The Bradbury Company invited students from 13 local schools for factory tours to celebrate Manufacturing Day in mid-October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe opened our doors for student tours to share opportunities for rewarding careers in manufacturing and highlight the advanced technology we utilize every day,\u201d said Matt Werner, Senior Manager Sales & Marketing at The Bradbury Company. \u201cStudents received a full facilities tour, along with a chance to compete in hands-on skills challenges and explore our career center booths. This was our biggest year yet. We had over 300 students tour from 13 local schools. We were also happy to invite our technical school partners, Hutchinson Community College and Flint Hills Technical College.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bradbury employees led tours and explained the manufacturing progression from concept to engineering design, fabrication, assembly and testing. Students viewed the fabrication shop, which houses approximately 60 CNC machines, where Bradbury fabricates the major components required for the construction of Bradbury equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Highlights of the tour included the Doosan lathe, which machines parts from 200 inches long to 30 inches in diameter, the induction heat treat center, the robotic welding cell and the high-definition plasma torch. Tour groups walked through the assembly area to observe the assembly of Bradbury custom-made machines and watched several roll forming lines running formed products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n