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Shop Management - Page 316
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Babcock & Wilcox closes West Point manufacturing plant
- May 24, 2016
- News Release
North Carolina-based Babcock & Wilcox has announced it has ended production at its West Point industrial boiler manufacturing plant in Mississippi. The closure affects 165 workers, with 50 remaining to help wind down operations. In 1998 the 250,000-sq.-ft. plant employed 700 people as the...
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Weldaloy announces expanded capabilities
- May 24, 2016
- News Release
Warren, Mich.-based Weldaloy, a provider of custom copper, aluminum, and other nonferrous forgings, has expanded its seamless rolled ring capabilities, allowing the company to produce a wide variety of ring sizes in less time. In addition to investing in new manufacturing equipment, the company...
- From The Fabricator
Portable laser marker’s beam accurate up to 3 ft.
- May 24, 2016
- Product Release
Automator has introduced the VIS-P portable laser marker. It comes standard with IVO₄, 10-W, 20-W, 30-W, and 40-W laser source options. The laser marker can be used on metals, alloys, plastics, and anodized and painted surfaces. With a laser beam that is accurate up to 3 ft., the unit can be...
- From The Fabricator
RC Inc. acquires Heinrich Co.
- May 23, 2016
- News Release
RC Inc., Racine, Wis., has announced the acquisition of Heinrich Co., a 10-employee manufacturer of industrial vises and workholding tools also based in Racine. Umbrella company RC Inc. also includes Racine-based companies Ace Stamping & Machine Co. Inc., Innotec of Wisconsin Inc., and...
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F&M Mafco names industrial gases business manager
- May 23, 2016
- News Release
F&M Mafco Inc., Cincinnati, has appointed Roch Monahan as industrial gases business manager. He has more than 27 years of experience in the gases and welding industry. Monahan most recently served as COO for OKI Bering. Before that he held various executive positions in operations and sales with...
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Don't lose track of the latest design updates
The goal of forward-thinking fabrication shops is to be closely involved in a customer's supply chain, where perhaps it participates in part designs and design for manufacturability activities. If a shop is to be an active supply chain partner, it needs to be able to stay on top of engineering change orders and part design discussion. Cloud-based product life cycle management software can help.
- From The Fabricator
Continuous improvement: Do you have a handle on flow
- By Jeff Sipes
- May 23, 2016
- Article
Manufacturing is all about flow, both of physical products and information. You can plan for good flow. But if you let it evolve on its own, you will be dealing with the waste and efficiency that evolution creates.
- From The Fabricator
DeWys Mfg. names product development engineer
- May 23, 2016
- News Release
DeWys Mfg. Inc., a metal fabricator in Marne, Mich., has promoted Nate Lillibridge to product development engineer. He joined the company five years ago in the maintenance department, where he gained experience in all aspects of the manufacturing process. Lillibridge is attending Grand Rapids...
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Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Comparison of two animation tools for creating walk-through tours
- By Gerald Davis
- May 23, 2016
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis reviews methods for creating walk-through animations. The use of a camera following a path is discussed.
- From The Fabricator
Report predicts welding equipment market will grow at 5 percent CAGR to 2020
- May 19, 2016
- News Release
RnRMarketResearch.com has released “Global Welding Equipment Market 2016-2020,” which reports that analysts forecast the global welding market to grow at a CAGR of 5 percent during the period 2016-2020. A key trend boosting market growth is the redressal of the growing gap in the skilled...
- From The Fabricator
Fabricators are in the information business
- By Tim Heston
- May 19, 2016
- Blog Post
Fabricators aren't selling just parts anymore. They're selling their ability to partner and communicate with customers.
- From The Fabricator
Toolots plans manufacturing exchange summit to promote trade between U.S., China
- May 19, 2016
- News Release
Toolots Inc., a company that provides a factory-direct e-commerce platform for international manufacturers to purchase and sell industrial tools, machinery, and technology, has announced its Inaugural Manufacturing Exchange Summit. The event will be held at its headquarters in Cerritos, Calif.,...
- From The Fabricator
Forecast predicts economic growth in manufacturing to continue through 2016
- May 19, 2016
- News Release
Economic growth in manufacturing is expected to continue in the U.S. throughout the remainder of 2016, according to the "Spring 2016 Semiannual Economic Forecast" from the Business Survey Committee of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®), Tempe, Ariz. Fifty percent of respondents from...
- From The Fabricator
Cleanliness inspection system provides all-in-one scan
- May 19, 2016
- Product Release
Olympus has launched the CIX90 technical cleanliness control system. It provides cleanliness inspection with an intuitive interface that provides step-by-step guidance to users. The dedicated turnkey system is optimized for fast, accurate, and reproducible particle detection that delivers...
- From The Fabricator
More investment needed in shop classes in schools, says FMW Fasteners survey
- May 19, 2016
- News Release
According to the latest business survey from FMW Fasteners, an online provider of anchor products, nuts, bolts, socket products, and screws based in Houston, its customers are calling for more investment in shop classes. Seventy percent of the 300 survey participants said there's not enough...
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