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- From The Welder
SAW flux made for chrome-moly steels
- Jan 20, 2016
- Consumables
- Product Release
Hobart has formulated its SWX 160 SAW flux to help improve weld quality on chrome-moly, creep-resistant steels. This neutral, agglomerated, fluoride-basic flux provides a low residual-content weld deposit to help reduce the risk of temper embrittlement in high-temperature applications, making it...
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Norsk Titanium, Premium Aerotec begin joint program for additive-manufactured titanium parts
- Jan 20, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Norsk Titanium AS, Oslo, Norway, has announced that a premier shipment of Airbus A350 XWB test parts manufactured with its patented Rapid Plasma Deposition™ (RPD™) process has been received and finish-machined by Premium Aerotec. The titanium Ti6Al4V sample parts, for which Premium Aerotec...
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Coordinate Metrology Society launches certification program for laser tracker users
- Jan 20, 2016
- Testing and Measuring
- News Release
The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS), Weatherford, Texas, has announced the availability of a level-two certification program for laser tracker users at its upcoming 2016 conference. This hands-on, device-specific performance examination is for portable laser tracking systems used for...
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Genesis Systems Group names VP of ICESA Systems
- Jan 20, 2016
- Automation and Robotics
- News Release
Robotic workcell integrator Genesis Systems Group, Davenport, Iowa, has promoted Sean Patton to vice president - resistance spot welding and OEM business development for Genesis ICESA Systems, San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico. Patton, who has been with Genesis ICESA since its formation in...
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FMA report shows fabricators, job shops facing uncertainty
- Jan 20, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill., has released the Q4 2015 "Forming & Fabricating Job Shop Consumption Report." The report looks at small and medium-size job shops and fabricators. The overall sense of this most recent report is that fabricating shops are...
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Jaw force gauges measure productive and safe grip on workpieces
- Jan 20, 2016
- Testing and Measuring
- Product Release
New jaw force gauges from Dillon Mfg. allow users to measure the force applied to each chuck jaw independently to help diagnose problems before a failure occurs. The reading in pounds of chucking force per jaw is the holding force available for that specific jaw, rather than a total force of two or...
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Advanced Heat Treat celebrates 35 years in business
- Jan 20, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Advanced Heat Treat Corp., Waterloo, Iowa, marks its 35th anniversary in 2016. In 1981, Gary Sharp started the company with 12 investors, two employees, and two UltraGlow® ion nitride units. Today the company provides heat-treat and metallurgical services to companies worldwide. Processes...
- From The Fabricator
Networking opportunities abound at FMA Annual Meeting
- Jan 20, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Executives in the metal fabricating and processing community will enjoy more than 12 hours of dedicated networking time during The FABRICATOR®’s Leadership Summit and Toll Processing Conference tracks of FMA’s Annual Meeting, Feb. 24-26, 2016, at Paradise Point Resort & Spa in San Diego,...
Double-head flying saw helps increase tube mill line speed
- Jan 20, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Product Release
FD Machinery Co. has developed a new double-head flying saw for use in tube and pipe and roll forming applications. The double-car flying saw offers two cutting carts in one production line. They operate independently and finish cutting pipes or open profiles alternately. This helps increase...
Lubricants handle hot, cold forming of tube
- Jan 20, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Product Release
Condat offers Condatub lubricants for hot and cold tube forming processes. Suitable for use on all metals, they include hot forming graphite and ceramics dispersions, drawing nonreactive and reactive soaps, pilger rolling and forming soluble lubricants, drawing neat oils, and corrosion inhibitors....
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Wilton marks 75th anniversary
- Jan 19, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Vise manufacturer Wilton® marks its 75th anniversary in 2016. The company was founded in Chicago in 1941 by Hugh W. Vogl, who designed a 4-in. machinists’ vise shaped like a bullet. The vise’s enclosed design keeps lubrication in and contaminants out. The horizontal spindle nut creates an even...
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Air knives handle cooling, drying, blowoff applications
- Jan 19, 2016
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Vortec offers air knives that transform ordinary compressed air into a uniform sheet of amplified air for blowoff of water and debris, high-speed drying or cooling, and air curtains. Filtered compressed airflow is amplified 25 times over its input to deliver a high-velocity sheet of laminar air...
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LIFT project to focus on computer analytics to predict titanium performance
- Jan 19, 2016
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
The third technology project announced by Detroit-based LIFT (Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow) will focus on titanium. Lead partners on the project—GE Aviation and The Ohio State University—will focus first on advancing computer analytics to better understand and predict the performance of...
- From The Welder
Kilgore Economic Development Corp. invests in welding education
- Jan 19, 2016
- Arc Welding
- News Release
Kilgore Economic Development Corp., Kilgore, Texas, has contributed $80,000 to buy state-of-the-art equipment at the new dual-credit welding facility in Kilgore High School. The dual-credit program is a natural complement to another KEDC workforce initiative, the Advanced Technology Center,...
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Power feed magnetic drill produces holes up to 1-5/8 in. dia.
- Jan 19, 2016
- Power Tools
- Product Release
Hougen Mfg. Inc. has released the power feed HMD927 portable magnetic drill. It drills holes up to 1-5/8 in. dia. and maintains a small, lightweight footprint while offering a high power-to-weight ratio. An LED light is built into the base of the magnet, allowing the operator to line up the...
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