FOCUS ON SURFACE FINISHING
“ WWD Metaal ’ s investment in capital equipment , even during difficult times , is essential to position it for greater success as the economy picks up …..”
WWD Metaal has invested in a Timesavers 22 RB series compact dry machine for deburring , edge rounding , finishing and removing laser oxide from sheet metal .
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INVEST FOR SUCCESS
A machine for deburring , edge rounding , finishing and removing laser oxide from sheet metal is ‘ a new step in a better process ’ for WWD Metaal .
Wil Waelbers walks through the large hall of his factory in Nederweert , The Netherlands - a few employees are manufacturing frames . His company , WWD Metaal , is 21 years old . Waelbers founded the company in 1999 in an old barn in a farmer ’ s yard . Over the past two decades , WWD Metaal ( standing for Wil Waelbers Design ) has grown with thirty employees ( including seven in the business office ), a 3150m 2 surface area and a production capacity of more than 50,000 hours per year .
WWD Metaal mainly processes stainless steel and aluminium via machining ; glass bead blasting ; water jet cutting ( 2D and 3D ); tube and plate welding ; robotic welding ; ( certified ) welding and , this year , manual laser welding . The company supplies the food industry ,
Wil Waelbers of WWD Metaal .
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