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the flexibility to choose a control interface to suit operator preferences. ” Maestro is backed by the company’s global support capabilities, including the ready- availability of non-proprietary spare parts. Visitors to the company’s booth will be among the first to have the opportunity to take Maestro for a test drive. AddisonMckee is a winner of Managing Automation magazine’s Progressive Manufacturing 50 Awards for 2008, a prestigious award based on an organisation’s ability to use information and automation technologies to transform its business and create a sustainable competitive advantage. Website : www.addisonmckee.com Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of induction melting and heating equipment, Ajax Tocco Magnethermic USA 5249

Christian Rogiers, the company’s vice president of global marketing, commented, “ We produce a whole range of market- leading solutions, of which the all-electric DB24ESR – primarily a model for air- conditioning components and brake lines – is just one. Accordingly, Fabtech 2008 will provide the perfect platform to demonstrate our wider product range. ” AddisonMckee will also officially unveil its Maestro™ controller, a flexible bending machine control solution. Developed around extensive feedback from the company’s global customer base, Maestro offers user-friendly design with an intuitive user interface, and provides diagnostic control for real-time troubleshooting. The company’s executive vice president of sales, Mr Jim Sabine, commented, “ With the launch of Maestro, all new AddisonMckee CNC tube bending machines will be available with our new Mark VI globally standardised back-end control system, designed to provide maximum bender utilisation and up-time.” “ From a front-end perspective, however, Maestro enables us to offer our customers

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At Fabtech, tube bending and end-forming technology specialist AddisonMckee plans to display one of its high-performance DataBend™ small diameter draw bending machines, and formally launch a user- friendly tube bending control solution. In displaying the DataBend™ model, a DB24ESR (all-electric, stack, multi-radius) 25mm high-performance draw bending machine designed for the production of smaller components, AddisonMckee intends to provide tube manipulators with a deeper insight into its capabilities.

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