Bluco Corp.
Modular Fixturing For Welding
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Bluco Corp is the sole source North American supplier for Demmeler & Bluco modular fixturing systems. The modular fixturing systems offered feature highly accurate five-sided tables made of high tensile strength steel. Angles, spacer blocks, clamps, positioning, clamping bolts, and universal stops can be assembled into a ready to use welding fixture in a matter of hours. Ideal for prototypes, spares, and other high mix/low volume jobs.
Recent Content on The Fabricator for Bluco Corp.
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Bluco Corp. named one of Chicagoland’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For
For the third consecutive year, Bluco Corp. has been named one of Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For by the National Association for Business Resources.
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Bluco Corp. again named one of Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For
Bluco Corp., a manufacturer of modular fixturing systems for welding, machining, robotics, and positioning, has been named as one of Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2022 for the second year in a row.
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Modular fixturing system helps customized building manufacturer improve efficiency
SituationWhen customized building manufacturer Hostetler Construction developed its unique steel truss system more than 50 years ago, the goal was to help customers build their dreams. Recently the company’s engineers had a dream of their own: to take production to the next level by improving...
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Modular building manufacturer looks to modular fixturing to double production
Bluco helped Zekelman Industries establish a modular fixturing system for its high-mix/low-volume production of steel-framed modular building units.
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Bluco launches Engineering Design Services
Bluco Corp., Naperville, Ill., has established its Engineering Design Services (EDS) to provide users of its modular fixturing systems with the ability to contract for customized fixture designs. “Bluco’s design process has always started with the customer providing us with CAD models for...
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Modular fixturing system for in-house welding eliminates machinery manufacturer’s long lead times
SituationTom Onsrud, CEO and owner of CNC machinery manufacturer C.R. Onsrud, and Eric McAllister, his fabrication manager, were getting tired of waiting. Their standard practice had always been to have the frames for their 70 CNC machine models welded by an outside shop, but that process had them...
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Bluco launches redesigned website
Bluco Corp., Naperville, Ill., has announced the redesign of www.bluco.com. It features improved navigation, as well as photography and product descriptions, video and literature libraries, and case studies. The new Bluco Blog features relevant news and information about modular fixturing. Guided...
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Bluco Corp. unveils powered manipulator video
The Bluco Corp., Naperville, Ill., has posted a new video at https://bluco.cantoflight.com/s/planq featuring its powered manipulator. The video shows the key features of this modular fixturing system. With a push of a button, the user can raise, lower, rotate, or tilt a workpiece into any position...
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Modular fixturing system features extendable table surface
Bluco's modular fixturing system for welding consists of precision-machined welding tables and a reusable set of tooling components, such as patented bolts, angles, clamps, and blocks, to fixture weldments of almost any size and shape. The five-sided design of the welding table allows for...
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Modular fixturing for welding can be assembled quickly
Bluco's modular fixturing system for welding features 3-D tables and a family of modular elements that can be assembled quickly to fixture almost any size and type of part. For large parts, the five-sided welding table allows for extension of the table surface using angles attached to the sides...
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Modular fixturing for welding can be expanded in five directions
Bluco Corp. offers 3-D modular fixturing bases that provide the foundation for different fixture setups. The bases can be expanded in five directions by attaching modular angles, blocks, and beams with stabilizing legs where needed. They are suitable for both prototype and production...
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Don't forget the fixturing
Don't forget a component of the system sometimes can dictate whether a robotic welding integration succeeds or fails: the fixturing.
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Fixturing on display
Satisfying the demand for highly variable order quantities, a fabricator of custom point of purchase displays innovated an efficicient robotic GMAW workcell suitable for producing as many as 10,000 parts or as few as 10 parts while also accommodating manual welding.
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Get started with modular fixturing
The Demmeler modular fixturing system for welding is an ideal tool for prototypes, repair parts, custom parts, process development or any other short run welding job, including short-run robotic applications. Precise fixtures can be ready in a matter of hours. The system includes a full range of...
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Moving to modular welding fixturing
Wrayco's progression from dedicated welding fixturing to modular fixturing has reduced storage space and maintenance, created faster setups for critical prototypes and quick-turn projects, and improved quality control.