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Shop Management - Page 194
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Assets of GM plant to be auctioned April 23
- Apr 17, 2018
- News Release
All equipment and machinery at the former General Motors (GM) Janesville, Wis., facility will be sold in a four-day online auction beginning April 23, 2018. The auction will be hosted on www.aucto.com. Each of the four sales begins at 10:00 a.m. CT. Featured equipment includes:Day one: 300+ ABB...
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Caterpillar announces executive office changes
- Apr 16, 2018
- News Release
Following the announcement that Group President Rob Charter has elected to retire, Caterpillar Inc., a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in Deerfield, Ill., has announced changes in...
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Pratt & Whitney Columbus facility named Large Manufacturer of the Year
- Apr 16, 2018
- News Release
Pratt & Whitney's facility in Columbus, Ga., has been named Large Manufacturer of the Year by the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Technical College System of Georgia. The plant, which employs nearly 2,000 workers, includes the Columbus Engine Center, Columbus Forge, and the...
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The opioid crisis hits manufacturing’s ability to grow
Most people don’t associate the growing opioid crisis in the U.S. with one of the challenges of growing the domestic economy. Those same people would be wrong.
Selecting a tube laser cutting system for optimizing production
- By Thomas Burdel
- Apr 16, 2018
- Article
Laser tube cutting machines do more than cut a dazzling variety of features and combine processes. They also eliminate material handlings and storage of semifinished parts, making a shop run more efficiently. However, this isn’t the end of it. Maximizing return on investment means carefully analyzing the shop’s operations, reviewing all the available machine features and options, and specifying a machine accordingly.
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Gayle Mfg. to move operations to Idaho, close California plant
- Apr 13, 2018
- News Release
Steel fabricator Gayle Mfg. will close its plant in Woodland, Calif., and relocate to a new, 166,000-sq.-ft. facility in Caldwell, Idaho, which the company opened in January 2017. The move more than doubles the company’s square footage. Although the company invited all employees to work at the...
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Huntington Ingalls Industries to reactivate Ingalls Shipbuilding facilities
- Apr 13, 2018
- News Release
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News, Va., has announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division plans to reactivate its shipbuilding facilities on the east bank of the Pascagoula River in Pascagoula, Miss. The site of the original Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. was decimated by Hurricane Katrina...
Prototyping system takes guesswork out of modeling custom header systems
- By Eric Lundin
- Apr 13, 2018
- Article
After two lifelong friends joined forces and opened a custom auto shop, they learned what every other hot rodder learns: designing and making sheet metal assemblies is really straightforward compared to designing and making a good set of headers. Eventually they discovered header modeling system that makes designing tubular assemblies a cinch.
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3-D CAD modeling case study: A great industrial design can be burdened with inadequate planning
- By Gerald Davis
- Apr 12, 2018
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis shows how an initial design concept for a commercial coffee maker was used to launch a manufacturing project.
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Quick-release clamp collars from Stafford Mfg. attach and adjust without tools
- Apr 12, 2018
- Product Release
Stafford Mfg. Corp. offers Staff-Lok™ quick-release clamp collars in three designs for clamping and adjusting by hand without tools. Featuring an integral hinge with a conformal cam lever and a knurled screw, the Staff-Lok™ shaft collar has a mounting flat with a countersunk drilled and tapped...
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Lean manufacturing tips for the 15-person shop
- By Jeff Sipes
- Apr 11, 2018
- Article
Can lean manufacturing be effective for a small, 15-person fab shop? Of course it can. Lacking the institutional inertia of a large organization, the small shop can implement lean concepts quickly and effectively.
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Project nesting macro helps commercial kitchen manufacturer overcome design challenge
- Apr 11, 2018
- Article
SituationU.K.-based Shine Food Machinery has been fabricating sheet metal kitchen components for commercial catering environments for more than 40 years. The company supplies products to customers from small cafes and schools to the Ministry of Defence. Neil Thorne, senior design engineer,...
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DOE partnership targets manufacturing sustainability
- Apr 11, 2018
- News Release
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) have formed the Sustainability in Manufacturing partnership. Through the partnership fostered by DOE’s Better Plants program, the organizations will work together to help U.S. manufacturers drive energy...
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Don’t fight the power—Extension cords in the shop
- By Josh Welton
- Apr 11, 2018
- Blog Post
Do your shop tools run poorly, overheat, and die untimely deaths? It could be the extension cords you are using. Here’s why.
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Morris Industries president to address MMP Saskatoon Expo
- Apr 11, 2018
- News Release
Ben Voss, president and CEO of Morris Industries, Saskatoon, Sask., will address attendees at the Metalworking Manufacturing & Production (MMP) Expo on Wednesday, May 2. The one-day, free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Prairieland Park events center. MMP Expo series sponsors...
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