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Bauer Welding & Metal Fabricators announce staff additions
- Jul 19, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
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Bauer Welding & Metal Fabricators, a provider of tube fabrication and welding in St. Paul, Minn., has announced two staff additions. Brian Hitt has been named director of operations. He has 20 years of product engineering and lean manufacturing experience with John Deere and Polaris Industries....
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Vacuum generator platform enhanced
- Jul 19, 2016
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Improved and intelligent blowoff functions, a split unit design, and a self-adhesion control feature are some of the newly added extras on offer in Piab’s premium piCOMPACT®23 vacuum generator platform. The system also includes IO-Link communication. The compact, all-in-one ejector platform...
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Band saw blade designed for steel grating applications
- Jul 19, 2016
- Sawing
- Product Release
Simonds Saw has introduced the Bitec Plus band saw blade designed to provide low vibration and high-efficiency cutting of steel grating. Manufactured by the company’s partner in Germany, Wespa, the blade features a wide band in widths from 1.25 in. to 2.0 in., providing optimal beam strength...
Lantek to provide software for Promotech pipe cutting machines
- Jul 18, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
Lantek Systems Inc., Mason, Ohio, has reached an agreement with Polish company Promotech to supply its sheet metal software with Promotech’s pipe profile cutting machines. The equipment can cut pipes up to nearly 5 ft. dia. and about 39 ft. long with oxyfuel or plasma. Promotech manufactures...
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Fronius names regional sales manager for Northeast
- Jul 18, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Fronius USA, Portage, Ind., has promoted Wes Doneth to regional sales manager for the Northeast. He joined the company in 2008 as tech support manager for the Perfect Welding Division. In 2013 he moved into sales and held the position of area sales manager for Michigan and Indiana. Doneth has a...
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Northeast Ohio student wins SkillsUSA national welding competition
- Jul 18, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Connor Roberts, a high school student from Willoughby-Eastlake Tech Center in Willoughby, Ohio, took home the gold medal from the SkillsUSA Championships held June 22-23, 2016, at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. Roberts will receive a Lincoln Electric POWER MIG® 210 MP...
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Epic Systems, Boy Scouts team up for STEM workshop
- Jul 18, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Manufacturing engineering and fabrication firm Epic Systems Inc. recently teamed up with the Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America for a mini-engineering event. The workshop, held at Epic’s fabrication and manufacturing engineering facility in South Saint Louis, Mo., had more than...
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Metal fabrication is a communication business
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 18, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Most view metal fabrication as a technology business. But custom fabricators are complex, albeit usually small businesses. In such complex environments, good communication can make things a lot easier.
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MPIF opens registration for introductory PM short course
- Jul 18, 2016
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) has opened registration for its Basic Powder Metallurgy (PM) Short Course, which will be held Aug. 15 – 17, 2016, at Penn State Conference Center Hotel, State College, Pa. The program will feature nearly three full days of programming focusing on an...
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D/F launches mobile-friendly website
- Jul 18, 2016
- Consumables
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D/F Machine Specialties, a manufacturer of GMAW and GTAW torches, consumables, and accessories, has launched a redesigned, mobile-friendly website at www.dfmachinespecialties.com. The site is designed with a simple product hierarchy structure to help visitors get information as quickly as...
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Osborn appoints product manager, abrasives
- Jul 18, 2016
- Finishing
- News Release
Richmond, Ind.-based Osborn, a supplier of industrial brushes, polishing compounds, and buffs, has appointed Ty Weber as product manager for its abrasives division. Weber has more than 12 years of industry experience. He previously worked as a territory sales manager for Osborn. Before joining...
All-electric tube bender provides right-, left-hand bending in automatic cycle
- Jul 18, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Product Release
E-turn, an all-electric tube bender from BLM Group USA, automatically loads, bends, and unloads various tube configurations, including round, square, rectangular, flat-sided, oval, and elliptical, on one machine. The series consists of four models: The E-Turn 32 that can handle tube up to 1.18...
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Cadence Inc. moves into new Wisconsin facility
- Jul 18, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Cadence Inc. has completed its move into a new, 63,000-sq.-ft. facility in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The company is a single-source manufacturing partner for medical device, diagnostics, industrial, and automotive companies worldwide, with core capabilities in precision and microstamping, multislide...
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Rafter ships weld squeeze box and straightener to roll formed parts producer
- Jul 18, 2016
- Roll Forming
- News Release
Strongsville, Ohio-based Rafter Equipment Corp. has delivered an RT-3000 high-frequency induction five-roll weld squeeze box and an RT-3000 double-sided turkshead straightener to a North American custom roll formed parts producer. The equipment is used for the production of HSLA welded seam...
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BeAM Machines establishes operations in Kentucky
- Jul 18, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
BeAM Machines Inc., a European manufacturer of metal 3-D additive manufacturing machines using laser-metal deposition (LMD) technology, has established operations in Hebron, Ky. Machines for the U.S. market are manufactured at one of Fives Machining’s U.S. machine tool facilities. BeAM also...
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