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Unemployment Startles Economists Expecting Greater Job Creation
Though the private sector created jobs in November for the eleventh consecutive month, it only added 50,000 of them across all sectors, which is not enough to offset those that are unemployed.
MECSOFT ENTERS PARTNERSHIP WITH NORWEGIAN VAR
This new resale channel strategically opens opportunities for MecSoft CAD and CAM software solutions into the Norwegian industrial design and fabrication industries.
MID-RANGE PRESS BRAKES SAVE UP TO 30 PERCENT IN ENERGY COSTS
An Energy Reduction System (ERS) is featured on PPEC series press brakes from LVD Strippit that now include machines from 35 tons to 220 tons in bend lengths from 1500 mm to 4270 mm.
VACUUM LIFTER FOR PRECISION COIL HANDLING
The VPFL-4 Air-Powered Vacuum Lifter from Anver uses an “X” frame with adjustable suction pads and spring suspensions to accommodate and grip precision metal coils up to 4 ft diameter without damage from a skid to a machine.
AWS Publishes Revised Bridge Welding Code
The 478-page book was undertaken in response to a need for a common welding specification for the fabrication of steel highway bridges by welding.
WATERJET PARTS AVAILABLE ONLINE
Barton Mines added web ordering to its online parts catalog that includes Genuine Flow® and OMAX® parts, and Barton exclusives such as HydroBloc bricks and the TRIDENT-2 Diamond Cutting Head.
GERMAN MACHINE TOOL ORDERS DOUBLE IN 3Q10
The German Machine Tool Builders Association significantly upsized its production output forecast for 2010, with a 117 percent increase in orders booked reflecting three-figure growth for the first time since statistics have been kept.
Flow Waterjet Featured On Discovery Channel
Howe and Howe Technologies, a leading Extreme Vehicle Fabricator featured on the Discovery Channel, added a Mach 3 waterjet cutting system as a key element in their fabricating process featured in Season Two of their program, which begins to air on Mondays in December.
WATERJET SOFTWARE FOR ETCHING 3D PATTERNS
Intelli-ETCH software from OMAX enables abrasive waterjet machining centers to create 3D patterns in a wide array of materials without any special accessories or tools, allowing cutting and etching of parts to take place in a single setup.
WIDIA BRAND CONSOLIDATION PREPARES FOR $10 BILLION MARKET
The result of this multi-year consolidation is a complete portfolio from the spindle to the workpiece of milling, turning, reaming, grooving, precision hole finishing, and other applications from a single source.
Count On Tools Celebrates 20th Anniversary in 2011
Keeping in touch with the customer base is one reason for success during this company’s expansion from a distributor that only sells parts to a manufacturer that offers solutions.
ROBOTIC FINISHING FOR TIGHT TOLERANCE CHAMFERING, DEBURRING
The mobile PerfectEdge system from Motoman combines a full-function six-axis industrial robot with a precision indexer for tight tolerance chamfering, deburring or finishing, and offers a non-touch teach method of programming.
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