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Anaheim, Calif.-based Hudson Tool Steel Corp. has opened its fifth stocking location in Longmont, Colo. The company is partnering with Beck Sales, a tubing, valve, and fitting supplier, to process and distribute its tool steel products to the Colorado market. In addition, the company has purchased...
HGG Profiling Equipment, a subsidiary of HGG located in Medina, Ohio, now offers leasing and lease-to-buy options on its line of 3D profiling machinery. This equipment includes the entry-level ProCutter 600, SPC pipe profiling machines and vessel and head cutting machines, RPC beam cutting...
My colleagues at FMA Intl. are pushing hard as they prepare for FABTECH® 2019. The show, of which FMA is an event partner, is North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event. It regularly attracts 45,000-plus visitors and will run Nov. 11-14...
Strongsville, Ohio-based Rafter Equipment Corp. has entered into an exclusive agreement with Saar-Hartmetall USA LLC, Covington, Ky., for the distribution of HFI/HFC weld upset bead trimming (scarfing) inserts and cutting rings. Rafter is a manufacturer of tube mills, pipe mills, roll forming...
The distillation process soaks up, and gives off, quite a bit of heat. Louisville spirits producer Copper and Kings discovered that industrial fans can provide enough air movement to moderate the distillation process and keep its workers feeling cool despite the heat.
Mid Atlantic Machinery, a machine tool distributor in Harrisburg, Pa., has delivered several fabricating machines to Hazleton, Pa.-based Gottstein Corp., a mechanical contractor for the food and beverage industry. The equipment includes an OMAX Maxiem 1530 waterjet system for a variety of machining...
T&H Lemont, Countryside, Ill., a custom manufacturer of tube and pipe mills and roll tooling and provider of tube and pipe roll design, mill alignment, and operational consulting, has appointed Michael Strand as vice president – tooling sales. Strand has worked in the tube and pipe industry for...
A visit to a couple of fabrication shops and an open house at the headquarters of Bystronic (Niederönz, Switzerland) revealed the power of automated equipment and digital technology in today’s hypercompetitive manufacturing environment.
Current Pipeline Products, a division of IMAC Systems Inc. in Tullytown, Pa., has launched a new website at currentpipelineproducts.com featuring pipeline isolation products for the natural gas, oil, and water markets. The online products include Barlow weld-in style-flanged pipeline isolation...
Bull Moose Tube, a St. Louis-based manufacturer of steel pipe and tube, has named Nate Carruthers as director of market growth and inside sales. Carruthers served in a similar role as director of business development for Tubular Steel Inc. after spending the first nine years of his career as an...
The ENSIS 3015 RI from Amada is equipped with a 3-kW fiber laser and an integrated rotary index located on one of three shuttle pallets, allowing the operator to switch from flat sheet cutting to tube or pipe cutting in as little as two min. The system uses a variable beam control unit that...
Viking Blast & Wash Systems has released the SR24, its newest pass-through blaster. The machine’s blast zone handles pipe from 9 to 24 in. dia. The unit runs a continuous speed of 2 to 3 FPM to blast an SSPC 10 near-white finish. The rollers are equipped with a VFD programmed to travel 2 to 12...
Fastmarkets has announced the winners of its 10th annual AMM Awards for Steel Excellence. The awards recognize world-class innovation and excellence in steel and related industries for companies throughout the steel supply chain and by key partners to the industry, including steel producers,...
S & B Modular Operations, a subsidiary of S & B Engineers and Constructors Ltd., has announced the installation of a covered module assembly bay at its Baytown, Texas, location. The existing 50,000 sq. ft. of covered production space has been converted to provide full pipe fabrication services for...
De Pere, Wis.-based custom metal fabricator Robinson Metal Inc. has announced plans to invest $2.6 million in an existing manufacturing facility in Manitowoc, Wis. The project is expected to create 94 jobs over the next three years. The 112,000-sq.-ft. building will allow the company to grow in...
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 subscriptionCameron Adams of Laser Precision, a contract metal fabricator in the Chicago area, joins the podcast to talk...
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.