Markets Served

CenterLine Windsor Limited caters to a diverse range of markets, offering our expertise and solutions to meet their specific needs.

CenterLine’s expertise lies in joining, metal forming and coating applications for:

  • Automotive
  • Mass Transit
  • Aerospace/Defense

Automotive

We supply a complete range of products and services to the automotive OEMs, Tier 1 and Tier 2 manufacturers for joining and forming applications of structural components such as:

  • Bumpers
  • Controls Arms
  • Cradles
  • Cross Members
  • Floor Pans
  • Fuel Fillers
  • Instrument Panels
  • Intrusion Beams
  • Rails
  • Seats
  • Trailer Hitches

Supported processes include:

  • Resistance Spot Welding – Materials include: Hot Stamp, HSLA coated materials, Martensite, and Aluminum
  • Gas Metal Arc Welding – Single and twin wire applications, Steel, Stainless Steel and Aluminum
  • Sheet Piercing, Forming and Joining – Staking studs/nuts, hole pierce, shearing operations, toy tab for PCL patches and others
  • Mechanical Assembly – Staking, riveting, hinges and ball joint rivets
  • Laser Welding
  • Laser Cutting – For tube and hot stamped parts
  • Tube Bending and Fabrication – Bending, swaging, piercing, custom forming and end preparation
  • Drawn-Arc Stud Welding
  • Resistance Welding, Other – Hot upset, butt, roll spot, wire & tube (to self or to sheet)
  • Sealing Systems – Adhesives and foam-in-place gasket install (including curing)

From stand-alone welding cells to fully automated production systems, we can provide nearly any level of program support to ensure successful production of sub or fully assembled automotive components.

Mass Transit

Although our main focus is the automotive industry, we also have supplied the mass transit industry with many flexible welding systems for heavy gauge and high strength metal welding applications. This industry requires equipment that is flexible and can withstand demanding application requirements which we have the experience, and custom product capabilities to satisfy.

From overhead gantry systems to specialized cells and custom welding packages, CenterLine has supplied its mass transit customers with equipment to successfully and consistently assemble today’s mass transit vehicles. Our system installations can be found in North America, Europe, and China.

We have developed welding systems suitable for:

  • Stainless Steel, COR-TEN and HSLA materials
  • Multiple sheet thicknesses and gauges
  • High weld force requirements (5000 lbs +)
  • Demanding surface finish requirements

Aerospace/Defense

Due to many benefits offered by cold spray, the aerospace and defense industries have embraced this process as a practical solution for the repair and maintenance of numerous vehicle and damage/wear susceptible component parts.

CenterLine has contributed to many Cold Spray applications, including:

  • Corrosion repair of Ion Vapor Deposition (IVD) – Aluminum coatings on Aircraft Landing Gear
  • Aluminum cladding repair – Aircraft Wing
  • Corrosion repair of Light Armoured Vehicles
  • Magnesium casting repairs – Helicopter Components
  • EMI Shielding – Combat Vehicles

Visit our Cold Spray website for more details about the Cold Spray process, technology, and equipment.

CenterLine’s process and application experiences are suited to welding, metal forming, and coating applications for other industries, including appliances, building materials, consumer goods, and electronics.

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