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Shop Management - Page 163
- From The Additive Report
Better designs yield better products
- By Alex Crease
- Nov 27, 2018
- Blog Post
Adopting DFM tactics reduces redesign work, enhances product quality, and speeds time to market.
- From The Additive Report
Oklahoma college to offer AM courses in wake of report about $1,300 Air Force coffee cups
- Nov 26, 2018
- News Release
Excerpted from a report published by Rose State College, Midwest City, Okla.─Ed. Why spend almost $1,300 to replace a single, specialized coffee cup when it can be repaired for 50 cents? That's the essence of an October inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to Air Force Secretary Heather...
- From The Fabricator
BYD suspends plan for Canada electric truck plant
- Nov 26, 2018
- News Release
China’s BYD Co. Ltd. has put plans to open its first Canadian electric truck plant on hold. The facility was scheduled to open in Ontario this year with about 40 workers. “It’s just not happening right now, and we’re not necessarily waiting on anything to make it happen,” said Ted...
- From The Fabricator
Starrett hosts second Manufacturing Day event
- Nov 26, 2018
- News Release
The L.S. Starrett Co. hosted its second annual Manufacturing Day on Oct. 12, 2018, at its corporate headquarters and manufacturing complex in Athol, Mass. The event drew 150 visitors who toured the facility to see manufacturing processes such as precision micrometer assembly, tumbling, laser...
- From The Additive Report
SLM Solutions names new director of engineering applications
- Nov 25, 2018
- News Release
SLM Solutions NA announced that it has hired Aaron LaLonde as Director of Applications Engineering. He will provide customer support, including answering questions about material properties and test-part production, provide technical sales support, marketing support, and conduct research and...
- From The Welder
U.S. manufacturers band together to fight steel, aluminum tariffs on Mexico, Canada
- By Gareth Sleger
- Nov 21, 2018
- Blog Post
Dozens of U.S. associations representing automotive, equipment, food and beverage, and metal fabrication manufacturing industries urge lifting tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico.
- From The Fabricator
Welder creates art from work scrap
- By Kate Youdell
- Nov 21, 2018
- Article
Bruno Roy is a Canadian welder who creates artwork that raises recycling and ecological awareness.
- From The Fabricator
Hiring challenges: How to quantify attitude
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 20, 2018
- Article
More fabricators today are hiring for attitude, but how does an interviewer gauge this? Is it all gut feeling, or can it be quantified? As it turns out, it can be.
- From The Additive Report
Additive manufacturing: leading the industry 4.0 revolution
- Nov 20, 2018
- Blog Post
Automating post-processing results in more-consistent removal of supports, faster throughput of complex parts, and increased productivity.
- From The Welder
Hilco Industrial to auction fabricating, welding equipment
- Nov 20, 2018
- News Release
Hilco Industrial, a provider of industrial asset disposition services, in partnership with manufacturing equipment reseller Machinery Marketing Intl., has announced that its joint venture group will conduct an online auction from Nov. 28 to Dec. 5 of late-model metal fabricating and welding...
- From The Welder
Production Specialties to change name to PS Industries Inc.
- Nov 20, 2018
- News Release
Production Specialties, Grand Forks, N.D., has announced that it will change its name to PS Industries™ Incorporated on Dec. 3. The name change reflects the company’s evolution from a manufacturer of industrial doors to one that also produces safety/fall-protection products and flood barriers....
- From The Fabricator
How to build an industrial marketing program in metal fabrication
- By Dan Konstantinovsky
- Nov 20, 2018
- Article
Separate from sales, marketing focuses on how a fabricator can connect with markets—those it serves and others it could serve in the future.
- From The Fabricator
Could an infrastructure bill really happen?
Everyone knows that U.S. infrastructure needs to be modernized. The odd couple that is the Democrat-led House of Representatives and President Donald Trump might get it done.
- From The Fabricator
Managing the multigenerational workforce
Managing a multigenerational workforce requires flexibility, employee engagement, and an open mind to new ideas.
- From The Fabricator
“Smart” gas mixers from Witt-Gasetechnik connect to network via Ethernet
- Nov 16, 2018
- Product Release
Witt-Gasetechnik offers “smart” gas mixing technology. A digital control module displays all relevant parameters on its touchscreen for simplified operation. An optional integrated gas analysis continuously monitors the process to help ensure accuracy and increase process reliability. All...
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