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Improving quality through good change: Metcam tackles kaizen
- By Bruce Hagenau
- Jan 9, 2015
- Shop Management
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All manufacturers seek to improve processes and ROI. Alpharetta, Ga.-based Metcam, a fabricator of sheet metal components and assemblies, has seen significant improvement since beginning its kaizen initiative in late 2013. What follows is the company’s blueprint for kaizen success.
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Ford retires from Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
- Jan 9, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has announced the retirement of longtime Technical Instructor Chuck Ford following 51 years of service. In addition to sharing his extensive welding knowledge with thousands of students over the years, Ford served as a member of AWS (past...
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Pushing the solid-state laser speed limit
- Jan 9, 2015
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Solid-state lasers theoretically could cut through thin sheet at up to 1,000 meters per minute, though no machine in the world can drive a laser at that speed. But new approaches to laser cutting are bringing laser cutting speeds closer to the theoretical maximum.
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Congress approves manufacturing program--with an asterisk
- By Stephen Barlas
- Jan 9, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Congress fulfilled President Barack Obama's wish to set up a network of manufacturing innovation centers across the U.S., but there is a catch: The effort won't have its own budget. The endeavor will have to be funded through existing budgets in the Department of Energy and the Pentagon.
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T. J. Snow personnel certified as resistance welding technicians
- Jan 8, 2015
- Assembly and Joining
- News Release
Five service techs at Chattanooga, Tenn.-based T. J. Snow Co., plus CEO Tom Snow, recently became among the first in the U.S. to receive the certified resistance welding technician (CRWT) designation offered by the American Welding Society (AWS). A 100-question exam tests applicants’...
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Baker retires from Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
- Jan 8, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has announced the retirement of Librarian and Editor Martha “Marty” Baker following 38 years of service. Baker was responsible for the Hobart Institute website, www.welding.org. She also worked on The World of Welding quarterly magazine,...
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Distributed manufacturing could be the next industrial revolution, says report
- Jan 8, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Distributed manufacturing (DM)—local, small-scale, rapid design and production—comes from the ability to engineer and make few parts as cheaply as many, rather than high-volume, centralized manufacturing. Currently thousands of products from trinkets to automobiles use DM. However, it's not the...
- From The Fabricator
Mill Steel president named Service Center Executive of the Year
- Jan 8, 2015
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Mill Steel Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., has announced that David Samrick, president and CEO, has been recognized as Service Center Executive of the Year by Metal Center News.
The company, a flat-rolled steel supplier, marked its 55th year in business in 2014.
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Side guide system helps reduce maintenance in down coiler areas of hot strip mills
- Jan 8, 2015
- Metals/Materials
- Product Release
With the newly developed Eco Slide Disc system, Siemens Metals Technologies offers operators of hot strip mills a side guide system that can be adapted to nearly all existing entry guides. According to the manufacturer, the system elongates the lifetime of wear parts up to 10 times compared to...
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Safety and regulatory overview for powder coating
- By Michael Streepey
- Jan 8, 2015
- Finishing
- Article
Like any manufacturing process, powder coating has the potential to be dangerous if the right safety precautions haven’t been taken. By referencing a few key standards, a manufacturer can keep the powder coating line going and the operators safe.
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Metal fabrication and industrial products catalog published
- Jan 8, 2015
- Finishing
- Product Release
CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels has introduced a new metal fabrication and industrial products catalog that features Pasco sanding discs, premium resin fiber discs, and an expanded cloth-backed belt program. The 212-page catalog features a broadened coated abrasives section, including specialty...
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Flying high at FABTECH
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 8, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
More than 30,000 visited the FABTECH 2014, a show that had several dominant themes: skilled labor, intuitive manufacturing technology, and supply chain collaboration.
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ShapeGrabber expands U.S. sales network
- Jan 7, 2015
- Testing and Measuring
- News Release
Ottawa, Ont.-based ShapeGrabber, a subsidiary of Quality Vision International (QVI) that manufactures 3-D scanners for industrial applications, has added more than 20 new channel partners across the U.S. The scanners are suitable for quick, complete measurement of complex-shaped parts. They can...
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Winning with improvisation—Repairing an air compressor part
- By Josh Welton
- Jan 7, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Everyone is familiar with the workaround. You don’t have the ideal part or solution, but you improvise and come up with a workable plan. Here’s how welder Josh Welton used the tools on hand to repair an air compressor part and avoid a trip to a big-box store.
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Dual-tank waterjet cutter allows continuous operation
- Jan 7, 2015
- Waterjet Cutting
- Product Release
TECHNI Waterjet® has developed a new dual-tank waterjet cutting machine for high-production applications. The I713 5-axis waterjet cutting machine is equipped with the company’s Quantum® NXT55D electric servo pump (ESP). The dual station allows for continuous operation, as one station can...
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