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A Michigan tool and die shop recently expanded their capabilities with a new, high end CHS Automation coil feed line. The 10,000 lbs. x 24” wide fully automated feed line was built to replace the tool and die shop’s old and outdated air feed system.
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We have recently been featured in Metalform Magazine’s January issue, written by Brad Kuvin, that talks about how CHS Automation’s equipment has helped Quality Metalcraft Corporation (Livionia, Michigan) to expand their production capacity.
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Weber worked closely with CHS to provide several feed-line features to meet its specific application-based requirements. Along with the addition of several new presses and dozens of new progressive dies, Weber has added six coil-feed lines to its pressroom since 2007. The newest line in the plant is a 15,000-lb.-capacity CHS servo-feed line, with coil capacity of 36-in. wide by 0.050-in. thick material.
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The Japanese have taught us plenty about lean manufacturing and continuous improvement, and until recently I thought the term kaizen (and its definition) said all there was to say on the subject. That was until I met with Scott Sigler, when visiting the Hi-Lex Controls plant in Hudson, MI. Sigler, stamping engineer and supervisor for the automotive window-regulator manufacturer, taught this old dog a new Japanese trick in the realm of productivity and efficiency—a trick called “karakuri.”