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Coldwater Machine appoints account manager
- May 1, 2015
- Shop Management
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Coldwater, Ohio-based Coldwater Machine Co., a designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision equipment for a variety of industries, has announced the appointment of William Schuck as account manager responsible for the Kentucky, Indiana, and southern Ohio territory. Schuck has more than 30...
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Dreistern hires sales manager
- May 1, 2015
- Roll Forming
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Dreistern Inc., Telford, Pa., a manufacturer of turnkey roll forming systems and tube mills, has hired Scott W. Slagle as sales manager Midwest.
Slagle is responsible for increasing the company’s presence west of the Mississippi. He is based in the Des Moines, Iowa, area.
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System connects baseball hat to welding helmet
- May 1, 2015
- Safety
- Product Release
ArcOne® offers CapGear™ to allow wearers to add comfort while showing off their favorite team. With the patent-pending rack-and-pinion system, forward and back adjustments are simplified. The wearer can change between a welding helmet and grinding visor by just sliding one out and the other...
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Best practices for welding aluminum
- By Galen White
- May 1, 2015
- Aluminum Welding
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Don’t wait for defects to appear in your aluminum welds. Be proactive by understanding how to prevent them from happening in the first place.
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Control monitors coolant concentration levels in recycling system
- May 1, 2015
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Prab Inc. has introduced a new feature for monitoring and controlling coolant concentration in its Guardian™ coolant recycling system. The AC3 (automatic coolant concentration control) continually monitors coolant concentration levels and adjusts automatically to maintain programmed ratios...
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AT&F to open facility in India
- Apr 30, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Cleveland-based AT&F has announced plans to open a large-scale steel fabrication facility in Chakan, India, in early summer.
The facility will fabricate and assemble metal components for OEMs in the construction, transportation, mining, building, and automotive industries.
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SMDI VP featured speaker at 2015 AWMI Detroit Chapter annual dinner
- Apr 30, 2015
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI), Southfield, Mich., has announced that Jody Hall, vice president for the automotive market, was the featured speaker at the 2015 Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) Detroit Chapter Annual Industry Dinner, held April 28. "I know how...
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Intelligrated appoints senior VP/general manager for lifecycle support services
- Apr 30, 2015
- Materials Handling
- News Release
Cincinnati-based Intelligrated®, a provider of automated material handling systems, has appointed John Sorensen to the position of senior vice president and general manager, lifecycle support services. Sorensen has more than 18 years of experience managing large-scale aftermarket service and...
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From the Web: Remembering Rosie; GM invests; new jobs; subpar growth; and Uber’s economic role
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- Apr 30, 2015
- Shop Management
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Web articles for fabricators—A tale of two Rosies; GM to invest billions; new jobs in Chattanooga; and the current and future economy.
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DGI Supply launches website
- Apr 30, 2015
- Shop Management
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DGI Supply, a DoAll company, has launched an e-commerce website at www.dgisupply.com for U.S. customers and www.dgisupply.ca for customers in Canada. The site offers improved navigation, a robust search engine, and more than 100,000 in-stock products for immediate shipment. The fully integrated...
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How an air bend turns sharp
- By Steve Benson
- Apr 30, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Why do air bends in cold-rolled steel turn sharp at an inside radius that’s about 63 percent the material thickness? It has to do with the relationship between forming forces and a material’s tensile and yield strength.
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Filter cleaning technology eliminates leaks across filter gaskets
- Apr 30, 2015
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Imperial Systems Inc. has introduced Even-Lock Technology. This filter cleaning technology helps ensure even gasket compression on all cartridge filters in a CMAXX industrial dust collector and eliminates leaks across the filter gaskets. The technology employs individual cams at each filter,...
Kasto delivers band saw to Aerodyne Alloys
- Apr 30, 2015
- Sawing
- News Release
Kasto Inc., Export, Pa., has delivered a Kasto Tec AC4 KPC high-performance band saw to South Windsor, Conn.-based Aerodyne Alloys, a subsidiary of O’Neal Steel. The saw is used to cut and process large-diameter specialty alloys. Aerodyne has purchased 18 saws from Kasto over the past 12...
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GKN named Company of the Year by British American Business Council Charlotte
- Apr 30, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
U.K.-based GKN plc has been named the 2015 British Consul General Awards Company of the Year by the British American Business Council Charlotte. The award recognizes businesses that exemplify the primary mission of the BABC Charlotte, which is the promotion of bilateral trade and investment between...
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Hole puncher features power-reverse punch
- Apr 30, 2015
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Product Release
Hougen Mfg. has introduced the Hougen®-Ogura® model 75006PR electrohydraulic hole puncher. Its lightweight, single-body construction allows the operator to punch holes in steel in as little as 4 sec., the company states. The power retractable punch system allows the user to power-reverse the...
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