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Large Component Architectural Stamping and Forming
How do you keep the retractable roof of a gigantic baseball stadium opening and closing smoothly, day after day, letting the sunshine in and keeping the elements out? The client had the design for the Miami Marlins ballpark; they turned to E.J. Ajax for help with the fabrication of the large sheet metal components. “We had the project quoted by a couple of vendors. E.J. Ajax wasn’t the cheapest, but they were the quickest to respond with workable answers on questions about tooling and bends,” reported the structural engineer on the project.
In particular, an 8-foot landing piece needed to be bent in three locations and then overlap the adjoining piece. “That was the piece nobody else seemed able to make,” the client said. When the client realized the pieces would flatten during shipping, EJ Ajax devised a customized shipping container. “They had the solution by the end of the day,” he said.
Specifications
Product Description |
Retractable Roof Seal Components |
| Capabilities Applied/Processes |
Engineering Design, Prototyping, Custom Tooling, Compound Bending, Protective Shipping Components |
| Tightest Tolerance |
.020 |
| Material Thickness |
.179 inch (7 GA), .164 inch (8 GA), .134 inch (10 GA) |
| Material Used |
Grade 50 HRPO steel |
| Material Finish |
Unfinished |
| Industry for Use |
Architectural sheet metal stamping and forming |
| Volume |
Short run |
| Lead Time |
3 weeks |
| Delivery Location |
Miami, FL |
| Standards Met |
LEED |
| Project Scope |
Manufacturing design and build large components for weather seal on retractable roof |
| Design Work |
Designed manufacturing offset to create weather-tight seal of components |
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Precision Metal Stamping