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Shop Management - Page 222
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Anchor Mfg. Group hires president/COO
- Oct 25, 2017
- News Release
Anchor Mfg. Group, Cleveland, has appointed Tony Parente as the new president/COO. He has many years of experience and leadership in the automotive metal forming industry. Anchor is a supplier of metal stampings, welded assemblies, fabricated parts, and tooling to the automotive, appliance,...
- From The Fabricator
Zollern teams with Pioneer Motor Bearing
- Oct 25, 2017
- News Release
Germany-based Zollern Group's Plain Bearing Technology division has entered into an exclusive technology license agreement with Pioneer Motor Bearing Co., Charlotte, N.C. The agreement empowers Pioneer to use Zollern proprietary information to provide technical support services to North American...
- From The Fabricator
GKN Driveline Florence replaces production processes with 3-D printing
- Oct 25, 2017
- News Release
GKN Driveline Florence has announced it is expanding the deployment of Stratasys 3-D printing across the manufacturing floor to replace several traditional production processes. The division has reported a reduction of almost 70 percent in lead times when 3-D printing customized, complex assembly...
- From The Fabricator
Cidan redesigns website
- Oct 25, 2017
- News Release
Cidan Machinery, a manufacturer of sheet metal fabricating machinery with U.S. operations in Peachtree City, Ga., has redesigned its website. The site now allows visitors to select a machine, customize the features that best meet their needs, and submit it for a quote. Other new features include an...
- From The Fabricator
Work in a hurricane’s aftermath
- By Nick Martin
- Oct 25, 2017
- Blog Post
Hurricanes and other natural disasters wreak mass destruction. Much is lost, and it takes time to rebuild and recover. Fabrication shops play a vital role in these efforts. What happened at Barnes MetalCrafters following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is a good example of what goes on in shops around the country.
- From The Fabricator
Norsk Titanium AS receives Europe Technology Innovation Award
- Oct 24, 2017
- News Release
Norway-based Nork Titanium AS has been recognized with the Frost & Sullivan 2017 Europe Technology Innovation Award for its Rapid Plasma Deposition™ (RPD™) technology, a titanium alloy additive manufacturing technique for the production of complex and high-strength products with high material...
- From The Fabricator
AM Machinery names executive sales director
- Oct 24, 2017
- News Release
AM Machinery, Warminster, Pa., has hired Brandon Storie as executive sales director. The company has worked with him for a few years through his previous position at Klingspor Abrasives. Storie holds a degree in applied physics (engineering) from Eastern Nazarene College. He has diverse experience,...
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Where’s the best place to start modeling?
- By Gerald Davis
- Oct 24, 2017
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis discusses uses of the world coordinate system, user coordinate systems, and split-body modeling to create assemblies.
- From The Fabricator
Illinois governor urges students to consider careers in manufacturing
- Oct 23, 2017
- News Release
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner highlighted exciting new advanced manufacturing career opportunities with a group of over 150 students from five Chicago high schools recently. “Manufacturing jobs have a reputation for being dirty and dangerous, but the industry continues to evolve and innovate every...
- From The Fabricator
Duvinage spiral stairs fabrication to be featured on “How It's Made”
- Oct 23, 2017
- News Release
Custom spiral stair manufacturer Duvinage, Hagerstown, Md., has announced it will be featured in a new episode of the “How It's Made” series on Discovery Channel. Filming took place in August 2016 at the company’s facility over two days. The stair produced during the segment is a custom...
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres Greenville facility’s scope of Boeing approval expanded
- Oct 23, 2017
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres has announced the expansion to its current scope of Boeing approval at its Greenville, S.C., facility to include the processing of precipitation-hardening, corrosion-resistant, and maraging steel parts to the requirements of Aerospace Material Specification AMS 2759/3. The...
- From The Fabricator
Industry 4.0 is alive and well
- By Simon Spencer
- Oct 23, 2017
- Article
Any revolution leads to change. Industry 4.0 is no exception. The age of interconnectivity is rapidly descending upon North American manufacturers, and the evidence of this future is already evident on the shop floors of some manufacturers.
- From The Fabricator
How to measure a laser in manufacturing
- By Gary Wagner
- Oct 20, 2017
- Article
All the elements of a laser system—from beam delivery and gases to the optics and nozzle—must work together to deliver a beam tailored for the application. But as with anything else, a laser process can’t be managed or improved upon without good measurement.
- From The Fabricator
Partsmaster appoints president
- Oct 20, 2017
- News Release
MRO products provider Partsmaster, a Dallas-based division of NCH Corp., has appointed David Weiss as president. He succeeds Matt Oldroyd, who led the company for 12 years. Weiss has led NCH Corp.’s Asia business for the past eight years, directing sales, operations, finance, and manufacturing...
- From The Fabricator
Don’t be a one-trick pony
- By Jeff Sipes
- Oct 20, 2017
- Article
The various tools in the lean toolbox do have worth on their own, but you uncover their true power when carefully chosen methods interact with each other. By choosing specific methods—a lean “recipe” tailored for your operation—you reap the benefits of continuous improvement
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