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Roll coating system introduced
- Jan 5, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
Industrial Innovations has introduced the Roll-Coater. According to the company, the unit provides precise application of coating, uniform coverage, optimum quality, and minimal waste. Features include external roller lubricant application, quick-release roller replacement, programmable independent...
- From The Fabricator
Power straightener processes high-yield materials
- Jan 5, 2018
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Coe Press Equipment has introduced its upgraded series 250 power straightener. Featuring design enhancements to enable processing of a wider range of materials, including AHSS, the straighteners offer a 30+ percent improvement in strength and rigidity because of increased roll journal diameter and...
- From The Fabricator
Shop floor makes transition to paperless workflow
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 5, 2018
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Realizing what the potential of embracing building information modeling and other advanced technologies might mean for fabricating efficiencies at its shop, Shapiro & Duncan began making a transition to digital technologies about 10 years ago. Today that effort is paying off handsomely as it is able to stay on top of business even in the face of skilled workers retiring and not having great success in finding skilled replacements.
- From The Fabricator
Precision-cut blanks of cold-rolled steel offered
- Jan 5, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- Product Release
Admiral Steel presents its new Minster-Nova precision blanking line, which expands the company’s capabilities by achieving tight length tolerances and improved flatness when blanking coil to length. Capacities of 0.020 to 0.187 in. and 26 in. maximum width allow the company to offer almost any...
- From The Fabricator
Software proves progressive dies to be interference-free in less than an hour
- Jan 5, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
Logopress3, a Gold Certified Partner product for SolidWorks®, has taken die simulation (die kinematics) and dynamic interference detection (as opposed to static interference detection) to the next level, says Accurate Die Design Software. With the new interface, complex progressive and transfer...
- From The Fabricator
Leveling for metal fabricators: Know the material you’re buying
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 4, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- Article
With better knowledge of how leveling operations make material flat, fabricators can make better buying decisions.
Production cell offers automatic production of tubes in small quantities
- Jan 4, 2018
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Product Release
transfluid® Maschinenbau GmbH has developed technology that allows automatic production of tubes in small quantities. It was developed as a coordinated automation system for a specific application of processing chromium VI-free coated tubes, as well as tubes with powder-coated surfaces. After the...
- From The Fabricator
Venturedyne Ltd. acquires Lakewood Fab Tech
- Jan 4, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Pewaukee, Wis.-based Venturedyne Ltd., a holding company for manufacturing, sales, and service companies, has purchased Lakewood Fab Tech of Holland, Mich. Lakewood manufactures machines, subassemblies, and parts for food processing, material handling, and automated assembly at its 50,000-sq.-ft....
- From The Fabricator
ULT opens U.S. branch
- Jan 4, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
ULT, a Germany-based vendor of air treatment and fume extraction technology, has opened a subsidiary, ULT LLC, in Milwaukee.
The U.S. branch is headed by Wolfgang Köhler.
- From The Fabricator
Camfil APC launches website for purchasing dust collector filters
- Jan 4, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Camfil APC, Jonesboro, Ark., has launched an e-commerce site that stocks retrofit filters for most dust collector brands. The site, at www.cleanfactoryair.com, features HemiPleat® retrofit filter cartridges, which use a patented pleating technology that exposes more filter media to the air stream....
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA adds tensile testing
- Jan 4, 2018
- Testing and Measuring
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has added tensile testing to its services with the purchase of a Tinius Olsen 300SL universal testing machine and a Haas model TL-1 CNC lathe. Both units are located in a new, 10,000-sq.-ft. facility adjacent to the company’s 75,000-sq.-ft. vacuum heat-treating...
- From The Fabricator
Women in Manufacturing, Case Western Reserve University to hold third annual Leadership Lab
- Jan 4, 2018
- Shop Management
- News Release
Registration is now open for the third annual Leadership Lab for Women in Manufacturing. The program, a joint initiative by Women in Manufacturing™ (WiM) and Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, was created in 2014 to provide an executive education program...
- From The Additive Report
Desktop Metal awarded seminal separable supports patents
- Jan 4, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- News Release
Burlington, Mass.-based Desktop Metal, a provider of 3-D metal printing equipment, has been granted seminal patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its inventions in interface layer technology for both its Studio System™, the first office-friendly metal 3-D printing system for rapid...
- From The Fabricator
Ceramic flap wheels, flap bands, mini flap discs grind and blend on stainless steel
- Jan 4, 2018
- Finishing
- Product Release
Wendt USA LLC has expanded its line of ceramic flap wheels, flap bands, and mini flap discs for stainless, titanium, and nickel-based alloys. These products allow the user to achieve a superior finish on stainless steel tanks, food service equipment, and turbine and aerospace parts, the company...
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH previews the future of metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 4, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
FABTECH® 2017 provided a preview of what looks to be a very positive 2018. Conferences and keynotes also brought industry trends and challenges front-and-center: flexible automation, software, Industry 4.0, and the perennial search for the engaged skilled tradesperson.
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