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Manufacturing Day, and the joy of making things
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 3, 2014
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Manufacturing Day celebrates continuous improvement, excellence, and, perhaps most important, the tinkerer in us all.
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Spirol achieves gold level status in Caterpillar supplier recertification
- Oct 3, 2014
- Assembly and Joining
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Spirol Intl. Corp., a manufacturer of engineered components for fastening and joining in Stow, Ohio, has achieved gold level status in the Caterpillar Supplier Quality Excellence Process (SQEP) recertification. SQEP is Caterpillar’s operational excellence initiative that recognizes a supplier’s...
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- Oct 3, 2014
- Finishing
- Product Release
Brush Research Mfg. offers NamPower nylon abrasive brushes for surface finishing and deburring in OD applications. Suitable for use with automated equipment, the abrasive disc brushes come in a variety of sizes. Small diameters are available with a specialized toolholder for flow-through...
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Metal Technology Inc., nuFaktory form partnership to expand additive manufacturing
- Oct 3, 2014
- Shop Management
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Metal Technology Inc. (MTI), Albany, Ore., and nuFaktory LLC, Springfield, Mass., have announced the formation of a strategic partnership in response to growing opportunities for additively manufactured metal components across multiple industries. The partnership combines MTI’s experience in...
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Ice Industries designated a Steelcase Premier Supplier
- Oct 3, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
One year after its first production shipments to Steelcase, Sylvania, Ohio-based Ice Industries has been designated as a Steelcase Premier Supplier. The designation is awarded to companies that meet and maintain rigorous relationship, quality, and delivery standards. Ice Industries’ metal...
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Solar Atmospheres expands into Southeast
- Oct 3, 2014
- Shop Management
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., a provider of vacuum heat-treating services, has chosen a site in Greenville, S.C., for its new Solar Atmospheres Southeast division. The facility has 54,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space, free-span construction, 40-ton and 30-ton bridge cranes with 24-ft....
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Laser processing system handles coil-fed metals
- Oct 3, 2014
- Laser Cutting
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Preco Inc. has introduced a high-speed, discrete-part laser processing system for tool-free processing of coil-fed metallic materials. The system uses fiber-based lasers with high-speed galvanometer technology for high-speed materials processing. The system includes unwind components to handle...
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Alcoa opens world’s largest aluminum-lithium aerospace plant in Indiana
- Oct 3, 2014
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Alcoa, a provider of lightweight metals technology, engineering, and manufacturing, has opened what it says is the world’s largest aluminum-lithium plant in Lafayette, Ind., where it produces third-generation aluminum-lithium alloys for the aerospace industry. Aircraft manufacturers are...
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- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
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A new version of TubeWorks tube bending CAD/CAM software, which provides tubular metal fabricators with preproduction tools for laser cutting as well as tube bending, is available from Unison. Developed by the software consultancy 3DCompound, the software is an add-in module for the SolidWorks®...
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CO2 slab laser delivers 6-kW cutting
- Oct 3, 2014
- Laser Cutting
- Product Release
Rofin offers the DC 060, a 6-kW CO2 slab laser. The laser operates with a few components and does not need conventional gas recirculation. Standby operation helps minimize energy consumption. The laser is provided with the Rofin Control Unit (RCU), which enables extended monitoring and control...
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Vertical-up or -down for robotic welding?
- By Paul Cameron
- Oct 3, 2014
- Arc Welding
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Vertical-up and vertical-down welding area significantly different from one another in the technique used and the resulting finish weld. See which is best for robotic welding.
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Walmart, Google headline FABTECH 2014 keynote presentations
- Oct 2, 2014
- Shop Management
- News Release
FABTECH®, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event, has announced its lineup of speakers and panels that will participate in the show this November. Keynote presentations by executives from Google Enterprise and Walmart, a Veterans Day panel on how...
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Indura management team announces new U.S. business
- Oct 2, 2014
- Shop Management
- News Release
Santiago, Chile-based Indura, an industrial gases company that became part of Air Products in 2012, has announced it no longer will maintain direct operations in the U.S. The management team heading operations for Indura in the U.S. has decided to continue serving its network of independent...
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Shiloh Industries acquires Radar Industries, expands stamping business into central Mexico
- Oct 2, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Shiloh Industries Inc., Valley City, Ohio, a provider of lightweighting processes to the automotive and commercial vehicle markets, has announced its acquisition of Warren, Mich.-based Radar Industries, a producer of interior, chassis, and power train components. The acquisition includes three...
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Catalog highlights safety products
- Oct 2, 2014
- Safety
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Saf-T-Gard® Intl. Inc. has published its 2014-2015 print catalog. It includes more than 233 pages of safety products, with photos and descriptions. The catalog features more than 100 different names including 3M™, Ansell®, Honeywell Safety Products, Ambi-Gard®, Visi-Gard®, and Voltgard®...
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