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Shop Management - Page 83
- From The Additive Report
3DGence introduces 3D printer for thermoplastics
- Mar 26, 2021
- Product Release
3DGence says its new Industry F350 FFF-style 3D printer is suitable for a wide range of technical materials, including PEEK, PA6, PA-CF, PC, ABS, ASA, and PLA. The dual-extruder machine prints at speeds up to 400 mm/sec., has 1 m/sec. travel speed, can be remotely monitored, and features heated...
- From The Fabricator
How to cut lead times in job shops
- By Vincent Bozzone
- Mar 26, 2021
- Article
If a job shop wants to shorten lead times, it needs to reduce or eliminate delays. To identify those delays, fabricators and manufacturers must recognize how work flows through the entire organization, from quotes to cash.
- From The Fabricator
Mayville Engineering recognized by PACCAR as a top-performing supplier
- Mar 26, 2021
- News Release
Mayville Engineering Co. (MEC), Mayville, Wis., a provider of prototyping and tooling, production fabrication, coating, assembly, and aftermarket services, has announced that PACCAR, a manufacturer of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks under the DAF, Kenworth, and Peterbilt brands, has...
- From The Fabricator
How automation affects manufacturing shop culture
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 25, 2021
- Article
When automation reduces the need for skilled workers, what happens to shop culture for fabricators and manufacturers?
Reshoring manufacturing a priority
Although globalization has been making manufacturing ever more difficult for U.S. companies, the federal government recognized the value of this sector in the 1980s, and it is rediscovering manufacturing’s importance again in 2021. Tax incentives for innovation have been available for decades, and talk of reshoring has made its way to Washington, D.C.
- From The Fabricator
Solar Atmospheres of Western Pennsylvania expands with connector building
- Mar 23, 2021
- News Release
Solar Atmospheres of Western PA has taken occupancy of a new, 15,000-sq.-ft. connector building at its headquarters in Hermitage, Pa. It joins the company’s existing 80,000-sq.-ft. vacuum furnace workspace to its current 10,000-sq.-ft. Nadcap laboratory, testing building, and vacuum oil quenching...
- From The Fabricator
DOE announces $52.5 million to support U.S. manufacturers and industrial workers
- Mar 23, 2021
- News Release
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it will fund up to $52.5 million for its Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs), which help U.S. manufacturers and wastewater treatment facilities improve their efficiency, save money, and reduce their carbon footprint. The IACs are university-based...
- From The Fabricator
Experienced workers are a job shop’s most valuable asset
- By Nick Martin
- Mar 22, 2021
- Blog Post
Don’t underestimate the importance of a skilled worker to a metal fabrication shop, writes Nick Martin of North Carolina job shop Barnes MetalCrafters. “If an experienced person comes around, don’t hesitate. Hire them, pay them well, and treat them well,” he says.
- From The Fabricator
Tech Etch opens Massachusetts Innovation Center
- Mar 22, 2021
- News Release
Tech Etch, a provider of critical components for military, medical, and aerospace applications, has opened an Innovation Center at its headquarters in Plymouth, Mass. The facility offers manufacturing services to guide every stage of project development, from early-stage concept verification to...
- From The Fabricator
FMA Annual Meeting Recap: On-going effort to recruit manufacturing’s next-gen workforce
- By Gareth Sleger
- Mar 20, 2021
- Blog Post
It's Day 6 of recapping the 2021 FMA Virtual Annual Meeting, young manufacturing professionals from Jones Metal and Wertzbaugher Services sit down with XYZ University CEO Sarah Sladek for panel discussion to express wants and needs in the modern-day metal fabrication industry.
- From The Fabricator
DuPont to acquire Laird Performance Materials
- Mar 19, 2021
- News Release
Chemical company DuPont, Wilmington, Del., has announced plans to purchase Shanghai-based Laird Performance Materials for $2.3 billion. The acquisition, which DuPont says will boost its electronics and industrial business, is expected to be complete in Q3 2021. Laird Performance Materials offers...
- From The Additive Report
Swedish researchers and materials manufacturer demonstrate advancement in 3D-printed copper parts
- Mar 18, 2021
- News Release
Metal additive manufacturing has grown significantly the past few years because of the technology’s ability to produce customized and complex designs on demand, as well as offering more-sustainable manufacturing with reduced waste and lower material requirements. Pure copper and some other...
- From The Fabricator
FMA Annual Meeting Recap: Addressing the changing workforce in metal fabrication
- By Amanda Carlson
- Mar 18, 2021
- Blog Post
It's Day 4 of recapping the 2021 FMA Virtual Annual Meeting. Sarah Sladek, CEO of XYZ University and presenter of the 2021 FMA Virtual Annual Meeting session “Leading an inter-generational Workforce”, addresses how manufacturers can manage an inter-generational mix of workers and team building.
- From The Fabricator
National Skilled Trade Challenge to premiere in “Clash of Trades” pilot
- Mar 17, 2021
- News Release
A competition among four student team finalists in the Project MFG National Challenge is being filmed and will premiere as the pilot episode of “Clash of Trades” in April to celebrate National Welding Month. The skilled trades competition is being filmed at the student teams’...
- From The Fabricator
Three-year grant supports Heroes MAKE America initiative
- Mar 17, 2021
- News Release
The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, has received a $2.25 million grant from the Caterpillar Foundation to support and expand the work of Heroes MAKE America, an MI initiative that builds connections and career...
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