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Safety - Page 20
- From The Fabricator
How manufacturers market during a pandemic
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 14, 2020
- Article
Videos and video chats can be tremendous marketing tools, but they’re just tools. Targeted content, fed by market intelligence, is still king. For sales and marketing professionals in metal fabrication, therein lies opportunity
- From The Fabricator
How to keep manufacturers focused during a pandemic
- By Jeff Sipes
- Sep 8, 2020
- Article
The pandemic, along with any other major disruption, can be an enormous distraction. Good lean manufacturing and operating principles can help metal fabricators maintain focus to weather the storm.
Metal fabricators getting back to business as unusual
- By Eric Lundin
- Sep 7, 2020
- Blog Post
The spread of COVID-19 has ushered in a completely new era, one in which many industries came to a standstill as revenue collapsed, many more workers than usual found themselves unemployed, and manufacturing activity across the board nosedived. Yet, some of these trends reversed course pretty quickly.
- From The Fabricator
FMA names 2020 Safety Award winners
- Sep 2, 2020
- News Release
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl., Elgin, Ill., has announced the recipients of its Safety Awards. Open to all FMA company members, the program recognizes metal fabrication companies committed to excellence in safety. Award winners are determined by the FMA Safety Council and the...
- From The Fabricator
The post-pandemic metal fabrication supply chain
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 2, 2020
- Article
Manufacturing supply chains are changing, but the fundamentals of risk mitigation haven’t for metal fabricators.
- From The Fabricator
What will post-COVID-19 metal fabrication look like?
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 28, 2020
- Blog Post
Two things might change for metal fabricators in a post-COVID 19 era. First: Data collection and immediate interpretation will become more important. Second: When it comes to finding manufacturing talent, location will matter less.
- From The Fabricator
Kemper’s WallMaster wall-mounted welding fume extraction unit offers large filter surface
- Aug 27, 2020
- Product Release
The WallMaster filter system from Kemper features a filter surface area of 42 sq. m, which the company says is the largest in the entry-level segment. The unit can be integrated and mounted behind extraction elements such as extraction arms or fans with no need for its own power supply. The...
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricators: Share your success, for the sake of manufacturing
Even in the midst of this pandemic, the future looks bright for the metal fabricating industry. With that in mind, fabricators need to be more active in sharing their successes if they want to attract top talent into the manufacturing sector.
- From The Fabricator
Imperial Systems’ Air-Port fume exhaust hood accommodates manual, robotic welders
- Aug 21, 2020
- Product Release
The Air-Port fume exhaust hood from Imperial Systems Inc. leaves open floor space in which to work while protecting people and equipment. Accommodating both manual and robotic welders, the system features a two-legged design that supports the arched hood and gives people space to move. The two...
- From The Welder
Abicor Binzel’s xFUME weld fume extraction equipment designed for automated, manual applications
- Aug 13, 2020
- Product Release
Abicor Binzel has introduced turnkey systems for welding fume extraction in automated and manual applications. The xFUME Advanced is a portable fume extraction vacuum system that supports up to two manual welding stations. Its two filters capture 99.5% of all dust greater than 0.1 µm and have an...
- From The Fabricator
I-Series industrial air purifiers from Industrial Maid help protect workers
- Aug 7, 2020
- Product Release
Industrial Maid has launched a new line of industrial air purifiers to help keep workers safe from dust, smoke and fumes, pathogens, and other harmful airborne particles. The I-Series units have a four-stage filtration system, MERV 10 prefilters, MERV 15 multipocket main bag filters, 2-in. carbon...
- From The Fabricator
Hilti’s EXO-O1 wearable exoskeleton helps reduce worker strain, fatigue
- Aug 7, 2020
- Product Release
Hilti North America has developed the EXO-O1 wearable exoskeleton. According to the company, the wearable system can help reduce strain and fatigue for experienced and novice users. To create the exoskeleton, the company partnered with Ottobock, a provider of prosthetics, orthotics, and...
- From The Fabricator
New Pig’s Shoe Sanitizer Floor System limits spread of germs
- Aug 6, 2020
- Product Release
New Pig has introduced the Shoe Sanitizer Floor System, an all-in-one system that cleans, sanitizes, and dries shoes as visitors and employees enter a facility. The mat tray holds more than a half-gallon of disinfecting solution. When a person steps on the mat, the nonslip rubber scrapers remove...
- From The Fabricator
Next-gen stamping lubricants advance health, safety, environmental goals
- By Chris Fletcher
- Aug 6, 2020
- Article
In today’s health-conscious age, it’s good to know that safer, healthier, environmentally friendly stamping lubricants work without diminishing performance and rising costs.
- From The Fabricator
Scientific Dust Collectors completes ASHRAE 199 testing of baghouse unit
- Aug 5, 2020
- News Release
Scientific Dust Collectors (SDC), Alsip, Ill., has established an on-site ASHRAE standard 199 test lab and recently completed testing on its Reverse Pulse Jet Baghouse Collector. The standard provides an objective method of testing the performance of an industrial pulse cleaned dust collector. The...
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