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From Bluco Corporation
Alloy Welding, Melrose Park, IL, is a 30-person fabrication job shop using the latest fabrication technology and equipment. The 35,000-ft facility includes equipment for shearing, saw cutting, forming, machining, spotwelding, welding, and polishing. It also has computer-controlled lasers and CNC turret presses.
Many of Alloy's fabrications involve very-close-tolerance welding. Dedicated fixtures are frequently necessary for these weldments, especially
where long runs are planned. Over time, the shop has amassed an array of welding fixtures. As President Jack Troccoli says, "Simply storing and tracking these fixtures was eating our lunch!" Despite this problem, Troccoli was reluctant to make major operational changes.
"I thought our methods and equipment were adequate," Troccoli says. However, after seeing the Demmeler modular fixturing system in
action,Troccoli realized this was much more than just another welding table. Not only could the system address his fixture-storage concerns, it could ease the building of fixtures, and it could easily integrate into the production system.
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Production Fixtures
A floor mounted rail system with moveable bridges provide the modular fixture base for a family of production welding fixtures. Production fixtures incorporate both standard, off...
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The durability built in to the modular fixturing system supplied by Bluco Corporation ensures users will have a tool that lasts a lifetime. Hardened tables and components (55Rc) are offered which...
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Robots require accurate and repeatable fixturing. With bore locations of
+/-0.001", the Demmeler modular fixturing system for welding provides the precise locating points needed. A complete family of...
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Pipes and Flange Fixtures
Flange alignment plates and an assortment of V-Blocks allow users to hold a variety of pipe assemblies for accurate welding. Flange plates are now available in 150, 300, 600,...
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Love our system but short on in-house engineering time? Bluco's Design Service will do the job. Send us your drawings and we'll design fixtures for you based on the existing equipment you already own!...
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What types of parts are good candidates for modular fixturing? Almost anything. First developed by a German toolmaker in the mid 1970's, Bluco's fixturing concept remains simple: provide a system with...
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With automakers looking to improve gas mileage and performance, axle supplier and prototype shop team up to produce lightweight, strong units for future pickup trucks...
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GDS, Inc. offers a 2,000 square foot Fabrication shop complete. Typical in-house scope of work includes fabrication and assembly of stainless steel skidded systems.
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Topics of Interest
For economic and precise positioning, clamping, tacking and welding of multi-piece components, the modular, three- dimensional, Demmeler fixturing system can be indispensable. Besides obviating costly...
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"I wouldn't do this work without my modular fixturing system," Scott Rogers tells Metlfax. He's the owner of Custom Welding, Columbus, OH, and he believes modern equipment is essential. For instance,...
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Precision table and modular fixtures replace tack tables and handheld parts for subassembly, special orders, and toolmaking How often has poor fitup accuracy resulted in late shipments for a fab shop?...
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Chapter List
Chapter 4: Work Holding and Fixturing
Chapter 5: Machines
Work Holding, Fixturing, and Machines.
How does one equip a world-class machine shop? Here the term equipment...
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The concept of modular fixturing for welding is not new. Framing squares, chalk, tape measures, levels, piano wire and a stout hammer are the basic tools for an experienced welder. The good welders...
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