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Shop Management - Page 312
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Look Trailers opens Pennsylvania facility
- Jun 2, 2016
- News Release
Middlebury, Ind.-based Look Trailers has opened a facility in Mountain Top, Pa. The 84,000-sq.-ft. plant is the fifth manufacturing facility for the company, which produces Look, Pace American, and Cargo Express enclosed cargo trailers. At full production, the new facility will have two...
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Modules combine bearing, angle encoder technologies
- Jun 2, 2016
- Product Release
Heidenhain has introduced the MRP 2000, 5000, and 8000 angle encoder modules, which merge bearing and angle encoder technologies. The modules contain bearing sets not conventionally available and can be integrated with various encoder types to yield highly stiff modules. The bearing combines a...
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SHRM LINE: Healthy hiring expected in June, mixed compared to a year ago
- Jun 2, 2016
- News Release
In June, the rate of job creation will drop in manufacturing and rise modestly in services compared with the previous year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM®) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE®) survey for June 2016. Job creation rates will be...
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Fabricators and their power hammers
- By Jeffrey Dean
- Jun 2, 2016
- Article
Power hammers are pieces of equipment that hark back to the earliest days of metal fabricating. Today’s power hammers allow fabricators to lean on the technology, not purely on brawn, to deliver the shaping blows. While power hammers are not found in many precision sheet metal shops, many operations do employ them. In fact, they are a key part of the operation.
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TCI Powder Coatings hires director of quality
- Jun 1, 2016
- News Release
TCI Powder Coatings, Ellaville, Ga., a subsidiary of RPM Intl. Inc., has named Nancy Wright as director of quality. A Six Sigma Black Belt, Wright has more than 20 years of experience in various roles with quality and process improvement. She has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from NY State...
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A Memorial Day tribute to honor Darla Welton's dad and remember his friends killed in action
- By Josh Welton
- Jun 1, 2016
- Blog Post
The U.S recently celebrated Memorial Day, a day set aside to remember the people who died while serving in the country’s armed forces. To commemorate this occasion, Josh Welton has turned the podium over to his better half, Darla, who honors her dad and his fellow soldiers killed in action in this moving tribute.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturers must deal with new OT rules
- By Stephen Barlas
- Jun 1, 2016
- Blog Post
U.S. manufacturers have to come to terms with the new overtime rules issued by the U.S. Department of Labor.
- From The Fabricator
Whirlpool to build wind turbines to power Ohio plants
- May 31, 2016
- News Release
Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., has announced plans to build wind turbines to help power its Marion and Ottawa plants in Ohio. When completed, the $13.5 million project could make Whirlpool one of the Fortune 500 consumers of on-site wind energy in the U.S., the company states. The three...
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Wittgas announces redesigned website
- May 31, 2016
- News Release
Germany-based gas equipment manufacturer Witt has launched its new website at www.wittgas.us. The site features a new design and expanded information on the company’s products and their applications, including images, technical data, and videos. Hundreds of documents, such as data sheets,...
- From The Fabricator
Higher costs for some steel on the way?
- By Stephen Barlas
- May 31, 2016
- Blog Post
- From The Fabricator
American Metal Roofs wins 2016 Guildmaster Award
- May 31, 2016
- News Release
Metal roofing contractor American Metal Roofs, Flint, Mich., has received a 2016 Guildmaster Award from GuildQuality, a third-party customer satisfaction surveying company based in Atlanta. The award recognizes home builders, remodelers, and contractors that show a continued commitment to service...
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AAR Corp. to liquidate aerospace parts manufacturing equipment
- May 31, 2016
- News Release
AAR Corp. will liquidate its aerospace precision metal parts and manufacturing operations in Huntsville, Ala., on June 22, 2016. The public on-site and online auction of machines, tools, labs, and equipment, hosted by Machinery Network Auctions Inc. (MNA), will take place at 10:00 a.m. CDT at 140...
- From The Fabricator
Women in Manufacturing elects TRUMPF associate director of marketing as 2016 chair
- May 27, 2016
- News Release
Women in Manufacturing (WiM), Cleveland, has elected Sheila LaMothe, associate director of marketing and public relations for Farmington, Conn.-based TRUMPF Inc., as 2016 chairperson of the WiM board of directors. LaMothe served as WiM’s vice chairperson in 2015 and has participated on the WiM...
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Tenere expands sheet metal fabrication to Mexico
- May 27, 2016
- News Release
Tenere Inc., Dresser, Wis., a provider of complex metal and plastic components and assemblies, has announced the expansion of its sheet metal capabilities with the addition of a facility in Monterrey, Mexico. The new Tenere Monterrey sheet metal operation is the company’s first wholly owned...
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Closed-loop control developed for additive manufacturing systems
- May 26, 2016
- Product Release
Sciaky Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries Inc., has developed the patented IRISS℠ (interlayer real-time imaging and sensing system) closed-loop control to power its Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM™) systems. The closed-loop control provides consistent process...
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