Fenton, Michigan – July 28, 2014 – Atlas Technologies is pleased to announce the return of David Thomas to the Atlas Team as Director of Operations. Dave will be responsible for the day to day operations of Contract Management, Service Department and the manufacturing plant. Dave has 35+ years of experience with Atlas Technologies and has held various management positions throughout his tenure, aiding and assisting all levels of staff.

Brenda Crampton has been appointed Director of Engineering. Brenda’s 20 years of knowledge with the Atlas product line and her understanding of the customer needs is a valuable asset to Atlas.

Other Staff Additions
Atlas Technologies is also pleased to announce the addition of Blake Baxter to Controls Engineering, Kyle Brow to Mechanical Engineering, Mike Clement to the Spare Parts Department and Jeffrey Elliott to the Service Department. “A company is only as good as its employees” says Louis Wiegele, Director of Human Resources. “Our company continues to grow and Atlas continues to invest in our employees and new talent. The skill level of all of our employees is just amazing.”

Atlas is also expanding its opportunities in China. We are currently in the process of registering Atlas Technologies LLC Trading Company in Changchun China states Kim Nation, VP of Finance. With this addition, we hired Penny Zhang, a MBA graduate from Chicago University. She will focus on increasing sales, staff and new opportunities for the Trading Company. Penny was born and raised in Changchun China. Additional staff hired for the Changchun office is Chao Cong who will be working on generating sales in the northeast region of China.

Current Team of Atlas Directors:
Kim Nation – VP of Finance (11 years)
Dave Thomas – Director of Operations (35+ years)
Brenda Crampton – Director of Engineering (20+ years)
Bill Rogner – Director of Sales & Applications (30+ years)
Louie Wiegele – Director of Purchasing, H.R. & Spare Parts (20+ years)

Atlas Technologies, Fenton, Michigan announced today a product expansion relating to its line of pressroom cleaning and lubrication products. The new GEN II FLEX CLEAN blank and coil washer offers the proven cleaning technology provided by Wandres Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI. The introduction of this dry wash technology adds to Atlas’s line of existing oil and water based blank washing systems and offer’s a cost effective, low maintenance product.

Wandres Cleaning Technology

Atlas 4.2M RE-OILER

Part of Atlas’s development will include an option for re-oiling technology that is integrated into one compact unit. The re-oiling is accomplished using Atlas’s previously announced GEN II FLEX OILER. The combination of the “Dry Wash” and the oil re-apply technology of the GEN II FLEX OILER offers many benefits including:

Cleaning:
• Excellent cleaning capabilities.
• Elimination of costly and hard to replace cleaning rolls or cartridges
• Elimination of the need to change messy fluid filters.
• Lower initial cost.
• Reduced space required.
• Easy pass through capabilities.
• Available in widths from 2M to 4.5M.
Re-Oiling:
• Can re-apply water soluble synthetic lubricants or oil based lubricants.
• Wide range of lubricant applications rates and blank/coil speeds using a single spray header and nozzle design.
• Eliminates the use of “air atomizing” nozzles which drastically reduces or eliminates the need for air filtering.
• Can be programmed for checker board application patterns on top and bottom surfaces.
• Can be used with low and medium viscosity lubricants.
• Precise control of application can significantly reduce the annual costs of lubricant and internal housekeeping.

Contact Atlas today and speak with one of our applications engineers about your CLEANING AND RE-OILING requirements.

Fenton, Michigan – Since the mid-1990s, Atlas Technologies, Inc. has supported the manufacturing operations at the Whirlpool Clyde, Ohio facility, when Whirlpool Corporation invested in new stamping systems to produce major panels for their laundry products.

At that time, Atlas Technologies was chosen to provide two (2) Atlas Flex 5000 electronic transfers to automate press operations and optimize the output of the press cells. Since then, Whirlpool has consistently maintained the equipment and consequently, these press cells continue to be the source for major panel production. Each press cell has completed approximately 65 million cycles and is still increasing.

In 2013, Whirlpool approached Atlas to develop a plan to upgrade or replace the transfers as part of a modernization program for the press cells. A detailed technical and financial evaluation led the team to conclude that employing new technology on the existing machine frames was desirable over the option to replace the units entirely.

As the mechanical integrity of the existing transfers is solid, Whirlpool’s decision to refurbish was based upon these factors:
• Major machine frames and details are being reused, reducing cost and preserving natural resources and energy.
• Rigging expenses are significantly reduced because main frames stay in place.
• All drive train and bearing surfaces are replaced and upgraded, and all electronic controls and human interfaces are replaced, providing the latest technologies in drive control, performance, and system diagnostics.

All upgrades available on a new transfer are being implemented on the refurbished transfer, including but not limited to, (a) new rail connection techniques, (b) new wireless electrical connection methods for part tracking, (c) electronic torque monitoring, and (d) new Kinetics Drives from AB/Rockwell Automation.

Atlas technicians will install and launch the refurbished transfers at the Whirlpool facility. Refurbishment costs are approximately 75% of the cost of new transfers for this remote launch.

“Our relationship with Whirlpool is more than simply that of a capital equipment supplier,” says David Kuch, Sales Account Manager at Atlas Technologies. “It’s truly a collaboration, as we continually seek innovative ways in which to respond to our customers’ technology requirements for accurate, repeatable and reliable systems while maximizing production volume and minimizing equipment operating costs.”

About Atlas Technologies
Atlas Technologies has been building creative automation solutions for over 42 years and has installed over $1 Billion dollars in systems worldwide.

Atlas Technologies’ strong product offerings include turnkey stamping and fabricating systems, heavy-plate and bar-steel processing equipment, robotic integration, quick die-change equipment, automatic storage and retrieval systems, both conventional and robotic stacking and de-stacking systems and in-press transfer systems.

To learn more, please contact Atlas Technologies directly at (810) 629-6663.

Appliance Maker Follows a Trusted Quick-Die-Change Recipe.

The largest new-appliance rollout in the history of Sub-Zero and Wolf Appliance has the firm’s pressroom and die shop on their toes. Read here of its tried and tested diechange system that keeps six hydraulic presses and three mechanicals running full speed ahead.

In 2007, the 30,000-sq.-ft. pressroom at the Sub-Zero and Wolf manufacturing plant in Fitchburg, WI, nearly doubled in production capacity. Welcomed that year: three Williams, White & Co. hydraulic presses (a 400-ton model and two 600-ton models), and a 600-ton Minster mechanical press with coil-feed line. It added the presses to support new-product introductions and to bring inhouse previously outsourced stamping work. “Those pressroom investments really strengthened our core competency in stamping and tool and die work,” says Jeff Soule, fabrication supervisor for the manufacturing facility.

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Fenton, Michigan – October 21, 2013 – Atlas Technologies is pleased to announce the return of William G. Rogner to the Atlas Team as Director of Sales & Applications.

Bill will be responsible for mentoring and expanding both the Sales and Applications Departments. His 25+ years of experience with Atlas Technologies and understanding the customer needs is a valuable addition to the Atlas team. Due to this knowledge, he has held various management positions throughout his years at Atlas, aiding and assisting all levels of staff.

Bill lives in Fenton, Michigan with his wife Sue. Together they have two children.

Other Staff Additions
Atlas Technologies is also pleased to announce the addition of Tim McLaughlan to our Sales team and John Izzi to the Applications Department. Both gentlemen come to Atlas with a combined 50 years of experience.