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Shop Management - Page 163
- From The Additive Report
Eyeing a better hinge
- By Don Nelson
- Nov 29, 2018
- Blog Post
Desktop Metal’s CTO says eyeglasses hinges are a ‘great example of what’s to come in 3D printing.’
- From The Fabricator
From a wooden level to a brand-new stainless steel sink
- By Nick Martin
- Nov 27, 2018
- Blog Post
Moving a job shop is an ordeal. Moving one that’s been in its current location for half a century is an adventure. You never know what will turn up when you begin to sort and clean up 50 years’ worth of stored materials and equipment.
- From The Fabricator
Exair catalog highlights safety air guns, air nozzles
- Nov 27, 2018
- Product Release
A new catalog from Exair offers products for industrial conveying, cooling, cleaning, blowoff, drying, and coating, including air nozzles, safety air guns, and cabinet coolers. The Super Air Scraper is a patent-pending nozzle used to eliminate debris from work or machine surfaces. This 2-in. flat...
- From The Fabricator
Frost & Sullivan releases white paper series on future of factory automation
- Nov 27, 2018
- News Release
Frost & Sullivan has released a white paper series, “The Future of Automation,” comprising four papers: “A Primer,” “Artificial Intelligence,” “Edge Computing,” and “Augmented Reality.” The series provides insight on the effect of these technologies on the automation of future...
- From The Fabricator
GM to close five plants, discontinue sedan production
- Nov 27, 2018
- News Release
General Motors has announced it will shut production at five facilities in North America as it discontinues six sedans by the end of 2019. The automaker will close facilities in Detroit; Oshawa, Ont.; Warren, Ohio; White Marsh, Md.; and Warren, Mich. Those plants produce the Chevrolet Volt, Impala,...
- From The Additive Report
Better designs yield better products
- By Alex Crease
- Nov 27, 2018
- Blog Post
Adopting DFM tactics reduces redesign work, enhances product quality, and speeds time to market.
- From The Additive Report
Oklahoma college to offer AM courses in wake of report about $1,300 Air Force coffee cups
- Nov 26, 2018
- News Release
Excerpted from a report published by Rose State College, Midwest City, Okla.─Ed. Why spend almost $1,300 to replace a single, specialized coffee cup when it can be repaired for 50 cents? That's the essence of an October inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to Air Force Secretary Heather...
- From The Fabricator
BYD suspends plan for Canada electric truck plant
- Nov 26, 2018
- News Release
China’s BYD Co. Ltd. has put plans to open its first Canadian electric truck plant on hold. The facility was scheduled to open in Ontario this year with about 40 workers. “It’s just not happening right now, and we’re not necessarily waiting on anything to make it happen,” said Ted...
- From The Fabricator
Starrett hosts second Manufacturing Day event
- Nov 26, 2018
- News Release
The L.S. Starrett Co. hosted its second annual Manufacturing Day on Oct. 12, 2018, at its corporate headquarters and manufacturing complex in Athol, Mass. The event drew 150 visitors who toured the facility to see manufacturing processes such as precision micrometer assembly, tumbling, laser...
- From The Additive Report
SLM Solutions names new director of engineering applications
- Nov 25, 2018
- News Release
SLM Solutions NA announced that it has hired Aaron LaLonde as Director of Applications Engineering. He will provide customer support, including answering questions about material properties and test-part production, provide technical sales support, marketing support, and conduct research and...
- From The Welder
U.S. manufacturers band together to fight steel, aluminum tariffs on Mexico, Canada
- By Gareth Sleger
- Nov 21, 2018
- Blog Post
Dozens of U.S. associations representing automotive, equipment, food and beverage, and metal fabrication manufacturing industries urge lifting tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico.
- From The Fabricator
Welder creates art from work scrap
- By Kate Youdell
- Nov 21, 2018
- Article
Bruno Roy is a Canadian welder who creates artwork that raises recycling and ecological awareness.
- From The Fabricator
Hiring challenges: How to quantify attitude
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 20, 2018
- Article
More fabricators today are hiring for attitude, but how does an interviewer gauge this? Is it all gut feeling, or can it be quantified? As it turns out, it can be.
- From The Additive Report
Additive manufacturing: leading the industry 4.0 revolution
- Nov 20, 2018
- Blog Post
Automating post-processing results in more-consistent removal of supports, faster throughput of complex parts, and increased productivity.
- From The Welder
Hilco Industrial to auction fabricating, welding equipment
- Nov 20, 2018
- News Release
Hilco Industrial, a provider of industrial asset disposition services, in partnership with manufacturing equipment reseller Machinery Marketing Intl., has announced that its joint venture group will conduct an online auction from Nov. 28 to Dec. 5 of late-model metal fabricating and welding...
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