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TWO Tours this
month – Please Sign up
16 Aug 07 - DaimlerChrysler
- Etobicoke Casting Plant Tour – Page 1
23 Aug 07 - Magna High Tech Tour – EOS Metal
Rapid Prototyping – to be emailed
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DaimlerChrysler -
Etobicoke Casting Plant Tour
Date: August
16th/2007 at 5:00 PM
Venue: DaimlerChrysler- Etobicoke Casting
Plant, 15 Brown's Line Toronto, ON. M8W 3S3
Direction
From 401: Take HWY 427 South bound- Exit Brown's Line - Pass three stop
light and look for the green building on your left side. We are located just
before the bridge to Lakeshore on Brown's Line.
Click
Here for Map
Time:
5:00 pm sharp! – approx. 7:30 pm
Type:
Plant Tour - Please RSVP with Contact axisrm@gmail.com
or call (416) 291-5866 to sign up.
Please
note: Event limited to 25 participants
$15 for members (CMTDMF -Canadian Machine Tool, Die & Mold
Federation- included), $20 for non-members, student members $8. SME
membership cards are to be shown.
Safety rules in our plant:
ALL
VISITORS MUST FOLLOW THESE RULES: PLEASE READ and follow or you will not be
admitted. Steel Toe Foot Protection is mandatory: Please bring your own. It
is more comfortable. We do not provide this item so please make sure you have
it or there will be NO ENTRY to the plant. It has to be CSA approved. Eye
Protection is mandatory: Please bring your own if you have one. They must be
CSA approved Industrial Safety Glasses with properly mounted side shields and
with no metal frame. If you don't have one, ECP will provide a pair. They
should be returned at the end of the tour. Hearing protections are
mandatory: ECP will provide. Photo imaging equipment of any kind IS NOT
ALLOWED in our facility. If you are a smoker: BUTANE CONTAINER or Lighters
of any kind ARE NOT ALLOWED. Please wear pants and long sleeve shirt. As
you know we are a casting facility. All parts on the floor are considered
HOT. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH ANY CASTINGS. FOLLOW THE GROUP AT ALL TIMES. DO
NOT BRING ANY CONTAINERS OF ANY KIND.
Etobicoke Casting Plant
was originally built in 1942 to aid the war effort and support the Allied
Forces throughout the World, producing mass quantities of aircraft parts. By
December 1942, the Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.-Alcan, had cast its first
part, inaugurating the operation at ECP. As the war ended, automakers were
interested in using aluminum for cylinder blocks, heads, crank cases and
wheels, and Alcan Ltd. was eager to tap into the market. When production
increased due to a stronger auto industry, interest from automotive grew
substantially. On June 1, 1964 Chrysler purchased the plant. Since then, many
changes have taken place, including a number of plant expansions in 1984 and
1998. Currently, ECP currently produces pistons for a few different engines
and also aluminum die casting cases and adapters for Chrysler.
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