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Adams Brothers earns Eriez® 2016 Merwin Sales Award
- Sep 27, 2017
- Materials Handling
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Erie, Pa.-based separation technology provider Eriez® has named Adams Brothers Inc., Atlanta, as the winner of the 2016 Merwin Sales Award. The company presents this award annually to honor the U.S. field sales office that represented the company in the most outstanding way over the previous year...
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Dizzying proliferation of auto players influences press expansion
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 27, 2017
- Bending and Forming
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When one of the largest, most prominent, high-tech metal stamping press OEMs sites its annual conference at a lab devoted to plastic composites development for the automotive industry, it gives you pause. Then again, if a vacuum maker, a computer maker, and a search engine company can manufacture a car and an online commerce company can go into the grocery business, is it really such a stretch for a stamping manufacturer to produce plastic, compression-molded components on a hydraulic press?
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Infeed station added to automated saw
- Sep 27, 2017
- Sawing
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TigerStop has added the AutoLoader automatic infeed station for integration with the TigerSaw 2000 saw system. With the station, an operator can load five pieces of material at a time, increasing operator capacity for performing value-added tasks, such as sorting finished parts. The unit can...
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ESAB Welding & Cutting to donate portion of equipment sales to hurricane relief
- Sep 27, 2017
- Arc Welding
- News Release
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has announced that with every shipment of select products between now and Dec. 31, 2017, the company will make a contribution to support Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma relief efforts. For this initiative, the company has selected some of its highest-volume...
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HxGN Local Automotive Summit keynote to focus on technology and training
- Sep 27, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, North Kingstown, R.I., has announced that Jeff Krause, CEO of SME, will deliver the keynote address for its HxGN Local Automotive Summit on Oct. 10 in Novi, Mich. The keynote presentation, entitled "Automotive Manufacturing: Innovation through Technology and...
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Universal Steel Contractors opens in Oklahoma
- Sep 27, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Newly formed metal fabrication company Universal Steel Contractors LLC has opened in Muskogee, Okla.
The firm is expected to hire seven employees soon and grow to 20 workers in a few years.
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Hurricane damage forces CB&I to close Texas facility
- Sep 27, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Netherlands-based Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV (CB&I) has permanently closed its Beaumont Fabrication Services Shop in Beaumont, Texas, because of irreparable damage from flooding sustained during Hurricane Harvey. The closure eliminates 455 jobs, with most employees being relocated to other...
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U. S. Steel, Kobe Steel add galvanizing line at Pro-Tec Coating
- Sep 27, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Pittsburgh-based U. S. Steel Corp. and Japan-based Kobe Steel Ltd. have announced their agreement to begin construction of a new continuous galvanizing line at their subsidiaries’ joint venture, Pro-Tec Coating Co. in Leipsic, Ohio, in response to an increased demand for AHSS. The new $400...
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SuperMax Tools acquired by Laguna Tools
- Sep 27, 2017
- Finishing
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St. Paul, Minn.-based SuperMax has been acquired by Laguna Tools Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based manufacturer of CNC machinery and band saws, table saws, edge banders, and other woodworking and metalworking equipment. SuperMax designs and sells drum, brush, and combo sanders for the woodworking and...
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Profile gauges offer inline measurements in hot rolling mills, cold processes
- Sep 27, 2017
- Testing and Measuring
- Product Release
Zumbach Electronics has introduced three new additions to its line of profile gauges for steel and metal profiles. The gauges are based on the laser light section technique and camera vision, often called the light-cut principle. Up to eight line lasers mark the contour of the product, and the...
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4 reasons automated deburring might be the right choice for your shop
- By Greg Nykiel
- Sep 26, 2017
- Finishing
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Is your deburring process/system enhancing or slowing productivity? Is finished product quality inconsistent? Perhaps it’s time to take a close look at your deburring method to determine if there might be a better option.
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Unit measures straightness of round pipes, rods in real time
- Sep 26, 2017
- Testing and Measuring
- Product Release
Zumbach offers the Bendcheck system for measuring and monitoring the diameter and ovality of steel rods and pipes during production. Noncontact ODAC® laser gauges integrated in the production line supply all the data necessary for a correct straightness check in real time. Manual checks are...
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When pallets take over
- By Nick Martin
- Sep 26, 2017
- Shop Management
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Housekeeping is just as vital, if not more so, to a shop as it is a home. Letting things pile up, both inside and out, creates eyesores, reflects poorly on the business, and even lowers employee morale. Look around. Maybe your shop has clutter issues, like mountains of old pallets, it needs to address.
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Sintavia to add TRUMPF metal printer
- Sep 26, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Metal additive manufacturing services provider Sintavia LLC has announced it will take delivery of a TRUMPF TruPrint 3000 metal printer with industrial part and powder management in its Davie, Fla., manufacturing facility. “The TruPrint 3000’s build chamber is completely modular and secure—a...
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Miller Welding & Machine to offer plant tours on Manufacturing Day
- Sep 26, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Miller Welding & Machine Co., a strategic metals manufacturing partner for OEMs, will open its doors to the public as part of Manufacturing Day℠ on Oct. 6. Tours will run every 30 min. from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT at its two Brookville, Pa., locations. The company will offer demonstrations of...
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