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Shop Management - Page 195
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Posidyne clutch brakes from Force Control Industries allow precise positioning
- Apr 19, 2018
- Product Release
Force Control Industries offers Posidyne® clutch brakes. They feature oil shear technology for rapid and precise stopping, starting, speed change, and positioning, without adjustment or maintenance, the company reports. The clutch brakes are suitable for applications with frequent start/stop...
- From The Fabricator
Kaast Machine Tools hires office manager
- Apr 19, 2018
- News Release
Kaast Machine Tools, a distributor of machine tools and fabrication equipment in Ardmore, Pa., has appointed Ebony Goldsmith as office manager. She offers troubleshooting assistance by phone and email, as well as in-person service calls. Goldsmith comes to the company with a background in...
- From The Fabricator
Sunset Mfg. names director of sales
- Apr 18, 2018
- News Release
St. Joseph, Minn.-based Sunset Mfg., a precision sheet metal fabricator serving OEMs in the upper Midwest, has hired Rick Nelson as director of sales. Nelson, who has more than 20 years of manufacturing experience, including a strong sales and fabrication background, serves in a consulting capacity...
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Heartland Automation AutoGuide Max N10 mobile robot offered in two configurations
- Apr 18, 2018
- Product Release
Heartland Automation offers the AutoGuide Max N10 mobile robot in both tugger and unit-load configurations. The high-resolution LiDAR Natural Features Guidance technology works within existing facilities without requiring infrastructure changes. The robot has a maximum speed of 4 MPH in autonomous...
- From The Fabricator
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...
- From The Fabricator
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.
- From The Fabricator
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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