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LAI Intl. named Northrop Grumman preferred supplier for second year
- May 10, 2010
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LAI Intl. Inc., Los Angeles, a supplier of precision components and subassemblies for OEMs, has been honored by Northrop Grumman Corp. as a Platinum Source Preferred Supplier for quality control and on-time delivery of precision-manufactured airframe components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. It...
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Magnetic cross-belt conveyor's design protects it from tramp metal tears
- May 10, 2010
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Bunting® Magnetics Co. has developed a new design for its magnetic cross-belt conveyor product line. UHMW wings extend over the bottom side edges of the belt to protect it from tramp metal tears. This wing design seals the edge of the belt and keeps tramp metal from snapping to the side of...
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Pulsed Nd:YAG laser introduced
- May 10, 2010
- Laser Cutting
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Prima North America Inc., the North American subsidiary of Prima Industrie S.P.A., has introduced the Convergent Lasers CL-R pulsed Nd:YAG laser. According to the company, the laser is designed to be an in-place replacement for the JK704 lasers used by its customers. Users of earlier-model...
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TRUMPF names new sales managers
- May 10, 2010
- Laser Cutting
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TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has appointed two new managers in its sales division. Mike Morissette has been named sales finance manager for TRUMPF Finance in Farmington, and Chris McMillin replaces him as regional sales manager based in Arizona. Morissette helps customers finance their...
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Flying-optic CO2 laser cutting system has dual shuttle tables
- May 10, 2010
- Laser Cutting
- Product Release
Han-Kwang USA has introduced the FS8025, a flying-optic CO2 laser cutting system with dual shuttle tables, each measuring 26 ft. long by 8 ft. wide. Powered by a 2.5-, 4- or 6-kW Panasonic laser resonator, the machine is the only laser in the industry on which the cutting head can cover the...
Serpentine benders eliminate need to rotate material between bends
- May 10, 2010
- Bending and Forming
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Winton Machine has introduced SB series CNC serpentine tube benders for production use. They perform serpentine bending without the need to rotate the material between bends (R axis plane rotation). The user programs the bend angles, centerline radius, and straight lengths, and serpentine bending...
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SHRM LINE survey: More manufacturers adding to payrolls in May
- May 10, 2010
- Shop Management
- News Release
Hiring activity in the manufacturing sector will increase significantly in May compared with a year ago, according to the Society of Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey for May 2010. The 54.5 percent of manufacturers that will add jobs in...
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Bonding with adhesives
- By Jeff Chapman
- May 7, 2010
- Assembly and Joining
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Welding and fastening have long been the go-to methods for metal bonding applications, but are they always the best, most cost-effective methods? Maybe, maybe not. Adhesives are gaining in popularity, particularly for joining dissimilar materials.
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Selecting a cold saw to fit your requirements
- By Peter Haas
- May 7, 2010
- Sawing
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When it’s time to purchase a cold saw for your fabricating operation, how can you be sure that you’re choosing the right equipment? Knowing the questions to ask can help you make the appropriate selection.
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FABTECH 2010 coming to Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center
- May 6, 2010
- Shop Management
- News Release
The countdown to FABTECH 2010 is underway as the event returns to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, November 2-4, 2010. This represents the first time in four years that the show will take place in the Southeastern corridor, a region that continues to see growth and expansion in metal...
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Fabricating to the rescue yet again
- By Dan Davis
- May 5, 2010
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By now everyone has heard about the massive oil spill taking place in the Gulf of Mexico, a result of an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig April 20. If you haven't, you'll also be shocked to know that bell bottoms have come and gone out of style again and that Abe Vigoda is still alive ....
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Playing field could become even more precarious
- By Vicki Bell
- May 5, 2010
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
For the nearly eight years I’ve been asking fabricators about the state of metal manufacturing, many have expressed the opinion that a primary contributor to the decline in U.S. manufacturing is an unlevel playing field with China. In stating their opinions, these fabricators typically mention...
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We've come a long way, baby
- By Bill Bonow
- May 5, 2010
- Arc Welding
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The orbital welding process has seen significant advancements in electronic control technology that have helped open the door to a wider array of applications while making it more cost effective to use.
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Appliance stamper draws on magnetic die clamping to accelerate its uptime
- By Kate Bachman
- May 5, 2010
- Bending and Forming
- Article
In the home appliance industry, designs are constantly updating to meet consumer tastes and changing market demands. For the stamping supplier forming a new bracket for a new design, high production volumes necessitated tripling the number of shifts. But tripling the number of shifts increased labor costs, as well as utility and material delivery costs. The stamper decreased the labor hours to resume a single-shift operation by implementing quick die change and magnetic die clamping.
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Examining the X-factor
- By Keith Packard
- May 4, 2010
- Consumables
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The X-factor, also known as the Bruscato factor, is an important equation for anyone welding with chrome-moly steel. The equation will help you test your filler metals for levels of phosphorus, antimony, tin, and arsenic that could make a weldment susceptible to temper embrittlement.
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