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Device holds odd-shaped steel workpieces in position for tack welding
- Nov 9, 2017
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Strong Hand Tools® has introduced the MagTab Jumbo for holding tabs, gussets, steel plates, and odd-shaped pieces of steel in position for tack welding. The adjustable, magnetic V-pad base holds securely on flat, round, or angled surfaces, allowing for a tack welding setup of parts at any point,...
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- By Amanda Carlson
- Nov 8, 2017
- Arc Welding
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Dave Cotner, dean of industrial, computing, and engineering technologies; and James Colton II, assistant professor of welding and co-department head at the Pennsylvania College of Technology, discuss some of the philosophies that make their program unique and what is expected of student welders today.
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Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Using props for adding scale to a presentation
- By Gerald Davis
- Nov 8, 2017
- Shop Management
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Columnist Gerald Davis discusses the use of a poser and other props for presenting design ideas.
- From The Fabricator
United States Steel announces departure of general counsel
- Nov 8, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corp. has announced that Suzanne Rich Folsom, general counsel, chief compliance officer and senior vice president government affairs, will resign from the company effective Dec. 29, 2017. Folsom joined the company in 2014. She was instrumental in leading the...
- From The Fabricator
Praxair grant to support AM for North American universities
- Nov 8, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has announced it will offer a limited number of in-kind TruForm™ AMbition grants to select North American universities through its surface technologies business. The grant recipients will receive material and engineering assistance to support metal additive...
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Spiral device moves product to lower level
- Nov 8, 2017
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
The new Spiral Chute from Dorner provides a method for moving product to a lower level gently using gravity. The patent-pending stairstep design ensures products won’t get stuck or jammed when being lowered from overhead conveyors, mezzanines, or platforms. If packages begin to accumulate as they...
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TRUMPF announces sales partnership with SPI Lasers for North American markets
- Nov 8, 2017
- Laser Cutting
- News Release
Farmington, Conn-based TRUMPF has announced a new, limited sales partnership with its wholly owned subsidiary, SPI Lasers, to offer SPI Lasers’ redENERGY® pulsed and redPOWER® QUBE CW fiber lasers directly through TRUMPF’s North American OEM sales group. SPI’s laser material processing...
- From The Fabricator
Pacific Press Technologies unveils new logo, tagline
- Nov 8, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
In conjunction with its acquisition by Right Lane Industries LLC in May 2017, Pacific Press Technologies, a metal forming equipment manufacturer and services provider in Mount Carmel, Ill., has unveiled a new logo and tagline. According to the company, the new logo reflects its problem-solving...
- From The Welder
From garage hobbyist to YouTube star
- By Amanda Carlson
- Nov 8, 2017
- Arc Welding
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Jim Wright is a stoic, hardworking man’s man who loves working with his hands and spending time in his garage. Jimbo, on the other hand, is the gregarious and outgoing namesake of Jimbo’s Garage, a series of do-it-yourself videos found on YouTube. Now, more than 30,000 subscribers later, no one, especially Wright, could have predicted the channel’s appeal.
- From The Fabricator
Industrial Fabricators installs stretch leveling cut-to-length line
- Nov 8, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Industrial Fabricators Inc., a supplier of carbon steel, aluminum, and stainless metal fabrications and flat-rolled processing and metal distribution services, has installed a 72- by ½-in. Braner/Loopco stretch leveling cut-to-length line in its 700,000-sq.-ft. Gastonia, N.C., facility. The line...
- From The Fabricator
Self-retracting lifeline system protects workers at height
- Nov 8, 2017
- Safety
- Product Release
Honeywell has developed the Miller® Falcon™ Edge self-retracting lifelines (SRLs), designed to protect workers from serious injury or death if their lifeline becomes severed by a sharp edge during a fall from height. Available in 20-, 30-, and 50-ft. cable lengths, the SRL can support user...
- From The Fabricator
ERP, MES, or both?
- By Kathie Poindexter
- Nov 8, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
What is the difference between an enterprise resource planning system and a manufacturing execution system? Is one part of the other? What you call them really doesn’t matter. What does matter is whether a software system makes your manufacturing operation more productive and profitable.
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH 2017—Day 2
- By Vicki Bell
- Nov 7, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Today was a very busy day at FABTECH, both in terms of press conferences and traffic. To this editor, the traffic volume seemed even heavier than yesterday. Speaking of heavy, innovations seen today show a definite increase in R&D and innovation. The fabrication industry is growing, and exhibitors on the show floor expect the trend to continue.
- From The Fabricator
How a good company culture spurs a virtuous cycle
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 7, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
Achieving and improving a stellar company culture remains an elusive goal to quantify in metal fabrication. But some companies are measuring it. In one sense, it could be treated as a central tenet of process improvement.
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