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Shop Management - Page 14
- From The Welder
Playing With Fire: The need for government-imposed regulations
- By Josh Welton
- Oct 21, 2023
- Blog Post
Josh Welton argues that even though nobody likes government-imposed regulations, they are necessary to keep employees safe and businesses and industries accountable, whether it’s a welding shop, oil rig, space shuttle, or experimental submersible.
- From The Fabricator
NAM study: Stricter interest expense limitation disproportionately impacts manufacturing sector
- Oct 19, 2023
- News Release
The National Association of Manufacturers has released a new analysis on the impact to the U.S. economy of Congress’ failure to reverse the stricter interest expense limitation that took effect in January 2022.
- From The Fabricator
Workflow tool automatically analyzes, prepares information for shop floor
- Oct 19, 2023
- Product Release
The Global Edge Engineering Assistant from Logic Design Corp. is a productivity tool that automates and eliminates labor-intensive workflow tasks associated with analyzing and preparing information for the shop floor.
- From The Fabricator
Job shop automation strategies from a former CIA officer
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 19, 2023
- Article
There are a surprising number of parallels between metal fabrication and CIA technical intelligence says David Pietrocola. The former CIA officer now runs an automation business called Cohesive Robotics that serves job shops.
- From The Fabricator
JCB Manufacturing to expand in Texas
- Oct 18, 2023
- News Release
England-based JCB Inc., a manufacturer of construction, agricultural, and industrial equipment, has announced plans to build a new facility in San Antonio.
- From The Fabricator
Dalsin Industries appoints board member
- Oct 17, 2023
- News Release
Dalsin Industries, Bloomington, Minn., has appointed Andrew (A.J.) Smith as its newest board member.
- From The Fabricator
Sho-Me Fabrication to expand in Missouri
- Oct 17, 2023
- News Release
Sho-Me Fabrication LLC has announced plans for a $5 million expansion in the Partnership Industrial Center (PIC) West industrial park in Springfield, Mo.
- From The Fabricator
New partnership group acquires Armetco Systems
- Oct 17, 2023
- News Release
A new partnership group has acquired Armetco Systems, a fabricator and installer of architectural metal products and systems in Justin, Texas.
- From The Fabricator
Girls discover new career paths at manufacturing camp
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Oct 17, 2023
- Article
Campers at Penn College’s Tinker-Belles manufacturing camp for young women spent a week learning about metal cutting, robotics, EDM, CAD modeling, and welding.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing Institute report shows manufacturers’ approaches to investment decisions
- Oct 16, 2023
- News Release
The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers, in partnership with Cognizant, has released a study that examines the different approaches manufacturers take in making investment decisions.
- From The Fabricator
Josh Welton: My take on UAW's historic strike against the Big Three
- By Josh Welton
- Oct 14, 2023
- Blog Post
Longtime United Auto Workers member and Detroit-based blogger Josh Welton offers his take on the UAW's strike against the Big Three automakers and some context to on-going contract negotiations.
- From The Fabricator
Measure constantly, build better with smart manufacturing technology
- By Bill Frahm
- Oct 9, 2023
- Blog Post
Smart manufacturing can help metal fabrication and forming shops measure and analyze data to gain efficiency for better sustainability and product quality.
- From The Fabricator
Visual inspection app includes AI-based object detection, classification
- Oct 9, 2023
- Product Release
Pleora Technologies’ Vaira system integrates machine vision cameras, lighting, edge processing, manufacturing system connectivity, and a low-code development platform with a suite of customizable inspection and traceability apps for the shop floor.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing camp provides new opportunities for an overlooked population
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs sponsored an inclusion camp at VPI in Appleton, Wis., to show young people with special needs their potential for a manufacturing career.
- From The Fabricator
Lean principles help to streamline assembly operations
- By Eric Whitley
- Oct 6, 2023
- Article
The same continuous improvement tools that help metal fabricating operations to hum can help with the assembly department as well.
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