Extrusion International 1-2024

18 Extrusion International 1/2024 INDUSTRY NEWS Team with Design Engineers Expanded  Guill Tool, global leader in ex- trusion tooling, recently announced the hire of two new employees. Nick Comeau and Brandon Ribeiro join Guill as Design Engineers. As a Design Engineer at Guill, Nick Comeau has several responsibilities including new product design con- cept generationand researchandde- fining customer requirements using job quotations, purchase orders and customer interaction. He also devel- ops the design concept for customer requirements, works on the detailed design using SolidWorks (Compu- tational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) programs), database searches, along with proprietary design tools. Next, Comeau prepares the design to re- lease it to operations for manufac- ture by ensuring accurate and com- plete drawings and Bill of Materials (BOMs), performs project reviews to define and implement process/prod - uct improvements and presents to customers at trade shows. Brandon Ribeiro’s work at Guill involves creating extrusion die as- semblies to the requirements speci- fied by the customer. The details are acquired by the sales team along with reference assembly pre- viously created. Once the assembly is completed, Ribeiro contacts the customer to get approval before sending the job to the shop floor for production. Asked what he likes about work- ing at Guill, Comeau said he’s en- joyed the hands-on-experience and that operating and cleaning assem- blies shows the strengths and area for improvement of the current as- semblies Guill uses. Discussing what he’s looking forward to learning he said, “I’m looking forward to learn- ing more about CFDs and how simi- larly we can replicate real world ap- plication within a simulation.” Ribeiro appreciates seeing the friendly faces at Guill that are always ready to lend a helping hand. He’s enjoyed learning how to create com- plex geometry using the company’s 3D CAD software, SolidWorks. Commenting on the new hires, Paull said, “We are excited to have Nick and Brandon join the Guill fam- ily. They are young professionals ea- ger to learn all they can about the extrusion process to better serve our customers.” Guill Tool & Engineering Tom Baldock, Sales Manager, Extrusion tbaldock@guill.com Increased Presence in Eastern Europe  FLEXAL, Posnan, is now a sales partner of Hellweg Maschinenbau in Poland. The company will be respon- sible for sales, maintenance and technical advice for the complete range of Hellweg grinders. As a distributor of leading global manufacturers of machines for thermoplastics and rubber processing as well as automation solutions, FLEXAL has over twen- ty years of experience in machine sales and extensive knowledge of the technological processes used in the plastics industry. In addition to grinders from Hellweg, the FLEXAL product range also includes pellet dryers, centralised feeding systems, conveyor belts, laboratory extruders, robots, dosing devices and much more. Hellweg is a global manufacturer of digitally controlled grinders for effective, energy-saving plastics recycling. The portfolio ranges from small units for grinding sprues to high-performance systems for solid parts, films and sheets with a throughput of five tonnes per hour and more. TheMDSi 340/150 Smart Control machine-side-grinder is the most powerful model in the series with drive out- FLEXAL employees during intensive training at Hellweg in Rötgen. From left to right: Mark Hellweg, Managing Director of Hellweg Maschinenbau, Mariusz Kruk, Michał Małecki and Marek Kopacki, Managing Director of FLEXAL (© Hellweg Maschinenbau) Brandon Ribeiro Nick Comeau