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Nobody wants to deal with taxes, but making a plan to deal with them now, and reviewing your plan quarterly, can make the entire exercise much less painful. An interview with CPA Jim Daufeldt provides several tips and insights for developing a year-round tax planning strategy.
Manchester Tool & Die Inc. marks its 60th year in business in 2020. Glen Blocher founded the company in 1960 as a job shop; by the mid-1960s, he had built the company’s first tube end forming machine. The company now occupies a 65,000-sq.-ft. facility in North Manchester, Ind., under the...
The relentless march of technology continues to introduce harder-to-cut materials to the tube and pipe market, quality demands continue to increase, and competitive pressures never let up. A roundup of perspectives reveals how a variety of equipment manufacturers have been advancing cutting technologies.
Ever-Roll Specialties Co., Springfield, Ohio, a tube product fabricator and manufacturer of round wire rings for industrial applications, has hired Jeremy Hamilton as sales engineer covering the Americas. Hamilton has several years of experience in cost estimating, project sales, and management. He...
Piqua, Ohio-based Tailwind Technologies has acquired Aerospace Welding Minneapolis Inc. and Aerospace Mfg. Inc. (AWI-AMI), Eagan, Minn. The companies will retain their names, location, leadership team, and skilled employees. AWI's core competencies are welding, bending, and fabricating sheet metal...
Monaghan Tooling Group has introduced mechanical joining tools that join tubing to flanges and fittings, creating secure, leakproof joints that withstand up to 20,000 lbs. of hydrostatic pressure. According to the company, the joints will not leak, pull apart, or loosen from pressure, vibration, or...
Esco Tool offers the Prepzilla MILLHOG® ID clamping end prep tool with a new electric motor with increased power and variable speeds from 9 to 31 RPM. Equipped with a three-blade holder that can bevel any angle, face, and bore simultaneously, this portable tool can produce precision end preps on...
The CNC 80 E TB MR from Schwarze-Robitec’s High Performance series can bend tubes with diameters of up to about 3 in. and also can cut them in the same process step using an integrated, fully electric cutting unit. Despite featuring a multistack bending tool, the machine can cut tubes directly...
BLM Group USA has introduced the LT8.20 laser tube cutting system, which allows users to choose their preferred laser source, loader/unloader style, and positioning of the peripheral equipment to maximize floor space. The system can handle cutting diameters of up to 9.5 in. and bar weight up to 27...
Innovative Engineered Solutions Inc. has released the RB80 RFXT MH3 tube end former, a digitally controlled, three-hit, wide-vise ram form machine. The unit is fully programmable and incorporates the FormPro™ II control system. The operator can select up to three progressive ram form hits in a...
The LVD Strippit Dyna-Cell robotic bending cell is available with the patented Easy-Form® laser in-process adaptive bending system, which helps ensure the desired angle from the first bending operation. It transmits the digital information in real time to the CNC unit, which processes it and...
The TruLaser Tube 7000 fiber from TRUMPF can cut tubes and profiles with diameters of up to 10 in. and materials as thick as 0.5 in. It also can execute high-quality bevel cuts up to 45 degrees, the company reports. The 4,000-W TruDisk 4001 laser cuts reflective materials such as aluminum, brass,...
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has launched its Pipeweld Orbiter mechanized welding system and a complete line of Pipeweld consumables. Designed for welding pipeline tie-ins and special sections such as road and river crossings, the system can lower cost per joint by 40%, according to the company....
Samuel Associated Tube Group, a manufacturer of small-diameter, ERW and fabricated carbon steel tubing, has announced plans to build a 284,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility in Birmingham, Ala. The $29 million expansion is expected to create 50 jobs, and the facility will be operational before...
Team Industries Inc. has announced it has started an expansion of its Port Arthur, Texas, facility. This is the company’s largest expansion in Texas since acquiring the Team Fabricators facility in 2008. The project is scheduled for completion in May 2020. Phase I construction on the company’s...
The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
start your free subscriptionSeth Feldman of Iowa-based Wertzbaugher Services joins The Fabricator Podcast to offer his take as a Gen Zer...
The Tube and Pipe Association focuses on the unique needs of tube and pipe producing and fabricating professionals.
Follow the link below to find a TPA member supplier near you.