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Moving beyond the traditional coordinate measuring machine
- By Dr. Jan Antonis
- May 12, 2016
- Shop Management
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Coordinate measuring using robust camera technology means that fabricators may no longer have to construct jigs or learn programming software to conduct quality checks of parts.
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D&S Mfg. adds double-initial-pinch angle roll
- May 12, 2016
- Bending and Forming
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D&S Mfg., Black River Falls, Wis., has acquired a new 308HV4 Carell double-initial-pinch angle roll. The machine increases the company’s roll bending capabilities. While existing fabrication equipment allows D&S to roll parts up to 10 ft. long, the new machine increases the company’s...
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Fiber laser cuts 3-D formed and shaped parts
- May 12, 2016
- Laser Cutting
- Product Release
BLM Group USA has introduced the LT-Free, a 5-axis fiber laser machine designed for cutting 3-D formed or shaped parts such as bent tubes, hydroformed tubes, welded assemblies, and stamped or flat sheets. The machine can make cuts very close to each other to allow nesting of parts on a single bent...
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2016 FAB 40 preview: Preparing for a bigger market pie
- By Tim Heston
- May 11, 2016
- Shop Management
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Revenue growth from 2014 to 2015 was essentially flat, depending on the fabricator's customer mix, but most are predicting busier times ahead.
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Fab2Order acquires Winners Circle Eng.
- May 11, 2016
- Machining
- News Release
Brownsburg, Ind.-based metal fabricator Fab2Order has acquired Monrovia, Ind.-based Winners Circle Eng., a precision machining company. Fab2Order has moved the machining company, now called Machine2Order, and all of its employees to Fab2Order’s expanded facility. Fab2Order has invested $1.2...
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Acme Mfg. names director of engineering
- May 11, 2016
- Automation and Robotics
- News Release
Acme Mfg. Co., Auburn Hills, Mich., a designer and manufacturer of integrated robotic automation for polishing, buffing, deburring, and grinding systems, has hired Dan Sula, MScEng, as director of engineering. Sula has more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, flexible...
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Dennen Steel announces staff additions
- May 11, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Dennen Steel Corp., a steel parts manufacturing firm in Grand Rapids, Mich., has named Kelly Boeve as CFO. He has 30 years of financial, accounting, and operations experience, including a position as senior corporate financial adviser with DWH LLC. The firm has hired Jamie Natter as director...
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Webinar on May 18 to demonstrate new nesting tools
- May 11, 2016
- Manufacturing Software
- News Release
BobCAD-CAM Inc., Clearwater, Fla., will host a webinar on May 18 at 1:00 p.m. EDT to provide a detailed look at its new CAD-CAM Nesting Standard and Pro add-on modules. The webinar, “Get More Parts out of Every Sheet,” will demonstrate newly available tools and strategies for maximizing...
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Novelis supplies aluminum for 2016 Cadillac CT6
- May 11, 2016
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Novelis Inc. has announced that its aluminum is used in the new 2016 Cadillac CT6® body. The new mixed-material vehicle construction featured in the CT6 is the first of its kind for General Motors in North America and China. The Novelis plant in Kingston, Ont., supplies GM's Detroit-Hamtramck...
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Robotic nozzle-cleaning station integrates in digital controls infrastructure
- May 11, 2016
- Automation and Robotics
- Product Release
Tregaskiss has introduced its new TOUGH GUN™ TT3E reamer, a robotic nozzle-cleaning station with digital Ethernet communications to integrate into users’ digital controls infrastructure. The reamer eliminates the need for an analog switch and reduces cabling requirements within the robotic...
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Hardfacing wire creates no hazardous chromium byproducts
- May 11, 2016
- Consumables
- Product Release
Eutectic has introduced BoroTec 600 Cr-Free, which it says is the hardest wire with no hazardous chromium byproducts that can be used in a range of steel components subject to severe abrasion or erosion by mineral particles, sand, rocks, and gravel. The wire is engineered with boron carbides in...
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When your GMAW gun's ablazin'
- By Jerome Parker
- May 11, 2016
- Consumables
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Overheating is a symptom of what could turn into catastrophic gun failure. Striking the right balance between gun size and capacity can increase the efficiency of a welding operation and decrease problems, like overheating, that could damage the equipment.
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Egan named to 101 Best and Brightest list for 10th year
- May 10, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Mechanical contractor and fabricator Andy J. Egan Co. (Egan), Grand Rapids, Mich., has been named for the 10th consecutive year to West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For list. This year the company also earned the Compensation, Benefits & Employee Solutions elite award....
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Kobe Steel to build plant in Kentucky
- May 10, 2016
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Japan-based Kobe Steel Ltd. has announced it will establish a new company, Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc. (KPEX), in Bowling Green, Ky. The firm will manufacture and sell aluminum extrusions for the automotive sector in the U.S. The new company will make car frame and bumper...
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LMI Aerospace to expand in Missouri
- May 10, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
LMI Aerospace Inc., a provider of design and aftermarket engineering services and supplier of structural assemblies, kits, and components to the aerospace and defense markets, has announced plans to expand its Washington, Mo., facility. "Our near-term focus remains optimizing our operations and...
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