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Shop Management - Page 343
- From The Fabricator
Lean manufacturing in metal fabrication: How to jumpstart a stalled improvement effort
- By Dick Kallage
- Jan 4, 2016
- Article
Continuous improvement initiatives often lack organizational structure and defined responsibilities. Consultant Dick Kallage describes three components needed to correct these problems and prevent continuous improvement from stalling.
- From The Fabricator
One metal fabrication shop takes on B2C
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 4, 2016
- Article
Launched in 2015, Florida-based MetalsCut4U offers low-volume metal cutting and bending to the consumer market. To make it happen, the company simplifies ordering and automates quoting.
- From The Fabricator
nexAir adds 25 branches in Florida, Georgia
- Jan 4, 2016
- News Release
Memphis, Tenn.-based nexAir LLC, a distributor of atmospheric gases and welding supplies, has merged with 23 Praxair Distribution Southeast LLC (PDSE) branches located in Florida and southeast Georgia and acquired two Praxair Distribution Inc. (PDI) branches in eastern Georgia. PDSE was formed...
- From The Fabricator
Met-L-Flo launches new website
- Jan 4, 2016
- News Release
Met-L-Flo has launched a new website at www.metlflo.com. The site, designed to reinforce the company’s commitment to education, allows users to share pages that interest them across Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn. The company offers 3-D printing, additive manufacturing, and bridge...
- From The Fabricator
Factory Pipe hires general manager
- Jan 4, 2016
- News Release
Ukiah, Calif.-based Factory Pipe LLC, a supplier of exhaust systems to the motorsports industry, has hired Kenneth Odom as general manager. He has more than 20 years of experience supplying interior parts, exhaust systems, radiators and headliners to Nissan, Honda, Ford, General Motors, and...
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Using images and live demos to explain a product’s function
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 4, 2016
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis explores the use of “mates” as he reveals how to make a hand drill operate the same way in the 3-D model as it does in the real world.
- From The Fabricator
Rotary hearth oven preheats, cures powder coatings
- Dec 31, 2015
- Product Release
The Grieve Corp. has developed No. 816, a 500-degrees-F, gas-fired, rotary hearth oven, for preheating and curing powder coatings onto electric motor parts. Workspace dimensions are 54 by 54 by 72 in. It features 350,000 BTU/hr. installed in a modulating gas burner, while a 4,200-CFM, 3-HP...
- From The Fabricator
NIST issues Notice of Intent to fund new manufacturing innovation institutes
- Dec 23, 2015
- News Release
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Washington, D.C., has issued a Notice of Intent to fund up to two institutes as part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The Commerce Department will provide up to $70 million per...
- From The Fabricator
Fab shop customer mix: Hitting the right spot
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 22, 2015
- Blog Post
Interest rates are rising, oil prices are falling, and energy and agriculture equipment sectors continue to struggle. What's next for fabricators in 2016? The news isn't all bad, really, depending on a shop's mix of services, technology, talent, and customers.
- From The Fabricator
CB Fabricating announces facility, personnel expansion in Indiana
- Dec 22, 2015
- News Release
Sheet metal fabricator CB Fabricating Inc. has opened an additional 9,000-sq.-ft. facility in Anderson, Ind., and added 13 full-time jobs in 2015. The new building houses light assembly services. The company has added contracts from customers in the janitorial, energy, agriculture, medical,...
- From The Fabricator
NAM releases study examining benefits of crude oil pipelines
- Dec 22, 2015
- News Release
A new study from IHS Economics and commissioned by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), Washington, D.C., reveals the impact crude oil pipelines have on U.S. manufacturing growth and employment and the advancement and development potential for manufacturers if new crude oil pipelines...
- From The Fabricator
Precision Bend & Machine seeks investor or buyer
- Dec 21, 2015
- News Release
Precision Bend & Machine Co., a custom metal fabricator in Walcott, Iowa, has retained Heritage Equity Partners to seek an immediate sale of the company, or new funding for current growth opportunities. The company provides CNC tube and sheet bending, CNC wire forming, laser cutting, production...
- From The Fabricator
Epic Welding and Mfg. relocating to larger North Dakota facility
- Dec 18, 2015
- News Release
Fabrication company Epic Welding and Mfg. Inc. has announced plans to move to a 22,000-sq.-ft. facility in West Fargo, N.D., and add a 5,000-sq.-ft. sandblasting area and a 65-ft. paint booth.
The firm expects to hire four employees immediately and more in the future.
- From The Fabricator
CNC introduced for cutting systems
- Dec 18, 2015
- Product Release
Hypertherm has introduced the EDGE® Connect CNC for plasma, laser, and waterjet cutting systems. It includes the newest version of Phoenix™ software, as well as CutPro Wizard™ for job setup and an introductory version of ProNest® CNC nesting software. This added software allows table...
- From The Fabricator
Collaboration is key to training next generation
- By Sue Roberts
- Dec 17, 2015
- News Release
Chicago Mayor Emanuel says training should be easy, simple, relevant
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