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McArthur Sheet Metal Works completes expansion
- Mar 13, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
McArthur Sheet Metal Works, a fourth-generation family-owned custom steel fabrication shop, has completed a $1.2 million expansion of its facility in South Sioux City, Neb. The company expects to increase its staff from 10 to 13 as a result of the expansion. The 6,000-sq.-ft. addition, which houses...
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Mitutoyo America announces organizational changes
- Mar 13, 2017
- Testing and Measuring
- News Release
Mitutoyo America Corp. (MAC), a provider of measurement and inspection systems in Aurora, Ill., has promoted Matt Dye to president and Doug Adkins to executive vice president. Shigeyuki Sasaki, who over the past 10 years has served as vice president, executive vice president, and most recently...
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Conveyor offers accuracy for automation applications
- Mar 13, 2017
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
Dorner has introduced the redesigned 2200 series Precision Move conveyor, designed for movement of product at specific times, distances, and intervals that are critical for components in the manufacturing and packaging of small to medium-sized parts. According to the company, the conveyor offers...
Roll benders can produce pipes more than 59 ft. long
- Mar 13, 2017
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Product Release
Faccin SpA offers the HAV-2P series of NC pipe mill bending rolls for pipe production. The machines are constructed with sturdy electrowelded structures and fitted with three rolls in thermally treated steel alloys. The rolls are moved independently—the top roll moves vertically, the lower rolls...
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Die Science: Finding the true cause of poor-quality parts
- By Art Hedrick
- Mar 13, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- Article
As a professional consultant, I find it both amusing and frustrating how many times dies are accused of being “bad.” Certainly, poor-quality dies exist. In my career I’ve seen dies that are well-engineered, precision tools, and I’ve seen dies that might as well have been made from sawdust...
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Mill/turn control offers probing cycle option for 3-D shapes
- Mar 10, 2017
- Machining
- Product Release
Heidenhain’s TNC 640 mill/turn control is available with the Cycle 444 3-D probing cycle for inspecting free-form surfaces that pose measurement challenges. The cycle checks one point on the surface of each workpiece. The contact point is determined by a vector that is normal to the 3-D surface....
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MSCI supports aluminum industry’s dumping action against China
- Mar 10, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
M. Robert Weidner III, president/CEO of the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI), Rolling Meadows, Ill., has reacted to the Aluminum Association’s antidumping and countervailing duty petition regarding imports of certain aluminum foil from China. “The Metals Service Center Institute and its...
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Vollrath acquires CDF Industries' cleaning equipment division
- Mar 10, 2017
- Finishing
- News Release
Metal stamper and fabricator Vollrath Co. LLC, Sheboygan, Wis., has acquired the cleaning equipment division of CDF Industries, an industrial cleaning equipment design and manufacturer in Quakertown, Pa. The acquisition adds cleaning equipment designs and processes to Vollrath’s portfolio of...
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Global machine tool business set to gather momentum in 2017
- Mar 10, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Adversely affected by numerous international crises, the global economy is currently in a relatively cautious phase. This applies to GDP, industrial production output, capital investment in the major user sectors for machine tools, and thus international machine tool consumption. However, for 2017,...
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Portable GTAW machines introduced
- Mar 10, 2017
- Arc Welding
- Product Release
EWM AG has developed the Tetrix 230 and Tetrix 300 Comfort 2.0 pulse portable GTAW machines. The compact machines, both available in DC and AC/DC versions, can be connected to a cooling unit and transport cart without any tools. The new Comfort 2.0 control is equipped with an additional display and...
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Die Science: Open wall angles versus vertical walls
- By Art Hedrick
- Mar 10, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- Article
All too often designers employ open wall angles simply because they’ve been told that they are easier to form than vertical walls. Although this statement may be true for many part geometries, it is certainly not true for all. Sometimes a draft angle can be desirable; other times it can be...
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Die Science: Maximizing tool steel life
- By Art Hedrick
- Mar 9, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- Article
One of the questions I get asked most frequently is “What is the best tool steel?”To me, that’s like asking, “How long is a piece of string?” There is no “best” tool steel. To choose the appropriate tool steel for a given application, you need to consider all of the situations and...
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GE Additive expanding Concept Laser headquarters
- Mar 9, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
GE Additive has announced the expansion of Concept Laser GmbH of Germany, a producer of additive manufacturing equipment. GE acquired a 75 percent stake of Concept Laser in December 2016. GE has expanded the firm’s Lichtenfels, Germany, headquarters; invested in next-generation additive equipment...
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UniCarriers Americas announces third new local supplier
- Mar 9, 2017
- Materials Handling
- News Release
Material handling equipment manufacturer UniCarriers Americas Corp. (UCA) has announced that Davco Fastener Co. has opened operations at the UCA Marengo, Ill., headquarters. Davco, a supplier of hardware and aftermarket parts, is the third supplier to open local operations specific to UCA. With...
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Rockford Systems schedules safeguarding standards webinar for April 6
- Mar 9, 2017
- Safety
- News Release
Rockford Systems LLC, a Rockford, Ill.-based provider of machine safeguarding products and services, has scheduled the next webinar in its online educational series—Machine Safety Compliance 101—for April 6, 2017, from 10 to 11 a.m. CDT. The free, interactive webinar will take an in-depth look...
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