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Folding technology makes sweeping changes: New developments in 200-year-old technology

Schwenkbiegemachinen, or swing bending machines, have been in use for more than 200 years. European manufacturers began to power them with electrical or hydraulic power after World War II, when an enormous amount of sheet metal was used in the reconstruction of Europe.

Publish date: December 11, 2003

Tech cell: Folding


How to avoid getting burned by hot work: Preventing losses and insuring safety

Maintaining a safe work environment in facilities in which hot work, such as welding, is done can be easier said than done. Measures such as preventive safety, safety zones, and fire watches can keep employees safe and worker's comp time down

Publish date: July 26, 2001

Tech cell: Safety


Take control of safety

Welders are among the millions of workers who face respiratory hazards every day in the workplace. Confined spaces, solvents, and gas emissions, as well as welding, grinding, and soldering, may expose workers to airborne hazards.

Publish date: October 23, 2003

Tech cell: Safety


Having a safe office party

Publish date: November 8, 2004

Tech cell: Safety


Implementing open-book management: A management philosophy for surviving the global economy

Today global competitors are literally willing to work for food. U.S. workers want a car, a home, and a college education for their kids in addition to their meals. Reducing pay and eliminating benefits is not an answer for anything but a lower standard of living. The challenge is not reducing compensation but rather dramatically improving productivity. Making owners out of employees is the ticket to that productivity. Open Book Management is a philosophy—a value system.

Publish date: March 11, 2004

Tech cell: For CEOs


Art From the Forge: Finding new sources for inspiration

Those of you who are busy fulfilling commissions for gates, fences, staircases, and the myriad items that keep food on the table might want to look at artwork created by people whose backgrounds are based in the arts. Metalworkers often are so tuned to traditional designs that they are unaware of a swelling modern movement that could generate new ideas, new visions, and new clients.

Publish date: May 29, 2003

Tech cell: Art and Sculpture