KMT Waterjet Cutting at ALCO Industrial: Twice The Performance
ALCO Industrial Equipment was the first company to have the KMT Streamline PRO 90,000psi dual head water jet cutting system in W. Canada.
Rod Friessen, Divisional Manager, found they were cutting more than they had initially planned on their waterjet. With laser, the extra steps and time it took to machine down to tolerances, they could do in one step with the waterjet. Rod says, "KMT Waterjet was absolutely the way to go for ALCO".
Alco Industrial Equipment
11650-156 Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5M 3T5
Bus: (780) 451-6222
Fax:(780) 452-4355
Toll Free 1-800-471-7842
www.alcoinc.ca
ALCO was featured in the May issue of Canadian Metalworking
Clear Cut - by Mary Scianna
Alberta fabricator’s investment in 90,000 psi high pressure waterjet system---
a first in Western Canada—leads to “huge savings”.
When the plant management team at Alco Industrial Equipment in Edmonton, AB, sat down to discuss changes in its fabricating operation, it wanted to cut
costs, improve product quality and deliver faster turn around for its customers.
It realized those goals and more when it purchased a MultiCam 6000 dual head waterjet cutting system equipped with a KMT 90,000 psi Pro pump last fall.
When the waterjet system was installed in January 2011, Alco became the first company in Western Canada to use a high speed waterjet cutting system.
“One of the key things we evaluated was what we were
farming out to other job shops,” says Rod Friesen, division
manager for Alco. “We had substantial product going out to
different waterjet companies. When we reviewed [the costs]
we found we could acquire our own waterjet system for
huge savings for our company.”
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