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- From The Welder
Catalog highlights welding and cutting products
- Feb 6, 2017
- Arc Welding
- Product Release
Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has released its 2017 catalog of welding and cutting products. The literature highlights such products as Auto-Continuum™ systems for automated welding, the Multimatic™ 215 GMAW/GTAW/SMAW machine, the Maxstar® 161 portable GTAW/SMAW machine, Insight ArcAgent™ Premium...
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Keytroller’s overhead crane warning LED named as award finalist
- Feb 6, 2017
- Safety
- News Release
Keytroller LLC, a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of electronic safety and weighing devices based in Tampa, Fla., has announced that its Forewarner-Maxi overhead crane warning LED spotlight has been chosen as a finalist in the Plant Engineering 2016 Product of the Year awards program. The...
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United States Steel announces two executive appointments
- Feb 6, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Steel producer United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, has named James F. Dudek as vice president - asset revitalization and manufacturing excellence and Pipasu H. Soni as vice president - finance. Dudek has been with the company for 20 years, serving most recently as managing director of strategic...
- From The Fabricator
Hexagon to acquire MSC Software
- Feb 6, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
Stockholm-based Hexagon AB, a global provider of information technologies that integrate sensors, software, domain knowledge, and customer work flows, has announced an agreement to acquire MSC Software, Newport Beach, Calif., a provider of CAE systems, including simulation software for virtual...
- From The Fabricator
Atlas Technologies adds a large-frame VMC to Michigan plant
- Feb 6, 2017
- Machining
- News Release
Atlas Technologies has installed a Haas large-frame vertical machining center at its Fenton, Mich., facility. The VF-12 machine has been added to the 51,000 sq. ft. of in-house manufacturing space that currently provides custom welding and fabrication and contract manufacturing services. The unit...
- From The Welder
Laser system cleans and prepares surfaces
- Feb 6, 2017
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Product Release
Fonon Corp. has released the CleanTech™ product line for surface preparation, paint removal, and surface cleaning. Marketed under the Laser Photonics™ brand, the Class 1 laser system offers a safe, ecofriendly, nonabrasive cleaning process. The system removes coatings, contaminants, and...
- From The Fabricator
Hand-held oxygen analyzer networks to standard accessories
- Feb 6, 2017
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques HFT® has introduced an updated hand-held PurgEye® 200 Weld Purge Monitor® with PurgeNet™ to allow networking to standard accessories. Typically, one accessory allows direct interface to an orbital welding machine or any other automatic welding machine so that the...
- From The Fabricator
Steel Dynamics to upgrade Roanoke Bar Division with reheating furnace, finishing area
- Feb 3, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Steel Dynamics Inc., a steel producer and metals recycler in Fort Wayne, Ind., has awarded the contract for an expansion at its Roanoke Bar Division, located in Roanoke, Va., to SMS group. The upgrade will integrate a new reheating furnace and a new finishing area into the facility. The new...
- From The Fabricator
Jayco announces expansion in Indiana
- Feb 3, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
RV manufacturer Jayco has announced plans to add more than 400,000 sq. ft. of production space and more than 300 jobs at its Middlebury, Ind., facility. Two new buildings have been completed. The plant producing the Eagle brand of travel trailers and fifth wheels will be fully operational by early...
- From The Fabricator
Metal powder trade groups appoint new executive director/CEO
- Feb 3, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
The Metal Powder Industries Federation (MPIF) and APMI Intl. (APMI) have selected industry veteran James P. Adams to succeed C. James Trombino as executive director/CEO. Adams has worked in the powder metallurgy industry for more than 30 years, following graduation from Hennepin Technical College...
- From The Fabricator
BMG Conveyor Services rebrands to Davis Industrial
- Feb 3, 2017
- Materials Handling
- News Release
Tampa, Fla.-based conveyor belt provider BMG Conveyor Services has officially rebranded to Davis Industrial. BMG President and CEO Stephenie Davis purchased BMG in 2008. The firm launched a fabrication division in a second location under a subsidiary called Industrial Performance Group (IPG). “We...
- From The Fabricator
Extra protection added to corrosion-inhibiting coating
- Feb 3, 2017
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Cortec has added extra vapor-phase corrosion inhibitors (VpCI®) to its VpCI-368 coating. The dark brown viscous liquid dries into a firm, moisture-displacing, waxlike film that can be removed by mineral spirits or alkaline cleaners. The VpCI-368 EVP film can be used for a variety of applications...
- From The Fabricator
Big River Steel’s first full month of production sets record
- Feb 2, 2017
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
Big River Steel, Osceola, Ark., has established a new production record for tons of steel produced by an SMS group-supplied, flat-rolled mini-mill during the first full month of operation. With more than 63,000 tons of hot-rolled steel produced in January, its first full month of production, the...
- From The Fabricator
AGC AeroComposites rebrands as Unitech Aerospace
- Feb 2, 2017
- Shop Management
- News Release
U.K.-based AGC AeroComposites, a global supplier of composite and metallic assemblies and components to the aerospace and defense industry, has rebranded as Unitech Aerospace. Unitech Aerospace is the parent company to Unitech Composites, North Coast Composites, North Coast Tool & Mold, Paul...
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PRG Prototyping adds waterjet cutting machine
- Feb 2, 2017
- Waterjet Cutting
- News Release
PRG Prototyping, a prototype development and manufacturing company, has installed an ultrahigh-pressure waterjet cutting machine at its facility in Pittsburg, Kan. This new equipment will be used for 2-D profile cutting of components from sheet materials. The 12- by 6-ft. waterjet machine cuts...
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