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Cyclone Mfg. to expand Ontario facilities
- Aug 11, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Cyclone Mfg. has announced plans to expand its facilities in Mississauga, Ont., creating 132 jobs and retaining 554 positions. The company makes precision components for the aerospace industry, with services including machining, sheet metal fabrication, tube bending and welding, assembly, and final...
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Max Weiss Co. names president
- Aug 11, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Milwaukee-based Max Weiss Co., a provider of custom metal bending, forming, and fabricating, has named Paul Schulz as president. Schulz, who has three decades of experience in the metal rolling and shaping industry, joined the company in 2006 as vice president and CFO. He added COO to his...
Rotary axis option added to fiber laser cutter
- Aug 11, 2017
- Laser Cutting
- Product Release
Bystronic has added an integrated rotary axis option to its Bystronic ByStar Fiber laser cutter. The operator inserts the tubes that are to be processed through a hatch on the side of the machine housing or directly through the sliding door on the long side of the machine, which gives unlimited...
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Preparing structural steel surfaces for painting, coating standards
- By Kate Bachman
- Aug 10, 2017
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Article
Mill scale, dirt, laser scale, rust, heat-treat scale, grease, and dust interfere with paint and coatings’ adhesion to structural steel and must be removed before steel members can be coated. What are structural steel fabricators doing about surface preparation, and what options are available? Surface preparation can run from simple chemical cleaning to abrasion methods such as grinding and abrasive blasting. Many fabricators’ projects come with surface specifications prescribed by The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) standards
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Brochure highlights PVDF coatings
- Aug 10, 2017
- Finishing
- Product Release
PPG has published “The Gold Standard in Architectural Metal Coatings: Celebrating 50 Years of DURANAR® Coatings,” a 16-page brochure commemorating the 1967 introduction of one of the industry’s first high-performance polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) coatings for metal building components. The...
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Ritter Technology forms Motion & Control Enterprises LLC
- Aug 10, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Ritter Technology LLC, a distributor of industrial motion and control products in Zelienople, Pa., has changed its name to Motion & Control Enterprises LLC (MCE). The change reflects the expanded market focus that resulted from MCE’s acquisition of Primet Fluid Power, Tri-State Hose & Fitting,...
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‘Too hot’ for PPE?
- By Vicki Bell
- Aug 10, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Each time you fail to follow safety precautions and refuse to wear the necessary PPE to perform your job, you’re putting your life in jeopardy. So what if you’ve done so many times with no consequences? It only takes once.
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SME 2018 Digital Manufacturing Challenge seeks student designs
- Aug 10, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Dearborn, Mich.-based SME has announced its 2018 Digital Manufacturing Challenge. Now in its 10th year, this annual student competition seeks innovative automotive aftermarket parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories designs that integrate and implement the best of digital design and additive...
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Flex-Weld Inc. forms strategic export sales alliance with Dorian Drake Intl.
- Aug 10, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Flex-Weld Inc., Woodstock, Ill., has announced a strategic alliance with Dorian Drake Intl. Inc., White Plains, N.Y., to manage export sales for Flex-Weld and KEFLEX™ Mfg.’s HVAC products, OEM bellows, bellows assemblies, and engine and exhaust bellows. Dorian Drake, an export management...
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New publication highlights titanium statistics
- Aug 10, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- Product Release
The International Titanium Association has published Titanium Statistical Review 2012-2016, now available for download. It is a compilation of titanium statistics from government and trade association data. The publication includes industry statistics for Canada, China, EU, Japan, Russia, Taiwan,...
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Speyside Equity Fund I LP acquires Craftsman Custom Metals LLC
- Aug 10, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Speyside Equity Fund I LP has announced the acquisition of Craftsman Custom Metals LLC from the Gesklin family.
Based in Schiller Park, Ill., Craftsman is a provider of precision metal components and products offering design, prototyping, manufacturing, and assembly capabilities.
- From The Fabricator
Sciaky joins Siemens PLM software partner program
- Aug 10, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Chicago-based Sciaky Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries Inc. and provider of metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems, has announced it will adopt product lifecycle management (PLM) software technology from Siemens to support its Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM®) system....
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Hands-free inspection lamp compliant with ASTM E3022-15
- Aug 10, 2017
- Testing and Measuring
- Product Release
Spectroline® has introduced the EagleEye™ Deluxe EK-3000SC hands-free UV-A/white-light LED inspection lamp. It performs magnetic particle and liquid penetrant inspections in compliance with ASTM E3022-15. The palm-sized inspection lamp can be fastened to a helmet or the user’s head with an...
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Die Science: Steel made simple, Part II
- By Art Hedrick
- Aug 10, 2017
- Bending and Forming
- Article
n Value Technical: Strain hardening is represented by the exponent n in the flow stress equation, which approximates the relationship between true stress and true strain during plastic deformation of a metal. Translation: The n value represents a metal’s ability to work-harden and...
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Thick-turret tooling compatible with AITS tool management system
- Aug 9, 2017
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Product Release
Wilson Tool International® has introduced iSeries, a new line of thick-turret tooling designed to be compatible with the Amada ID Tooling System (AITS™) tool management system. Each compatible tool is laser-marked with a data matrix code. Tooling characteristic documents ship with each tooling...
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