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Employees set the pace for success
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 25, 2015
- Bending and Forming
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Wisconsin Metal Parts Inc., Waukesha, Wis., has grown its metal fabricating business very aggressively in recent years. The latest machine tool technology has helped, but its employees have made it stay in control and on course.
CenterLine Precision Tube Bending receives performance award
- Jun 25, 2015
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
CenterLine Precision Tube Bending, Dublin, Calif., has received an award from a longtime customer for performance in 2014, recognizing its quality, delivery, and service. The company manufactures custom tubular parts that are used in a variety of industrial and technical applications. Processes...
All-electric CNC tube benders hold four sets of bend tools at once
- Jun 25, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
Horn Machine Tools Inc. has introduced a line of all-electric CNC benders from 2- to 10-in. capacity. The clamp and pressure die are equipped with large electric servomotors. The Quad Stack design allows the user to mount up to four sets of full-size bend tools at once. This permits rapid...
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Aluminum-media shotblast machines provide gentle cleaning of light workpieces
- Jun 25, 2015
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Walther Trowal has introduced the THM continuous-feed shotblast system for use on light metals such as aluminum and magnesium, as well as steel, zinc, and brass components. This troughed-belt machine employs aluminum blast media rather than stainless steel media. It handles large quantities of...
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CMS, UNC Charlotte receive NIST AMTech grant
- Jun 24, 2015
- Testing and Measuring
- News Release
The Coordinate Metrology Society (CMS) and University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) have received an Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech) grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department. The grant is...
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Shell Lubricants announces Platinum Sponsorship of Manufacturing Day
- Jun 24, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Shell Lubricants has announced its participation as a Platinum Sponsor of Manufacturing Day™ 2015. This is the third straight year that Shell Lubricants has sponsored Manufacturing Day, and its second year as the exclusive Platinum Sponsor. Manufacturing Day sponsors provide the resources to...
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Michigan Manufacturing International (MMI) names global quality manager
- Jun 24, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Stevensville, Md.-based Michigan Manufacturing Intl. (MMI) has named Praburaman Rengaramanujam as global quality manager. In this role, he is responsible for quality systems at all MMI locations. Rengaramanujam has 14 years of experience in the quality assurance industry, specializing in quality...
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Kenmode adds to engineering and sales management team
- Jun 24, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Kenmode Precision Metal Stamping, Algonquin, Ill., has added two senior managers. Harry Dickerson has joined the company as vice president of engineering. In this role, he oversees the firm’s tool design-and-build program and all engineering functions. Before joining the company, he operated...
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Machine punches holes in opposing walls of tubing
- Jun 24, 2015
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Product Release
Multicyl Inc.® offers a double horizontal tube punching machine. The unit punches holes in the opposing walls of a tube or extrusion.
Both holes are positioned and aligned correctly every time and punched in seconds, the company says.
- From The Fabricator
Samco appoints electrical services coordinator
- Jun 24, 2015
- Roll Forming
- News Release
Roll forming equipment manufacturer Samco Machinery Ltd., Toronto, has promoted Jim Harmer to electrical services coordinator. He coordinates all electrical development activities, including project planning, scheduling, work assignments, and reporting on electrical department metrics and...
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Delcam adds more than 80 technical tips to website
- Jun 24, 2015
- Manufacturing Software
- News Release
Delcam has created a section for technical tips on the website for its FeatureCAM feature-based programming software. More than 80 tips are listed in the new section, which is located at www.featurecam.com/techtips/. The tips aim to help users with all aspects of programming with FeatureCAM,...
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Curveballs in a small fabricating shop
- By Nick Martin
- Jun 24, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Diversity is essential for a small shop’s viability. It also can make for some interesting jobs that require ingenuity and produce beautiful work.
- From The Fabricator
NBT awards grants for 24 summer manufacturing camps
- Jun 24, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Rockford, Ill.-based Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® (NBT), the Foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), has awarded $50,000 in grants to community and technical colleges nationwide that host summer manufacturing camps for students 12 to 16 years old. A complete listing...
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Annular core cutters resist impact, stress
- Jun 24, 2015
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Product Release
Walter Surface Technologies has redesigned its line of annular core cutters to have a mix of high-speed steel and aluminum (M2Al), providing more resistance to impact, stress, and deformation. The SST core cutter is uncoated, made with a surface treatment that reduces heat transfer. The IceCut...
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CCAT announces $1.67 million contract with U.S. Air Force
- Jun 24, 2015
- Testing and Measuring
- News Release
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT), East Hartford, Conn., has announced a $1.67 million contract with the U.S. Air Force. The contract, which is being awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, provides funds for applied research on noncontact metrology technologies used...
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