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Stability system improves lift truck load balance
- Mar 2, 2017
- Materials Handling
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Stärke Material Handling Group has introduced a continuous stability system as a standard feature in its LiftMaxx line of industrial lift equipment. This system improves load balance and counteracts the destabilizing influences of uneven surfaces, small debris, and lateral momentum to help reduce...
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MFG.com CEO recognized as a top supply chain professional
- Mar 2, 2017
- Shop Management
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Marietta, Ga.-based MFG.com, an online manufacturing marketplace, has announced that CEO Bo Hagler has been named a 2017 Pro to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive. The annual award honors the top supply and demand chain industry professionals. Hagler was selected from more than 300 nominees....
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Koike Aronson names CEO
- Mar 2, 2017
- Arc Welding
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Koike Aronson, an Arcade, N.Y.-based manufacturer of metal cutting and welding positioning equipment, has named President/COO James McAuliffe Jr. as CEO of the company. He succeeds Jerry Leary, who has retired after leading the firm since 2002. McAuliffe joined the company in 2016. He has extensive...
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Advancement challenges in metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 2, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
As technology and globalization force manufacturers to produce more with fewer people and more productive machines, the manufacturing career ladder has fewer rungs. This has changed how people learn (or fail to learn) the ins and outs of metal fabrication.
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Your shop’s No. 1 priority
- By Vicki Bell
- Mar 2, 2017
- Safety
- Blog Post
Many aspects vie for your attention in your shop. You have to juggle many plates and wear many hats. One priority comes before all else. The failure to make it No. 1 has some serious consequences.
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Siphon-fed spray nozzle coats, cools, treats, and paints
- Mar 2, 2017
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Exair’s new 1/2 NPT siphon-fed atomizing spray nozzle atomizes a variety of fluids in a round spray pattern where no liquid pressure is available and heavy application of liquid is needed. This corrosion-resistant, type 303SS nozzle draws liquid into the airstream and mixes it internally while...
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Technavio predicts top three trends to affect global shearing machine market
- Mar 1, 2017
- Shearing
- News Release
Technavio’s latest report on the global shearing machine market provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2017-2021. The London-based global technology research and advisory company defines an emerging trend as a factor that has the potential to...
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Morris South to hold an open house and technology show
- Mar 1, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Morris South, a division of Morris Group Inc., will hold its annual technology show and open house, Southern Tech Fest, April 4-5, 2017, in Huntsville, Ala. The regional machine tool distributor will display CNC machinery from Okuma, Tsugami, Hardinge Group, and Chiron and perform live metal...
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X-ray system inspects welds in pipeline segments
- Mar 1, 2017
- Testing and Measuring
- Product Release
VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH has developed a new system for pipeline weld inspection that incorporates new, high-tech materials for digital flat panels. Instead of using a massive steel boom, it employs a carbon fiber tube that weighs less than 220 lbs. and uses a cooling system on...
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Global Mfg. Industries purchases Paramount Machining Solutions
- Mar 1, 2017
- Machining
- News Release
Global Mfg. Industries has acquired Oak Park, Mich.-based Paramount Machining Solutions, a provider of precision CNC machining and prototype services to the automotive, industrial, and aftermarket industries. Global Mfg. will continue operations in the facility under the Paramount Precision...
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ISM ROB: February PMI® up 1.7 percentage points from January
- Mar 1, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in February, and the overall economy grew for the 93rd consecutive month, said the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business®. The report was issued today by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the...
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Shop technology and 3-D CAD: The design intent battle between visualization and fabrication
- By Gerald Davis
- Mar 1, 2017
- Shop Management
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Columnist Gerald Davis compares assembly modeling to multibody modeling.
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U. S. Steel announces executive management changes
- Mar 1, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, has announced that David B. Burritt, former executive vice president and CFO, has been elected president/COO. Mario Longhi, who has served as president/CEO since September 2013, remains CEO and continues to serve on the board of directors. Burritt continues to...
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ESAB Victor regulator wins 2017 iF Design Award
- Mar 1, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
ESAB Welding and Cutting Products, Florence, S.C., has announced that its Victor® EDGE™ series 2.0 heavy-duty gas regulator is the winner of the 2017 iF Design Award in the Product - Industry/Skilled Trades category. The award, presented by the Hannover, Germany-based iF International Forum...
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How to make office work flow
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 1, 2017
- Shop Management
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Rework runs rampant in the office, although few notice it or work to eliminate it. A conversation with Kevin Duggan, president of Duggan Associates, reveals how operational excellence helps eliminate this rework and other inefficiencies, including those long email exchanges and overlooked work buried in email and desktop inboxes. He does this by introducing office workers to the concepts of flow and operational excellence.
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