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Timken Company – Faircrest Steel Plant, Canton, Ohio
Location:
Canton, OhioNumber of Tours: 2 Date: Monday, April 19, 2010 Gather in plant tour departure room: 6:15am Departure time from convention center: 6:30am Tour: 8:00am-10:30am Approximate arrival time back Cleveland Renaissance Hotel: 12:00am Date: Monday, April 19, 2010 Gather in plant tour departure room: 10:45am Departure time from convention center: 11:00am Tour: 12:30am-3:00pm Approximate arrival time back to Cleveland Renaissance Hotel: 4:30pm About The Plant The Timken Faircrest Steel plant focuses production on specialty alloy, higher-volume products than can be melted, rolled, and finished in a continuous process, taking advantage of the facility's integrated structure. The Faircrest Steel Plant began operations in 1985, following an extensive study of our Steel Business and steelmaking technologies. With an ultra-high-powered 170-ton electric arc furnace at its heart, the facility uses state-of-the-art manufacturing processes, under the control of a hierarchical computer system, to produce the highest quality steel possible. Faircrest production is focused on specialty alloy, higher-volume products that can be melted, rolled and finished in a continuous process, taking advantage of the facility's integrated structure. FSP was one of seventeen Timken locations that received the company's highest award for attention to quality (Foundation of Quality Excellence Award). This award was in recognition of implementing TQMS & for achieving targeted quality performance levels. What You Will See on the Tour
Tour attendees will see the results of several continuous improvement
initiatives/methods including; Lean 6 Sigma initiatives focused on reduced
variation and improved yield, performance measure and standards, plant-wide
gainsharing plan, advanced process control systems, constraint analysis with
computer systems. Multiple areas of the Timken facility will be visited
including the chem lab, electric arc furnace, ladle refining station, ingot
making, the rolling mill, and roll shop.
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