A recent visit to Bulldog Ironworks, just south of Dallas, reveals how they  leverage Ocean Products to reduce man-hours and improve material flow through their recently expanded facility.  They specialize in heavy structural steel fabrication for both commercial and industrial markets.

Material flows in one direction through the shop starting with the Ocean Terminator Saw and their recent addition of the Ocean Liberator Coping Line. Nick Copeland Sr.,  commented that “we recently completed the stair-stinger cut-outs for a 16 story building, consisting of 96 stringers, in two-days using the Liberator” The Liberator has greatly improved productivity as witnessed in the channel cut-outs being processed for a steel supply house.

Bulldog Iron Works also integrated three pairs of Ocean Flipper Profile Rotators into their fitter-welder lines. Material is rotated at each station, eliminating costly wait times for overhead cranes.

BullDog Iron Works has 3 pair of Ocean Flippers

Operating since 1970, the Copeland family business is prospering due to their employee skill sets, commitment to quality workmanship and focus being a low cost producer using technology.

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This means you have way too many man-hours in each cut or cope. What you really need is a more economical, and more accurate solution that does your coping and notching cleaner and much faster, ensuring you make a larger margin on your bids.

Learn how the Ocean Liberator can make you MONEY by coping your pieces significantly faster and cheaper than doing it by hand or with a robotic plasma coper.

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Ocean Machinery, along with its manufacturing partner Peddinghaus and its local dealer Impact Machinery, exhibited the Ocean Liberator CNC Beam Coping machine at the recent Austech trade show in Melbourne Australia.

The Ocean Liberator drew huge crowds at Austech

The simplicity of the Liberator and the ease in which it copes all types of copes made it an instant hit at the show. Its compact size, affordable price explains why it is so popular worldwide and why it is used in both large structural shops as well as all steel fabricators doing a mix of structural and miscellaneous metals.

The Ocean Liberator’s copes require little to no grinding

Of course the legendary Oceanettes added a dose of light relief and were a big hit, signing their calendars and posing with the multitude of visitors.

The world famous Oceanettes down under at Austech 2017

Vice President Danny Steyn and the Oceanettes with the Ocean Liberator

To learn more about the Ocean Liberator CNC beam coping machine call Ocean Machinery today or visit us on the web at www.oceanmachinery.com

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How to Make Stair Stringer Cut-Outs

The Ocean Liberator CNC oxyfuel torch quickly cuts out notches on the end of channel or beams to attach to landing pieces.The Ocean Liberator eliminates manual layout and marking. It takes drawings straight from your CAD program and automatically cuts the copes accurately, every time, with no possibility of human layout error.

The Ocean Avenger CNC Beam Drill Line can be used in conjunction with the Ocean Liberator to lay out all welded marks for corner angles or to drill holes for bolted treads in industrial applications.

The video below shows how fast the Ocean Liberator copes the top part of the stair stringer that will eventually be attached to a steel landing platform. The video was taken at a fabricating and welding shop in Texas, where they use the Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine most often to cope beams to build large skids and channel for stair stringer cut-outs for oil tanks and pump jacks used in the oil and gas industry.

The Ocean Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine copes the stair stringer cut-outs and notches in just 3 minutes and 20 seconds from start to finish. To make these same stair stringer cut-outs by hand would take 5x or more the amount of time, including layout, part-marking and grinding. The Ocean Liberator makes perfect stair stringer cut-outs quickly and accurately — just think about the time and money that will be saved!

For more information on how the Ocean Liberator can help fabricators making stair stringer cut-outs, contact Ocean Machinery today https://oceanmachinery.com/es/ or call us toll free at 1-800-286-3624. More videos on the Ocean Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine can be found on the Ocean Machinery YouTube channel.

Photos of Stair Stringer Production with the Ocean Liberator CNC Beam Coper

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CS Aguirre & Sons was formed in the late 1970s by Carlos Aguirre because he wanted to start a business to pass on to his sons, who were also avid welders. It is still family-owned and operated, with as far as the fourth generation of Aguirres coming in to the shop each week to keep the art of welding an active tradition in the family. They doubled the size of their shop just a few years ago when they purchased our CNC Beam Drill Line, the Ocean Avenger. Co-owner Conrad Aguirre told us “since we expanded the shop and got the Avenger we haven’t had a slow period.” With the rapidly growing oil and natural gas industry in southwestern Texas, they are expecting the Liberator to also become an invaluable asset for the shop, as they plan to get a lot more work by advertising their ability to quickly get jobs done with the Liberator CNC Beam Coper!

To find out more about the Ocean Liberator CNC Beam Coping Machine, call Ocean Machinery at 1-800-286-3624.

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