Jürgen Wüst October 2008

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2 Visi-Trak supplies process automation solutions for improving manufacturing quality and profits.

3 Help Our Customers Differentiate themselves in today s competitive environment. Make better decisions, better parts, and better margins. Improve quality, efficiency and competitiveness.

4 Process Automation in the 70 s By guess or by golly

6 Born From Die and Machine Building Industry Began as part of Cuyahoga Industries Die building Machine building Die sampling & Protoype Production First Meter-out Closed Loop Control

7 Visi-Trak Introduced 1977

8 End of Decade - First Monitors Introduced

10 May Visi-Trak Inc. First Organized as a Separate Company

11 Process Automation in the 80 s Computers, Mechanical Automation & Re-introduction of shot control

12 Monitoring Systems Began to Employ Microcomputers Mini computers And PC s Visualizing Shot events

13 Meaningful and Easy-to-Understand Data Utilizing position based sampling Portable units used to monitor one machine at a time First Networked Monitoring System

14 Mechanical Automation Reduced Labor Cost Cycle Consistency Thermal Balance Less Interruption HIGHER OEE

15 Mid-decade Re-introduced Shot Control

16 Process Automation in the 90 s Advent of Simulation & Acceptance of Control

17 Ohio State Water Analog Simulation Discovered importance of acceleration control to critical slow shot velocity

19 Computerized Simulation Helped understand the filling process Advanced Die Design Suggested optimized process values Didn t provide the tools to bridge the gap between design and implementation

20 OEM introduction of Real-time Controls

21 High-Integrity Die Casting Process Developed Using shot monitoring, control, and other advanced process automation techniques - thin walled - heat treatable - weldable parts - automotive structural - suspension applications

22 Process Automation TODAY Plantwide Process Automation

24 WHY BOTHER? My customer said I had to

25 Defects Trapped Gases Material Separation Shrinkage Porosity

26 High Speed Linear Sensor.050 typical Digital Quadrature Output

27 We ve used Visi-Trak s velocity sensor on every new shotend since Our shot cylinder is designed for precision alignment and long life. With Visi-Trak s sensor technology we sense directly from the cylinder rod providing the truest possible feedback it s a great design. RON SMIDT Vice President Die Cast Press Mfg. Co., Inc., Paw Paw, MI

29 Our quality assurance philosophy is based on defect prevention, not detection... the True-Trak20/20 process monitoring system is the cornerstone of this process control system. JOE COMSTOCK Process Control Manager PHB Die Casting, Fairview, Pa.

31 The retrofit package and the Sure-Trak2 Control from Visi-Trak, has given us a shot system with outstanding control & performance. This economical solution extended the service life of the machine and helps us continue to make cost-effective castings after they have outgrown the clamp tonnage capacity of the machine. Its a lot of bang for the buck. DAVE BROCKMAN Senior Fabrication Project Engineer The Toro Company, Windom, MN

Valve Replacement Packages For Die-casting Control Unique Sleeve Design provides for fine metering control over entire flow range Completely balanced piston eliminates flow forces and ensures fastest

32 Valve Replacement Packages For Die-casting Control Unique Sleeve Design provides for fine metering control over entire flow range Completely balanced piston eliminates flow forces and ensures fastest response Cartridge kits fit in standard DIN cavities for integration into manifolds 32mm, 40mm, 50 mm, 63mm, 80 mm, and 100 mm sizes provide flow capabilities for most applications Highly reliable- proven in the die casting environment

34 We were relieved to find an economical replacement for our old ProManagers. That it was a Visi-Trak product, with their support, made it even better. The machine now has acceleration control capability, which it did not have before, and the entire installation took just a couple of hours. BRIAN SURCH Maintenance Manager Port City Group, Muskegon, MI

36 Part traceability is being demanded by automotive and other consumers of die casting services to ensure quality accountability. ALEX KINDIOUK Senior Process Engineer Madison Kipp, WI

38 It not a single technology but a suite of processes that ensure success. This process has consistently proven capable of making these challenging parts. JURGEN WUEST R&D Manager BDW technologies GmbH

39 Soft-Shot

40 We use Soft-Shot on almost all of our dies. We ve saved enormous amounts of money by running flash free extending die life and running larger parts on smaller machines. MATT BROWN Senior Process Engineer Port City Die Casting Group

42 Thirty-three die casting machines, from various manufacturers, are integrated on a single system that gives us the process information we need to make the difficult castings that comprise the bulk of our work today. JOE COMSTOCK Process Control Manager PHB Die Casting, Fairview, Pa.

43 Visi-Trak The company is the people

44 Visi-Trak Leadership Team Greg Solands, Chief Development Engineer - 29 years Ying Shen, V.P. of Engineering - 25 years Al Dinehart, Manager, Field Service - 22 years Tom Vann, V.P. & CFO - 21 years Jay Wood, Software Development Engineer - 18 years Tony Senyitko, Operations & Production Manager - 17 years Brian DeBoer, Manager, PLC Engineering- 5 years Derek Carbonneau, Director of Marketing - 4 years

45 THEN NOW

48 Visi-Trak Worldwide, LLC Sweet Valley Drive, Suite 406 Valley View, Ohio Phone: (216) Fax: (216)

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