Transition to

automation,

easy decision.

Adding weld

robotic

automation to

your operation.

Experience to Serve

Joe Dengel – Weld

Robotic Specialist

Chris Boycks – Director

of Quality and Process

Improvement

Experience to Serve

Veteran-Owned

Small Business

More than 57 years of

Metal Fabrication

Serving over 50

different Industries

Experience to Serve

True Job Shop – Military to

Food Grade and Medical

Prototype to full production

80 full time employees with

3 shifts – Monday through

Thursday with 4, 10 hour

days and a weekend shift of

3, 12 hour days

What are we capable of doing for you……..

Commitment to serve…

Warehousing in logistics facility to support

Kanban / JIT / Lean Manufacturing

Committed to growth/increased services despite economy

Original Building –

1955-1968 1968-1979 Location 1980 -- New Location

2005 -- Expansion

Expansion 53,000 Sq.ft.

Atlas Logistics Facility

Lasering / Punching

Amada 4000 Watt Rotary Laser

round, square, rectangle tube cutting, angle & channel

material size .75” – 8.66” (round/rectangle diagonal)

New Amada Automated Material Handling Station

with 15 shelf tower system

Amada 6000 watt laser

Multiple Amada 4000 watt lasers

Amada Vipros Turret Punch

Amada Coma Turret Punch

Whitney 1548 Punch

Whitney 360 Punch

Click on image above for a short video of our Rotary Laser

Forming / Tube Bending / Rolling

New Amada 243 ton –

CNC controlled with quick change dies / 14’ bed, 5-axis back gauge

Horn CNC Multi-axis Automatic Tube Bender

Multiple Cincinnati Auto form CNC Press Brakes

WDM Workhorse 4 roll pinch roller

Quality

- ISO 9001: 2008 Certified

- AWS Sustaining Member

- Multiple portable FARO CMM’s

up to 8 ft. of measuring capability

- Six Sigma Green Belt on Staff

- DMAIC Process

- 3 in-house AWS CWI’s

Full Service

-CNC Marvel Spartan S620A saw

-Acra AM3 Milling Machine

-Flex Arm Tapping

-Shearing up to 10” and .25” thick

-Numerous deburring/ material finishing methods

-Certified Solid Works / PEP nesting software

-DXF, DWG, HPGL, PDF, STP and TIF File ready

-Large and Small assembly

-Well-maintained warehousing to support Kanban/JIT/Lean

manufacturing systems

-Powder coating, wet paint, vinyl dipping, e-coating, anodizing,

tempering and hardening

-Reliable and convenient transportation methods, including Jay trucking

Welding

Multiple Panasonic Perform Arc Robotic Systems

Low, mid or high volumes of manufacturing into single or

progressive fixtures Certified Welding

--AWS D1.1 and D1.3 – Steel

-AWS D1.2 / D1.2M- Aluminum

-AWS D1.6/ D1.6M – Stainless Steel

-AWS D8.1M / D8.7M - Resistance Spot

Welding

-GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, FCAW

-NAVSEA TECH PUB 271/248

BLUCO Modular Fixturing for robotic

systems and manual welding stations Click on image above for a short video on our

Panasonic Robotic Systems

Weld Qualifications / Testing

-Many WPS and

PQR’s ranging all

material types, pre

qualified and not pre

qualified.

- Guided bend testing,

Macro Etching,

Tensile pulls with

elongation data , and

Annealing all done in

house.

Why Weld Robotic Automation?

Dollars and Sense

Process/People vs. Machinery Ability

-Customer need vs. people hours available

-Volume of work vs. capacity, 1- 1000

- Cost driven, carrying costs per year vs. employee (R.O.I.)

- Plug and play, 4- 6 weeks vs. hiring process/training

- Minimal training to get “operator” up to speed

Why Weld Robotic Automation?

Dollars and Sense

Process/People vs. Machinery Ability

- Consumables - Consistent Usage

- Consistent flow – Repeatable Part Design

- Welding takes in optimal weld position

- Change overs take place in minutes, torch change

outs, etc…

- Robotics rarely takes extra breaks or calls in sick

o Weld sizes will not

vary.

o Welds wont be over

looked or forgotten.

o Every part will look

the same as the last.

The robot will only

do what you tell it

to.

Improved Quality

Success with Robots

o Robots output has proven to be 3 to 1 compared to a manual

welder.

o The addition of robotics has increased thru put velocity, across

3 shifts.

o Quote jobs at competitive prices.

2 types

Permanent and Modular Fixturing

o Permanent Fixtures

o Large Heavy items

o Odd shapes

o Multistep / Progressive

Fixtures

o Multiple part #’s can run at the same

time.

o Makes it easy to change the quantity.

o Allows you to do low quantity jobs

without large setup times.

Modular Tooling

o One of the biggest eliminators of down time

o Keeps manual touch ups to a minimum

o Robot self adjusts its program to the part

o Helps in running multiple batches of parts where the

dimensions vary slightly from batch to batch

o Corrects the difference between the 3D offline world and real

world

o Reduces scrap

Touch Sensing

o No down time to write new

programs

o Get new parts ready to go on

the robot before the work

ticket hits the floor.

o Makes it easier to shuffle

programs around to free up

space and run more than one

part per side.

Offline Programing

o Quoting and Scheduling are more accurate with solid weld

times.

o Touch sensing allows for upstream variability in sub

components.

o Weld consistency the same, they don’t vary visually based on

who welded them.

o Consumable usage more predictable and better controlled.

o Run multiple jobs at the same time.

Advantages

Thank you

Looking Forward to our Future