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2016 Business Profile and Training Manual

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Richmond Steel – About Us

Richmond Steel was established in 1988 by the current President, Chris Austin. Mr. Austin has been in the fabrication business for over 28 years.

The company has two locations. The original shop is located in Richmond Mich., and the main plant is in Chesterfield, MI. and employs 25 people.

Known for it’s quality and integrity, the company specializes in custom steel fabrications to complete turn key machine builds.

Laser burning and bending of all alloy materials.

Large fabrications and production runs of material handling containers.

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Machine tool building / Custom steel fabricators

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Richmond Steel – Business Overview

Richmond Steel is a full service Design and manufacturing source serving the automotive and material handling business. Several diversifications within the company allow for a “turn-key” service with over 28 years of experience.

Machine Builds “Turn-key”

Large Steel Fabrications

Fully automated 225' Powder Coat line

On Site installations

Certified Welding D1.1 D1.2 Class 1

Laser burning up to 1” Thick

Aluminum, Stainless, Envar fabrications

Complete metal fabrication—Bending, Punching, Stamping

33,500 Sq. Ft of manufacturingChesterfield, MI

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Richmond Steel

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Richmond Steel – Machinery List

Thermal Cutting

2- Lasers 2 New (2015) Mitsubishi 5,000 watt 5 x 10 1” thick plate laser

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Forming

Cincinnati press brake 2007 230 ton pro form x 12’ Press Brake – 90 ton x 12' Bentec tube forming machine

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Shearing and Punching

2004 1/4" x 10' – Acu-shear Geka 90 ton – Iron worker

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Perforating Plates and Production Stampings

Coma CNC Punch – 50 ton turret punch

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Sawing

Hyd-mech – 24” x 36” Automatic saw Hyd-mech – 20” x 16” Automatic saw 2-Roll-in saws – 10" x 10"

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Welding and Fabricating

12,000 Sq. Ft. Proto-type area 3 separate prototype stations Miller heli-arc welder 13 welding stations 21- 2001 Miller Welders – 650 amps 2-90 amp hypertherm – Plasma cutters

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Powder Coating and Assembly

7,500 sq. ft. assembly area with 1,500 sq. ft. dunnage storage 10’ x 14’ Paint booth Graco 3500 airless paint sprayer Graco 5000 airless paint sprayer (water base)

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Projects &

Specifications

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Richmond Steel – Laser Projects & Specs

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Laser Equipment

5,000 watt laser – 60 x 120 x 1” thick plate

2 new Mitsubishi Laser – 5 x 10 1” think plate laser

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Laser Project Details

Mazak 2,000 watt laser For tubing and customer shapes

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Richmond Steel – Welding Projects & Specs

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Welding Project Details

Weld Cell Line: Automotive supplier under carriage weld line. 6 cells total. Automated cells and all fixture tooling

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Welding Project Examples

GM Facia Paint carriers: 220 carriers for Automotive supplier power coat line

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Seed Transporters: Agricultural supplier in Midwest 5 ton seed transporters w/ motors and augers Transports seed from warehouse to farm fields for larger commercial farms.

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Prototype material handling container: Prototype to production Richmond builds over 2,000 racks per year for Ford, GM and tier one suppliers.

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Pallet Repair Stations for CHEP: Pneumatic and hydraulic tables for manufacturing environment Design and build capabilities are available..

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Projects &

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Richmond Steel – Projects & Results

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Laser Project Details & Examples

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Laser Project Details & Examples

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Powder Coating Project Details & Examples

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Welding Project Details & Examples

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Paint Aids Details & Examples

Niche work with limited competition

Used for holding open hoods and trunks to allow for them to be painted

$2-3MM a year in paint aids

Changes based on the change in the body styles

This would be 100% tig (tungsten inert gas) welded

CNC(computer numerical control) wire former would be utilized

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Fabricating Project Details & Examples

AAR Cargo in NC Attachment component supplier for US Gov't/UPS/World Hunger Simulated the floor of a 406 Airbus Cradle to grave starting with design Assembled on customers floor in NC Aircraft tolerances were required due to the nature of the project Complete structure was 187 feet long with only 1 mm tolerance

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In plant maintenance for automation machinery Complicated design burned a thick plate with a laser Laser burned and fabricated

Machine guarding and enclosures

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Fabricated stands

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AGV Frame (Automatic Guided Vehicle) 18 feet long built in 3 sections Each piece when put together had to be exact

Another AGV program

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Capable of turnkey projectsAuto manufacturing line for Ford FocusBenteler Automotive for Gailsburg, MI Plant

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Bending Details & Examples

Flat plate material that is laser blanks bent to print

Rolled tubing on tube bender for fascia bodies - Much more challenging project

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Richmond Steel – Final Details & Thoughts

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Summary

Questions & Answers

We are here to partner with you and service your needs We have the equipment to bring your needs to solutions All of our parts go through a rigorous deburring process Powder coating includes aluminum and stainless steel We can service your project needs today...not tomorrow!

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