I can recommend three in the Mid-West.
Mississippi Laser
7700 47th St.
Milan, IL 61264
309-799-1070
Contact: Tom Swinburn
Johnson Contracting
2750 Morton Drive
Moline, IL 61244
309-755-0601
Contact: Dale Langel
Both of the above do sheet metal prototyping for John Deere.
L.J. Fabricators
944 Research Parkway
Rockford, IL 61109
815-397-9099
Contact: Mike Molander
Dick Edwards - Project Engineer
GemVision Corporation
706 E. River Drive
Davenport, IA 52803
Ph. 800-357-6272 X118
Local 563-884-8180
Fax 563-884-8181
Visit our website at www.gemvision.com
-----Original Message-----
From: RoyJRATC@aol.com [mailto:RoyJRATC@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 8:01 AM
To: mensing@hotmail.com
Cc: rp-ml@rapid.lpt.fi
Subject: Re: sheet metal
Hi Gert - The sheet metal process it self is geared to prototypes
particularly for blanking as no special tooling is usually required.
Even most forming can be performed with stock tools in a brake. Machines
like Wiederman & Amada can be directly programmed from a solid model
data base. There is even a machine (Baltec) that can be programed to
blank your piece & form parts in the Z axis, all in a single set up.
The trick is though, in finding a company that specializes in
prototyping using this equipment. The machines are all capable, but the
people?
Roy Sheppard, Jr.
Roy Sheppard, Jr. CPMR
Atlantic Technical Components, Inc.
258 Spruce Road
Middletown, NY 10940
800-337-3083||501-423-3813 Fax
royjratc@aol.com
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