Getting heavy with Heavy Industries
Welcome to heavyworld. Heavyworld happens to be name of Heavy Industries’ web site and it is also a reflection of the company’s work. It is a world where the unimaginable is imaginable; where the impossible is possible and the make believe, believable. Such was the world the founders envisioned when they set out to create Heavy in a garage just three short years ago. Since that time, Heavy has moved into a 26,000 square feet, state-of-the-art theming facility, achieving milestones that would take most theming companies a decade or more. What started as a proof-of-concept to demonstrate that theming could be done differently has quickly turned into a thriving company. Heavy now serves name-brand clients from around North America such as Marc Jacobs, the New York Islanders and Paramount Parks, to name a few. |
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Founded by the collective talents of entrepreneur Dwayne Lehman, engineering whiz Ryan Bessant and artist Cory Porterfield, Heavy decided early on they would rely heavily on technology in order to deliver high quality projects in less time than using manual processes. From the outset Heavy’s production processes were designed with automation in mind. The company uses customized 3D scanning and milling technology in order to go from “art to part” quickly. |
A key component in Heavy’s technology arsenal is ArtCAM Pro from Delcam. “We have a customized 3D scanning system for doing full 3D dimensional work but when it comes to creating 3D relief nothing is as fast or as easy as working in ArtCAM Pro”, says Cory Porterfield.
Heavy recently completed a 4ft. diameter, replica of the Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer coin for the Royal Canadian Mint. “The Mint uses ArtCAM in their design process so it only seemed fitting that we use ArtCAM in creating the replica”, jokes Ryan Bessant. “We used ArtCAM Pro to convert the 2D vector artwork supplied from the Mint into a 3D relief file. We then used the 3D relief modeling tools, especially the Face Wizard tool, to create the profile of the Queen. The resulting file was then tool pathed to create the final machine file”, continues Ryan. |
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Heavy then used ArtCAM Pro to export the machine code file to the CNC FROGMill.“ ArtCAM allowed us to do both 2D and 3D milling strategies in order to create the final part”, notes Cory Porterfield. “Working with ArtCAM made the job simple and fast”, adds Cory. The 3D file of the coin was milled into a hard polyurethane foam and then coated with Luminore in order to create the desired final finish.
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"To operate a profitable business we need to be able to create custom pieces quickly and efficiently, ArtCAM enables us to do that” |
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