The Space Shuttle Endeavour event was created by BARTKRESA Design with nine Christie projectors.


CASTINGS ON STUNNING DISPLAY


Christie uses dozens of cast components in its numerous lines of high-defi nition projectors found in movie theaters, boardrooms and public displays around the world. NICHOLAS LEIDER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR


become a part of business parlance. But for Christie, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of complex audiovisual projection systems, little details can have big consequences. Consider the challenges for


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Christie engineers in complex, tight tolerance, abstract designs, where high-defi nition projection systems can turn the entire façade of a mas- sive resort hotel into a blank canvas,


he common axiom “no detail is too small” car- ries enough truth to have


or the precision required for high- defi nition wall-projection systems in command centers monitoring electri- cal grids. To allow these systems to operate precisely and reliably, Christie depends on castings. With more than 75 cast parts


in its diverse line of products, the company works with metalcasting facilities to produce more than 20,000 components annually. At Christie’s North American design and manu- facturing hub in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, just outside of Toronto, a


staff of 750 produces between 1,000 and 1,100 projectors a month at the 105,000-sq,-ft. facility. “High quality castings which


meet Christie’s design specifications are critical to the manufacturing assembly process, quality and test performance of projectors, as well as overall customer satisfaction,” said Paul Tierney, senior manufacturing manager, Christie.


Lights? Cameras? Castings With projection systems operating


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