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Shop Management - Page 58
- From The Fabricator
How metal fabricators make the most out of narrow margins
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 3, 2021
- Article
Many metal fab shops live with narrow margins, as shown by a recent financial survey from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association. The best shops know how to manage the money from that profit well.
- From The Fabricator
Whirlpool Corp. to invest more than $65 million in Ohio plant
- Dec 2, 2021
- News Release
Whirlpool Corp. has announced it will invest more than $65 million over the next several years into its factory in Ottawa, Ohio.
- From The Fabricator
Integrating automotive traceability into stamping with laser marking
- By Keven Tremblay
- Dec 2, 2021
- Article
To meet automotive OEM traceability requirements, metal stampers need to identify parts at the very beginning of production. Laser marking creates complete traceability by linking the part to the stamping press and the raw material used in manufacturing.
- From The Additive Report
Bond3D promotes its voidless additive manufacturing process for PEEK parts
- Dec 1, 2021
- Product Release
Company says its 3D printing system produces PEEK parts with material density exceeding 99%
- From The Welder
3 takeaways from FABTECH 2021
- By Amanda Carlson
- Dec 1, 2021
- Blog Post
While FABTECH 2021 was indeed different, looking back at it months later, was still something that the metal fabrication and welding industry as a whole needed.
- From The Welder
The pathway to rapid growth for one Indiana trailer fabricator
- By Amanda Carlson
- Dec 1, 2021
- Article
In a very short amount of time, Liberty Trailers and new owner Mike Teso have taken steps to grow the Fillmore, Ind.-based fabrication company through cultural change, which has added more employees, more revenue, and, very soon, an automated welding cell.
- From The Additive Report
New PBF 3D printer from Prima features lasers with different wavelengths
- Nov 30, 2021
- Product Release
PBF 3D printer features IR laser and green laser
- From The Fabricator
Global Precision Products acquires Will-Mor Mfg.
- Nov 30, 2021
- News Release
Global Precision Products LLC, a Rochester, N.Y., provider of contract manufacturing services to aerospace, defense, medical, and piezoelectric sensor companies, has acquired Will-Mor Mfg. LLC.
- From The Fabricator
Still Building America: Emily Soloby, an advocate for women in manufacturing
- By Darla Welton and Josh Welton
- Nov 30, 2021
- Blog Post
In the latest edition of Still Building America, we talk to Emily Soloby about her impressive resume as an advocate for women in manufacturing and other nontraditional jobs. Here's a quick breakdown: She's a lawyer, founder and CEO of Juno Jones safety boot company, co-owner of a trucking company co-owner, host of the “Hazard Girls” podcast, and, on top of all that, a wife and mother.
- From The Fabricator
10 features of a good quoting system
- By Wayne Cathers
- Nov 29, 2021
- Article
Metal fabricators don’t have to spend hours sorting through data to price out a job. The latest quoting software can accurately quote in as little as five minutes.
- From The Fabricator
How to handle stubborn employees when adopting lean manufacturing
- By Jeff Sipes
- Nov 28, 2021
- Article
Some employees refuse to accept certain changes when it comes to lean manufacturing. How a shop floor manager deals with them can make or break an improvement initiative.
- From The Fabricator
Autonomous mobile robots could change metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 28, 2021
- Article
Interoperable autonomous mobile robots (AMR) could make automation more flexible, especially as you go farther down the metal fabrication value stream.
- From The Fabricator
5 questions for metal stampers to guide ERP in 2022
- By Duane Clement
- Nov 25, 2021
- Article
Having the right data, collection system, and context can take a stamping manufacturing business to another level of visibility, productivity, and profitability.
- From The Additive Report
Open-filament 3D printer launched by on-demand parts-maker
- Nov 24, 2021
- Product Release
FFF-style printer design is based on the builder’s 3D printing experience
- From The Welder
How to get a welding job with no experience
- By Amanda Carlson
- Nov 24, 2021
- Article
Want to learn how to get a welding job with no experience? See how Lozier Corp. decided that if it couldn’t find existing welders, why not just train them?
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