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Kaast F-Grind AH surface grinder can have three axes fully automated
- Dec 19, 2018
- Product Release
Kaast Machine Tools offers the saddle-style F-Grind AH series surface grinder. Featuring hardened, ground, and PTFE-coated table guideways, the machine offers full stress-relieved main parts to help increase rigidity, stability, and grinding accuracy. With an optional AD5 auto downfeed system,...
- From The Fabricator
Solar Mfg. installs gas fan quench vacuum hot press at Refrac Systems
- Dec 18, 2018
- News Release
Solar Mfg., Souderton, Pa., has completed the installation and startup of a 100-ton vacuum hot press that includes a 2-bar gas fan quench cooling system at Refrac Systems’ commercial and aerospace diffusion bonding operation in Chandler, Ariz. According to the manufacturer, it is the first press...
- From The Welder
Absolute Air to build air separation plant in Minnesota
- Dec 18, 2018
- News Release
Absolute Air LLC, Minneapolis, has announced plans to build a merchant air separation plant to serve its partners and customers in the upper Midwest area. The plant, to be located on a contracted site in the Minneapolis metropolitan area, is expected to be on-stream in 2020. The facility will...
Mayville Eng. purchases Defiance Metal Products
- Dec 17, 2018
- News Release
Mayville Eng. Co. Inc. (MEC), Mayville, Wis., has announced it has acquired Defiance Metal Products (DMP), a Defiance, Ohio-based manufacturer of metal products for the commercial vehicle, agriculture, construction, and military industries, through a private stock purchase. DMP has two facilities...
- From The Welder
Williams Industrial Services Group announces joint venture with Arc Energy Services
- Dec 12, 2018
- News Release
Atlanta-based Williams Industrial Services Group Inc., a general and specialty construction and maintenance services company, has announced a joint venture with Arc Energy Services Inc., a private provider of welding and machining services in Rock Hill, S.C. The companies intend to pursue a variety...
- From The Welder
TCI Precision Metals increases workforce
- Dec 11, 2018
- News Release
Gardena, Calif.-based TCI Precision Metals, a wholesale metals distributor for Alcoa, Kaiser, and Hulamin Aluminum offering 6061, 2024, and 7075 aluminum plate and sheet and stainless steel plate, has announced it has increased its workforce by 15 percent over the last six months. According to the...
- From The Fabricator
Modineer Co. Inc. acquired by private investment entity
- Dec 10, 2018
- News Release
Modineer Co. Inc., a metal fabricator located in Niles, Mich., has announced the sale of the company to a newly formed entity established by Chicago-based private investment firm Westbourne Capital Partners; Hall Capital, a family-owned investment company located in Oklahoma City, Okla.; and a...
- From The Welder
Laboratory Testing receives Nadcap accreditation for grinding, polishing
- Dec 10, 2018
- News Release
Laboratory Testing Inc., Hatfield, Pa., has expanded its scope of Nadcap accreditation with the addition of Z2 low-stress grinding and polishing for fatigue specimen preparation. Its fracture mechanics lab performs high-cycle fatigue, low-cycle fatigue, fatigue crack growth, and fracture toughness...
- From The Welder
CS Unitec PLANTEX SUNFIRE ceramic-hybrid cloth allows grinding, finishing with one disc
- Dec 10, 2018
- Product Release
CS Unitec has introduced the new PLANTEX® SUNFIRE™ ceramic dual-grain disc with 5/8 in. by 11 hub that allows users to grind, blend, and finish with one disc. The disc’s 40/60 combination grit grinds like a 40 and blends and finishes like a 60, which helps extend its service life on metals...
- From The Fabricator
PPG develops ENVIROCRON Extreme Protection powder coating system for high-tensile automotive coil springs
- Dec 7, 2018
- Product Release
PPG has introduced the ENVIROCRON® Extreme Protection powder coating system, formulated to provide chip and corrosion resistance to high-tensile automotive coil springs on OEM vehicles. The powder coating system surpasses 150 cycles of testing, as prescribed by SAE Intl.’s J2334 Laboratory...
- From The Fabricator
Customized MRP software unique to metal fab shop
- By Gareth Sleger
- Dec 7, 2018
- Article
Dellinger Enterprises, which specializes in light sheet metal processing and welding, in Belmont, N.C., has made efficiency and lean manufacturing a cornerstone of its 40-year-old business with the help of its unique and fully customized shop floor MRP system.
- From The Fabricator
Top 5 in 365—Articles about safety
- By Vicki Bell
- Dec 5, 2018
- Blog Post
This installment of “Top 5 in 365” is about safety, possibly the single most important aspect of running any business. Failure to provide a safe work environment is illegal and unethical. Metal fabrication shops have many potential safety hazards that must be addressed.
- From The Fabricator
Pferd names president – Americas
- Dec 5, 2018
- News Release
Pferd Inc., a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of abrasives, brushes, and power tools, has promoted Mariano Presas to president – Americas effective Aug. 31, 2019. He succeeds Gene Huegin, who will retire at that time. In this newly expanded role, Presas will be responsible for operations of Pferd...
- From The Fabricator
CS Unitec’s Pipe-Max Mini pipe sander/polisher suitable for small diameters
- Dec 4, 2018
- Product Release
For surface finishing applications on small-diameter pipe and handrails, CS Unitec’s new Pipe-Max Mini combination weld seam grinder and pipe sander renders weld seams invisible and can produce satin to mirror finishes on stainless steel, aluminum, and high-quality metals. With a 15-amp,...
- From The Fabricator
V-grooving of PVD-coated stainless gives architectural metal fabricator a durable alternative
- Dec 4, 2018
- Product Release
SituationArchitectural firm McBains recently was hired to renovate a dilapidated office building by refreshing the interior and providing a new design for the entrance. It considered using a bronze-colored electroplated and sandblasted stainless steel but was concerned that the electroplated finish...
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