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Shop Management - Page 126
- From The Fabricator
Innovative manufacturers: To patent or not to patent?
- By Marshall Honeyman
- Oct 22, 2019
- Article
Inventive metal fabricators have a lot of intellectual property guidelines to consider if they want to file a patent on a product.
- From The Fabricator
Icon Caster Wheels launches new website
- Oct 21, 2019
- News Release
Los Angeles-based Icon Caster Wheels, a manufacturer of heavy-duty casters and wheels for lighter duty, has launched a website. The site is designed to be an updated showroom of the company’s standard and customized caster wheel...
- From The Additive Report
Response to fake news about additive manufacturing, Part 2
- By Kip Hanson
- Oct 21, 2019
- Blog Post
3D printers, like multitasking lathes and 5-axis machining centers, are expensive, but they bring us one step closer to the “Done in One” manufacturing concept.
- From The Fabricator
Bassett to purchase assets of Crimson Casual
- Oct 18, 2019
- News Release
Bassett Furniture Industries Inc., Bassett, Va., has announced it is finalizing an agreement to purchase certain assets of Crimson Casual Inc., a manufacturer of aluminum outdoor furniture located in Haleyville, Ala. Crimson Casual employs a powder-coat finishing process to customize furniture...
- From The Fabricator
Where lean manufacturing and Six Sigma meet
- By Jeff Sipes
- Oct 17, 2019
- Article
Simple observation is often enough to improve manufacturing processes in the early stages. But as your lean Six Sigma initiative evolves, data plays a bigger role.
- From The Fabricator
TRUMPF event marks 50 years in U.S. metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 17, 2019
- Article
TRUMPF marked 50 years in America with an event at its campus in Connecticut.
- From The Fabricator
Sterling Machinery Exchange to hold demonstration event
- Oct 14, 2019
- News Release
Sterling Machinery Exchange will hold a Demo-Day Oct. 22 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. PDT in South El Monte, Calif. Both its Fabricating Showroom and Chipmaking Showroom will be open to the public, with free shuttle service between the two locations. Several manufacturers will demonstrate machines...
- From The Fabricator
Solar Mfg. moves to new location in Pennsylvania
- Oct 14, 2019
- News Release
Solar Mfg. Inc., a manufacturer of vacuum heat treating, sintering, and brazing furnaces, has relocated from Souderton, Pa., to a newly constructed building three miles away in Sellersville, Pa. Situated on a combined 8.5 acres, the $10 million facility offers 40,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space,...
- From The Fabricator
Falls Mfg. to relocate in Wisconsin
- Oct 14, 2019
- News Release
Falls Mfg. Inc. has purchased a 37,000-sq.-ft. building in Richfield, Wis., according to biztimes.com. The company currently leases a 50,000-sq.-ft. building in Butler, Wis. According to the report, the downsize is a better fit for the company’s current operation, and it will allow for improved...
- From The Fabricator
Maintain order in the fab shop with process refinement and tech
Biggest takeaway from The FABRICATOR’s 2019 Technology Summit in Denver: Process refinement and technology can help fabricators organize the crazy daily shop schedule.
- From The Fabricator
Managing skilled worker turnover at a small job shop
- By Nick Martin
- Oct 12, 2019
- Blog Post
Nick Martin of Barnes MetalCrafters in Wilson, N.C., discusses how his small fabrication shop has handled replacing skilled tenured workers.
- From The Fabricator
How company culture drives growth
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 12, 2019
- Article
One Pennsylvania contract manufacturer has taken a detailed approach to fostering a good shop culture, and it’s rooted in studies of human behavior.
- From The Fabricator
The fine line of effective 5S in lean manufacturing
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 11, 2019
- Article
Effective 5S is about finding balance between insufficient and excessive levels of control. It’s a fine line, but walking it is key for making 5S sustainable.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing USA publishes annual report
- Oct 11, 2019
- News Release
Manufacturing USA has released its 2018 Annual Report, describing innovations underway at the 14 Manufacturing USA institutes. The report highlights the institutes’ work in moving discoveries from the nation’s universities and research laboratories into production in the U.S. It also details...
- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff’s CU8210 devices establish wireless communications via PC USB port
- Oct 10, 2019
- Product Release
The new CU8210 series WLAN and mobile devices from Beckhoff Automation establish wireless communication via the USB port of an industrial PC. They also provide all necessary physical protection for components that stick out of control cabinets. The C8210-M001 cabinet dome features an IP66...
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