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United Performance Metals updates international branding
- Jun 16, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Cincinnati-based specialty metals distributor United Performance Metals (UPM) has made significant updates to its brand, most recently to the international website at www.upmet.uk. The website displays the new company logo and the products and services available to international customers. UPM...
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TRUMPF recognized as 2017 Young Adult Employer Champion
- Jun 16, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
TRUMPF, a manufacturer of fabricating machinery and industrial lasers for flexible sheet metal processing based in Farmington, Conn., is a 2017 recipient of the Young Adult Employer Champion Award from the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, a national network promoting economic opportunity and...
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Compact beveling machine creates bevels to 3/8 in. wide
- Jun 16, 2017
- Machining
- Product Release
Saar-Hartmetall USA has announced the availability of the MMB 100 stationary beveling machine. The compact machine, which measures 26 by 14 by 20 in., can create smooth, burr-free bevel widths up to 3/8 in. on steel, stainless, and aluminum. It allows manual feed for total control of a workpiece,...
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Lindberg/MPH ships large-chamber utility box furnace to automotive parts supplier
- Jun 16, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped an electrically heated, large-chamber utility box furnace to an automotive supplier. The furnace will be used for batch-testing aluminum castings on a daily basis at a temperature of 932 degrees F. The work chamber dimensions of this heat-treat furnace...
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Microsoft, Tenova collaborate on system to bring Industry 4.0 to iron and steel industry
- Jun 15, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Microsoft and Tenova, a Techint Group company based in Castellanza, Italy, that serves the metal and mining industries, have announced their collaboration on an integrated system enabled by Industry 4.0 technologies to promote digital transformation in the iron and steel industry and increase...
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Desktop Metal named Technology Pioneer 2017
- Jun 15, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Desktop Metal, a provider of metal 3-D printing systems in Burlington, Mass., has been selected as one of the world’s 30 most promising Technology Pioneers 2017 by World Economic Forum. Companies were selected for their potential to significantly impact business and society through new...
- From The Welder
Scanning head provides high-power stir welding
- Jun 15, 2017
- Laser Welding
- Product Release
Laser Mechanisms offers the FiberScan™ HR, a scanning head for high-power laser sources including fiber, disk, CO2, and diode lasers. Available for collimated beams up to 1.89 in. dia., the head can deliver 20+ kW of laser power to any point within the system's field of view. The scanning head...
- From The Fabricator
A ‘livable wage’ and manufacturing
- By Vicki Bell
- Jun 15, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
A living or livable wage is one that allows the earner to afford adequate shelter, food, and the other necessities of life. Ideally, it should be substantial enough to ensure that no more than 30 percent of it needs to be spent on housing. A livable wage and jobs in general are getting a lot of attention these days. How are metalworkers faring when it comes to a livable wage?
- From The Fabricator
Kaufman Trailers to open manufacturing facility in Wisconsin
- Jun 15, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
North Carolina-based Kaufman Trailers has announced plans to open a facility in Footville, Wis., in September 2017. The 29,800-sq.-ft., $1.5 million facility will manufacture several types of trailers, including flatbed, gooseneck, and utility. Trailer parts from North Carolina, South Carolina, and...
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Greatness in sheet metal forming
- By Bill Frahm
- Jun 15, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- Article
The science of sheet metal forming is progressing at a rapid pace, and if manufacturers want to maintain a level of production greatness, they need to adopt a culture of learning and attract new minds to the industry.
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Ductmate Industries to open manufacturing facility in Oklahoma
- Jun 15, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Ductmate Industries, a maker of HVAC system components, has purchased a 198,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Wagoner, Okla. The facility is expected to be operational by Q3 2017, creating 20 new jobs by that time. The company expects to add 40 more jobs over the next five years. The company...
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Fabrication Solutions & Technologies launches service division
- Jun 15, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Fabrication Solutions & Technologies, Judson, Texas, has launched FST Service, a division created to offer full-scale service and support for customers’ steel fabricating operations. The IMCAR-certified technicians cover all IMCAR-brand service and support needs, as well as repair, maintenance,...
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BTD Mfg. increases production capacity with new machines
- Jun 15, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
BTD Mfg., Detroit Lakes, Minn., has increased its production capacity after adding four press brakes and a fiber-optic sheet laser to its Lakeville operation. The electronic press brakes feature offline programming, full working length backgauge, user-friendly control screens, quick tool change...
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Dengensha merges with Nastoa Welding Technologies
- Jun 15, 2017
- Assembly and Joining
- News Release
Japan-based Dengensha Mfg. Co. Ltd., parent company of Bedford, Ohio-based Dengensha America, has merged with Nastoa Welding Technologies Co. Ltd., creating Dengensha Toa Co. Ltd., an international manufacturer of resistance welding and joining equipment. Nastoa Welding Technologies Co., which has...
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Plasma cutting machine introduced
- Jun 15, 2017
- Plasma Cutting
- Product Release
Park Industries has introduced the Kano HD CNC plasma cutting machine, made of heavy-duty steel with a unitized design.
The machine is configured with a Hypertherm® EDGE Connect CNC, an HPRXD plasma system, and the company’s exclusive TracKlean self-cleaning downdraft air table.
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