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Shop Management - Page 99
- From The Additive Report
How 3D sand printing is changing sand casting
- By Kip Hanson
- Sep 16, 2020
- Article
3D sand printing has altered the sand casting process and gives users greater flexibility. Learn more about the 3D sand casting process from our experts here.
- From The Welder
The facts about hex chrome fume
- By Jon Ladwig
- Sep 16, 2020
- Article
There’s a lot to unpack when it comes to hex chrome fume. Here’s what welders need to know about the health hazards associated with exposure and how to properly protect employees.
- From The Fabricator
How manufacturers market during a pandemic
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 14, 2020
- Article
Videos and video chats can be tremendous marketing tools, but they’re just tools. Targeted content, fed by market intelligence, is still king. For sales and marketing professionals in metal fabrication, therein lies opportunity
- From The Fabricator
How one metal fabricator celebrates a wedding anniversary in a pandemic
- By Josh Welton
- Sep 13, 2020
- Blog Post
Detroit metal fabricator Josh Welton and his wife celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary the only way they can in a pandemic: Off-roading in a Jeep, camping in Michigan, and cooking on a fabricated jerrystove.
- From The Additive Report
Ways to postprocess 3D-printed parts
- By Greg Paulsen
- Sep 11, 2020
- Article
The basic techniques for prepping 3D-printed parts for shipping include sanding, tumbling, machining, and electropolishing.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturers survey finds broad usage of PPP, Main Street Lending Program
- Sep 10, 2020
- News Release
The National Association of Manufacturers has released its Q3 “Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey,” which shows strong use of liquidity programs like the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Main Street Lending Program. Of the 82.7% of respondents who said COVID-19 had or will have a negative...
- From The Fabricator
Paperless Parts appoints chief revenue officer
- Sep 10, 2020
- News Release
Boston-based Paperless Parts, a secure, ITAR-compliant cloud-based quoting platform for manufacturing, has appointed Mike Stankus as chief revenue officer. He most recently served as senior vice president for Acquia. Before that, he led industry teams at Sapient. The platform integrates with a...
- From The Fabricator
Dansons to build grill distribution facility in North Carolina
- Sep 10, 2020
- News Release
Phoenix-based grill and smoker manufacturer Dansons has announced plans to invest $27.7 million to convert an existing facility in Fayetteville, N.C., into its new distribution hub. The project is expected to create 118 jobs. The facility will be Dansons’ flagship distribution center for its...
- From The Fabricator
Murata Machinery USA adds two staff members
- Sep 9, 2020
- News Release
Murata Machinery USA, Charlotte, N.C., a provider of manufacturing and intralogistics automation and support, has hired two new staff members. Christine Spiegel has been named to the newly created position of strategic marketing director. She has more than 25 years of experience in B2B marketing...
- From The Fabricator
How to keep manufacturers focused during a pandemic
- By Jeff Sipes
- Sep 8, 2020
- Article
The pandemic, along with any other major disruption, can be an enormous distraction. Good lean manufacturing and operating principles can help metal fabricators maintain focus to weather the storm.
Data indicates improvement in the tube and pipe industry
- By Paul Vivian and Rick Preckel
- Sep 8, 2020
- Article
After an extraordinary contraction in the spring months, manufacturing entered a recovery phase, with improvements in production, new orders, and employment.
Metal fabricators getting back to business as unusual
- By Eric Lundin
- Sep 7, 2020
- Blog Post
The spread of COVID-19 has ushered in a completely new era, one in which many industries came to a standstill as revenue collapsed, many more workers than usual found themselves unemployed, and manufacturing activity across the board nosedived. Yet, some of these trends reversed course pretty quickly.
- From The Fabricator
Still Building America: Third-generation welder keeps her family’s legacy alive
- By Darla Welton and Josh Welton
- Sep 5, 2020
- Blog Post
Melonie Brown Martin, a third-generation welder and owner of Sparksfly Welding and General Repair in the Atlanta area, strives to bring more diversity to the trade with mentoring and training programs.
- From The Additive Report
ICME makes it easier to optimize 3D printing operations
- By Philippe Hébert
- Sep 4, 2020
- Article
ICME—integrated computational materials engineering—is an emerging approach to unifying digital processes.
- From The Fabricator
LVD Insights 2020 technology events to continue through December
- Sep 4, 2020
- News Release
Belgium-based metal fabricating equipment-maker LVD has launched Insights 2020, a series of technology events, virtual and live, taking place September through December. The platform provides sheet metal fabricators access to the latest technology and new product launches and delivers industry...
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