TPT November 2017

T E CHNOLOG Y

Responsiveness builds design ingenuity WITH its primary manufacturing location in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Winton Machine Company produces tube fabrication equipment and other engineered solutions for over 500 customers in the USA and in countries across Europe, South America and Asia. Winton’s machines have been used by companies primarily in industries such as HVAC/refrigeration, electronics, aerospace and military.

Dubbed the ‘black mark detection’ option, the engineering team worked to design and build an automated solution for the CTL-23PA that would sense defects marked on tubing and then remove only that section of the tube before being used in the next step of production. The Winton engineering team determined that an additional option needed to be designed and built to discard the defective section after it was cut. An off-load table with a diverter was the solution to allow the ‘good’ tube material to continue into the production, while the ‘defective’ section is sent in a different direction. The CTL-23PA automatic tube cut- off machine comes standard with programmable part quantity and programmable cut length. 80 psi shop air ensures the tube is clamped during the cutting process. Winton Machine Company – USA Email: sales@wintonmachine.com Website: www.wintonmachine.com

best upgrade or option. We’ve even created an innovative new machine design altogether. We are agile and flexible in our engineering design work which has allowed us to produce over 100 different tube fabricating machines.” As an example of a request from an existing customer: “Our tubing supplier identifies defects in the spool by painting that section of tubing. Do you have a way to cut this section out and discard automatically?” This customer uses one of Winton’s free-standing, all-electrical tube cut-off machines that automatically feeds and cuts from a bulk spool of tubing (level wound spool) or straight lengths. The CTL-23PA automatic tube cutter makes use of two backup rolls and one chip-less type cutter to cut through small diameter tubing. With the tubing clamped, the backup rolls and cutter both come in to make the cut. As the cutter continues to come in, the backup rolls plateau on the tube’s outside diameter, providing support during the chip-less cutting process.

Winton Machine, which will be celebrating its 20 th anniversary in 2018, credits its success partially to its responsiveness to customer requests. “Our customers know they can share their production improvement needs with us and receive custom-engineered options to existing Winton-produced machines,” said George Winton, PE, president. “When we get emails and calls asking for design help or improved efficiencies from customers or prospective ones, we are very responsive. Once the discovery process is complete, our team works to find the

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