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Facilities
SoCAl Fab Shop Powers Up with Solar Panel
Research Tool & Die Works, Carson, CA, a manufacturer of wireways and other hard- ware for marine electrical systems, has installed a 225-kW solar system from SolarCity. The firm expects the system to slice $848 from its monthly electricity bill. SolarCity worked with RT&D to provide its Power Purchase Agreement zero- down financing option for small businesses.
Toyotomi America Adds 400-ton Blanking Line Coe Press Equipment,
Sterling Heights, MI, has shipped and commissioned a completely integrated blanking line to the automo- tive-stamping plant of Toy- otomi America in Spring- field, KY. The line features a 400-ton Aida press with a heavy-duty servo-roll feed, a threading table designed for a 12-ft.-long loop pit, a pre- cision straightener with a 40-hp drive and peeler- threader holddown station for hands-free threading. Also included is a coil reel and coil car. The line can process material to 90-ksi yield strength, to 0.1 in. thick by 48 in. wide, at speeds to 150 ft./min.
Minnesota Fab Shop Adds Servo-Electric Punch-Laser Combo
Quality Tool, Inc., St. Paul, MN, a contract sheet- metal fabricator serving the medical, computer-hard- ware, telecommunications and defense industries, has
installed a new servo-electric turret punch-laser combina- tion machine. The machine, an Amada EMLK3610NT, combines 33-ton punch capacity and a 4000-W laser. It can process 10-ft. sheets without repositioning and deliver 400 hits/min. on 1-in. centers. An auto- mated load/unload unit optimizes machine run time.
Internet
Serapid Launches New Website
Application photos and demonstration videos popu- late the new website of Ser- apid, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI, manufacturer of the Rigid Chain telescopic mechanical actuator used to ease die changes, among other load-moving applica- tions. Check out the new site at www.serapid.us, where the firm also show- cases its other products, such as a telescopic mast system, electric spindle actuators and motorized bolster extensions.
Formtek Launches
a Pair of Metalforming Websites
Two Formtek companies have launched new websites developed to help metal- forming companies find solutions to their production challenges. Hill Engineering, a manufacturer of high-speed rotary punching machines, has created www.rotarypunch.com, illustrating applications for the rotary-punching process; and Lockformer, a provider of fabrication machinery for the HVAC
industry, has launched www.lockformercustom.com, illustrating how rollforming can outperform other light- gauge metal-fabrication processes, such as press- brake bending and turret- press operations, in some applications.
Agreements
American Lifts Changes Hands
Autoquip Corp., Guthrie, OK, has acquired American Lifts from the Columbus McKinnon Corp. Autoquip assumes complete warranty and parts support for Ameri- can Lifts products, includ- ing turntables, palletizers, tilt stations, dock lifts and scissor lifts.
Cieco Appoints
New Sales-Rep Firm
Metal Form Equipment Inc., Chicago, IL, has been appointed the representa- tive in Illinois for Cieco Inc., Clinton, PA.
Cieco manufactures press safety and automation controls, die-protection equipment, tonnage moni- tors and related apparatus.
Little Rock Tube Company Expands its Footprint
Welspun Tubular LLC, Little Rock, AR, has acquired the 44-acre Little Rock site formerly owned by Wheatland Tube Co. The site features a 350,000- sq.-ft. building that Wel- spun will use to store mate- rial for its spiral weld large-diameter pipe and coating facility.
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