in windy areas. When working with high alloy plate, extremely rusty plate or when beveling, HP tips can also improve performance.

Note that Victor offers these heavier preheat tips for both propylene (model “HPP”) and natural gas/propane (HPN).

Cutting tip sizes are identical for those used with acetylene.

Victor also offers alternative fuel tips for gouging, rivet washing and cutting close to bulkheads.

HEATING NOZZLES

Just as with cutting, heating with alternative fuels requires different nozzles to accommodate their burning rates, and they use the same lighting techniques noted above. For those currently using a Victor MFA (multi-flame attachment) heating head, the best Victor replacement product is the Type 55 multiflame heating nozzle.

When working with alternative fuels, remember that they have a more soaking type heat that heats a larger area faster (Fig. 12) compared to acetylene.

For alternative fuel applications that require concentrated heating, Victor offers the Concentrated Heat Tip (CHT) adapter.

This adapter transforms a standard HPP or HPN cutting tip (size 5 is good for most applications) into a heating tip by enabling mixed gases to flow through all orifices and by transforming the center cutting stream into a concentrated heating stream (Fig. 13).

Fig. 13—For heating a narrower area, such as straightening, bending and forming of plate, use a concentrated heat tip (CHT) adapter that transforms a standard HPN or HPP cutting tip into a heating tip.

SUMMARY

When switching from acetylene to alternative fuels, switch to the appropriate regulator, a Grade T hose and cutting and heating tips designed to optimize performance with alternative fuels. There is no need to change the torch as long as it uses a “universal” or “spiral” type gas mixer and gas delivery is above 2 psi. Some alternative fuel tips have recommended pressure settings that are different from acetylene.

By following the guidelines in this article and viewing the associated video tutorial at http://www.thermadyne.com/victor, companies will be able to do everything with alternative fuels that they can do with acetylene. The only exception is welding.

Thermadyne® would like to express its thanks to the Industrial & Engineering Technical Division at Waukesha County Technical College for use of its Pewaukee, Wis., facilities when developing this article. CM

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Thoroughly Modern Milling Line expansions and new machines from multiple manufacturers give shops more options

By Jim Anderton, Editor .........................................................................................................................................

Is offshoring dead? With increasing costs of manufacturing across the Pacific, combined with higher fuel-driven shipping costs, 2012 may be the year of re-shoring in the metalworking industry. In milling, multiple new machines are launching with higher feeds and speeds plus more sophisticated controls and plant integration

DMG/MORI SEIKI

As part of DMG/Mori Seiki’s global integration effort, the firm’s recent Deckel MAHO open house in Pfronten, Germany saw the simultaneous launch of five new milling machines. The new DMC 60 H linear horizontal centre is part of a growng trend which is blurring the lines beteen turning and milling, with an optional 5-axis machining capablity with a swivel rotary table. Mori Seiki launched the NHX 4000 horizontal centres, which are designed to accept the Siemens 840D Solutionline or the MAPPS IV control. DECKEL MAHO Pfronten GmbH has started production of this unit for the European market. Also introduce at the event was the DMU 85 FD monoBLOCK NEXT GENERATION, which can support up to 1000 kg loads under a 35kW, 18,000 rpm spindle. The new DMC 65 monoBLOCK with pallet changer is a small footprint centre with 500mm X 500mm pallet area and 500kg capacity. The fifth new model launched was the DECKEL MAHO Seebach DMU 80 eVo, with a new swivel rotary table design that increases table load, swivel area and dynamics,

with an optimisd gantry” design for better workpiece access.

The linear drive machine can change pallets in as little as 12 seconds. For more on the DMG/Mori Seiki event, see page 8. http://ca-en.dmg.com www.ellisontechnologies.com

MC MACHINERY SYSTEMS, INC.

MC Machinery Systems, Inc. has expanded its product supply chain with the new MC Milling line. The Diamond Cut general milling line is comprised of five series of vertical machining centers and drilling and tapping machines. The MCV Series is a general purpose machining center featuring two spindle/ tooling system types. The CAT-40 tooling system uses an 8,000 RPM motor and the CAT-50 tooling uses a 6,000 RPM motor.

It performs well in a wide variety of applications including fixtures, mold base, and secondary operations. The series comes with coolant-thru-spindle preparation and an M70 Mitsubishi controller. The machine can be equipped with a ZF gearbox to achieve four times the torque of a standard motor.

The DV Series is a general purpose machine, featuring a

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15,000 RPM direct drive spindle and CAT-40 tooling. It can accommodate smaller cutting tools for more intricate milling work, and is a popular choice among job shops because of its wide range of applications. The series also comes with coolantthru-spindle preparation and an M70 Mitsubishi controller.

The DM Series features a 20,000 RPM HSK-A63 spindle, which features a more rigid and accurate tooling system. This series excels in close-tolerance work and is ideal for applications in mold and die. The 32-position automatic tool changer provides better tool life management and boosts machine productivity.

An M720 Mitsubishi controller, linear scales, and roller guide ways are standard features of the DM Series.

The SV Series is built with a heavy-duty box way construction in the X, Y, and Z axes, ideal for rigidity and stability in large parts. The machine excels in maximum material removal with its ability to handle bigger tools. The machine features a 10,000 RPM spindle, CAT-50 tooling, and hand-scraped box way guides, for years of accuracy and durability. The series comes with coolant-thru-spindle preparation, an M70 Mitsubishi controller, and optional ZF gearbox for higher torque.

The TV Series of drill/tap machines feature 24,000 RPM high-speed spindle driven by a 5HP motor. BBT-30 dual contact tooling delivers extra rigidity and better Z depth control during operation. The fast and simple, two-second tool changes provide multi-axis machining all in one setup. A bi-directional tool magazine is driven through advanced PLC software, which is achieved through the M70 Mitsubishi controller. A CAMdriven tool magazine allows rotation and accuracy and smooth motion even while large tools are loading. www.mitsubishi-world.com

workpieces in a true 5-axis simultaneous high-speed fashion via linear motor technology in the main machine axes and optimized direct-drive motors for the B and C axes, resulting in high precision and superior part surface finishes. The machine’s 36,000-RPM vector spindle also assists in providing excellent surface finish and part detail, while significantly reducing machining time for semi-finishing and finishing operations.

With 31.49” X-axis and 23.62” Y-axis travels, the HSM 600U LP accommodates larger workpieces for a wide range of applications, including hard metal machining. The machine’s portal

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Building on the firm’s compact 5-axis MIKRON HSM 400U LP highspeed milling center, GF Agie Charmilles has developed a largersize machine platform called the MIKRON HSM 600U LP, creating a family of linear motor full 5-axis simultaneous machining solutions that the company states sets a benchmark for speed.

GF Agie Charmilles developed the “U” version of its MIKRON HSM LP (linear performance) milling centers to machine

and base are made of polymer granite, which provides excellent vibration damping that is approximately 10 times greater than cast iron.

The milling center is also ideal for prototype production, die making and fully automated, low-volume series production

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where accuracy and surface finish are critical. The HSM 600U LP’s superior 32.81 ft/s2 acceleration enables it to reach highprogrammed feedrates of 196 ft/min in serial production.

Because high levels of heat develop in drive groups over prolonged periods of high-axis feedrates, the HSM 600U LP employs a sophisticated thermal management system. Each of the linear axes as well as the round-swivel unit features a cooling unit to systematically draw the heat out of the machine, creating geometric stability and high repeatability of movement.

To avoid inconsistent loading of small tools and 3D geometry errors due to the inaccurate measurement of those tools, the HSM 600U LP features Intelligent Tool Measurement (ITM). The ITM records the complete tool tip up to a diameter of 0.47” on image sensors. Special software cleans and measures the recorded tool geometry for repeatability in the micrometer range. The HSM 600U LP can run 24/7 unattended using its optional MIKRON pallet magazines with System 3R and Erowa interfaces. These fully integrated pallet magazines can be loaded without interrupting cutting operations already in progress. www.elliottmachinery.com

System into the INTEGREX i-400ST to dampen vibration to extend tool life, handle higher load capacities, accelerate and decelerate quicker to shorten cycle times, consume less oil for “greener” operations, and last longer with less required maintenance. As a Mazak Multi-Tasking machine, the INTEGREX i-400 ST is a Level 4 machine in the company’s Five Levels of Multi-Tasking, which were developed as an effective way for manufacturers to determine the best multi-tasking technology for meeting their specific application and process needs.

Within the Five Levels of Multi-Tasking, Level 1 machines typically offer a single turning spindle and drum-style turret with rotating tool capability for processing minimally complex workpieces.

Level 2 machines add Y-axis functionality to machine drum turrets for off-center operations and Done-In-One machining together with either a twin spindle and milling turret or twin spindle/twin turret machine configuration. Level 3 Multi-Tasking machines feature independent milling spindle headstocks with B-axis indexing, as well as Y-axis travels and tool storage magazines. Level 4 machines emphasize automation and processing large or highly complex workpieces using full, simultaneous 5-axis machining. Level 5 is the addition of specialized machining tasks, such as gear cutting, honing and grinding, that transform Level 4 machines into Level 5 Ultra-Tasking machines that process even the most demanding and complex parts complete in single setups. www.mazakusa.com

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The new Mazak INTEGREX i-400ST Multi-Tasking Center’s two turning spindles, milling spindle and lower turret allow shops to process first and second operations simultaneously or perform required sequential operations on a single workpiece.

The INTEGREX i-400ST features main and opposing horizontal turning spindles capable of indexing in 0.0001-degree increments. The main turning spindle is a 40 hp (30 kW) integral spindle motor that provides a 3,300 rpm maximum spindle speed, while the second, opposed headstock features a 35 hp (26 kW) integral spindle motor and 4,000 rpm top speed. Additionally, a 35 hp (26 kW), 12,000-rpm integral motor milling spindle rotates in the B-axis throughout a range of +210 and –30 degrees from vertical.

The milling spindle also travels a generous +/- 4.92” (125 mm) in the Y-axis and is supplied with tools from a 36-tool magazine. For increased versatility, the INTEGREX i-400ST accommodates workpieces up to 25.9” (658 mm) in diameter and 59.8” (1,519 mm) long.

The machine’s lower drum turret carries 9 turning tools or 6 rotary tools, and can work at either the main or second spindle with the same tool. This makes it possible for the turret to perform balanced cutting operations on one part working in tandem with the machine’s vertical milling spindle. Milling can also be done with the lower turret to provide the option of simultaneously processing a second operation in the machine’s second spindle. Or first and second operations can be done simultaneously on one workpiece.

Additionally, Mazak integrates its MX Hybrid Roller Guide

Methods Machine Tools, Inc., has introduced High Performance FEELER FV-Series Double Column Bridge Mills featuring extensive design and engineering by Methods.

“The main structural components of FEELER Bridge Mills are manufactured from heavily ribbed cast iron to ensure excellent surface finishes on large, complex parts,” said Mr. Paul Hurtig, FEELER Product Manager, Methods Machine Tools, Inc. “Examples of components include massive gearbox housings, nacelles on wind turbines and pumps, or valve housings for the oil and gas industry.”

FEELER Bridge Mills feature a stepped Y-Axis beam and weigh up to 82 tons, contributing significantly to rigidity. For maximum power and torque at low rpm’s, FEELER Bridge Mills use a German ZF gearbox with a 1:4 gear ratio.

Built for large part production, FEELER FV-Series Bridge Mills feature THK linear guideways on the X-Axis, and Schneeberger roller linear guideways on the Y-Axis. X-Axis travels range from 85” (2,160mm) to 284” (7,200mm), and Y-Axis travels range from 55” (1,400mm) to 158” (4,000mm). The Z-Axis uses boxway construction and travel is 35.4” (900mm) with 47.2” (1,200mm) of travel available as an option. The Methods-FEELER FV-Series of Bridge Mills includes 19 models available with either 40-Taper 15,000 rpm, 30 HP spindles or 50-Taper 6,000 rpm, 35 HP spindles. Distance between columns ranges from 63” (1,600mm) to 138” (3,500mm). The standard automatic tool changer holds 32 tools. 60, 90 and 120 tool configurations are available as options. The FANUC18i-MB (B) with HPCC control is standard on the 40-Taper FEELER Bridge Mills and the 50-Taper models use the FANUC 18i-MB (A) control. CM www.methodsmachine.com.

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In Deep There are different technologies for drilling high L/D holesâ&#x20AC;Ś but the basic rules still apply

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“What’s the best system? It depends on the

diameter, L/D, production volume and available equipment.”

The Walter Titex XD70 (the XD designation stands for “extremely deep”) can produce holes up to a 70xD in one operation, and does not require pecking. Previous XD technology product offerings topped out at 30xD. Along with its design, manufacturing innovations have contributed to the 70xD’s increase in performance. Walter is using a new method of producing solid carbide blanks, making it possible to efficiently manufacture this type of long solid carbide drill. In addition, a special grinding process is also employed. As is the case with all XD drills, cooling for the XD70 is provided via internal coolant channels.

However, despite the great drilling depth, no special coolant equipment, such as an external high-pressure system, is required. The XD70 technology is currently being offered in diameters ranging from 5 to 12 mm.

Two tip coatings are available depending on the workpiece material: TTP for steels and XPL for cast iron. www.walter-tools.com/us

It used to be simply called “gun drilling”. With a history that goes back centuries to early cannon production, deep hole drilling is probably the oldest of machining techniques and was historically one of the most difficult to master. Today, “deep” usually refers to L/D ratios of 10 or up, although the trend is to push the limits into the twenties or even higher. The challenges go up with the L/D ratio; issues such as run out, surface finish, chip clearance and cooling. Unless you’re hogging out truly big holes, the definition of high L/D means very limited ability to add mass to the tool to increase rigidity, making deep hole drilling a technical class of its own.

TOUGHER THAN IT LOOKS

The high L/D nature of deep hole drilling adds a problem that’s easier to address in other machining techniques, the highly asymmetrical forces that the tool can tolerate. Fast, profitable drilling requires lots of axial loading, which is the force axis that drills can handle with ease. Even a moderate side load, however, means deflection that can rapidly bring the hole out of spec in several axes as well as affecting concentricity and finish. Boring processes with larger holes get around this with tool holding technologies that use stiff materials, adjustability and lots of mass to keep things straight and stiff. Drilling buries

the tool in the cut and drastically reduces the available cross sectional area of the shank. Adding stiffness here is all about high-strength alloys and balanced cutting across multiple edges.

Drilling seems low-tech compared to boring, but in many ways it’s more complex and difficult to achieve straight, true and concentric holes. High L/D puts a premium on the cutting tool, while boring literally leans on the tool holder for strength.

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ISCAR’s New Deep Hole Drilling System is a new modular system of brazed and indexable threaded drilling heads with single or double tube shank types, expands the application range of gundrills. Using this new system is much more productive than using a standard gundrill and should be considered the first choice for deep drilling. The deep hole drilling system features a cooling fluid. In the case of a single tube (STS) it is introduced through the gap between the drill and the hole, conveying the chips through the tube. With the double tube system (DTS), the cooling fluid is introduced between the tubes and conveys the chips through the inner tube.

It is recommended to use this new system for applications where the drilling depth to diameter ratio is more than 10. The diameter range is 8 – 250 mm (.315” – 10”) and the possible depth ratio is up to 300D. www.iscar.ca

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In the beginning, drilling deep meant backing out of the cut frequently for chip clearing, cooling and sharpening of the HSS bit, making the process time consuming and expensive. For one-off work in mild steel or utility aluminum grades, that practice still exists, but for modern production shops, three primary techniques are popular in deep hole making: gun drilling, single tube and double tube.

Gun drills use a hollow shank, which feeds coolant to holes in the cutter head, with a return path for fluid and chips along external flutes. It’s the simplest system, but the need to push coolant through the tool shank takes lots of pressure, sometime requiring modification of conventional equipment. Diameters of 0.01 inch or smaller are possible, although many shops choose more advanced single and double tube techniques for holes larger than half an inch, especially in stainless and titanium alloys.

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Sandvik Coromant’s CoroDrill 861 provides the high stability for accurate deep holes to depths up to 30 x drill diameter, without pecking. High speeds and feeds allow greater productivity to reduce cost per hole. The CoroDrill 861 works with a wide range of materials, in conventional drilling, cross holes, and angled faces. ACM (Advanced Chip Management) flute geometry encourages small and manageable chips, and specially designed point geometry helps to reduce thrust forces. Consistent edge preparation protects the cutting edge from premature chipping and flaking, while double offset margin patented geometry offers greater stability to the drilling operation. Internal coolant holes deliver coolant directly to the tip of the drill even at deep drilling depths. www.sandvik.coromant.com

Single tube reverses the coolant flow, pushing it down the wall of the drilled hole, returning with the chip stream through the centre of the tool shank. The system is superior to gun drilling and is simple and reliable especially for production jobs, but it is necessary to seal the hole for coolant flow and to ensure that cutting inserts break chips effectively for free passage with the coolant return flow.

The third technique, called “double wall”, “ejector” or “DTS” uses a double-walled tool that allows the passage of coolant down through the tool shank and back through a centre channel like the single tube system, but with less flow restriction, allowing lower coolant pressures for similar performance. Tools in this category are more expensive, but there is a major advantage besides lower coolant pressure: DTS allows BCP_QT_PAGE_AD_FINAL_RESIZED.pdf 1 10/17/11 12:30 PM the use of many conventional machine tools with

BIG Kaiser has introduced the new Power-Phoenix extra long high performance drill series. The drills are designed for optimal performance in deep hole applications in steel, stainless steel, cast iron, aluminum and titanium. Power-Phoenix drills feature a 137° point angle and four-margin geometry (above Ø2.0mm) for stability, ensuring a straight hole even in deep drilling applications. A unique point grind ensures consistent chip formation, while specially designed polished flutes allow for rapid chip evacuation. Through-coolant capability is standard, and the Power-Phoenix was designed to perform with even low coolant pressure down to 290 PSI (20 bar).

The diameter range available is 1.0-12.7mm for the 16D version, and 2.0-10.0mm for the rest of the drill series – 20D, 25D, 30D. www.bigkaiser.com

reasonable rigidity, a major plus for shops that can’t justify dedicated deep hole machinery. What’s the best system? It depends on the required hole attributes, production volume and available equipment, but the key for users starting with production deep hole drilling is to establish a good working relationship with a reliable tooling supplier. In many cases it can be as simple as providing basic information about the desired hole parameters, available equipment and cost targets to a sales engineer or technical department and they will recommend the right system. It’s a quick way to climb the deep hole learning curve and another reason to deal with tool suppliers with technical resources on the ground. The lowest cost holes often require tooling with higher up front costs…but in the end, it’s still about productivity. For shops deep into deep hole, cutting corners with tooling is simply too expensive. CM

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The Cutting Tool Edge Tapping Overview

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There have been a few big developments on the tapping front, with new taps designed specifically for the renewable energy sector, the return of a once discontinued tap and the launch of what’s being billed as the industry’s first general purpose, high-performance tap.

There is disagreement however, about the future of tapping, with some pundits predicting that thread milling will increasingly encroach on tap territory.

“I think for 80 percent of applications, thread milling is more advantageous than tapping,” says David Vetrecin, holemaking product manager for the Oakville, Ontario-based Iscar Tools Inc. Vetrecin does concede that, “in the deep, small diameter holes, it’s probably more advantageous to tap than thread because of the rigidity.”

The issue of rigidity, however, also triggers strong opinions.

“Rigidity is not as important for tapping applications as in other machining processes. A tap must be able to follow an existing hole and extremely rigid systems may put undue side pressures on the tap leading to failure,” says Alan Miller, engineering manager and product manager of tooling systems

at Big Kaiser, headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

While there’s a noticeable trend towards solid carbide taps, carbide too “has its limitations,” says Tom Guilfoyle, regional application specialist for Precision Dormer, in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Among other things, “solid carbide taps are relatively expensive,” says Guilfoyle, who is based out of Detroit Michigan.

Faster tapping — something Canadian Metalworking has referred to as “the Holy Grail of machining” — is also on the radar.

“The key to successful high-speed rigid tapping is reducing the forces applied to the tap. A compensating system will allow the tap to follow the existing drilled hole and not re-cut the thread on the way back out,” says Miller.

As for the future, most pundits play down the thread milling threat.

“Tapping will always be faster than thread milling and it’s user-friendly with respect to the operator of the machine,” says Frank Joswig, Guelph, Ontario-based district manager of Emuge’s Canadian operations.

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limitations on [penetration] ... the maximum depth practically with a thread mill is two times diameter of the thread ... with tapping, I can go three, four times depending on the material we’re cutting,” Joswig continues.

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Emuge, the self-described “leader in tapping technology for more than 90 years” has two major offerings: the MultiTAP is the industry’s first general purpose, high-performance tap, says Emuge, while the Rekord DZBF series of taps tackles the pesky problem of ‘bird nesting’.

Based in West Boylston, Massachusetts, Emuge is a subsidiary of German company Emuge-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. Emuge released the MultiTAP in 2010 and the Rekord DZBF Series last year.

MultiTAP is made from a “proprietary grade” of HSS-E high speed steel, says Joswig.

Big Kaiser Precision Tooling released the appropriately named Mega Synchro Tapping Holder in 2010.

“The system was designed from the ground up specifically for rigid tapping. The system uses a steel taper adapter, an integral tap collet with various lengths and is held together with a screw that uses a special polymer bushing as a cushion,” says Miller.

Big Kaiser says the Mega Synchro Tapping Holder can

compensate for synchronization errors during rigid tapping with any tap.

“The polymer bushing allows just enough give to compensate for the stack up of synchronization errors (machine feed, spindle rotation and tap pitch),” explains Miller.

By reducing thrust loads caused by synchronization errors up to 90 percent, Mega Synchro improves thread quality and boosts tool life.

Big Kaiser will be introducing a smaller Mega Synchro system at the upcoming International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) scheduled this September in Chicago, says Miller. www.bigkaiser.com

MultiTAP’s surface has been Nitrided and is designed to produce threads within both 2B and 3B classes of fit. The tap is geared towards job shops and manufacturers who do short and medium-run threading applications. MultiTAP will improve thread quality, boost output and reduce production costs as it eliminates the need to stock up on different taps in the tool crib, promises Emuge.

Asked if MultiTAP can handle long-chip materials such as carbon steel and or alloy steel, Joswig says “absolutely.”

“We have two designs — a spiral flute for blind holes and a spiral point for through holes. It’s designed for long-chip materials, short-chip materials, cast-iron, ductile-iron, cast aluminum, etc,” says Joswig.

The MultiTAP can also cut stainless steel, copper, brass and bronze, among other materials.

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Nitride (TiN) for improved thread finishes and increased tool life. The Rekord DZBF Series utilizes CBTZ (Chip Breaking Tapping Technology) developed by Emuge.

“CBTZ technology features a newly developed cutting face geometry and spiral flute form, which combine to optimize chip flow, curl and length ... this innovative technology produces short, broken, controllable chip formations that eliminate flute clogging and potential failure of the machine tap due to chipped cutting teeth or breakage,” explains the company.

CBTZ technology offers improved tool life, increased operator safety, better surface finish and “eliminates the problem of ‘bird nesting’ — when the chips wrap around the tap shank,” says Joswig.

Also called ‘chip nesting’, this phenomenon often occurs when tapping carbon steels, alloy steels and austenitic stainless steels.

The Rekord DZBF Series taps can be used in both horizontal and vertical machining applications and is ideal for machining in the energy sector, says Emuge. www.emuge.com

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Precision Dormer is re-releasing the Applix high performance tap line.

“The Applix tap was very popular years ago ... this is the re-launch of a product that had been discontinued ... a lot of people are excited that this tool is making a re-entry into the machining marketplace,” says Guilfoyle.

Among other details, the new version features some “improvements in coating” he adds.

In fact, taps in the Applix series (which are made from premium quality powdered metal) boast an array of coatings: TiCN (Titanium Chromium Nitride) for low heat applications and TiALN (Titanium Aluminum Nitride) for abrasive materials or materials that generate heat.

“We also have a roll-form tap to roll the threads as opposed to cut the threads — and the coating we use there is Titanium Nitride (TiN),” says Guilfoyle.

There are several variations within the Applix family, including the Spiral Flute MXL line for blind hole operations and the Spiral Point MXP line for through hole operations.

For anyone who wants to machine both through and blind holes and boost their productivity or speed, Precision Dormer offers the MXR line of threadforming taps. The HMD series, meanwhile, is recommended for machining hardened materials (up to 45 Rc).

“Historically people have bought one high performance tap for steel, another for stainless steel and another one for super alloy material ... this tool that we’re unveiling, will be able to do all those materials

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with one tap,” says Guilfoyle.

Asked if the Applix is suitable for small firms, he says, “You can use it in small shops. Of course, the people doing higher volume production are going to probably see [more] benefits, because the concept we sell is not really the price of the tap but how much mileage and how many parts you get out of the tap.”

Precision Dormer sells its taps to an array of industries, including medical, aerospace, oil, automotive and energy — “pretty much anybody drilling holes or threading holes, we’re in that industry,” says Guilfoyle. www.precisiondormer.com

take the carbide plate out, put a new carbide plate in,” says Ruff.

The Morex-R can reduce tool costs by 20 – 40 percent, depending on tool dimensions and applications, promises Komet.

These roll form taps are available with either a central internal coolant supply for machining blind hole threads or a side coolant outlet for use with through threads and blind hole threads.

Komet also sells the Morex-S roll form tap which is made from solid carbide with a TiN coating and inner cooling lubricant supply. The Morex-S can be used in applications, particularly in small dimensions, where previously it wasn’t feasible to use solid carbide taps. Long tool life and short cycle times due to high cutting speed are also prominent features. www.komet.com

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Komet presents the Morex-R roll form tap series with a flexible HSS-E shank and replaceable carbide inserts.

“The body of the tool is HSS-E but we have carbide strips inside ... this gives the flexibility of the HSS-E shank but the hardness of the solid carbide ... you are getting more tool life out of it because of the flexibility,” says Wolfgang Ruff, vicepresident of engineering at Komet.

Based in Schaumburg, Illinois, Komet of America is a subsidiary of the Komet Group from Germany, a global leader in metal cutting tools.

According to Komet, the combination of a flexible HSS-E shank and hard-thread profile allows the Morex-R to outmatch conventional carbide roll form taps, particularly when it comes to steel materials. The flexible HSS-E shank compensates for small alignment errors while the carbide and hard forming edges are designed to offer maximum tool life. The tip of the Morex-R can be refurbished up to three times.

“Customers send us their tool back and we can re-tip it ... we

KENNAMETAL – GOING WITH THE WIND Kennametal of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, is jumping onto the renewable energy bandwagon with its new high-performance, large-size HSS-E-PM “Wind Energy Taps”.

Said taps acquired their unique name because they’re designed specifically for machining important wind turbine components such as hubs, rings and gearbox housings. The Wind Energy Taps are intended to be used with conventional, non-rigid and CNC-synchronous tapping machines. The taps come in different styles, for use in through hole tapping and blind hole tapping and will boost productivity, says Kennametal.

“The precision h6 shanks of these taps enable their use in either conventional tap holders with square drive or in precision round tool holders,” adds Kennametal corporate material. www.kennametal.com CM

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Quick colour change boosts productivity Quebec manufacturer cuts colour change time from 20 minutes to fewer than three, and uses less solvent

By Cindy Macdonald ............................................................................................................................................

Radtech Innovation has replaced its paint booths and paint spraying system in pursuit of higher productivity. The Quebec-based manufacturer of snow removal and farm equipment is aiming to double its production in the next three years and wants to do more just-in-time work.

The company determined the paint shop was the bottleneck in the production process. To achieve higher throughput, Radtech needed to reduce the time lost for set-up and colour changes.

“We had a 30-minute set-up time in the morning and it took almost 20 minutes to change colours. We were losing an hour of painting time per day,” engineering manager Louis Lamontagne says. “We needed to regain this hour of painting time in order to increase production.”

Radtech chose to work with its current spray equipment

supplier, Exel North America, to overcome the bottleneck.

Radtech finishes its equipment using a hand spraying method and a floor conveyor. The plant in Thetford Mines, Que., uses polyurethane paint in six standard colours and a few custom colours. Lamontagne wanted to be able to change the colours very quickly and generate reports showing paint consumption. He also wanted to reduce solvent usage.

The previous arrangement consisted of three Kremlin Rexson PU2200 systems using KMX3 electrostatic guns. To achieve the company’s production goals, Exel and Finiquip Expertise, the local distributor, determined Radtech should upgrade to three Cyclomix Expert mixers. Two are standard units, while the third is equipped with a gun management and remote control panel.

“The painter just has to select the recipe, and select

To boost productivity, Radtech upgraded to three Cyclomix Expert mixers from Kremlin Rexson.

With the new paint application system, a colour change that used to take 20 minutes now takes 2.5 minutes.

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Photo courtesy Exel North America.

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whether to use one gun or two,” Michel Bresolin of Exel North America, the parent company for Kremlin The colours are always ready to use and no manual Rexson equipprocess is needed. ment, explains.

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Radtech’s paint kitchen was upgraded to six Kremlin 40-50F Flowmax pumps with 55-gallon agitators and elevators, and one more Kremlin 40-50F Flowmax pump with a desiccant air dryer kit.

Also installed were one Kremlin 20-25 flush piston pump and Airmix Goldtop regulators and remote fluid regulators.

Radtech continues to use KMX3 electrostatic guns.

With the new equipment and process, a colour change takes 2.5 minutes from start to finish – a vast improvement

KMX3 electrostatic spray gun.

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over the 20 minutes required by the previous system. The colours are always ready to use and no manual process is needed.

“The portion of the system from the mixer to the gun, that’s all there is to clean when you’re changing colour,” Bresolin says. When the system was first installed, the painters did about 60 colour changes in one day, just to put the equipment to the test, he adds.

Now, the painters still try to batch their work to make the process more efficient, but a colour change is not the headache it once was.

Lamontagne says the painters appreciate the ease of switching colours, and the less time spent cleaning spray guns. Lamontagne and Radtech management appreciate the cost savings on solvent and the gain in productive time.

The new equipment, installed in August 2011, reduces solvent consumption because fewer components need to be cleaned.

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Machitech Automation

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CWB Group

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Diapaolo CNC Retrofit Ltd.

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Eclipse Tools North America

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Emuge

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Fagor

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Hydromat Inc.

81

InfoSight Corp.

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86

Iscar Tools Inc.

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85

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79

SME

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SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT

AUGUST

2011 SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

49,875,917

50, 239,075

50,054,989

47,950,097

48,921,843

48,707,625

Unadjusted New orders, estimated values of orders received Seasonally during month (x 1,000) adjusted

50,364,445

51,613,187

49,609,432

48,486,524

50,431,113

48,328,186

Unadjusted Unfilled orders, estimated values of orders at end of Seasonally month (x 1,000) adjusted

59,967,252

61,341,364

60, 895,807

59,939,798

61,449,068

61,069,629

Unadjusted Finished goods manufactured, estimated values at end Seasonally of month (x 1,000) adjusted

21,534,289

20,960,597

21,113,049

21,424,384

21,138,945

21,404,185

Unadjusted Total inventory, estmated values of total inventory at Seasonally end of the month (x 1,000) adjusted

63,968,063

63,789,964

64,514,733

63,758,605

63,894,100

64,754,497

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