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Shop Management - Page 311
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DeWys Mfg. welcomes three co-op students
- Jun 21, 2016
- News Release
Metal fabricator DeWys Mfg. Inc., Marne, Mich., has announced the addition of three co-op students—Jesse, Derek, and Alex. These co-op students will be exposed to a variety of projects to encourage new critical thinking skills and to receive a hands-on learning experience. The three students...
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Condat Corp. marks 20th anniversary
- Jun 21, 2016
- News Release
In 2016 Condat celebrates 20 years of manufacturing environmentally friendly lubricants for such industrial markets as tube, metalworking, hot forming, wire drawing, and maintenance. A wholly owned subsidiary of the French international Condat Group, Condat Corp. started production in 1996...
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U.S. needs better educated workforce to meet advanced manufacturing needs, says study
- Jun 21, 2016
- News Release
America’s advanced manufacturing sector needs a better educated workforce in order to continue expansion, says a new study from Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. “Advanced Manufacturing in the United States” examines advanced manufacturing across the nation. The report was prepared by...
- From The Fabricator
Touchscreen material automation system works with positioning systems
- Jun 20, 2016
- Product Release
TigerStop has introduced the TigerTouch v1.2 onboard, touchscreen material automation system. Machining equipment that performs cutoff, punching, boring, or pack and panel processing can be paired with a TigerStop positioning system and the updated material automation system. It operates with a...
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Cordless, high-output area light provides 360 degrees of light
- Jun 20, 2016
- Product Release
Milwaukee Tool has introduced the M18 RADIUS™ LED compact site light. According to the company, the light fills an entire workspace with 360 degrees of light for task, area, and overhead applications. Providing up to 4,400 lumens, the light can illuminate large workspaces for hours on a single...
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nexAir to move headquarters in Tennessee
- Jun 20, 2016
- News Release
nexAir, a distributor of atmospheric gases and welding supplies, has announced plans to move its headquarters to a new location in Memphis, Tenn. The new 33,000-sq.-ft. facility will open in early 2017. About 65 employees will relocate to the new headquarters. The company’s fill plants,...
- From The Fabricator
HVLS fans designed for efficiency
- Jun 20, 2016
- Product Release
Blue Giant offers the AirFlow series of HVLS fans. The blade design moves cool air in summer and distributes ceiling-level heat in winter to help reduce energy bills by up to 30 percent, according to the company. Two models are available, both of which come in a variety of blade sizes. All fans...
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Modeling with surfaces, patterns, and configurations
- By Gerald Davis
- Jun 20, 2016
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis reviews the use of equations, configurations, design tables, and specific modeling tools for creating 3-D models of paper and cake.
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Metal fabrication and the buying experience
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 17, 2016
- Article
SixAxis, a fabricator of safety platforms, portable stairs, and other industrial products, developed its own software with quoting, customer relationship management, and product configuration features. According to sources, software changed the customer buying experience, which in turn helped the company quintuple in size over six years.
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Pillar Induction celebrates 50th anniversary
- Jun 16, 2016
- News Release
Pillar Induction, Brookfield, Wis., is celebrating 50 years of business serving the thermal processing industry. Established in 1966, the company manufactures systems for such applications as hardening, tempering, annealing, stress relieving, brazing, soldering, warm forming, forging, curing of...
- From The Fabricator
Ajax Tocco supplies induction billet heating system to LC Mfg.
- Jun 16, 2016
- News Release
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp., Warren, Ohio, has shipped a 1,000-kW PowerZone billet heating system to LC Mfg., Lake City, Mich. The 1.3- to 3.3-kHz system is designed to heat 1.06- to 2.875-in.-dia. by 6.0- to 20.0-in.-long carbon steel billets to forging temperatures. The system includes...
- From The Fabricator
Altair, APWorks partner to make additive manufacturing available to customers
- Jun 16, 2016
- News Release
Troy, Mich.-based Altair and APWorks, Taufkirchen, Germany, have entered a nonexclusive partnership for additive manufacturing (AM). The companies will make AM available to customers in various industries, providing them with consulting, advanced design and simulation technology, and production...
- From The Fabricator
Industrial Supply Co. marks 100 years in business
- Jun 16, 2016
- News Release
Salt Lake City-based Industrial Supply Co., a maintenance, repair, and operational and production distributor, is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year. The firm was established in 1916 when Rudolph Orlob founded the Mountain States Rubber Co. to provide products to the mining...
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Software provides secured remote access to machines and plants
- Jun 16, 2016
- Product Release
Siemens has extended its Sinema Remote Connect software for the maintenance of distributed plants and machines to include a number of new security and virtualization functions. Alongside OpenVPN, Version 1.2 of the management platform also features IPsec encryption, allowing various machines...
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Survey reveals half of product companies still use spreadsheets to manage BOM
- Jun 16, 2016
- News Release
Arena Solutions, Foster City, Calif., a developer of cloud-based product life cycle management applications, has announced the results of a cross-industry survey of 405 product companies focused on how organizations manage their bill of materials (BOM). The survey showed that 48.4 percent of...
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