Machinery supplier Atlanta Attachment Co., which has headquarters in Lawrenceville, Ga., announced it has invested $3 million in capital improvements during 2011.
“It has been both challenging and rewarding to have the opportunity to invest these funds. Our employees have been excited with the new additions and the changes made have helped the company to be more efficient and responsive to our customers,” said Atlanta Attachment President Hank Little.
Atlanta Attachment added 16,000 square feet of manufacturing space to its facility in Lawrenceville, Ga., to upgrade and house its CNC machining capacity.
The company added 16,000 square feet of manufacturing space to house its CNC (computer numeric control) machining centers and upgraded to high-speed Haas Automation equipment, effectively doubling its CNC machining capacity.
Atlanta Attachment also invested in a new water-jet cutting system that increased the cutting thickness of most types of material from ½-inch to 8 inches. Three new turning centers have increased material handling capacity by 2½ times. A new turning center with “live tooling” handles a host of operations—insertion of raw material, turning, milling and finishing both ends of a part—all in one machine.
GibbsCAM software was installed to enable more efficient program writing for the new machines and has cut programming time in half, the company said.
A Brown & Sharpe coordinate measuring machine and other precision measurement instruments were added to the quality control department. Software and hardware upgrades for administrative and research-and-development functions have improved productivity,
according to the company.
Dual monitors were installed at every workstation and faster printers were purchased to help speed everyday tasks.
The engineering department added a SolidWorks server and software updates that increase overall design capabilities and improve departmental efficiency.
