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Hypertherm Named Best Large Company to Work For In New Hampshire
Hypertherm (Hanover, NH), a world leader in plasma arc metal cutting technology, recently announced its selection by Business New Hampshire magazine as the Best Large Company to Work For in New Hampshire. In naming Hypertherm as the top large company…
IN Profile: Trumpf, Inc.
With sales of $2.28 billion (?1.66 billion) and about 8,000 employees, the Trumpf Group is one of the world's leading companies in production technology. 67 percent of sales are generated outside Germany. The manufacturer will spend $212 million (? 155…
ArcelorMittal Announces Plans to Set Up Steel Plant in Karnataka
The world's largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg), is exploring the possibility of setting up a 6 million-ton-per-year integrated steel plant in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. According to research by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX), the project investment is…
Unemployment to Stay Above 10% in 2010
The economy continues to bleed jobs, even as GDP rebounds. Professor Peter Morici examines how employment may be a lagging indicator, but job losses should have abated by now even if a lot of new jobs are not being added.
STATE OF THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: STILL CYCLICAL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
Focused suppliers that are committed to lean thinking, strong program management, strategic financial management, and deep customer relationships should do well in a new environment reeling from turmoil. Kim North of IRN identifies some of the opportunities that will be available to them.
THE NUMBERS
A detailed review of industrial reports on shipments, imports and exports of metalworking machinery over the past 30 months.
PIERCING THICKER PLATE WITH PLASMA
New technology from Hypertherm combines with an old technique for piercing perfection.
TOOL PATHS: WEAK LINK NO MORE
No matter how sophisticated a machine tool is, it can?t do anything without a tool and tool path. Glenn Coleman of Celeritive Technologies shows how a high-quality cutting tool, driven by innovative tool path programs, can increase metal removal rates as much as 10 times.
INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR ACTUATORS
Part One: This technical white paper from HaydonKerk Motion Solutions explains what a stepper motor-based linear actuator is, what its typical components are and how each of them functions, and how they all work together to convert rotary to linear motion.
WELDING APPLICATIONS UNDER THE NEW HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM STANDARDS
Christopher Cole of Lincoln Electric focuses on the requirements of the Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI) Standard as they apply to the welding industry and conveys OSHA?s intent based on information in the standard?s preamble.
PLANT POCKETS UTILITY SAVINGS WITH AIR FILTRATION UNITS
The Toyotetsu America metal stamping plant in Kentucky saves $700,000 annually from 330 welding stations that utilize a new closed-system air filtration system from Clean Air America that reduces heating and air conditioning costs.
BEWARE OF ‘INTEXTICATED’ WORKERS
Teresa Long of the Institute of WorkComp Professionals explains how the proliferation of personal technology devices ? predominantly cell phones, Blackberrys and iPods ? now infiltrate work life as well as leisure time and are impacting job safety, a not-so-good vibration being felt, literally, from coast to coast.
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