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Lincoln Electric Becomes First Welding Equipment Manufacturer to Add Tag Codes
Company implements mobile 2D technology that aids consumers in the re-sale distributor showroom with product selection and customers in the post-sale environment with operational tips and support resources.
AQS Partners With Alcoa to Reduce Air Pollution
Engineering lab offers verification services and technical expertise in evaluating the aluminum manufacturer’s “smog eating” architectural panel technology that is aimed at reducing air pollution.
Crystex Composites Adds New Furnaces for Annealing
These two new RD7-H14 Red Devil units from Lucifer Furnaces complement two existing units that are used for glass-ceramic parts annealing and lab testing in their ISO:9001-certified facility.
EX-IM Bank Doubles MAG Working Capital to $20 Million
The increase enables the manufacturer to handle increased foreign demand for its products, which will increase sales and help maintain approximately 100 high quality manufacturing jobs related to exports.
WHEN ZERO WORKS BETTER THAN NOTHING
The manual grinding operation of this Australian foundry experienced low retention, high absenteeism and serious injuries. Then an ergonomic zero gravity dynamic lift assist from Equipois was installed that eliminated injuries, boosted productivity and let operators maneuver the grinders as if they were weightless, with complete freedom of motion required for the job.
THE TOP 10 MISTAKES IN RUNNING A WELDING OPERATION . . . AND SIMPLE WAYS TO SOLVE THEM
With equipment, weld procedures, filler metals, consumables and so many factors to monitor, it is inevitable that mistakes will occur in welding. But they don’t have to happen. Bernard, Hobart Brothers and Miller Electric review the most common mistakes that occur . . . and recommend how to solve them.
RETROFIT BRINGS MASSIVE FLOOR-TYPE MILL UP TO MODERN STANDARDS
Mine of Information: An old Gray horizontal boring mill used in the mining industry was electrically upgraded with CNC technology from NUM Corporation by automation systems integrator MasterControls to achieve higher precision, compatibility with RS274 G-code programming, probing functionality, and an industrial PC front-end with unlimited program storage and networking . . . all for a fraction of the cost of a new machine.
Sandvik Coromant Recognized as Best New Supplier by Grainger
The award recognizes the cutting tool manufacturer as a supplier who achieves excellence in responsiveness, information integrity, on-time shipping, management commitment and order fulfillment.
Wildeck Celebrates 35 Years
The largest manufacturer of industrial steel work platforms/mezzanines, vertical lifts, and safety guarding products in North America celebrates with an open house gala at its U.S. headquarters.
Shedding Light on Light Curtains
It is not a difficult engineering challenge to design effective safeguarding for virtually any type of machine. Sergio Aguilar of Omron STI explains how the real challenge is to provide guarding that will deliver high levels of safety while also enabling high productivity and throughput.
REDUCE YOUR PRECISION GRINDING COSTS
Flexibility is the key to making money in precision grinding. If you are looking for ways to reduce your grinder operating costs and improve your margins, check out the flexibility these machines offer.
SHORTEN THE CALENDAR, SHRINK THE GLOBE
Robotic welding integrator Genesis Systems uses scalable, flexible DELMIA Robotics 3D digital manufacturing technology to get their systems to the build phase much quicker than their competitors, eliminating a huge amount of retool time, saving up to 30 percent in tool design and reducing design changes by 65 percent.
