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SAVE 25% ON GUYSON FILTER CARTRIDGES WITH OUR SEPTEMBER STOCK-UP SALE

Published by Guyson on August 30, 2010

Take advantage of our September Stock-Up Sale and deduct one  fourth off the price when you purchase a spare filter cartridge for any model Guyson Dust Collector, or a spare set of filters for multi-cartridge models.

Guyson dust collector filter cartridges

Genuine Guyson filter cartridges have an enormous 226 square feet of filter area, and they are pre-treated with flame retardant. Each cartridge is pre-coated to provide an average efficiency of 99.9 percent for particles of 0.5 microns or larger, right out of the box, with no run-in period. When you install a genuine Guyson cartridge, you can be confident it will fit and seal properly. With 25% off, it just doesn’t make sense to consider taking a chance on a “will-fit” Brand X substitute filter!

Based on which model Guyson Dust Collector you own – whether it is a C-401, C-401/W or D500 with a single filter cartridge, a C-801/W or D1000 with two filters, or a larger capacity dust collector – to apply the September Stock-Up 25% discount, simply double-up on your order. That way, you will have one cartridge for each filter in your dust collector to install immediately, plus one on hand for your next filter change.

Example: You have a Guyson D1000 that has 2 filter cartridges. Order 4 cartridges during our September Stock-Up Sale, and your Customer Service Representative will deduct 25 percent from the list price.

If you are not sure about what to look for during your periodic dust collector maintenance inspection, you can download a Maintenance Bulletin on the subject by clicking here ,  use the Customer Service Inquiry Form on our Contact page or refer to your Guyson machine owner’s manual.

The September Stock-Up Sale on filter cartridges ends 9/30/2010, so if your dust collector is due for a new set, don’t miss out on this savings opportunity!

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ROBOTIC SHOT PEENING SYSTEM

Published by Guyson on July 30, 2010

Guyson Corporation has introduced a 7-axis robotic pressure-blast shot peening system that is designed to support compliance with the most demanding process specifications and to enable automated peening of a wide variety of
dissimilar components. The Model RB-10 was developed for technical surface treatment of gears and aerospace components.

7-axis robotic shot peening system for gears and aerospace components

The Guyson RB-10 Shot Peening System introduces a new dimension of flexibility in precision surface treatment to NADCAP quality standards.

The 60 x 60 x 60-inch blast cabinet is mated with a 6-axis robot, such as the Fanuc M10iA,
as a blast nozzle manipulator. The shot peening machine’s rotary table has a diameter of up
to 52 inches and is servomotor driven to be controlled as a seventh axis of robotic motion.
Locating hardware is provided to allow interchangeable component-holding fixtures to be
positively and repeatably positioned on the turntable.

During the shot peening cycle, the orientation of the component and the motion of the robotic
nozzle manipulator are synchronized to precisely replicate the programmed tool path,
following the contours of complex-shaped parts, yet constantly and accurately maintaining
the required angle of shot impingement, the correct offset of the peening nozzle from the
target surface and the right dwell or surface speed to control the cold working process.

The peening media delivery system includes an A.S.M.E.-certified pressure vessel of 3.5
cubic foot capacity fitted with high and low shot level sensors, a 3 cubic foot media storage
hopper that automatically adds shot when a low level is detected and, if required, an
electronic shot flow controller to continuously maintain the correct blast pressure and shot
flow rate specified for the shot peening process.

In addition to a cyclone separator for dust extraction, the shot reclamation system includes a
vibratory screen classifier to deliver only shot of the specified size, as well as a spiral
separator to remove any peening shot that is not perfectly spherical.

For metallurgical shot peening applications in accordance with S.A.E. aerospace peening
specification AMS 2432, Guyson offers a SCADA controls package combined with a custom-
designed touch screen human-machine interface (HMI) to enable data verifying all critical
process parameters throughout the shot peening procedure to be captured and logged for
documentation purposes.

Prospective users of robotic shot peening equipment are encouraged to submit sample components for
evaluation in the application engineering laboratory at Guyson’s design and manufacturing center in
northeastern New York State.

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WORKCELL ROBOTIC BLAST SYSTEM UNVEILING AT IMTS 2010

Published by Guyson on July 21, 2010

Guyson Corporation, Booth 7245 in the North Hall’s Finishing Pavilion, will demonstrate for the first time an entirely new concept in workcell-sized robotic blasting systems.

The operating machine to be unveiled at the September event has been developed for customers who want the precision control and flexibility of a robotic blast machine combined with compact design for surface treatment work cells.

IMTS, the International Manufacturing Technology Show, is sponsored by the Association for Manufacturing Technology and is the largest exposition of machine tools and metalworking manufacturing technologies in North America, with over 1,100 exhibiting companies and 1.2 million square feet of exhibits. You can review the floorplans of the 9 technology pavilions and plan your visit at www.imts.com.

If you pre-register by August 13, you can save $25 and secure your show credentials before crowds descend on McCormick Place in Chicago. Visit the official on-line registration site by linking from the IMTS web site, clicking on the banner above or copying and pasting the address of the offical registrar at https://www.xpressreg.net/register/imts090/start.asp.

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2010 EQUIPMENT INVESTMENTS EARN SPECIAL TAX TREATMENT

Published by Guyson on July 19, 2010

This year’s HIRE Act extends the special expensing provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for machinery and capital equipment purchased and placed in service during 2010. At this point, it only covers machinery installed in 2010, so time is limited for you to take advantage of the tax break, if you or a qualified vendor are eligible.

You may have learned of the tax program from your company finance department, a tax advisor, or an article in the trade press. For an authoritative review of the Section 179 tax incentives, visit http://www.section179.org/section_179_faqs.html.

The plan includes up to $250,000 in Section 179 write-offs for 2010 small business equipment purchases of up to $800,000 for new machine tools and other capital equipment.

Signed into law on March 18, 2010, this stimulus to purchase capital equipment could have a positive impact on your federal tax liability and allow you to offset a substantial percentage of your 2010 investment in a productivity-boosting Guyson machine.

For machinery with high engineering content and a longer design-and-build cycles, it is essential to plan ahead, since quoted delivery times for complex systems could soon start edging toward the December deadline for the equipment to be installed and in use.

Consult your financial and tax advisors to quantify the potential tax benefits of making your capital equipment investment during 2010. You may find that, by responding to the government stimulus, you can realize a swifter return and more easily secure the process improvements that form the basis of your purchase justification.

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GUYSON SARATOGA GETS A NEW SIGN

Published by Guyson on July 2, 2010

Visitors to Guyson’s Saratoga Springs, NY, Design and Manufacturing Center are now greeted by a brand new sign at the Grande Blvd. facilities.


Designed, fabricated and installed by Saratoga Sign Pros, Inc., the corporate identity marker is mounted on a steel post-and-frame structure built right in Guyson’s Welding Shop and given a glossy protective coating in our Paint Department. Other members of the Guyson team participated in the project, as well, first by removing the old sign and some over-grown shrubbery that stood by the roadside for over 20 years, then by installing the welded framework.

Steve Byrnes, President of Guyson Corporation, was the driving force behind the updated sign and led the group that worked with the sign maker in development of the design.

“After some discussion, we came to the conclusion that we wanted the new sign to reflect more of what the company is doing today, particularly the exciting developments at Guyson in the area of robotic blasting and shot peening,” Byrnes commented about the design project.

The sign company used up-to-date fabrication methods in execution of the design, not unlike some of the techniques employed by Guyson in manufacturing advanced blasting machinery. CAD/CAM software was employed to generate the program for automated milling of the three-dimensional sign board.

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GREENER IS ALSO BRIGHTER

Published by Guyson on May 10, 2010

The recent investment in new plant lighting in the manufacturing area of Guyson’s Saratoga Springs plant proved to be a very bright idea, all around.

BEFORE: Halide lights left some areas under-lit and had an energy footprint that was a little too 1980s.

One by one, down came the old metal halide lights that lit the main assembly area since our major plant expansion in 1988. The legacy fixtures always made a noticeable humming sound, took about five minutes to reach full brightness and cast a kind of orange-tinted glow, but the bigger issue was that several areas of Assembly and Electrical were a little dim and required auxiliary work lighting.

The new four-lamp T5 HO light fixtures have a large reflector that helps each one brilliantly illuminate a broader area, virtually eliminating dim zones and the need for extra work lights. The biggest benefit, however, is the dramatic difference in the efficiency of the new lighting.

AFTER: More energy-efficient lighting installed in 2010 also improves the quality of work lighting in Assembly, Electrical, Shipping and Receiving.

While the new lights installed in Phase One of the lighting upgrade represent a considerable investment, initial estimates indicate a significant decrease in our energy usage by 59,000 kWh per annum, for an annual savings on the electric utility bill of about $12,000!
 
Congratulations on a job well done to all who contributed to the 2010 lighting project.

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ROBOTIC BLAST MACHINE HAS TRANSFER CART

Published by Guyson on May 10, 2010

Guyson Corporation has introduced a robotic blasting system that incorporates a component-manipulating 6-axis robot and a shuttle transfer cart to fully automate processing of tray-loads of components. The new Model RB-TRR-900 is designed for precise surface preparation, shot peening and cosmetic finishing operations.

RB-TRR-900 blast machine processes a tray-load of components automatically

Guyson RB-TRR-900 has a shuttle cart to transfer a tray of components in and out of the blast chamber, combining the precision and repeatability of robotic blasting with the efficiency of batch treatment.

The robotic blast machine is provided with a single suction-blast gun or pressure-blast nozzle that is rigidly bracketed in a fixed position inside the 42 x 42 x 42-inch blast chamber. Guide rails form a track extension into an antechamber on one side of the blast cabinet. Rolling on the track, the transfer cart bearing a tray full of components is moved in and out of the blast enclosure by a precision linear actuator, and a pneumatically actuated vertical sliding door closes to isolate the load/unload station from the blasting zone.

A Fanuc M-10iA robot with a custom-engineered pneumatic gripper serves as a component handler in the automated blasting system, grasping and removing a part from the tray, presenting the component to the blast, then replacing the finished work piece. A tailored skirt seals the cabinet wall and protects the robot from the potentially abrasive environment of the blast chamber. Fanuc Robotics offers larger and smaller 6-axis robots that can be integrated in the RB-TRR-900, should a different payload or reach be required.

To blast a production lot of parts, a tray of oriented components, typically 6 to 24 in number, is placed on the transfer cart, the sliding load door is closed and a part identification number is entered or selected at the touch-screen control panel. Alternatively, component recognition features are available, including a bar code reader, to positively identify the work and prompt the recall of the correct motion program and blasting process recipe, with automatically controlled parameters such as blast pressure, media flow rate and the duration of the blast and blow-off cycles. While the robotic blast system methodically and identically repeats the surface treatment on each of the components in the batch, the human operator is freed for an extended period to perform other work.

The robotic component manipulator constantly and accurately maintains the specified blast angle, nozzle offset and surface speed, even when following the contours of complex-shaped aerospace or medical parts, which makes it possible to produce extremely consistent surface conditions and eliminate non-conformities in finish quality.

Prospective users of automated and robotic blasting systems are invited to submit sample components for free laboratory testing and application engineering evaluation at Guyson’s factory in northeastern New York State.

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GUYSON AND MOTOMAN ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

Published by Guyson on April 29, 2010

Guyson Corporation has recently signed a Motoman Select Solution Provider Agreement and will integrate Motoman robots into Guyson robotic blast systems. Additionally, Guyson and Motoman will develop new robotic surface treatment applications using certain next-generation robots available exclusively from Motoman.

Yaskawa Motoman Robotics Logo

Steve Byrnes, President of Guyson Corporation, commented on the significance of the new agreement during a briefing of the engineering and manufacturing teams at the Guyson factory in Saratoga Springs, New York.

“This partnership will enable us to cater to the robotic blasting requirements of Guyson customers who use Motoman robots elsewhere in their operations and those who may have a strong preference for this popular brand. As a customer-centered machine builder, Guyson will now offer an expanded robotics portfolio that exceeds that of any other blast equipment supplier or third-party integrator,” Byrnes explained.

Motoman, Inc., West Carrollton, OH is a subsidiary company of Yaskawa Electric Corporation, a world leader in robotics.  Founded in 1989, Motoman has grown to be the second largest robotics company in the Americas with more than 29,000 robots installed and a product line that includes more than 175 distinct robot models.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO FIRST ROBOTICS TEAM 3044 OF BALLSTON SPA

Published by Guyson on March 12, 2010

Just back from the Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics competition, the “OxBE4″ Team 3044 has a right to be proud of their showing.

OxBE4, the 2010 team from Ballston Spa at the Finger Lakes Regional FIRST Robotics competition pose with their entry - Roboxxy.

The group of 21 members of the area high school robotics club participated in the regional event at Rochester Institute of Technology. The challenge this year was called “Breakaway,” and consisted of two alliances of three teams each competing on a 27′ x 54′ soccer field with bumps attempting to earn points by collecting soccer balls in their goals.

The students designed and built a robot called “Roboxxy” in a timeframe of six weeks leading up to the regional competition.  The Team 3044 entry proved it could traverse the bumps on the field and was able to score goals with accuracy.  The students rose to the challenge, learned a lot and had a great time at the competition.

Guyson Corporation is proud to be a sponsor of the BSHS team again in 2010.

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WORK CELL ROBOTIC BLAST MACHINE

Published by Guyson on March 12, 2010

Guyson Corporation has introduced a robotic blasting system based on one of its compact rotary suction-blast cabinets. The Model RB-RSSA-6 incorporates a Fanuc LR Mate 200iC robot and is designed for work cell blasting operations, such as blast cleaning, cosmetic finishing, coating removal and technical surface preparation.

Guyson work cell robotic blasting machine

Guyson's RB-RSSA-6 matches the precision and repeatability of robotic motion with the small footprint of a high-performance workcell blasting cabinet.

The 42-inch wide blast chamber of the RB-RSSA-6 houses a single rotary spindle on which an interchangeable component-holding fixture is mounted. Parts are loaded in the blasting machine through an automatic vertical sliding door that is 18 inches in width. A full-depth hinged door on the side of the cabinet provides access for inspection and maintenance. Including the safety-interlocked perimeter enclosure surrounding the robot, the robotic blast machine is 74 inches tall and 72 inches deep.

When the blast cycle is initiated, the load door closes and the component is rotated at controlled and adjustable speed as a single suction-blast gun is directed at target surfaces by the 6-axis robot. Programmed robotic motion of the blasting nozzle ensures that a specific stand-off distance and angle of blast media impingement  is constantly maintained, even as the blast gun manipulator follows the contours of complex-shaped components. The robot also directs a blow-off nozzle during the timed air wash cycle that follows media blasting.

 The rear of the RB-RSSA-6 robotic blast system is sealed by a custom-tailored skirt made of multi-layered laminated fabric. The protective suit fits tightly around the end of the robot arm, yet allows the full range of motion in all axes, as it isolates the precision manipulator from the potentially harsh abrasive environment of the blasting chamber.

The system’s programmable logic controller (PLC), to which the robot controller is slave, is capable of storing and recalling the automated blasting process routines for up to one hundred different components. A custom designed touch-screen interface allows the human operator to select the program for a particular component and also displays process data monitored by electronic sensors, such as spindle RPM, the duration and elapsed time of the blasting cycle and the levels of blast media and contents of the dust collector drum.

Prospective users of robotic blasting equipment are encouraged to submit sample components for free laboratory testing and application engineering evaluation at Guyson’s factory in northeastern New York State.

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