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Rethinking the production meeting
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 12, 2015
- Shop Management
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Metal fabricators are better at manufacturing than holding meetings, but some sort of regularly occurring production meeting is needed to get everyone on the same page. Several fabricators offer their opinions as to what works best for them in their production powwow.
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SHRM LINE: Mixed hiring outlook at beginning of 2015
- Jan 12, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
In January, manufacturing hiring activity will increase, and the service-sector hiring rate will drop marginally compared with a year ago, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey for January 2015. In January, for...
ITEC announces installation of world’s largest tube and open profile cutting machine
- Jan 9, 2015
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
Innovative Tube Equipment Corp. (ITEC), Chicago, has announced the installation of a 24-in.-capacity TTM Laser S.p.A. FL600 3-D tube and open profile laser cutting machine with 60-ft. processing capacity at Steel and Pipe Supply, Manhattan, Kan. According to ITEC, the machine is the largest of its...
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Spirol receives 2014 General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award
- Jan 9, 2015
- Assembly and Joining
- News Release
For the third consecutive year, Spirol Industries Ltd., a manufacturer of engineered components for fastening and joining in Windsor, Ont., has received the General Motors Supplier Quality Excellence Award. GM has 2,300 North American suppliers, and Spirol is one of 80 companies to receive the...
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Intelligrated launches redesigned spare parts procurement website
- Jan 9, 2015
- Materials Handling
- News Release
Cincinnati-based Intelligrated®, an automated material handling systems provider, has launched a redesigned spare parts procurement website at www.ontimeparts.com. The site offers a new design and improved back-end integration to connect customers with an inventory of more than 75,000 OEM and...
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Improving quality through good change: Metcam tackles kaizen
- By Bruce Hagenau
- Jan 9, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
All manufacturers seek to improve processes and ROI. Alpharetta, Ga.-based Metcam, a fabricator of sheet metal components and assemblies, has seen significant improvement since beginning its kaizen initiative in late 2013. What follows is the company’s blueprint for kaizen success.
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Ford retires from Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
- Jan 9, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has announced the retirement of longtime Technical Instructor Chuck Ford following 51 years of service. In addition to sharing his extensive welding knowledge with thousands of students over the years, Ford served as a member of AWS (past...
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Pushing the solid-state laser speed limit
- Jan 9, 2015
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Solid-state lasers theoretically could cut through thin sheet at up to 1,000 meters per minute, though no machine in the world can drive a laser at that speed. But new approaches to laser cutting are bringing laser cutting speeds closer to the theoretical maximum.
- From The Fabricator
Congress approves manufacturing program--with an asterisk
- By Stephen Barlas
- Jan 9, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Congress fulfilled President Barack Obama's wish to set up a network of manufacturing innovation centers across the U.S., but there is a catch: The effort won't have its own budget. The endeavor will have to be funded through existing budgets in the Department of Energy and the Pentagon.
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T. J. Snow personnel certified as resistance welding technicians
- Jan 8, 2015
- Assembly and Joining
- News Release
Five service techs at Chattanooga, Tenn.-based T. J. Snow Co., plus CEO Tom Snow, recently became among the first in the U.S. to receive the certified resistance welding technician (CRWT) designation offered by the American Welding Society (AWS). A 100-question exam tests applicants’...
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Baker retires from Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
- Jan 8, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has announced the retirement of Librarian and Editor Martha “Marty” Baker following 38 years of service. Baker was responsible for the Hobart Institute website, www.welding.org. She also worked on The World of Welding quarterly magazine,...
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Distributed manufacturing could be the next industrial revolution, says report
- Jan 8, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Distributed manufacturing (DM)—local, small-scale, rapid design and production—comes from the ability to engineer and make few parts as cheaply as many, rather than high-volume, centralized manufacturing. Currently thousands of products from trinkets to automobiles use DM. However, it's not the...
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Mill Steel president named Service Center Executive of the Year
- Jan 8, 2015
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Mill Steel Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., has announced that David Samrick, president and CEO, has been recognized as Service Center Executive of the Year by Metal Center News.
The company, a flat-rolled steel supplier, marked its 55th year in business in 2014.
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Side guide system helps reduce maintenance in down coiler areas of hot strip mills
- Jan 8, 2015
- Metals/Materials
- Product Release
With the newly developed Eco Slide Disc system, Siemens Metals Technologies offers operators of hot strip mills a side guide system that can be adapted to nearly all existing entry guides. According to the manufacturer, the system elongates the lifetime of wear parts up to 10 times compared to...
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Safety and regulatory overview for powder coating
- By Michael Streepey
- Jan 8, 2015
- Finishing
- Article
Like any manufacturing process, powder coating has the potential to be dangerous if the right safety precautions haven’t been taken. By referencing a few key standards, a manufacturer can keep the powder coating line going and the operators safe.
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