Contract Manufacturing / Equipment List

QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT

Nelson Industrial’s factory incorporates the most modern fabricating technology available on the market. For instance our production facility is equipped with:
• Registered to ISO 9001:2008 by QMI – SAI Global Canada Ltd.
• Gauge control system
• Granite inspection table equipped with vertical height gauge
• SPC system
• ERP Integrated Quality Module
• Starrett RGC 2840-24 Coordinated Measuring Machine with 28″w x 40″d x 24″h measuring range

SHEAR DEPARTMENT

• 1 – 10 ft. Amada Shear handling material up to 3/16″ thick in Mild Steel, or 1/8″ thick in Stainless Steel. Machine has a blank Conveyor and Stacker
• 1 – 12 ft. Accurshear handling material up to 1/4″ thick Mild Steel, or 1/8″ thick in Stainless Steel
• 1 – 4 ft. shear

N.C. PRESS DEPARTMENT

• 1 – Amada Vipros 357 Queen N.C. Turret Press – 33 ton – 50 x 72 table size – 45 station turret c/w two 1-¼” & two 2” auto index stations – Hydraulic ram for forming control.
• 1 – Amada Aries 245 N.C. Turret Press – 22 ton – 40 x 50 table size – 19 station turret c/w two 1-¼” & one 2” auto indexing stations
• 1 – Amada Vipros 358 King N.C. Turret Press – 33 ton – 50 x 80 table size – 58 station turret c/w two 4-½” and two 1-¼” auto index stations – Hydraulic ram for forming control.
• 2 – L.V.D. /Strippit Delta 1250 N.C. turret press – 22 ton – 50 x 100 table size – 22 station turret c/w four 3-½” auto index stations – Hydraulic ram for forming control. Auto load and unload. High speed punching and accuracy.
• Max. Punching Thickness .250”. Accuracy to ±.004.
• Large tooling inventory of both standard and special Amada thick turret tooling

PUNCH PRESS DEPARTMENT

• 1 – Brown Boggs 22LJA 150 ton O.B.I. with 50” x 32” bed size.
• 1 – Brown Boggs 18LJA 80 ton O.B.I. with 36” x 26” bed size.
• 1 – Brown Boggs 17-1/2J 60 ton O.B.I. with 32” x 22 ½” bed size.
• 1 – Stanko 2326K 40 ton O.B.I. with 24” x 16” bed size.
• 1 – C.C.I – 100 ton Gap Press with 84” x 24” bed size.
• Coil feeding up to 30” stroke x 24”w. x .090 thick. Feed tolerance ±.004
• Pull through Straightener handles up to 18”w x 14 Ga. (.075”) thick.
• Servo Feeder with Pull Through Straightener max. 999” stroke 25”w x 040 thick.
• 2 – Coil cradles 1 – handling up to 6000 lbs. 1 – 2500 lbs.

BRAKE PRESS DEPARTMENT

• 4 – 10 ft 125 ton Amada Fine Benders c/w auto back gauging
• 3 – 8 ft 80 ton Amada Fine Benders c/w auto back gauging
• 1 – 14 ft 250 ton Accurpress Press Brake c/w auto back gauging
• 1 – 12 ft 130 ton Accurpress Press Brake c/w auto back gauging
• 1 – 10 ft 70 ton Allsteel Press Brake
• 1 – 4 ft 20 ton Diacro Press Brake
• Large inventory of Press Brake tooling

SALVAGNINI FORMING CENTER

• 63″ forming length. (Maximum Diagonal is 78″)
• 5″ maximum form height
• Accuracy to ±.004″
• Auto load and unload
• Forms material from 25 ga. (.020″) min. to 14 ga. (.079″) max.
• Forms up or down bends in one handling
• Manipulator holds the part in the center, any extra material is deposited to the outside bends. This produces a part which is always to size & square
• Able to form any radius by bumping to bend radius
• Form all 4 sides of the part in one handling

LASER CUTTING DEPARTMENT

LVD IMPULS 3020 LASER

• 2000 watt CO2 Laser
• Cutting Accuracy to within ±.003″, with outstanding edge quality
• DNC linked to LAN system for downloading manufacturing programs
• Cuts Mild Steel up to .500″ thick
• Cuts stainless steel up to .187″ thick
• Cuts aluminum up to .187″ thick
• Shuttle tables ensure continuous cutting. Cut to cut transfer time is about 30 seconds
• Maximum sheet size is 78″ w x 120″ l
• Non contact cutting head
• Capable of laser etching
• Common line cutting capable
• Capable of cutting holes in pre-bent parts or tubing
• Fast cutting rates 20 ga. CRS (260 IPM) – 16 ga. CRS (210 IPM) – 12 ga. CRS (190 IPM) – IPM – Inches per minute

LVD AXEL 3015 S LASER

• 4000 watt GE-Fanuc HF excited fast axial flow CO2 Laser
• Cutting Accuracy to within ±.003″, with outstanding edge quality
• DNC linked to LAN system for downloading manufacturing programs
• Cuts Mild Steel up to .750″ thick
• Cuts stainless steel up to .562″ thick
• Cuts aluminum up to .375″ thick
• Shuttle tables ensure continuous cutting. Cut to cut transfer time is about 40 seconds
• Maximum sheet size is 60″ w x 120″ l
• Non contact cutting head
• Capable of laser etching
• Common Line cutting capable
• Capable of cutting holes in pre-bent parts or tubing
• Fast cutting rate e.g. 20 Ga. CRS (260 IPM) – 16 Ga. CRS (210 IPM) – 12 Ga. CRS (190 IPM) IPM = Inches per minute

FABRICATION DEPARTMENT

• 1 – 50 Ton Pierce-all Fabricator
• 1 – 30 Ton Strippit Fabricator
• Large assortment of tooling for both machines
• 42″ Pinch roller. Min. radius is 6″
• 3 point Angle/Tube Roller
• 2 – Pemserters. 1 with Pem feeder
• Amada CSW220 Hydraulic ‘V’ and edge notcher
• Drill presses
• Automatic tappers
• 2 – Cold cutting saws for tubing and bar stock
• 24″ radial arm saw for wood or non-ferrous metals
• Deburring machine
• Pistorius MN-200 Double Miter Saw for aluminum extrusions

MACHINE SHOP & TOOL ROOM

• 2 – Vertical Milling Machines with digital readouts for both machines
• 2 – Vertical band saws
• Horizontal Surface Grinder
• Turret lathe
• Punch and Die grinder
• In-house tool maintenance and repair
• In-house machining services

WELDING DEPARTMENT

RESISTANCE WELDING

• 5 – Rocker arm spot welders. (1-25 KVA) (2-50 KVA) (2-75 KVA)
• 2 – Multi tip press welder. (100 KVA)
• 1 – High frequency spotwelder can spot weld aluminum (100 KVA – 3 phase)
• 2 – Stud welding gun
• 1 – Overhead Spot welder (29 KVA)

ARC WELDING

• 12 – M.I.G. welders capable of welding up to 1/2″ in mild or stainless steel
• 4 – T.I.G. welders for welding stainless steel or aluminum
• 1 – Plasma Cutter
• 1 – Robotic Welding Cell with twin station rotary tables

POLISHING & CLEAN UP DEPARTMENT

• Segregated Clean up room equipped with dust collection system
• 2 – Stroke sanders
• 1 – Grinding & polishing Lathe
• 1 – Polishing Lathe
• 1 – Sand blasting cabinet
• 1 – Patriot II Twin Head Deburring & Finishing Machine 37”W Cap

PAINTING DEPARTMENT

• 800 ft. Conveyorized paint line
• 5 Stage Phosphate in line parts cleaner
• 2 – Wet, spray booths
• Air assisted Electrostatic spray guns for maximum wrap and minimum over spray
• Nordson inline Powder booth with 2 – Electrostatic spray guns
• Maximum part length of 118″ unassisted, 130″ manually assisted
• Maximum part width on conveyor line of 30″
• Maximum height on conveyor line of 54″ under the hooks
• Maximum weight per hook is 140 lbs
• Line speeds of up to 12 ft. per minute
• Off line or Batch Facility for large assemblies (80” x 120” x 90”H)
• 1 – Batch spray booth. 1 powder equipped, with Electro static spray gun
• 1 – Steam Jenny wash booth
• Large roll-in Batch oven Maximum size of 96″ w x 120″ d x 84″h
• Large explosion proof paint storage room

MATERIAL STORAGE, ASSEMBLY & CLEAN UP DEPARTMENT

• Segregated assembly areas
• 7 – Shipping dock level doors with dock levelers and door seals
• 1 – Drive in Dock for unloading raw materials inside, away from the elements
• 2 – Drive-in level doors 14ft wide x 12 ft high for handling large loads
• 1 – 10 Ton Overhead Crane for moving raw materials throughout the storage bay
• 1 – 1 Ton Overhead Crane dedicated to the Laser machines for loading and unloading
• 3 – Fork Lift trucks
• 2 – Fox C3 Automatic Pallet Wrapper

GENERAL OFFICE

• E. R. P. system (Enterprise Resource Planning) for Order Entry, Estimating, B.O.M.’s, Scheduling, Purchasing, Inventory, Quality Control, and Accounting
• Fully computerized, all PC’s are network connected for optimum communications, both internally and externally via the internet
• Bar coded job tracking and cost control system

ENGINEERING DESIGN & SHIPPING AREA

• 4 – Cad stations running Cadkey 2D
• 3 – Cad stations running AutoCAD 2D
• 6 – Cad stations running Solid Edge 3D modeling Software
• 1 – Cad station running Solid Works 2008 modeling software
• Able to process customer Cad files in DXF, DWG, CADL, STEP or IGES format
• 3 – Programming stations. 1 running Metalsoft for NC punching, nesting & laser programming. All NC machines and Lasers are connected via our LAN System for DNC downloading of manufacturing programs
• Email & Internet access
• 1 – ‘E’ size HP Design Jet Color plotter
• 2 – ‘B’ size HP laser printer