CUSTOMER CHALLENGE Trane Heating and Air of Columbia, South Carolina was having issues with their production line which manufactures evaporation coils. Specifically their brazing process was providing inconsistent output quality. SOLUTION Trane called in their Automation Systems supplier, ABCO Automation, to review their manufacturing process and figure out how to resolve the issues with the brazing process. ABCO realized that reorienting the coils prior to brazing would improve worker access, brazing efficiency and potentially finished part quality. ABCO’s solution was to create a work-piece fixture to hold the coils incorporating several Duff-Norton actuators, which where mechanically linked to clamp the coils for processing, and then utilize a Duff-Norton linear actuator to rotat

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