Great Lakes Ship­yard announces the instal­la­tion of a new state-of-the-art plas­ma cut­ting machine, the Plate Pro Extreme 3100.

The addi­tion of this cut­ting table expands the range of ser­vices avail­able to its cus­tomers and great­ly improves the effi­cien­cy of Great Lakes Ship­yard oper­a­tions, while also enhanc­ing the qual­i­ty and pre­ci­sion of the work being pro­duced. Bring­ing this capa­bil­i­ty in-house allows the Ship­yard to make more of its own parts with­out rely­ing on out­side ven­dors or subcontractors.

An Amer­i­can made prod­uct of Koike Aron­son Inc./Ransome, the plas­ma burn table is an auto­mat­ed dual side dri­ve, plas­ma cut­ting machine that uti­lizes the lat­est tech­nolo­gies to pro­vide speed, accu­ra­cy, ver­sa­til­i­ty, and dura­bil­i­ty in ther­mal cut­ting. The machine has the capa­bil­i­ty to burn plate up to 6‑inches thick with a table capac­i­ty for plates of up to 10-feet wide by 20-feet long.

Welders, engi­neers, and man­age­ment per­son­nel received oper­a­tional and safe­ty train­ing on the Plate Pro Extreme 3100, and the new cut­ting machine is now in ser­vice and avail­able to pro­vide sup­port to the Ship­yard and its customers.