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partner of the new custom chopper shop. It has stocked the new 7200-sq.-ft. shop with welding equipment and consumables, and also has launched a new website dedicated to Paul Jr. Designs: lecosponsors.squarespace.com.
Tiyoda-Serec Takes New Name: Serec Corp. The Tiyoda-Serec Corp.,
North Kingstown, RI, has changed its name to Serec Corp. The firm designs and manufactures airless vacu- um-cleaning systems that clean or extract lubricants from stamped and machined parts. The systems incorpo- rate built-in vacuum distil- lation for a solvent recovery rate to 97 percent.
Stamper/Spinner
to Add New Laser-Cutting Machine
In September 2010, Eckmann Custom Products, Racine, WI, a provider of stamped and deep-drawn metal parts and spin-form pulleys, added a 4400-W laser-cutting machine to its stable. The machine, a Bystronic BySprint Pro 3015 model, can cut alu- minum to 1⁄2-in. thick and steel to 3⁄4 in. Eckmann uses the machine for proto- type development and for short-run production, to eliminate the need, in many cases, for blanking dies.
Slitting and Slit-Coil Packaging Line Installed in Mexico
Braner/Loopco, Schiller Park, IL, has installed and commissioned a 1⁄2- by 72- in. single-loop slitting and slit-coil packaging line at
the Villacero steel-service center in Monterrey, Mexi- co. The line features a tur- ret-head slitter with two quick-change heads, push- button tooling lockup, vari- able tensioning and auto- matic slit-coil handling. It can process grade 80 hot- rolled black and pickled steel, and cold-rolled coils from 0.9 to 12.7 mm thick.
Associations
New Automation Show to Debut Aside IMTS in 2012 AMT—The Association for Manufacturing Technolo-
gy has formed a strategic partnership with Deutsche Messe AG to launch a new tradeshow, Industrial Automation North America. The new show will co-locate with IMTS (The Internation- al Manufacturing Technolo- gy Show) in 2012 at McCormick Place, in Chica- go, IL. The show will feature production automation equipment to complement machine tools and other metalworking equipment.
Internet
Website a Spring Buyers’ Paradise
Visit Planetspring.com to post your RFQ and receive multiple quotes from spring suppliers, allowing you to select a supplier based not only on price, but on loca- tion and reputation. By reg- istering with the site—free of charge—you’ll also gain access to the site’s spring calculators that, with only three or four variables
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