April in Bloomfield

Well, April is here, and we are feeling a healthy dose of optimism that comes with a new spring season in upstate New York. Besides the optimism that the nice weather brings, we are extremely optimistic about our new thermoformer.

The SX-44 project is coming together, with visible progress occurring daily. The frame is complete and in the paint booth, the form station is ready for assembly, and chainrail parts are almost all made. The trim presses are wired up and ready for the production programs to be installed on Monday. Besides that, we are keeping the CNC machines running around the clock on lots of tooling. Kudos to the guys on the shop floor making it happen, especially to the guys that took on the challenge of manning our second shift.

Here are some more photos showing some of the recent work:

Half of a male mold in the Haas VF6:


A whole rack full of new trim tools:


Those are some LARGE cylinders!


Former frame in the paint booth:


Stay tuned for more updates!

Fritz