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Shop Management - Page 168
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Gearing Solutions launches website
- Oct 23, 2018
- News Release
Gearing Solutions®, Solon, Ohio, has launched a website at www.gearingsolutions.com that highlights its roller gear technology featuring Nu Lobe™ gears for more torque in less space. The compact designs allow the use of aluminum housings, which yield weight savings of up to 50 percent over...
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Verti-Lift manual turntables enhance ergonomics for pallet loading, unloading
- Oct 23, 2018
- Product Release
Verti-Lift manual turntables eliminate the need to walk around or reach across loads, especially during pallet loading and unloading. Available in seven square and round platform sizes, from 24 by 24 in. to 60 by 60 in., and in custom sizes, the heavy-duty, low-profile turntables have a...
- From The Fabricator
Equipment leasing and finance industry confidence eases in October
- Oct 23, 2018
- News Release
The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation has released the October 2018 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future...
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Kemper’s AirWatch can network extraction systems when no IT network is available
- Oct 23, 2018
- Product Release
Kemper’s AirWatch air monitoring system can be integrated into environments with inadequate digital infrastructure. By connecting to an internet-based cloud, multiple users can monitor the systems via fleet management. The system can detect ultrafine dust particles smaller than 0.3 micron....
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Solar Atmospheres of Western PA commissions large car bottom air furnace
- Oct 22, 2018
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has commissioned a 20-ft.-long car bottom furnace that has a total load capacity of up to 30,000 lbs. The Class 2 furnace, built by John Becker’s Heat Treat Equipment Inc. in Canton, Mich., has been installed and tested at Solar Atmospheres’ facility in...
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JD Norman closes Indiana facility
- Oct 18, 2018
- News Release
Illinois-based JD Norman Industries Inc. has announced it will close its manufacturing facility in Muncie, Ind., on Dec. 31 and move all production to its Leslie, Mich., plant. The company manufactures metal components and systems for OEMs of automotive, industrial, and transportation...
- From The Fabricator
Mayville Eng. Co. recognized by Wisconsin 75 program
- Oct 18, 2018
- News Release
Metal fabricator Mayville Eng. Co. Inc. has been recognized by the Wisconsin 75 program as one of the largest closely held companies in the state. The company has extensive manufacturing operations in Wisconsin with several facilities located in Mayville, Beaver Dam, Neillsville, and Wautoma. It...
- From The Fabricator
Developing inbound strategies to help before, after the sale
- By Eric Lundin
- Oct 18, 2018
- Article
In the days of conventional advertising, the company controlled the message closely, revealing only what it wanted to reveal; these days, potential customers can learn a lot about equipment and service providers before entertaining any thoughts of making an inquiry.
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Meridian Community College wins $1.1 million manufacturing training grant
- Oct 18, 2018
- News Release
The Mississippi Community College Board has awarded a $1.1 million grant to Meridian Community College, Meridian, Miss., in an effort to develop industry-specific programs that have not qualified for traditional worker training money. The program will offer a certificate including classes in...
- From The Fabricator
Baldwin’s PureFiltration Compact fluid management system uses self-cleaning filters
- Oct 18, 2018
- Product Release
Baldwin Technology Co. Inc. offers the PureFiltration Compact system, which continually cleans process fluids for the metals industry.
With self-cleaning filters, this small-footprint system helps increase the life cycle of process fluids and minimize chemical waste.
- From The Fabricator
Succession planning basics: What is your business worth to others?
- By Paul Lally
- Oct 15, 2018
- Article
Every private business has at least two kinds of value: personal value, or what the business is worth to the owner; and transferable value, or what the business is worth to others. For succession planning, the latter is critical.
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres CEO named 2018 ASM Fellow
- Oct 15, 2018
- News Release
Souderton, Pa.-based Solar Atmospheres, a provider of vacuum heat-treating, vacuum brazing, and vacuum carburizing services, has announced that its CEO, Roger A. Jones, has been awarded the honor of ASM Fellow (FASM). According to ASM, “The honor of Fellow represents recognition of distinguished...
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A best practices guide for generating leads
- By Chip Burnham
- Oct 15, 2018
- Article
Digital marketing options can help a metal fabricating company generate the leads it needs to keep the business going.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing advances at FABTECH 2018
- By Kate Bachman
- Oct 12, 2018
- Article
FABTECH® attendees will be propelled forward in the momentum of the circulating crowds, whirring machinery demonstrations, dynamic presentations, and peer-to-peer networking at the 19th largest tradeshow in the U.S. the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC).
- From The Fabricator
Grieve electrically heated oven dries small parts
- Oct 12, 2018
- Product Release
Grieve has developed No. 861, a 250-degrees-F, electrically heated oven used for drying small parts in a tray at a customer’s facility. INCOLOY® alloy sheathed tubular heating elements contain 3 kW, while a 300-CFM, 1/3-HP recirculating blower provides vertical airflow upward through the tray to...
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