Warren Stamping Plant Marks Production Start of New Press; $63 Million Investment Made Robots at the FCA US Warren Stamping Plant in Michigan assemble sliding doors for the Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) US commemorated the production start of its newest stamping press during an event at the Warren Stamping Plant in Michigan. The automobile company invested $63 million to bring the latest stamping technology to the 65-year-old facility. FCA North America’s Vice President of Manufacturing Brian Harlow — joined by Assistant Director of the UAW Chrysler Department Troy Davis, Plant Manager Dominic Costantini, UAW Local 869 President Romaine McKinney, and about 400 employees — acknowledged that it had been more than 15 years since the last press line was installed and this investment was needed to keep up with demand. “The good news is that we needed to increase our stamping capacity because FCA keeps selling more cars and trucks,” said Harlow, referencing the 69 straight months of year-over-years sales increases in the United States and the best year of sales in the 90-year history of FCA Canada. The high-speed Servo Tandem Press technology, representing a 180-in. press line, is the first press of its kind at Warren Stamping and the only one currently in operation in the company’s North American stamping operations. Construction for the new line began in spring 2014 and production launched in December 2015. It will increase capacity by up to 12,000 hits per day or approximately 3.6 million parts/year. Additionally, more than 100 employees underwent 2200 h of training at the World Class Manufacturing Academy and plant in preparation for launch time. Del Mar College’s Metallurgic Programs Benefit from TPCO America’s Steel Pipe Donation Welding technology and other metal-related majors at Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Tex., will now be better pre- NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY CAMBRIDGE TYPE GAG CAT. NO. 4 �� Angle of Preparation �� Excess Weld Metal �� Depth of Undercut �� Depth of Pitting �� Fillet Weld Throat Size �� Fillet Weld Length �� Outside Misalignment 12 WELDING JOURNAL / MARCH 2016 D NGS TIME PIP NI GNG NI DNDU TSTRY ������������������������������������ 18 �� STEVENSVILLE, MICHIGAN 49127 269/465 5750 �� FAX: GE �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� F US CU CC EC SE SSSFUL USE BY HT EHE PI GAP A LET® VARIOUS OTHER WELDIN AND ALIGNMENT DEVICE AVAILABLE CAT. NO. 2 Single Purpose HI-LO Gage NG ES ed AUTOW.S. TY CAT. NO. 6 To Check the Perm Tolerance of Conv new, improved Au gage you can me for butt and fillet Redesigned gage easy to use and h adjustment replac to operate rivet. A shown convexity a sizes have been p in accordance wit Welding Society D ADJUSTABLE FILLET WELD GAGES CAT. NO. 3 �� For equal and unequal legged fillet welds �� Measures 15 different weld sizes plus throat thickeness YPE GAGE missible vexity With the uto Weld Size et specification type welds. is pocket size, has thumb screw cing old, hard Automatically and concavity predetermined th American D1.1 �� Eliminate Scribe and Pull-Out m �� Maintain Code Gaps in socket weld fit-ups OV RER 020 EY AE RA SRS OF S GAP-A-SOCKET WELD CONTRACTION RIN SAVE 90% SET-UP T method CAT. NO. 5 V-WAC Undercut Gage Also custom gages manufacture on request. S GA CA �� us w �� em le in ������ ���������� ���� W.T.P.S. TYPE GAGE Measures .010 inch deep undercut CAT. NO. 7 TOLERANCES +.0005 inches American Welding Society Structural Welding Code D1.1, “Undercut shall be no more than .010 inches (.25mm) deep when the weld is transverse to the primary stress in the part that is KEW T WELD fit CAT NO. 15 Pat.Worldwide KEW-TWELD APPROVED BY AAR AGE/CALCULATOR AT. NO. 9 Replaces all other sets of gages sed to measure fillet or groove elds in skewed members at 90O Handy compilation of math - matical relationships between leg ngth, throats, skew angles and spection dimensions. ���������������� ���� ������������ ���� �������������� P.O. BOX 21 PHONE : 7 P.C Accu CAT. N ALL E ALL L LASER HAND The G fast, a fillet w 3/8, 7 inch. Deter weld HI-LO®WELDING GAGES CAT. NO. 1 For internal misalign in pipe welds in addition to 6 other crit - cal, required measurements. Patent No. 3,869,801 269/465 6385 C. FILLET TYPE GAGE GE urate NO. 8 EDGES DEBURRED LETTERS AND CHARACTERS R ETCHED DY POCKET CASE G.A.L. Fillet Weld gage allows accurate measurement of 11 weld sizes: 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, 5/16, 7/16, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, 7/8, and 1 Includes metric equivalents. rmine either concave or convex sizes. PHONE: 465-465-E-mail: info@galgage.com Website: www.galgage.com Visa & Mastercard undercut.” Accepted For info, go to www.aws.org/adindex Grand Caravan. (Photo courtesy of FCA.)
Welding Journal | March 2016
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