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What sheet metal shops wish you knew: Reasonable tolerances, grain direction, and the base flange
- By Gerald Davis
- Jun 7, 2017
- Shop Management
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Columnist Gerald Davis continues a discussion of 3-D CAD and precision sheet metal manufacturing in Part II of a four-part series. In this installment, he focuses on reasonable tolerances, grain direction, and the base flange.
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Exit from Paris Climate Accord works for manufacturers
- By Stephen Barlas
- Jun 7, 2017
- Shop Management
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The decision for the U.S. to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord and a presidential executive order asking the EPA to look at regulations that place an undue burden on coal-fired electric utilities and oil and gas producers pretty much means that the Obama-era Clean Power Plan is dead. That should make many manufacturers happy.
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New ERP release includes cloud-based analytics, global electronic compliance
- Jun 6, 2017
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Epicor Software Corp. has introduced the latest version of Epicor ERP software. The new release offers increased cloud deployment flexibility and new business functionality out-of-the-box, including new capabilities to support global growth and expansion, business transformation, and efficiencies...
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Tregaskiss celebrates 50th anniversary
- Jun 6, 2017
- Consumables
- News Release
Tregaskiss, Windsor, Ont., marks its 50th year in business in 2017. Founded in 1967 by William Tregaskiss, a toolmaker from England, the company introduced its first semiautomatic GMAW gun in 1972. The company was family owned until it was purchased by Illinois Tool Works (ITW) in 2007. Today the...
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The secrets to sequential manufacturing
- Jun 6, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
Like many custom fabricators, Bensenville, Ill.-based Ace Metal Crafts Co. struggled with scheduling. Today the shop has stellar on-time delivery, and sequential manufacturing helped get it there.
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Hexagon acquires FASys Industrie-EDV-Systeme GmbH
- Jun 6, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Hexagon AB has completed the acquisition of FASys Industrie-EDV-Systeme GmbH, a Germany-based provider of software and hardware systems for production-oriented tasks. FASys has an established working relationship with the Hexagon-owned CAD/CAM provider Vero Software, and the acquisition enhances...
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GKN Aerospace, Oak Ridge National Laboratory partner on AM technology
- Jun 6, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
GKN Aerospace has signed a five-year agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to used additive manufacturing (AM) to develop large titanium parts for aerospace applications. GKN Aerospace’s AM process, Laser Metal Deposition with wire (LMD-w), combines metal wire feedstock with a...
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Solar Atmospheres receives MedAccred certification for third consecutive year
- Jun 6, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres has achieved the MedAccred certification for heat treating at its Souderton, Pa., facility for a third consecutive year.
The company manufactures vacuum heat-treating and brazing furnaces.
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Good marketing helps custom metal fabricators find the right spot
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 6, 2017
- Shop Management
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What do a parking garage and marketing for custom fabrication have in common? A lot.
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Two-speed belt/disc finishing machine handles almost all applications
- Jun 6, 2017
- Finishing
- Product Release
The two-speed combination belt and disc finishing machine from Palmgren can handle nearly every finishing operation, including grinding, sanding, deburring, chamfering, and finishing. The belt feature is mounted directly to an oversized motor shaft. It comes with a steel backup platen; a lower...
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ISM ROB: PMI® at 54.9 in May; 15 of 18 industries reported growth
- Jun 6, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in May, and the overall economy grew for the 96th consecutive month, said the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business®. The report was issued June 1 by Timothy R. Fiore, CPSM, C.P.M., Chair of the...
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Random orbital sanders made for general sanding, ultrafine sanding
- Jun 5, 2017
- Finishing
- Product Release
Dynabrade Inc. has introduced the Dynorbital Extreme series of random orbital sanders. Available in 5- and 6-in. diameters, the tool is available in nonvacuum and central vacuum models. A 3/16-in.-dia. orbit is offered for general sanding applications. A 3/32-in.-dia. orbit is available for...
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U.S. steel-consuming manufacturers oppose steel tariffs
- Jun 5, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
The National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) and the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) have urged the Trump administration to take a deliberative approach in the Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Steel, warning that unilateral steel tariffs or import quotas...
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PPG announces accreditation of Anacolor Inc.
- Jun 5, 2017
- Finishing
- News Release
The PPG coil and building products – exterior coatings group, Pittsburgh, has announced that Anacolor Inc., Quebec City, Que., has achieved PPG CAP CERTIFIED APPLICATOR PROGRAM™ accreditation as a premier member. Anacolor joins a network of commercial coatings applicators certified by PPG to...
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Wildeck names VP of sales and marketing
- Jun 5, 2017
- Materials Handling
- News Release
Wildeck Inc., a material handling equipment and safety products manufacturer, has promoted Paul Mihelich to the position of vice president, sales and marketing, for its Waukesha, Wis., and Goodyear, Ariz., operations. Mihelich earned his MBA from the University of Wisconsin—Whitewater and began...
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