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Shop Management - Page 286
- From The Fabricator
DiStar Industries announces expansion
- Nov 30, 2016
- News Release
Metal fabricator DiStar Industries has announced plans to expand its 8,000-sq.-ft. facility in Columbus, Ohio.
The company currently uses laser cutting, waterjet cutting, and press brake bending to fabricate custom products for a variety of industries.
- From The Fabricator
2017 metal fabrication forecast: Voyage into the unknown
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 29, 2016
- Article
Before the election, industry watchers predicted more of the same slow growth the economy has seen for years. After the election, stock markets unexpectedly soared on the backs of companies that may benefit from a Trump presidency. One thing is for sure: The American political sphere heads into the unknown.
- From The Fabricator
Industry innovations at EuroBLECH 2016 reflect the need for speed
- By Rob Colman
- Nov 29, 2016
- Article
At EuroBLECH 2016 the world’s machine tool makers and software developers showcased innovations aimed at reducing the time between part conceptualization and final delivery to the customer.
- From The Fabricator
Regulator controls laser assist gas delivery from any supply mode
- Nov 29, 2016
- Product Release
CONCOA has introduced a high-pressure, ultrahigh-flow regulator designed to provide steady and reliable control in laser assist gas delivery applications supplied by both liquid and high-pressure sources. Providing primary control in systems requiring delivery pressures up to 750 PSIG and flow...
- From The Fabricator
Repeat orders are manna to a job shop
- By Nick Martin
- Nov 29, 2016
- Blog Post
Job shop business is often cyclical. There are times of feast and famine. Repeat customers and jobs are the lifeblood of most shops. Finding and keeping them is a high priority.
- From The Fabricator
Tangible Solutions adds 3-D metal powder-bed printers
- Nov 28, 2016
- News Release
Tangible Solutions has announced the addition of 3-D metal printing to its capabilities. The company is integrating five Mlab cusing machines and one M2 cusing machine from Concept Laser into its new, 25,000-sq.-ft. facility in Fairborn, Ohio. The Mlab machines will be dedicated to printing with...
- From The Fabricator
Structural fabrication, the next generation
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 28, 2016
- Article
Structural fabrication is on the cusp of some big changes, and the entry-level employee of today will grow in a field that’s becoming increasingly digitized.
- From The Fabricator
Job shop estimating: A historical perspective Step 2
- By Gerald Davis
- Nov 28, 2016
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis continues a series of columns that address one of the most important activities related to shop profitability: job estimating. In this second installment, he describes how an estimator can use the shop’s manufacturing history to refine the predictions of future expense.
- From The Fabricator
Lucifer Furnaces delivers high-temp furnace to Compacting Tooling
- Nov 23, 2016
- News Release
Lucifer Furnaces, Warrington, Pa., has delivered a model HS8-181224 dual-chamber, high-temperature furnace to Compacting Tooling Inc., McKeesport, Pa., to add capacity for CPM high-speed steel heat treating. The custom-designed furnace, powered with 42 kW, reaches 2,450 degrees F in the upper...
- From The Fabricator
Static eliminator preps parts for painting, packaging
- Nov 22, 2016
- Product Release
Exair’s new Ion Air Jet™ removes static electricity, contaminants, and dust from parts before shrink-wrapping, packaging, printing, painting, or finishing. It has attained the CE and UL marks and is RoHS-compliant. New design features include a metal-armored, high-voltage cable to protect...
- From The Welder
When family matters
- By Amanda Carlson
- Nov 17, 2016
- Article
Huffman Welding & Machine Inc., a family-owned and -operated job shop in southeastern Iowa, has always had big goals to grow and thrive in a competitive economic climate. So far they have been able to strike the right balance between pursuing those goals while maintaining the emphasis on people and their community – their family.
- From The Fabricator
Pennsylvania manufacturers highlight engineering careers to support STEM education
- Nov 16, 2016
- News Release
Applying science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) knowledge and skills to solve complex, open-ended problems in a real-world context is the goal of Saucon Valley High School's (SVHS) Project Lead the Way (PLTW) engineering program. Students enrolled in this curriculum recently visited...
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication and the metals markets prepare for a Trump presidency
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 15, 2016
- Blog Post
The presidency usually doesn't have much immediate, direct impact on the economy, despite the campaign rhetoric we hear. But is this time different?
- From The Fabricator
Wireless USB system shares data from PC to machines
- Nov 14, 2016
- Product Release
ShopFloor Automations is developing the WiFi USB Connect, a wireless USB system for the manufacturing shop floor. It emulates a USB stick, allowing the user to share data from a PC to machines without the need for drivers. Data can be stored on a remote PC or locally in the 128-MB device’s...
- From The Fabricator
NIMS wins federal contract to grow apprenticeships in manufacturing
- Nov 14, 2016
- News Release
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS), a Fairfax, Va.-based developer of skills standards and credentials for the manufacturing industry, has been selected by the U.S. Department of Labor as an industry intermediary to support the expansion of registered apprenticeships within...
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