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Russel Metals Williams Bahcall reports fatal accident
- Oct 19, 2017
- Safety
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Toronto, Ont.-based Russel Metals Inc. has reported that a fatal accident occurred at the Milwaukee metals service center facility of its subsidiary Russel Metals Williams Bahcall. John Reid, president/COO of Russel Metals, stated "We are extremely saddened by this accident. The individual who lost...
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PennEngineering expands operations in Ireland
- Oct 19, 2017
- Assembly and Joining
- News Release
Fastening technology provider PennEngineering®, Danboro, Pa., has expanded operations in Galway, Ireland, with a new, 80,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing and research facility. The new facility becomes the primary manufacturing site for all PEM® self-clinching fastener products sold throughout Europe....
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Ebtec Corp. adds three fiber laser systems
- Oct 19, 2017
- Machining
- News Release
Agawam, Mass.-based Ebtec Corp., a division of Edac Technologies LLC, has acquired three LASERDYNE® fiber laser machining systems for installation at its newly expanded 83,500-sq.-ft. facility in East Windsor, Conn. The machines will join the company’s four existing fiber laser systems to...
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Advantage TerraFab expands in Oklahoma
- Oct 19, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Advantage TerraFab LLC, a steel fabrication and finishing company, has purchased a 55,000-sq.-ft. building in Muskogee, Okla., as part of a $3.5 million expansion. The company, which currently employs about 45 people, expects to hire 30 more workers over the next three years. It estimates the new...
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Multifunction cutting tool performs four machining operations
- Oct 19, 2017
- Machining
- Product Release
The SHARK-Cut® multipurpose cutting tool from Arno Werkzeuge USA is designed to eliminate the need for multiple cutting tools and inserts for facing, drilling, boring, and turning operations. The tool helps reduce tool setup time and tool indexing time between operations, and it creates room on...
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Voss Fluid revises online database with CAD models
- Oct 19, 2017
- Manufacturing Software
- News Release
Germany-based Voss Fluid has optimized its online CAD database to help increase efficiency for design engineers. With the help of the newly created shopping cart function, users can send requests for proposals to the company. The database, which covers more than 10,000 products, also now includes...
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Airgas receives Gold Performance Excellence Award from Boeing
- Oct 19, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Airgas, an Air Liquide company and supplier of industrial gases, welding technologies, and safety products, has been recognized by the Boeing Co. with a 2016 Gold Performance Excellence Award. Boeing issues the award annually to recognize suppliers that have achieved superior performance. Airgas...
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Cleaning automated weld lines with dry ice
- By Tyson Marlowe
- Oct 19, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
Have you ever looked at your downed, slag-coated, automated weld line and thought that there has to be a better, easier way to clean this mess than using stone-aged tools and harsh chemicals? A company that provides this cleaning service for major automakers’ production lines put aside its hammers, chisels, and toxic, caustic chemicals and saw improvements in the process, outcome, and bottom line by adopting dry ice technology.
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R&D Update: Evaluating dry film lubricants for automotive applications, Part 1
- Oct 18, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- Article
In stamping operations, wet (oil-based) or dry film lubricants are used to protect the surfaces of the sheet blanks, reduce friction during deep drawing, and minimize surface treatments before assembly. Since most dry film lubricants are applied to steel or aluminum sheets before drawing...
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Dengensha adds two staff members
- Oct 18, 2017
- Assembly and Joining
- News Release
Dengensha America, Bedford, Ohio, has named Scott Kudlinski as technical service engineer and Jeff Romito as parts business specialist. Kudlinski is responsible for providing customers in the Southern Territory with technical service and support for the company’s resistance welding equipment. He...
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Sampson Community College receives $1.7 million for welding and fabrication program
- Oct 18, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded a $1.7 million grant to Sampson Community College of Clinton, N.C., to construct an occupational training facility to support welding and metal fabrication skills. The project is expected to create 50 jobs, retain...
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Pulse welding machine networks with welding management system
- Oct 18, 2017
- Arc Welding
- Product Release
EWM offers the series Titan XQ puls multiprocess MIG/MAG pulse welding machine. It features a number of digital functions, including network compatibility via the Welding 4.0 welding management system ewm Xnet. Welding procedure specifications can be transmitted directly from the planning office to...
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Robinson Metal receives Educational Partnership Award, adds waterjet
- Oct 18, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Custom metal fabricator Robinson Metal Inc., De Pere, Wis., has won the Educational Partnership Award from the Northeast Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance in recognition of its collaborative efforts with area educators to support the education and training required to fill manufacturing and...
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AHB Tooling & Machinery acquires Westbrook Eng. division
- Oct 18, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Roseville, Mich.-based metalworking distributor AHB Tooling & Machinery Inc. has announced the acquisition of Westbrook Eng.'s new machinery sales division. The new AHB will provide a broader range of metalworking machinery, including band and cold saws, CNC press brakes and shears, ironworkers,...
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A work-in-progress
- By Josh Welton
- Oct 18, 2017
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
“A work-in-progress” is a phrase familiar to fabricators. It represents the sum of all costs put into the production process to manufacture products that are partially completed. It also applies to so much more than manufacturing, something else fabricators and many others know so well. Josh Welton explains.
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