Proto Manufacturing Limited
Oldcastle, ON
Company Overview
PROTO MANUFACTURING LTD. established in 1967 provides automated nondestructive residual stress analysis and applied stress analysis systems, equipment and services. Our Mission Statement:
Our team is dedicated to customer satisfaction, by supplying the best technology and knowledge with quality, service and value in our poducts and services. Our Research Partners have included:
Boeing, NRC, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, General Motors, AECL (Atomic Energy Canada Ltd.), Ontario Hydro Technologies, DREA (Defence Research Establishment Atlantic), and others.
Proto designs and manufactures residual stress and applied stress analysis systems that can be used in the field and under extreme environmental conditions. Based on x-ray diffraction, the systems measure residual stress nondestructively and quantiatively - allowing Residual Stress Tracking on products before and after various manufacturing processes as well as over the life of the product. Proto also provides comprehensive laboratory services, and can travel to make stress analysis and retained austenite measurements on location with their portable equipment.
Residual stress plays an important role in fatigue life, distortion, available component load limits, crack propagation, stress corrosion cracking, and crack initiation. It is therefore not surprising that characterizing and managing residual stress can offer the following benefits: - reduce maintenance costs - reduce material costs - improve product quality - optimize product life - shorten your design cycle - get your product to market faster - reduce liability costs - reduce testing costs - improve your bottom line
Company Information
Physical Address
2175 Solar Cres.
Oldcastle, ON N0R 1L0
CA
Mailing Address
2175 Solar Cres.
Oldcastle, ON N0R 1L0
CA
Additional Details
Legal Name: Proto Manufacturing Limited
Number of Employees: 20
Total Sales ($CDN): $100,000 - $200,000
CA
Proto Manufacturing Limited manufactures Residual Stress Analysis Systems and provides residual stress analysis services in the laboratory or in the field. Through constant and aggressive research and development Protos products are at the forefront of residual stress analysis systems and services worldwide. Proto has pioneered field residual stress measurements on aircraft, structures and pipelines including work on historic structures such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the World Trade Center after the first attempt. Proto has brought dramatic improvements to x-ray diffraction, achieving over five patents with more on the way, by freeing the technology from the confines of the laboratory and removing the limitation of characterizing small coupons only. Proto innovations have included; the successful development of an 18 kg portable system, very small goniometers, automated residual stress mapping, Multi-Maps, simultaneous residual stress and retained austenite measurement, high-speed x-ray diffraction and has pioneered field and inline applications for defense, aerospace, civil engineering, utility and automotive sectors. Proto also designs and manufactures it's own x-ray tubes and detectors and currently produces the world's smallest fine focus and microfocus x-ray tubes.
- NASA
- NIST
- NRC
- Ford
- US Airforce
- US Navy
- Pratt & Whitby Canada
- RollsRoyce Allison
- General Motors
- Honda R&D
- Seimens-Westinghouse
- Daimler-Chrysler
Successfully measured 'Deadload' stress on the Brooklyn Bridge nondestructively (a world first). Successfully measured total stress on the World Trade Center at the terrorist bomb blast site. Invented automated stress mapping which has helped many companies solve quality, const and safety issues. Developed world's smallest microfocus x-ray tube for use by NASA.
Proto curently has 7000 square feet of factory and laboratory space.
Contacts
James Pineault
Title: Manager Stress Measurement laboratory
Area of Responsibility: Research/Development/Engineering
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Mohammed Belassel
Title: Research and Development Manager
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Michael Brauss
Title: President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
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Robert Drake
Title: Physicist
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Services
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Nondestructive Testing R&d
Proto provides contract research capabilities to investigate and develop new and or modified nondestructive testing methods. Our people have learned to be highly successful at adaptive design of theory into hardware and software. Proto offers a complete vertically integrated environment from machining to programming.
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Residual Stress Measurement Services
Proto Offers nondestructive residual stress measurement services. These services can be provided through our laboratory as well as in the field. Recent field services include stress measurements on the Brooklyn Bridge NYC, B-2 Bomber, Natural Gas Pipeline, C-141 aircraft, Power Generation Turbine.
Products
- Automated Nondestructive Test Systems
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Residual Stress Analysis Systems
Proto Mfg. Ltd. manufactures a complete line of Nondestructive Stress Analysis Systems for both portable and laboratory use. The systems are currently the smallest and fastest systems of their kind in the world. Available options include, Automated Stress Mapping and Simultaneous residual stress and retained austenite measurement. Proto also offers custom hardware and software design of x-ray diffraction systems.
- X-ray Diffraction Instrumentation
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X-ray Tubes
Proto Mfg. designs and manufactures various x-ray tubes. Recent achievements include world's smallest micro focus and fine focus x-ray tubes used in diffraction and imaging applications.
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