Gamco Improves Operations with New Equipment

by Jonathan McGaha | July 14, 2016 12:00 am

Fenestration systems and architectural metals fabricator Gamco Corp.[1] recently invested in and installed a new, state-of-the-art CNC Machining Center to enhance much of its aluminum machining operations. The new equipment utilizes CAD drawings directly from Gamco’s design and engineering team to machine linear aluminum components used in its storefront and curtainwall framing systems, entrance doors, canopy systems and other custom metal and fenestration products.

“Gamco’s new CNC machining equipment has transformed our custom fabrication operations, expanded our capabilities and improved efficiency,” said Davidson Chen, Gamco’s Sales Manager. “It allows Gamco to provide a consistently higher degree of quality with faster lead times across many of our product lines.”

The CNC 6500 Machining Center operates rapidly on three axes to drill, notch, rout and machine non-round tubular or flat stock aluminum up to 12″ wide and in lengths as long as required. Once programmed with a design, the computer controlled equipment can machine components accurately and identically over and over again, eliminating operator error, waste, and variable quality. The CNC 6500 Machining Center is manufactured by JIH-I Machinery Company of Taiwan, whose equipment lines have been sold internationally for nearly a half century.

“The new CNC 6500 allows us to greatly reduce our lead times overall by automating what previously took multiple steps to fabricate,” added Davidson Chen. “For example, we supply curtain wall for large new construction projects, and we can produce the framing systems in a fraction of the time now.”

Operator safety is also improved, as the operator does not have to handle the aluminum stock once the machining process is initiated. Employees can train on the equipment and be very skilled and efficient in a short amount of time, compared with years of training and experience for a traditional machine operator.

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