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Shop Management - Page 316
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Don't lose track of the latest design updates
The goal of forward-thinking fabrication shops is to be closely involved in a customer's supply chain, where perhaps it participates in part designs and design for manufacturability activities. If a shop is to be an active supply chain partner, it needs to be able to stay on top of engineering change orders and part design discussion. Cloud-based product life cycle management software can help.
- From The Fabricator
Continuous improvement: Do you have a handle on flow
- By Jeff Sipes
- May 23, 2016
- Article
Manufacturing is all about flow, both of physical products and information. You can plan for good flow. But if you let it evolve on its own, you will be dealing with the waste and efficiency that evolution creates.
- From The Fabricator
DeWys Mfg. names product development engineer
- May 23, 2016
- News Release
DeWys Mfg. Inc., a metal fabricator in Marne, Mich., has promoted Nate Lillibridge to product development engineer. He joined the company five years ago in the maintenance department, where he gained experience in all aspects of the manufacturing process. Lillibridge is attending Grand Rapids...
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Comparison of two animation tools for creating walk-through tours
- By Gerald Davis
- May 23, 2016
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis reviews methods for creating walk-through animations. The use of a camera following a path is discussed.
- From The Fabricator
Report predicts welding equipment market will grow at 5 percent CAGR to 2020
- May 19, 2016
- News Release
RnRMarketResearch.com has released “Global Welding Equipment Market 2016-2020,” which reports that analysts forecast the global welding market to grow at a CAGR of 5 percent during the period 2016-2020. A key trend boosting market growth is the redressal of the growing gap in the skilled...
- From The Fabricator
Fabricators are in the information business
- By Tim Heston
- May 19, 2016
- Blog Post
Fabricators aren't selling just parts anymore. They're selling their ability to partner and communicate with customers.
- From The Fabricator
Toolots plans manufacturing exchange summit to promote trade between U.S., China
- May 19, 2016
- News Release
Toolots Inc., a company that provides a factory-direct e-commerce platform for international manufacturers to purchase and sell industrial tools, machinery, and technology, has announced its Inaugural Manufacturing Exchange Summit. The event will be held at its headquarters in Cerritos, Calif.,...
- From The Fabricator
Forecast predicts economic growth in manufacturing to continue through 2016
- May 19, 2016
- News Release
Economic growth in manufacturing is expected to continue in the U.S. throughout the remainder of 2016, according to the "Spring 2016 Semiannual Economic Forecast" from the Business Survey Committee of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®), Tempe, Ariz. Fifty percent of respondents from...
- From The Fabricator
Cleanliness inspection system provides all-in-one scan
- May 19, 2016
- Product Release
Olympus has launched the CIX90 technical cleanliness control system. It provides cleanliness inspection with an intuitive interface that provides step-by-step guidance to users. The dedicated turnkey system is optimized for fast, accurate, and reproducible particle detection that delivers...
- From The Fabricator
More investment needed in shop classes in schools, says FMW Fasteners survey
- May 19, 2016
- News Release
According to the latest business survey from FMW Fasteners, an online provider of anchor products, nuts, bolts, socket products, and screws based in Houston, its customers are calling for more investment in shop classes. Seventy percent of the 300 survey participants said there's not enough...
- From The Fabricator
ET Seminar Committee names winner of Maurice H. Roberts Award of Excellence
- May 18, 2016
- News Release
The Maurice H. Roberts Award of Excellence has been presented to current ET Seminar Committee Chairman Craig Werner. The award, the highest honor bestowed by the ET Seminar Committee, Wauconda, Ill., is given to an aluminum extrusion industry professional who has demonstrated outstanding qualities...
- From The Fabricator
Device stacks empty pallets
- May 18, 2016
- Product Release
Automation Plus, a Division of CSF Inc., has added product to the Pallet Return Device (PRD) line. The product now can be used anywhere that empty pallets are stacked. The stand-alone unit is suitable for use in manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, and warehouses. The operator lifts...
- From The Fabricator
Wet electrostatic precipitator offers fine particulate control
- May 17, 2016
- Product Release
Bionomic Industries Inc. has launched the HEI™ wet electrostatic precipitator system for fine particulate control. The system incorporates discharge electrode technology that can be sized to specific applications and concentrates a high intensity ionizing corona in strategic areas within the...
- From The Fabricator
Afco Systems expands European operations and sales
- May 17, 2016
- News Release
Farmingdale, N.Y.-based Afco Systems, a manufacturer of racks, cabinets, enclosures, and air containment systems for the data center and telecommunications industry, has expanded its manufacturing and sales capabilities in Europe. Through a strategic partnership with Byrne-Mech, a precision...
- From The Fabricator
LED string light set made for general work areas
- May 16, 2016
- Product Release
Larson Electronics offers a 3,900-W LED string light set designed for general work areas. Featuring 26 LED light fixtures at 150 W each, the light set provides 338,000 lumens. This unit is UL1598-approved and suitable for inspection activities and temporary illumination in wet locations. Each...
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