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Thursday May 15th
ASQ Meeting May 15, 2008
The Baker Company, 175 Gatehouse Road, Sanford ME 04073
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Tour of The Baker Company
Please join us for a tour of the sheet metal fabrication operations of The Baker Company in Sanford, Maine. The Baker Company has invested in state of the art three-dimensional design software, CNC CAM conversion software to program our equipment on the Manufacturing floor as well as the very latest punching and bending equipment. The Baker Company is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of biological safety cabinets, clean benches, glove boxes and isolators, and chemical fume hoods. Its customers represent many fields such as medical and disease research, biotechnology, bioengineering, university research, animal research, and food and pharmacological application processing. It makes a line of standard products as well as custom application-specific containment systems.
Special features of this tour will be an operational laser punch cutting stainless and cold rolled steel nests, a computerized punch that will run its program of nested pieces, automatically load and unload good parts and scrap without an operator being present, and modern press brakes capable of exceptional accuracy with regard to bend location and bend angle between .002 and .003 inches, disregarding variations in material thickness. Another exceptional feature of the tour will be a designer to manipulate and explain a CAD solid model of the part, or unit, as well as a technician to explain how the Engineering model is transposed into CNC “machine language” to punch and brake the sheet metal per design.
The Baker Company is approaching 60 years in business, employs approximately 150, is a founding member of Maine Metal Products Association now known as Manufacturers Association of Maine, and ships its products throughout the United States and Canada and all over the world. On May 22nd the company will be formally recognized as Maine’s Exporter of the Year.
DATE: Thursday, 5/15/08
LOCATION: The Baker Company, 175 Gatehouse Road, Sanford ME 04073
TIME: Beginning at 5:30 PM SHARP
5:30 PM—President and CEO Dennis Eagleson will deliver welcoming remarks.
6:00 PM—Tour of Engineering, Programming and Fabrication Operations follows.
7:00 PM—Pizza and soft drinks will be served in The Main Conference Room after the tour.
Question & Answer session.
COST: $20.00 per person; Students $10.00
RSVP BY END OF BUSINESS 5/14/08 TO: DAVID SMITH, dsmith@bakerco.com; 207-324-8773 X240
DIRECTIONS: FROM THE NORTH. Maine Turnpike I-95 South to Exit 32 Biddeford-Sanford. RIGHT at light after toll booth exit onto Rte 111 West toward Sanford about 9 or 10 miles; in Alfred TURN LEFT at light onto Rte 4 South for about 4 miles. TURN LEFT at light onto Rte 109 South. Go about 2 miles to next light and TURN RIGHT at that light; go less than 100 yds. to STOP SIGN. Angle RIGHT and JOG TO LEFT into INDUSTRIAL PARK onto Gatehouse Road with airport barrier fence on your left. Follow the fence and Gatehouse Road all the way to the end [Gatehouse Road will bear right turning away from the airport barrier fence after 300 yds.]. The Baker Company Executive Offices are the last gray metal prefab building on the RIGHT at the very end of the road.
DIRECTIONS: FROM THE SOUTH. Maine Turnpike I-95 North to Exit 19 Wells-Sanford. RIGHT at light after toll booth exit onto Rte 109 North toward Sanford about 9 miles. In South Sanford pass Rte 99 on right [no turn—stay on Rte 109]. Go on about 1 mile to light and TURN LEFT at that light go less than 100 yds. to STOP SIGN. Angle RIGHT and JOG TO LEFT into INDUSTRIAL PARK onto Gatehouse Road with airport barrier fence on your left. Follow the fence and Gatehouse Road all the way to the end. The Baker Company Executive Offices are the last gray metal prefab building on the RIGHT at the very end of the road.
COMING FROM ANOTHER DIRECTION AND NEED HELP? Contact David Smith: DAVID SMITH, dsmith@bakerco.com; 207-324-8773 X240
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