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Shop Management - Page 112
- From The Welder
Harris Products Group releases corporate video
- Mar 13, 2020
- News Release
The Harris Products Group, a provider of equipment and alloys used in brazing, soldering, welding, cutting, heating, and gas control, has introduced a new corporate video that presents the company’s heritage. The firm was founded as The Harris Calorific Co. in 1899, when John Harris invented the...
- From The Fabricator
Takt time brings objectivity to important lean manufacturing decisions
- By Jeff Sipes
- Mar 13, 2020
- Article
Takt time is one of the most overlooked tools in the lean manufacturing toolbox. Used correctly, it helps managers make important decisions with confidence.
- From The Fabricator
WD-40 Brand partners with Habitat for Humanity
- Mar 12, 2020
- News Release
WD-40 Brand has announced it will donate 50 cents to Habitat for Humanity for every 12-oz. can of WD-40 Smart Straw sold at participating Lowe’s Home Improvement stores through April 30, 2020. The company will donate up to $50,000 to Habitat for Humanity Intl. to assist the organization in its...
- From The Fabricator
Lawson Products catalog highlights MRO items
- Mar 11, 2020
- Product Release
Lawson Products has launched the latest edition of its product catalog, adding nearly 650 new items for maintenance, repair, and operations. Updated content focuses on the company’s private-label brands, including Regency, Supertanium, Tru-Torq, and Tuff-Torq. The catalog is available in print,...
- From The Fabricator
Still a family affair at Shickel Corp.
Even with company growth, 2009 The FABRICATOR Industry Award winner Shickel Corp. maintains a family environment at its Virginia metal fabrication facility.
- From The Fabricator
San Diego welding students fabricate MLK sculptures
- By Sue Roberts
- Mar 8, 2020
- Article
Welding students in San Diego work on floats for the city’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade.
- From The Fabricator
How industrial IoT disrupts the metal fabrication business model
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 4, 2020
- Blog Post
Industrial IoT (internet of things) could spur new business models in metal fabrication that will change who owns what in the metal fabrication supply chain.
- From The Fabricator
Kaast Machine Tools to host open house May 29
- Mar 4, 2020
- News Release
Kaast Machine Tools has announced it will host its first open house on May 29, 2020, at company headquarters in Aldan, Pa. More than a dozen machines will be running to offer hands-on demonstrations, including vertical machining centers, lathes, saws, surface grinders, press brakes, plate and angle...
- From The Fabricator
Grieve 2,000-degrees-F, inert-atmosphere, heavy-duty box furnace heat-treats titanium
- Mar 4, 2020
- Product Release
No. 954 is an electrically heated, 2,000-degrees-F, inert-atmosphere, heavy-duty box furnace from Grieve, currently used for heat-treating titanium at a customer’s facility. To heat the load, 57 kW are installed in nickel-chrome wire coils supported by vacuum-formed ceramic fiber. Workspace...
- From The Fabricator
Ort Tool & Die names national sales manager
- Mar 3, 2020
- News Release
Ort Tool & Die, a machine and fabrication shop in Erie, Mich., has promoted Aaron Milano to national sales manager to lead sales efforts in its current markets—solar, paper, chemical, transportation, and oil and gas—and expand into new markets of electric vehicles and wind power. Milano joined...
- From The Fabricator
Industry 4.0 and the small shop: Reshaping sheet metal manufacturing
- By Markus Zimmermann
- Mar 3, 2020
- Article
Industry 4.0 has arrived, even for the smallest operations. Metal fabricators can prepare by adopting the technology not all at once, but one step at a time.
- From The Fabricator
Mearthane Products acquires Polyurethane Molding Industries Inc.
- Mar 2, 2020
- News Release
Cranston, R.I.-based metal fabricator Mearthane Products Corp. has completed the acquisition of Polyurethane Molding Industries Inc. (PMI), a provider of reaction injection molding (RIM) and custom part finishing services based in Woonsocket, R.I. The purchase of PMI follows the company’s...
- From The Fabricator
Coldwater Machine achieves AS9100D with ISO 9001:2015 certification
- Feb 29, 2020
- News Release
Coldwater Machine, a Lincoln Electric Company in Coldwater, Ohio, has received AS9100D with ISO 9001:2015 certification for quality management systems. These standards were developed for organizations that design, develop, or provide aviation, space, and defense products and services including...
- From The Fabricator
How does the expanded steel and aluminum tariffs impact metal fabricators?
- By Gareth Sleger
- Feb 29, 2020
- Blog Post
It’s been a busy month on the trade and tariff fronts. The Trump administration expanded Section 232 tariffs on various steel and aluminum products, while China has cut back its tariffs in the face of the Phase 1 trade deal and spreading coronavirus. What does it mean for metal fabricators?
- From The Fabricator
New England Fabricated Metals receives ISO 9001:2015 certification
- Feb 29, 2020
- News Release
New England Fabricated Metals Inc., Leominster, Mass., has been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification.
The company is a sheet metal fabrication and precision machining manufacturer serving OEMs and contract manufacturers across industries.
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