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Shop Management - Page 223
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Airgas receives Gold Performance Excellence Award from Boeing
- Oct 19, 2017
- News Release
Airgas, an Air Liquide company and supplier of industrial gases, welding technologies, and safety products, has been recognized by the Boeing Co. with a 2016 Gold Performance Excellence Award. Boeing issues the award annually to recognize suppliers that have achieved superior performance. Airgas...
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Cleaning automated weld lines with dry ice
- By Tyson Marlowe
- Oct 19, 2017
- Article
Have you ever looked at your downed, slag-coated, automated weld line and thought that there has to be a better, easier way to clean this mess than using stone-aged tools and harsh chemicals? A company that provides this cleaning service for major automakers’ production lines put aside its hammers, chisels, and toxic, caustic chemicals and saw improvements in the process, outcome, and bottom line by adopting dry ice technology.
- From The Fabricator
Sampson Community College receives $1.7 million for welding and fabrication program
- Oct 18, 2017
- News Release
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded a $1.7 million grant to Sampson Community College of Clinton, N.C., to construct an occupational training facility to support welding and metal fabrication skills. The project is expected to create 50 jobs, retain...
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Robinson Metal receives Educational Partnership Award, adds waterjet
- Oct 18, 2017
- News Release
Custom metal fabricator Robinson Metal Inc., De Pere, Wis., has won the Educational Partnership Award from the Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance in recognition of its collaborative efforts with area educators to support the education and training required to fill manufacturing and...
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AHB Tooling & Machinery acquires Westbrook Eng. division
- Oct 18, 2017
- News Release
Roseville, Mich.-based metalworking distributor AHB Tooling & Machinery Inc. has announced the acquisition of Westbrook Eng.'s new machinery sales division. The new AHB will provide a broader range of metalworking machinery, including band and cold saws, CNC press brakes and shears, ironworkers,...
High-speed hose-crimping machine accelerates motorsports component manufacturing process
- By Eric Lundin
- Oct 18, 2017
- Article
Fluid transfer systems manufacturer Goodridge, a manufacturer of aftermarket hose, fittings, brake lines, clutch lines, fuel lines, and oil lines, has built a reputation for producing high-quality parts and it does so quickly. It relies on a Finn-Power crimper, model CC22, for much of this work.
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Metal fabricating in sequence, by color
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 18, 2017
- Article
Six years ago workers at Hillphoenix’s Iowa operation spent 13 weeks getting an order ready to ship to a customer—and they put in a lot of overtime to make it happen. It now takes them less than half the time. The company got there by manufacturing in sequence and focusing on job velocity.
- From The Fabricator
M. Davis & Sons acquires Val-Tech
- Oct 17, 2017
- News Release
Wilmington, Del.-based M. Davis & Sons Inc., a mechanical/electrical contractor and fabricator, has announced the acquisition of Valtech Inc., a manufacturer of power distribution equipment based in Newark, Del. M. Davis will continue the manufacturing and sale of this equipment under the new brand...
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Watlow partners with schools on job skills training, STEM initiatives
- Oct 17, 2017
- News Release
Watlow®, a designer and manufacturer of complete thermal systems, has received the Made in Missouri Leadership Award from the Missouri Association of Manufacturers (MAM) in recognition of Watlow’s support of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, training programs,...
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Fabricators weather impact of recent storms
- By Chris Kuehl
- Oct 17, 2017
- Blog Post
The third quarter Forming and Fabricating Job Shop Consumption Report from the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association reveals that metal fabricators are still doing pretty well even as some bounce back from recent weather events.
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FarWest Fabricators awards $5,000 scholarship to Perry Technical Institute
- Oct 17, 2017
- News Release
FarWest Fabricators, Moxee, Wash., has presented a new $5,000 Jeff Carter Scholarship to Perry Technical Institute, Yakima, Wash., to support students pursuing technical training in its welding and machining and precision manufacturing programs. The scholarship is named after the company’s...
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Franklin Tech receives $495,000 grant for welding, metal fabrication program
- Oct 17, 2017
- News Release
Franklin County Technical School, Turners Falls, Mass., has received a $495,000 grant through the Massachusetts Skills Capital Grants program to upgrade its welding and metal fabrication program and to integrate it with digital design and robotics. In 2016 the Massachusetts Legislature established...
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The sunny side of energy savings
Cres Cor, a manufacturer of commercial warming cabinets and other products for the food service industry, turns to the sun for some of its energy needs.
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It's time to accelerate the quoting process
- By Brad Stropes, Patrick Medlin, and Robert Farrell Jr.
- Oct 17, 2017
- Article
By leveraging known pricing, run-time, and other production variables through the use of web-based quoting software, a fabricator knows if it had a profitable day, not just hope for it.
- From The Fabricator
Renishaw to hold Innovation Fest Oct. 25-26
- Oct 16, 2017
- News Release
Renishaw will hold its Innovation Fest at its new U.S. headquarters in West Dundee, Ill., Oct. 25-26. Attendees will get an up-close look at the company’s technology, and industry experts will make presentations on additive and smart manufacturing. The new headquarters and Solutions Center will...
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