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Shop Management - Page 345
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Performance Fabricating expands in Michigan
- Jan 6, 2016
- News Release
Performance Fabricating has announced plans to expand its metal fabrication operations in Fenton, Mich., with a new, 100,000-sq.-ft. building that will house the corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility. The project is expected to generate $9 million in private investment and create 52...
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Ohio Laser adds leveler
- Jan 6, 2016
- News Release
Ohio Laser has added an Arku FlatMaster® 55 hydraulic precision leveler to its facility in Plain City, Ohio. This equipment allows the company to offer leveled and nearly stress-free, punched, laser-cut, and flame-cut parts in thicknesses from 0.002 to 0.47 in. Other services include laser...
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A “digital thread” runs through FABTECH, North America’s largest metal fabrication show
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 6, 2016
- Article
FABTECH broke records again in 2015, drawing more attendees and exhibitors than ever. One theme this year seemed to pervade the event. It relates to what keynote speaker Karen Kerr, director of advanced manufacturing at GE Ventures, called a “digital thread” through the manufacturing supply chain.
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Workshops for Warriors hosts graduation for veterans, wounded warriors
- Jan 5, 2016
- News Release
San Diego-based nonprofit Workshops for Warriors, which assists veterans who are transitioning into civilian life through training, certification, and job placement, hosted its fall graduation ceremony in December. Forty-six graduates—the largest graduating class to date—now are ready to...
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ISM ROB: Manufacturing economic activity contracts for second consecutive month
- Jan 5, 2016
- News Release
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in December for the second consecutive month, while the overall economy grew for the 79th 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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Gulf Island Fabrications buys Leevac Shipyards
- Jan 5, 2016
- News Release
Gulf Island Fabricators, based in Houston, has announced plans to purchase the assets of Leevac Shipyards. The acquisition includes leasehold interests at Leevac’s marine fabrication facilities in Jennings, La., and Lake Charles, La., and substantially all of its machinery and...
- From The Fabricator
Catalog highlights ultrasonic cleaners
- Jan 5, 2016
- Product Release
UltraSonic LLC has published an eight-page catalog featuring its line of ultrasonic cleaners with capacities from 2.6 to 210 gal. Each model features side-mounted transducers to eliminate blind spots on parts being cleaned, as well as a V-bottom for cleaning between batches (benchtop units feature...
- From The Fabricator
Reel designed for twin welding hose
- Jan 5, 2016
- Product Release
The N400 series spring rewind gas welding reels from Hannay Reels are designed to handle twin 1/4- through 3/8-in. welding hose for oxyfuel welding applications. The reels feature a heavy-duty spring motor, nonsparking ratchet assembly, and a declutching arbor to prevent damage during reverse...
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Lean manufacturing in metal fabrication: How to jumpstart a stalled improvement effort
- By Dick Kallage
- Jan 4, 2016
- Article
Continuous improvement initiatives often lack organizational structure and defined responsibilities. Consultant Dick Kallage describes three components needed to correct these problems and prevent continuous improvement from stalling.
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One metal fabrication shop takes on B2C
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 4, 2016
- Article
Launched in 2015, Florida-based MetalsCut4U offers low-volume metal cutting and bending to the consumer market. To make it happen, the company simplifies ordering and automates quoting.
- From The Fabricator
nexAir adds 25 branches in Florida, Georgia
- Jan 4, 2016
- News Release
Memphis, Tenn.-based nexAir LLC, a distributor of atmospheric gases and welding supplies, has merged with 23 Praxair Distribution Southeast LLC (PDSE) branches located in Florida and southeast Georgia and acquired two Praxair Distribution Inc. (PDI) branches in eastern Georgia. PDSE was formed...
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Met-L-Flo launches new website
- Jan 4, 2016
- News Release
Met-L-Flo has launched a new website at www.metlflo.com. The site, designed to reinforce the company’s commitment to education, allows users to share pages that interest them across Twitter, Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn. The company offers 3-D printing, additive manufacturing, and bridge...
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Factory Pipe hires general manager
- Jan 4, 2016
- News Release
Ukiah, Calif.-based Factory Pipe LLC, a supplier of exhaust systems to the motorsports industry, has hired Kenneth Odom as general manager. He has more than 20 years of experience supplying interior parts, exhaust systems, radiators and headliners to Nissan, Honda, Ford, General Motors, and...
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Using images and live demos to explain a product’s function
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 4, 2016
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis explores the use of “mates” as he reveals how to make a hand drill operate the same way in the 3-D model as it does in the real world.
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Rotary hearth oven preheats, cures powder coatings
- Dec 31, 2015
- Product Release
The Grieve Corp. has developed No. 816, a 500-degrees-F, gas-fired, rotary hearth oven, for preheating and curing powder coatings onto electric motor parts. Workspace dimensions are 54 by 54 by 72 in. It features 350,000 BTU/hr. installed in a modulating gas burner, while a 4,200-CFM, 3-HP...
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