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Water-cooled GTAW torch has double-function switch
- Feb 3, 2015
- Consumables
- Product Release
TBi Industries has introduced the XCT 400-W, water-cooled GTAW torch with PrecisionSwitch Dual double-function switch. The new design reduces the number of consumables required. The compact torch includes a new collet design. Its large contact surface provides a constant, reliable current...
- From The Fabricator
Tech Air to acquire Prest-O-Sales, Prest-O-Peconic
- Feb 3, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Danbury, Conn.-based Tech Air, a distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and related welding supplies, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire New York-based Prest-O-Sales & Service Inc. (POS) and Prest-O-Peconic Inc. (POP). Tech Air is owned by CI Capital Partners and Tech Air...
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Overhead cranes can be customized
- Feb 3, 2015
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
Konecranes offers UNITON™ cranes for heavy-duty lifting and process industries. They can be tailored to users’ needs. Standard features include fabricated box end trucks with 90-degree, MCB-type bearing housings. Two-point drum suspension inhibits deflections of the rope drum from causing...
- From The Fabricator
Perceptron to acquire two European metrology companies
- Feb 3, 2015
- Testing and Measuring
- News Release
Perceptron Inc., Plymouth, Mich., a provider of noncontact 3-D machine vision systems for industrial measurement, inspection, and robot guidance applications, has reached an agreement to acquire Coord3 Industries SRL, a midmarket designer and builder of CMMs based in Turin, Italy. In addition, the...
- From The Fabricator
Improvements made to CAM system
- Feb 3, 2015
- Manufacturing Software
- Product Release
Vero Software has made 180 improvements to its Radan CAM system for 2015. The software now creates more compact nests by spreading parts more evenly throughout the sheet and by better using the middle of the sheet material. Additional nesting upgrades include the automatic application of...
- From The Fabricator
nuFaktory LLC adds principal
- Feb 3, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Springfield, Mass.-based nuFaktory LLC, an application service provider of 3-D printing and related technologies in digital manufacturing, has announced the addition of Jerry Jasinowski as its newest principal. Jasinowski served previously as president and CEO of the National Association of...
- From The Fabricator
Hydraulic roller bars assist die change process
- Feb 3, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
Hilma offers hydraulic roller bars in pairs or sets to lift the die and provide a roller surface to roll the die in and out during the die change process. For use in standard 1.0625-in. or ASA T-slots, the bars’ hydraulically operated supporting rollers allow simplified movement in line with the...
- From The Fabricator
Arku Maschinenbau appoints co-managing director
- Feb 3, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Arku Maschinenbau GmbH, a global manufacturer of levelers and coil handling equipment, has appointed Marcus Bartle to the newly created position of co-managing director. He serves in an operations role supporting Managing Shareholder Albert Reiss. Bartle joined the company in 2012 as manager of...
- From The Fabricator
An exit strategy for the metal fabrication job shop owner
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 3, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
In their book Cashing Out of Your Business, authors Kathleen Richardson-Mauro and Jane M. Johnson tackle not just the nuts and bolts of selling an enterprise—revenue concentration, profitability, health of the market—but also the personal elements. When an owner sells a business, his or her life changes in a dramatic way.
Unison to deliver tube bending machinery to Supercraft
- Feb 2, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Unison has won an order for tube bending machinery from precision aerospace engineering company Supercraft for the expansion of operations at its new manufacturing facility in Brough, U.K., in preparation for contracts recently secured from aerospace customers. The order comprises an Evbend...
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres of California obtains SAFRAN/SNECMA approval
- Feb 2, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Fontana, Calif.-based Solar Atmospheres of California (SCA) has attained an approved supplier status for SAFRAN/SNECMA. SCA has received approval for several heat-treatment processes. The approved processes include stress relieving, solution heat treatment, normalizing, homogenization annealing,...
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing Day 2014 smashes all participation goals
- Feb 2, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Manufacturing Day 2014 exceeded all expectations, with events extending far beyond Oct. 3 to officially wrap up on Dec. 12. A total of 1,679 events were held across North America, in all 50 states, three Canadian provinces, and Puerto Rico. For the first time, more than a dozen virtual events...
- From The Fabricator
Gripper accessory provides increased sensing capability
- Feb 2, 2015
- Shop Management
- Product Release
PHD Inc. has released the JC1STP teachable two-position switch mounting kit for its series 8400 and series 190/191 grippers. Mounting kits provide the switch plate with slots for either one or two switches to mount to the bottom surface of the grippers. Using two switches allows sensing of up to...
- From The Fabricator
Knuth Machine Tools appoints senior regional sales manager
- Feb 2, 2015
- Machining
- News Release
Knuth Machine Tools USA, Lincolnshire, Ill., a supplier of machine tools and accessories, has promoted Steve Gutman to the position of senior regional sales manager. He has been with the company for eight years, serving previously as a sales representative and most recently as the Midwest and...
- From The Fabricator
ISM ROB: Down 1.6 percentage points from December, manufacturing economic activity still expanding
- Feb 2, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in January for the 20th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 68th consecutive month, said the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report on Business®. The report was issued by Bradley J....
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