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Pass-through blaster offers 96- by 18-in. blast area
- Feb 16, 2016
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Viking Blast & Wash Systems has released the RT 9618 pass-through blaster. The redesigned unit has a blast area of 96 in. wide by 18 in. tall. The blast wheels are arranged to blast leading and trailing edges of the work area. The unit also incorporates starters with phase loss and imbalance...
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TECHNI Waterjet™ names service manager
- Feb 16, 2016
- Waterjet Cutting
- News Release
TECHNI Waterjet™, Lenexa, Kan., has promoted Jeff McAleer to service manager for North American Operations. He started as a field service technician with the company in 2010 and became a service coordinator in 2014. The company produces and sells 2-D and 3-D waterjet cutting...
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Rolled Alloys announces expanded processing capabilities
- Feb 16, 2016
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Houston-based Rolled Alloys has announced the addition of a Kasto BBS automated plate saw at its 80,000-sq.-ft. service center. The saw can process all stocked thicknesses up to 279 in. long automatically with no HAZ and improved lead times, the company reports. Other processing capabilities at the...
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Gilchrist Metal Fabricating recognized by U.S. Army
- Feb 16, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Gilchrist Metal Fabricating Co., Hudson, N.H., has been recognized for "outstanding recent support" provided to the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (RTS) in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. In 2015 the company provided a number of precision machined and fabricated parts on a...
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CRP Industries CEO elected Import Vehicle Community Executive Leadership Council
- Feb 16, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
CRP Industries Inc., Cranbury, N.J., has announced that CEO Daniel N. Schildge has been elected to the Import Vehicle Community Executive Leadership Council. CRP Industries Inc. is the parent company of CRP Automotive, a provider of OE-quality replacement parts for European and Asian vehicle...
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PPE market to reach $62 billion by 2022, says report
- Feb 16, 2016
- Safety
- News Release
According to "Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Market Analysis by Product, by End-Use, and Segment Forecasts To 2022," a report offered by Dublin-based Research and Markets, the global PPE market, valued at nearly $36 billion in 2014, is expected to reach more than $62 billion by 2022, growing...
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Lift trucks offered
- Feb 16, 2016
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Big Lift LLC has introduced two new lift truck models: the Big Joe PDSR walkie reach truck with power steering and the J2 Joey low-level order picker. The walkie reach truck has a 3,000-lb. load capacity with lift heights available up to 157 in. It includes power steering; side-shift; integral...
- From The Welder
Electrode suitable for hardfacing applications
- Feb 16, 2016
- Consumables
- Product Release
Select-Arc Inc. has introduced a martensitic alloy electrode for general welding maintenance. SelectWear 58 is a metal-to-earth wear welding wire that can be put down in multiple layers without cracking, says the company. It is offered in gas-shielded and open-arc versions, combining high hardness...
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Technology enables integration of 3-D metal printing in full production environments
- Feb 16, 2016
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Fonon Corp. has unveiled Bulk-To-Shape technology, which the company says enables manufacturers to integrate 3-D metal printing into full production environments. This technology provides a cost-effective method for developing application-specific 3-D metal printing tools, says the...
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Report highlights potential effects of 3-D printing on metals supply chain
- Feb 16, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
According to a report commissioned by the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI), Rolling Meadows, Ill., 3-D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) have the potential to disrupt parts of the metals supply chain in the coming decades. AM today is not some far-off manufacturing process that...
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Friction saw blade based on CrV tool steel
- Feb 15, 2016
- Sawing
- Product Release
SW Wil Werkzeug- und Maschinenhandel AG has developed the SwissCut HR® friction saw blade. Based on a chrome-vanadium (CrV) tool steel and featuring a thermochemical treatment, the patented blade has a material structure that exhibits up to 300 percent higher cutting tool life compared to...
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Carrier, UTEC to close in Indiana
- Feb 15, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Two HVAC industry business units of Hartford, Conn.-based United Technologies Corp.—Carrier Corp. and UTEC—have announced they will move their manufacturing operations from Indiana to Mexico, eliminating 2,100 jobs. Carrier Corp. has announced plans to close its Indianapolis plant, which...
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Band saw blades reintroduced with new features
- Feb 15, 2016
- Sawing
- Product Release
Simonds Saw has reintroduced two bimetal band saw blade lines with new features to help increase cutting rates up to 20 percent, the company states. SiClone blades, suitable for cutting INCONEL® alloys, and BlockBuster blades for high-production sawing now feature a rugged backing steel, a...
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U.S. stainless steel sheet/strip producers file antidumping petitions against Chinese imports
- Feb 15, 2016
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
AK Steel Corp., ATI Flat Rolled Products, North American Stainless, and Outokumpu Stainless USA LLC, all U.S.-based producers of stainless steel sheet and strip, have filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions charging that unfairly traded imports of stainless steel sheet and strip from...
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Pro Mach acquires Stork-Texwrap
- Feb 15, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Pro Mach Inc., a packaging and processing machinery manufacturer and integrated system provider, has acquired Stork-Texwrap, a manufacturer of fully automatic shrink wrapping systems. The Texwrap brand and its current facility in Washington, Mo., will remain, and its team will join Pro-Mach’s...
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