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The secret to success in metal fabrication: Keep it simple
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 27, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
Metalworking Solutions has tripled in size in the past seven years and improved its quality and delivery. Last year, out of millions of parts shipped, 99.8 percent either met or surpassed customer quality requirements. How did it attain such performance? By keeping things simple.
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Radio control receiver standardizes hoist and crane control
- Apr 27, 2017
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
J D Neuhaus has developed a new concept for controlling hoists and cranes. The JDN-RC radio control receiver is designed for use in operating environments commonly found in industrial and offshore applications. The controller features a solid, compact receiver to suit even hoists with low carrying...
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Tube and pipe to make a bigger footprint at FABTECH®
- By Eric Lundin
- Apr 27, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The organizers of FABTECH, the world's largest annual metal forming and fabricating tradeshow, have some new things brewing this year. One is a co-located expo, IAMD USA – Integrated Automation, Motion & Drives, which features industrial automation, drive systems, and motion-control technology. The second, located on the FABTECH floor, is a pavilion designated specifically for tube and pipe suppliers.
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Sellstrom to relocate in Illinois
- Apr 27, 2017
- Safety
- News Release
Safety product provider Sellstrom will be relocating its manufacturing and distribution operations, warehouse, and head office from Schaumburg, Ill., to a new, 100,000-sq.-ft. facility in Elgin, Ill. The new location will be fully automated with a warehouse management system, allowing for same-day...
Plymouth receives 2017 Rusty Demeules Award for Safety Excellence
- Apr 27, 2017
- Tube and Pipe Production
- News Release
Plymouth Tube, Warrenville, Ill., has announced that its Streator Mill has received the 2017 Rusty Demeules Award for Safety Excellence. The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA) and CNA Insurance Safety present this award annually to recognize companies with an exceptional safety...
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Building the safety culture
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 27, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
Fabricators offer suggestions on how to establish a safe working culture and how to motivate the workforce to maintain it.
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Perfecting kit-based part flow in metal fabrication
- By Bill Bossard
- Apr 27, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Put dynamic nesting and smart part labeling together, then add panel bending and press brake equipment with no changeover time, and you make kit-based, single-piece part flow a reality in the fab shop.
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A guide to working with a tube fabricator
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 27, 2017
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
There's a reason that J&D Tube Benders has three tube bending machines that used to belong to other companies that were getting out of the tube business. Not everyone is experienced with tube, and that's why J&D Tube Benders has advice to make it easier to work with tube fabricators.
- From The Fabricator
Tandem scissor lifts handle large products
- Apr 27, 2017
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
Verti-Lift has introduced heavy-duty tandem scissor lifts for large- or long-part handling applications. With a longer-length platform, these lift tables meet the application needs of manufacturing, processing, and distribution operations in which materials of greater length are being handled. The...
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Buckeye Shapeform to manufacture Lockheed Martin missile part
- Apr 26, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Buckeye Shapeform, a Columbus, Ohio-based enclosure manufacturer, has been awarded a contract by Lockheed Martin to produce missile skins for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead rocket. Lockheed Martin received a contract in mid-2016 from the U.S. Army to produce...
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Foreman Fabricators wins Bronze Award in Ernest Wiemann Top Job Competition
- Apr 26, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Foreman Fabricators Inc., St. Louis, has won an award for outstanding craftsmanship in the annual Ernest Wiemann Top Job Competition, sponsored by the National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association (NOMMA). The company received the Bronze Award for Furniture & Accessories Fabrication...
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American Galvanizers Association announces award winners
- Apr 26, 2017
- Finishing
- News Release
The American Galvanizers Association (AGA), Centennial, Colo., has announced the winners of the 2017 Excellence in Hot-Dip Galvanizing Awards. More than 120 projects were judged online by a panel of architects and engineers. The projects are available for viewing in the AGA Project Gallery at...
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Laser Mechanisms redesigns website
- Apr 26, 2017
- Laser Cutting
- News Release
Laser Mechanisms Inc., Novi, Mich., has launched a newly redesigned website at www.lasermech.com. The new website offers a cleaner design, improved navigation, and a 360-degree viewer that allows the user to manipulate select products on screen in a virtual...
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Paper-Less wins 2017 Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing Technology Partner Award
- Apr 26, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Pewaukee, Wis.-based Paper-Less, a provider of smart Manufacturing Execution System (MES) technology, and its customer Rauland-Borg, a division of Ametek, have been recognized as winners of Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing Leadership Council’s 2017 Manufacturing Leadership Awards in the category of...
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Guide highlights cold-formed steel framing for building projects
- Apr 26, 2017
- Shop Management
- Product Release
BuildSteel has published the e-book “How Cold-Formed Steel Framing Solves Challenges for Multi-Family Construction.” The guide presents the economic benefits of using cold-formed steel framing in multifamily construction, seven tips to integrate cold-formed steel framing into a multifamily...
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