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News Release from: Thompson Friction Welding
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 August 2003
Friction welding machine refurbishment
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Thompson has won a contract to refurbish three friction welding machines for construction machine maker Case New Holland.
Thompson has won a contract to refurbish three friction welding machines for construction machine maker Case New Holland The award-winning company, based in Halesowen, has just completed work on a Model 60SE which it originally supplied to the Case factory in Burlington, USA
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 3 Dec 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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It marks the latest sales success story for Thompson which has recently been awarded orders for new machines from customers in the United States, Mexico and Korea.
Its achievements were recently singled out for praise with a business award from The Birmingham Post newspaper.
The refurbished Model 60SE for Case included an upgrade on the electrical system so it could store up to 500 sets of weld parameters which ensure that every weld can be verified against a known quality benchmark.
It is now installed in Case's production facility in Tracy le Mont, France, where it is being used to friction weld hydraulic piston rods for back hoe loaders and other construction machine equipment.
Work is already underway on the remaining machines, another Model 60SE and a Model 80SE, which are also bound for Case's Tracy le Mont factory where a number of other Thompson friction welding machines are in use.
Thompson offers a comprehensive machine refurbishment service which not only provides an electrical upgrade but also mechanical reconditioning.
All work undertaken by Thompson is fully guaranteed.
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