AIA: Switch from Steel to Aluminum Saves Both Time and Money
KASS Automation Systems (Carrollton, TX) manufactures downline equipment for blowmolding machines, including takeaways, spin trimmers and deflashers, which are used throughout the plastics industry.
Recently, the company switched from using welded structural steel framing on its T200E takeaway machines to extruded aluminum from Bosch Rexroth's Linear Motion and Assembly Technologies Division (Buchanan, MI). The result has been a reduction in both the time and expense required to manufacture the machines.