News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 11, 2007

New Water-Cooled Spinformed Hollow Tube Assembly Solution

NILES, MI – Formitt Metal Labs is proud to showcase at the National Manufacturing Week Show (September 25-27) at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL,  its  custom manufactured water cooled catalytic converter housing for marine electric generator applications that eliminates carbon monoxide (CO) gas from the engine’s exhaust stream.

Utilizing hollow tube spinforming and assembly technology, the dual chamber 304 stainless steel assembly secures the catalysts in the inner tube, separating it from the water cooled outer jacket. The water cooled jacket is required to meet temperature restrictions on exposed surfaces in marine applications.

Formitt spinforms/fabricates the tubular parts, wraps & inserts the catalyst, assembles and TIG welds the connecting flange. This product solution reflects Formitt’s product co-development, prototyping and production capabilities for spinformed hollow tube shapes and assemblies.

Carbon monoxide poisoning has become a recognized risk for boaters, which has precipitated the need for this exhaust device. As reported in the June/July 2007 issue of “Professional Boatbuilder” magazine, “Statistical data revealed nearly 390 cases over a period of eight years in the Lake Powell,

Utah area alone. According to USCG and NIOSH studies done at this lake, 64 people died from CO produced by onboard generators, 10 deaths were attributed gas from propulsion and other engines”.

Formitt Metal Labs utilizes spinforming, flowforming and assembly technologies to create hollow tube symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes, fabrications, and assemblies using flat stock or tubing in both ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including stainless and high alloy steels.

Spinforming technology eliminates the need for welded tube end-cones, thereby enhancing overall component quality and reliability. Formitt hollow tube fabricated assemblies may include the insertion of filtration elements, heat exchange components, catalytic elements, or others. Formitt metal tube spinforming technologies are currently being used in the automotive, HVAC, filtration, marine industries and others.

For more information regarding this application and business unit, please visit us at BOOTH # 4665 or go to www.formitt.com. For a complete overview of our metal forming capabilities, visit www.hessindustries.com.

Hess Industries, Inc. is a global engineering and manufacturer of metalforming machines, cells, systems and process lines with over 30 years experience.