Bassett Industries is a large-scale metal fabrication company located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The 80,000 square-foot facility houses state-of-the-art tube bending, laser cutting, robotic welding, CNC machining, sheet metal forming, and water jet cutting machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bassett Industries produces precision machined and fabricated parts and components for many industries, from windmill construction to health care products and everything in between. One specific job they have taken on is cutting components for nuclear waste containment units. The parts are cut out of 5-\u00bc-inch stainless-steel plates using the water jet machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These stainless-steel plates, which weigh up to 19,000 pounds, are delivered to Bassett\u2019s loading area near the water jet machine. From the loading area, they have to be lifted, moved into place, and lowered into the machine for cutting. However, none of Bassett\u2019s existing overhead lifting systems could handle that much weight, so Bassett had to find a different solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2885,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2884","case_study","type-case_study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n