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Create A Community for Sharing Metalworking Automation
Using the HKP Mobile App from Haydon Kerk Pittman, technical information and other resources on linear and rotary solutions can be easily shared among colleagues and teams for automation in metalworking, inspection and material handling applications.
Lantek Collaborates with DANOBAT
Lantek software will now be incorporated into DANOBAT coil fed laser machines.
Montage Partners Acquires METALfx
The existing management team of METALfx remains and also owns a meaningful equity stake in the business.
Multi-Tasking with a Low Cost of Entry
Fabricators can easily switch from strictly 2D laser cutting to punch-laser processing with the economical, compact and automation-friendly TruMatic 1000 fiber combination punch-laser machine from TRUMPF.
More Than One Way to Skin a Part: Where Fabrication and Machining Overlap
Don’t take the “hard limits” between machining and fabrication for granted. Their areas of overlap offer tremendous potential for savings. If you manufacture parts using both processes, take a second look at some of them to evaluate whether they could be produced more economically with a little sheet metal know-how and some outside-the-box thinking.
Bystronic Appoints New Regional Manager
Victor Stepien now manages sales in Iowa, Minnesota, northwest Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Flexible Lights-Out Large-Format Fiber Laser Cutting
For high production volumes and a high variety of jobs where parts separation and sorting is a bottleneck, fully automated Phoenix FL 4020 and Phoenix FL 6020 large-format fiber laser cutting machines from LVD Strippit maximize productivity with high speed cutting, reduced material handling and preparation time.
Bystronic Appoints West Coast Regional Manager
Richard Chesnut handles sales and support throughout nine Western states.
Hypertherm School Grant Program Returns for 2019
Their Spark Something Great educational grant program is accepting applications from 12 schools in the U.S. and Canada.
MC Machinery Hires New Regional Sales Manager
Jeff Grim now oversees sales and service within the Southeast region and Indiana.
Fiber Laser Windows Reduce Focus Shift and Beam Deterioration
Ideally suited as debris shields for laser welding and cutting, Sapphire Fiber Cover Glass Windows from Laser Research Optics can withstand steel splatter, flash, and debris better than fused silica.
A Look Ahead
As the metal fabrication business remains strong, watch for more shops to adopt digitization, the principles of Industry 4.0 and integrated process flow as they move toward smaller batch sizes, shorter lead times, high-mix parts to compete – and to address the lack of skilled labor.
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