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January 13, 2004

New Year's Resolutions What causes us to fail to follow-through on those well-intentioned resolutions we make every year? And a more important question is, How do we make them stick? Two things cause people to dump their New Year's resolutions – daily circumstances and overplanning and underexecuting. Circumstances... Read more...

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January 13, 2004

Beating 'world' pricing This Finn-Power Express Bending Cell, which automates complex bending and reduces tedious and costly work stages, has last bend negative capability and fully automatic operations cycles—from loading the sheet to unloading the bent parts. "I have a precision sheet metal shop and... Read more...

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December 11, 2003

Family business going strong after 100 years Editor's Note: The Peddinghaus Corporation, featured in this article, is the longest-standing active member of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl.® (FMA), the company behind thefabricator.com. FMA and thefabricator.com salute Peddinghaus and wish the company continued... Read more...

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November 6, 2003

Is your company a breeding ground for workplace violence? Approximately 2 million U.S. workers are victims of workplace violence each year. In 1997 the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reported that an average of 20 workers are murdered each week in the U.S., and an estimated 18,000 per week are victims of nonfatal... Read more...

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October 23, 2003

March for manufacturing Yes, the issue is on the radar screen. People are talking about it. E-mails are racing around the Internet. Letters are being written. Industry associations are working hard to educate, raise awareness, and get attention. The Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) organized a Town Hall... Read more...

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October 9, 2003

Combating plate corrosion According to a recent study sponsored by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)1, with support from NACE International—The Corrosion Society, corrosion-related direct costs such as prevention methods and infrastructure repair and replacement make up 3.1 percent of the gross... Read more...

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July 24, 2003

The Perfect Economic Storm and The 100-Year Flood in Manufacturing—Part 2 Editor's note: This article discusses the final three of six factors contributing to the current state of manufacturing — technology investment, the elimination of industrial arts programs, and the lack of industry leadership — with a focus on California manufacturing. Part I ,... Read more...

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July 10, 2003

The Perfect Economic Storm and The 100-Year Flood in Manufacturing—Part 1 Editor's note: This article discusses three of six contributing factors to the current state of manufacturing—global competition, high business costs, and supply chain management and consolidation—with a focus on California manufacturing. Part II discusses technology... Read more...

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July 12, 2002

It happens 'under the hood' Object Rick Walsh doesn't have a degree in landscape architecture, but he builds water gardens. He doesn't have a degree in art, but he sculpts metal. He has no formal training in welding, but welds all his sculptures. And for years people have been paying him a lot of money to create his... Read more...

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November 15, 2001

Assessing cutting and forming machine tool safety During the past decade increasingly comprehensive machine tool safety standards have been adopted in many countries, including the U.S. The expanded breadth of recent standards typically includes the entire life expectancy of machines, the full scope of possible risks, the frequency and severity... Read more...

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August 16, 2001

Getting the most for your money: 12 financial tips for welding professionals Before you know it, 2001 will be behind us, and between football on New Year's Day and the April 15 federal income tax filing deadline, you might ask yourself, "Did I do everything I could to maximize my family's financial health by investing wisely, cutting taxes, and keeping my financial house... Read more...

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July 12, 2001

Experimenting with flexible blank holder force control: Prototype shows promise for difficult-to-form materials The quality of deep drawn sheet metal products is determined largely by the rate at which a sheet is drawn into a die. Varying blank holder force (BHF) as a function of time or the press stroke is of great importance. In the beginning of a deep drawing stroke, wrinkling of the sheet can become... Read more...

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February 19, 2001

Automating your end forming operation: How to maximize efficiency in the shop Global competition is driving companies to continually evaluate all phases of their manufacturing to locate potential improvements. Automating new or existing equipment many times is a focus for manufacturers that want to continue growing. Autoloading systems that can... Read more...

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