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A. Stucki Company Delivers the Benefits of Railroad to the Atlantic Seaboard with Machining & Reconditioning

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By Fiona Vernon

Transportation is an important part of a functioning society. It allows for efficient communication, trade, and exchanges that help a civilization thrive. The most commonly known form of transportation is the automobile, since individuals use it on a daily basis to get through their busy lives. Railroad is also a part of people’s daily lives, but it exists in the background. Railcars deliver products to end users with a wide variety of types of freight cars, from autoracks, coil cars and gondolas to well cars and intermodal equipment. Companies rely on the railroad industry’s energy efficiency and capability of handling large loads to run their businesses, along with a plethora of other benefits.  A. Stucki Company, based in Pennsylvania, has contributed to the success of the industry for over 100 years and is now comprised of 17 global locations and growing. They are focused on engineering, machining, reconditioning, and manufacturing of railcar parts, repair, and reconditioning. Their foundation rests on the quality of their products from the Atlantic to the Pacific Seaboard.

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A. Stucki Company in Pennsylvania Provides Components & Repair for Every Type of Freight Car

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By Fiona Vernon

One of the biggest fascinations that children have is with trains. They are majestic sights as car after car glides past, seemingly coming out of nowhere and disappearing down some mysterious path. As we grow older, the mystery subsides as we learn the significance that railroads have had on the building of our nation by the delivering of products across industries. What is each type of freight car’s purpose? Some are obvious in their names — autoracks, refrigerated boxcars, and coil cars — but what about centerbeams, flatcars, covered and open-top hoppers, tank cars, well cars, and intermodal equipment. Each of these also have their own nicknames in the industry, making it all the more interesting for lay people. Businesses from the East Coast to West Coast can use freight cars to ship just about anything by rail to keep the economy flowing smoothly.

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American Turbocharger Technologies Repairs Turbochargers in the Marine & Rail Industry for New York, New York

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By Fiona Vernon

The railroad and marine industries work closely together to deliver goods throughout the world. Both forms of transportation rely heavily on a combination of parts to keep them in business, and turbochargers are an essential component of any diesel engine requiring extra power. Turbochargers in the marine industry play a critical role in an engine’s performance, reusing exhaust gases to increase the overall effectiveness of the engine. Industries from Jacksonville, Florida, to Charleston, South Carolina, can rely on American Turbocharger Technologies for turbocharger routine maintenance, repair, remanufacturing, and even 24-hour emergency services. They provide fast and professional diesel engine repair for operators of 901 to 5,000 horsepower marine, locomotive, and stationary diesel engines. The two parts that require equal attention during routine maintenance are the blower and turbine sides, and not only does this AAR M-1003 Certified company excel at Caterpillar and GE diesel engine turbocharger work, but they also supply remanufactured, aftermarket, UTEX, and OEM turbocharger spare parts. Everyone from New Orleans, Louisiana, to New York, New York, can rely on the 200 years combined experience from American Turbocharger Technologies.

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Can Rely on American Turbocharger Technologies for ALCO & EMD Diesel Engine Repair

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By Fiona Vernon

A plethora of transportation inventions have allowed people to develop industries as their product spread to a larger consumer base — from the first steam locomotive in the 1700s to the engines being more affordable for the general population in 1908 with the Ford Model-T. It could take weeks to get to new areas, so making modes of transportation faster and more efficiently was the goal. The invention of the turbocharger fit that bill. Railroads are used for a variety of applications that include freight and passengers for both long and short hauls. With rails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Chicago, Illinois, being relied upon to keep the economy running, companies, American Turbocharger Technologies offers a combined 200 years’ experience in the diesel engine repair and turbocharger industries. This AAR M-1003 certified company not only offers 24/7 emergency turbocharger repair services and remanufacturing, but they also provide an impressive array of remanufactured, aftermarket, UTEX, and OEM turbocharger parts. Whether someone in Charlotte, North Carolina, needs ALCO or EMD diesel engine turbocharger work performed or a business in Tampa, Florida, needs diesel engine connecting rods, cylinder heads, or pistons, American Turbocharger Technologies provides fast and professional services.

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American Turbocharger Technologies in Newport News, Virginia, Provides Turbocharger Remanufacturing & Repair

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By Fiona Vernon

When a business is established, it is done so with the idea of supplying a product or service that makes individuals’ lives better. End users are not the only ones who benefit, but other businesses rely on specialty businesses to help them make their customers’ happy. Anyone from Ocean City, Maryland, to Beaufort, North Carolina, can rely on American Turbocharger Technologies, a division of A. Stucki Company, for a diverse range of affordable exclusive products and solutions. This AAR M-1003 Certified company provides fast and professional services for operators of 901 to 5,000 horsepower marine, locomotive, and stationary diesel engines. They saw the need for regional and short-line railroads to have direct contact with their vendors, so they offered rapid, superior turbocharger repair and remanufacturing, as well as 24/7 turbocharger services. They also boast a full-line capability for all parts and components — including new, UTEX, OEM, remanufactured, and aftermarket turbocharger parts, like lube oil pumps and raw water pumps and drives. Marine and railroad fleet operators from Newport News, Virginia, to Richmond, Virginia, can rely on American Turbocharger Technologies to keep them running.

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Seco Machine and A. Stucki Company Are Adding Jobs with Their New Manufacturing Plant in Green, Ohio

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By Fiona Vernon

Specific reasons exist that allow a business to grow and expand, such as adding new services or products, targeting new customer markets, expanding into new areas, such as laser etching and additive manufacturing, and manufacturing new products. Seco Machine in North Canton, Ohio, a subsidiary of the A. Stucki Company in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, states that each of the aforementioned reasons are behind the exciting announcement of their new plant location in Green, Ohio. This contract company specializes in precision machining, metal machining, and cast urethane production and explains that the new plant, being constructed by Campbell Construction Company out of Wooster, Ohio, would allow them to create positions for new employees. They have already delved into expanding what they can offer to the growing needs of its customers, and this new state of the art facility allows them to immerse themselves in those and other areas, while keeping true to the growth of its mainstay of railcar components. Businesses interested in prototype production for research and samples for marketing in addition to a plethora of other services can continue to rely on Seco.

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, & Beyond Can Call A. Stucki Company for 3D Printing Services for Research Prototypes

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By Fiona Vernon

Many companies from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Columbus, Ohio, are wholeheartedly entering a world of a new age with additive manufacturing, which is a process by which three-dimensional design is used to build up a component by depositing layers of material onto one another. These 3D printing services range in complexity levels from fixtures to functional electronics, and the A. Stucki Company has used its advanced manufacturing for several purposes – prototypes for research, samples for marketing, test molds for manufacturing, and so much more. This engineering and manufacturing company is taking steps to offer its 3D printing capabilities to organizations who are interested in the benefits of opening themselves up to new opportunities but prefer not to acquire and maintain in-house 3D printing expertise. Any company from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Cleveland, Ohio, looking to reduce costs for research and development toward new products and discover new business opportunities can rely on the experts at A. Stucki Company.

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Industries from Cleveland to Canton, Ohio, Can Call Seco Machine for Laser Etching on a Variety of Surfaces

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Detail markings are widely used to ensure traceability for enhanced health and safety, regulatory compliance, quality control and logistics, and for branding purposes. Seco Machine businesses are not only cast urethane parts producers, such as Seco Urethane, for a wide range of industries, but they also use state-of-the-art laser etching equipment to mark products according to the specifications required by each customer from Cleveland, Ohio, to Canton, Ohio. Laser etching is an exceedingly fast and consistent method, applying low stress to parts while applying detailed graphic images. This local machine shop is a division of the A. Stucki Company and provides laser etching services on everything from metal to non-metallic surfaces for dealers from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Akron, Ohio, for a very low cost with quick turnaround. Whether a company needs a comprehensive contract manufacturing partner for prototype production, gift laser etching, or product marking services, Seco Machine can help solve the needs of any industry.

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Industries in Detroit, Michigan, and Beyond Can Rely on Seco Urethane for Custom-Cast Compression Molded Parts

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Industries from Detroit, Michigan, to Tacoma, Washington, that consistently employ heavy-duty applications are frequently searching for products with physical properties that can handle the excessive stress that will be put upon them. The countless uses of urethane are relatively unknown in the parts industry, because it offers qualities superior to those of commodity polymers — including durability, impact resistance, and improved wear. A. Stucki Company has led the international development and application of railcar dynamic, or motion control products, since 1911. Seco Urethane, an extension of Seco Machine, is America’s leading urethane product producer and supplier, specializing in custom-cast urethane parts for railway cars. Seco, a contractor manufacturer, is now an integral part of A. Stucki’s precision-engineered urethane damping components and compression molded parts, as well as prototype sample parts. Any industry from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, can take advantage of their legacy of providing customers with the highest quality railcar components with significant support regardless of the scope or size of the contract by partnering with Seco Urethane.

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Industries in Jacksonville, Florida, can Call Alco Spring for Hot Wound Coil Springs & Testing of Raw Materials

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By Fiona Vernon

Alco Spring Industries, a division of the A. Stucki Company, has been delivering hot wound coil springs to companies around the world for over 100 years. Their full line of high quality springs, whether manufacturing one or one million, are made from the world’s best materials and are engineered for peak performance. A diverse customer base from Chicago Heights, Illinois, to Jacksonville, Florida — including transportation, agriculture, energy, freight car, railroad, mining, snow removal, track tensioners, and vehicle suspension — relies on their industrial springs. This engineering and manufacturing company empowers success in all their highly productive and dedicated people that have a foundation in values not only in their commercial aftermarket and OEM springs, but also with their inspection and testing of raw materials. The large raw material department at Alco Spring works with an extremely wide range of bar diameters starting at ½ inch, heights up to 60 inches, and weights from one pound to 2,000. They possess the ability to work closely with each customer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Sacramento, California, in order to design and implement products, inspection, and testing that will exceed the needs of even the most demanding of clients.

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