TWIN WHEEL BLAST MACHINE FOR LOW-PROFILE WORK
Guyson Corporation now offers a rotary table wheel-blast system with one blast wheel over each half of a 4,000 pound capacity, 70-inch-diameter turntable. The Model GWB-702T, with this blastwheel configuration, is especially suitable for batch processing of molds, dies or work pieces that are essentially flat or have limited vertical surfaces. Each blast wheel is […]
GATEWAY ACADEMY GROUP EXPLORES ROBOTIC BLASTING
Nineteen students from Ballston Spa Middle School made a field trip to Guyson Corporation’s Saratoga Springs plant on August 4, 2011, as part of their rich week-long “summer camp” experience in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in the school district’s Gateway Academy program. After a brief introduction to Guyson Corporation and the fundamentals of blasting […]
ROBOTIC GRIT-BLASTING SYSTEM STOPS FINISH VARIATION
Guyson Corporation has introduced a mid-size robotic gritblasting machine for precision surface preparation in coatings work cells. The seven-axis blast unit is capable of accurately and efficiently producing a specified surface roughness with a consistency not possible using manual or multiple-gun blasting methods. A six-axis robot arm, serving as a blast gun manipulator, is attached […]
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM 0xBE4 ON FIRST ROBOTICS REGIONALS!
FIRST Robotics Team 3044 from Ballston Spa High School made an excellent showing at the regional competition at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, March 10 through March 12, 2011. Many weeks of planning, engineering and team effort culminated in the excitement of the regional event held in Worcester, Massachusetts. A total of 36 teams from around the northeast […]
ROBOTIC SHOT PEENER FOR TURBINE BLADE ROOTS
Guyson Corporation has engineered and built a 7-axis robotic blasting machine that is specially adapted for metallurgical shot peening of the root section of turbine blades. The Model RB-9 shot peener accommodates industrial gas turbine blades up to 36 inches in length and in excess of 100 pounds in weight. The 48 x 48 x […]
TAX INCENTIVES ENACTED FOR 2011 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT INVESTMENTS
A component of the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, H.R. 5297, passed into law on Sept. 27, 2010, extends Section 179 expensing to machinery and equipment purchased and installed during the 2011 tax year. The legislation is considered a big win for U.S. manufacturers, in part because it includes the extension through 2011 of […]
Robotic Shot Peening System
NOTE: This post is from 2010. See what Guyson is doing with robotic systems now » 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 […]