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Manufacturing in the limelight
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 6, 2017
- Shop Management
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Today, Oct. 6, is National Manufacturing Day. If you’re visiting this site, you—yes, you—definitely have a stake in promoting manufacturing in the U.S. Let’s give the industry its due.
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Welding fume extraction system increases energy efficiency
- Oct 5, 2017
- Shop Management
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ULT LLC has introduced the Airtower for welding fume extraction and filtration, based on the layer ventilation principle. Contaminated air is aspirated, filtered, and discharged as clean, breathable air at ground level with no air drafts. The company reports that the filtration degree is greater...
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Heule Tool appoints sales and marketing coordinator
- Oct 5, 2017
- Finishing
- News Release
Heule Tool Corp., Cincinnati, Ind., a provider of hole-finishing tools for ID/OD deburring, countersinking, chamfering, and counterboring, has named Lynn Bissell as sales and marketing coordinator. A graduate of Ohio University with a degree in journalism, Bissell is experienced in all facets of...
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Additive Manufacturing Users Group opens conference registration
- Oct 5, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG), Milwaukee, has opened online registration for its 2018 Education & Training Conference, which will be held in St. Louis, April 8-12, 2018. The users group conference, now in its 30th year, is open to owners and operators of industrial additive...
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thyssenkrupp combines Forging and Machining business, Undercarriage business
- Oct 5, 2017
- Machining
- News Release
thyssenkrupp has combined its Forging and Machining business and its Undercarriage business into a new business unit, Forged Technologies. It new unit has roughly 7,000 employees at 18 production sites and a distribution network in more than 70 countries. The global integration includes seven...
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SSINA appoints market development committee chairman
- Oct 5, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA), Washington, D.C., has appointed Steve Letnich, vice president of sales – Americas with Outokumpu Stainless, as the chairman of its market development committee. Letnich has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, having held...
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TRUMPF acquires majority stake in Access Laser
- Oct 5, 2017
- Laser Cutting
- News Release
Ditzingen, Germany-based TRUMPF has acquired an 85 percent stake in Access Laser Co., Everett, Wash. The company produces high-precision, low-power CO2 lasers used to fabricate microchips in EUV lithography. In this application, the light generated by the laser serves as a beam source that is...
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AIIS tell Trump 232 probe will not fix overcapacity problem
- Oct 5, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
The president’s Section 232 investigation—and any resulting actions on steel imports in the name of national security—will not fix the underlying problem of steel excess capacity but will invite retaliation that would hurt all sectors of the U.S. economy, the American Institute for...
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Max Weiss Co. names director of operations
- Oct 5, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Milwaukee-based Max Weiss Co., a provider of metal bending, forming, and fabricating, has promoted David Gregg to director of operations. He has been with the company since 2004, serving most recently as plant manager for the company since 2014. Gregg has more than two decades of experience in the...
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Welding Hacks from the September/October 2017 issue of The WELDER
- Oct 5, 2017
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Have you developed your own welding hacks to help you on the job? Share them with the audience of The WELDER, and you could earn a gift card!
- From The Fabricator
Metal detector/magnetic separator systems introduced
- Oct 5, 2017
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Eriez® has introduced two new metal detector/magnetic separator “double team” systems that offer protection against ferrous and nonferrous metal contamination. The first system is a Magnetic B Trap followed by an Xtreme® Liquid Line metal detector. The magnet removes the ferrous contamination...
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Third-generation advanced high-strength steel emerges
- By Michael Davenport
- Oct 5, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Steel has maintained a leading position through innovation in metallurgy and material processing while addressing industry’s critical needs. Third-generation advanced high-strength steels (AHSS), designed to provide high strength and ductility without the high cost and joining problems associated with the previous generation, are now available to automotive vehicle designers and stamping manufacturers.
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New low-carbide tool steel doubles, triples tool life
- By Tom Schade
- Oct 4, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Tool steel has come a long way since its D2 roots. Advancements in production methods have helped improve steel quality and subsequent tool performance, including DC53 developed in the 1980s and the most recent generation that comprises less carbon and chromium and, hence, carbides. Fatigue strength tests show DC53 has a longer life by a factor of 10 times the life of D2, and the third-generation low-carbide steel has a lifespan of 10 times that of DC53.
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R&D Update: Sequence design for progressive dies, Part II
- Oct 4, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Design rules obtained from an initial finite element analysis (FEA) developed the process sequence for a new automotive part (see Figure 1a ). Some critical design guidelines developed were: In the initial forming stages, higher draw ratios maximized wall thinning below a threshold value of 13...
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Metal, fire, and art … what’s not to like?
- By Josh Welton
- Oct 4, 2017
- Safety
- Blog Post
After three months repairing tanks in Iraq, Josh Welton was happy to return home. Taking a long road trip with his wife, he stumbled upon the National Ornamental Metal Museum, a treasure in Memphis that turned out to be one of the highlights of the trip. He will be back.
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