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SHEET METAL: SHAVING A PUNCHED WORKPIECE
Dr. Vukota Boljanovic examines the engineering of the shaving process and how it is used to clean holes in a blanked and punched workpiece.
A NEW THRESHOLD IN SURFACE FINISHING
Randy Pearson of Siemens Energy & Automation shows how unique approaches in CNC technology are making mold & die operations more productive while yielding significant improvements in surface quality.
AVOIDING COSTLY AND UNNECESSARY HIRING MISTAKES IN A DOWN ECONOMY
David A. Torres of the Employer Support Services Group explores the importance of communication in the legal aspects of hiring, managing and terminating workers at a time when workforces are getting leaner and every worker becomes increasingly valuable.
LESSONS FOR A POST RECESSION WORLD
No Return To Normal: Facing reduced revenues, manufacturers are struggling to find deeper cost cuts that will save them until the recovery. But if the automotive industry serves as an indicator of things to come, Mike Riley identifies some other lessons that every business might consider to prepare for a very different future.
October Industry Watch: People
People making recent headlines in the business of metalworking and fabricating.
October Industry Watch: Business
Recent activities and events in the business of metalworking and fabricating.
Westinghouse Subsidiary PaR Nuclear Completes Joint Venture With Hutchinson Manufacturing
Westinghouse Electric Company (Pittsburgh, PA) subsidiary PaR Nuclear, Inc. (Shoreview, MN) has partnered with Hutchinson Manufacturing (HMI; Hutchinson, MN) to form a joint venture company named NuCrane Manufacturing, LLC (NuCrane). NuCrane will fabricate, assemble and test specialty cranes for nuclear…
Art's Way Manufacturing Strengthens Senior Management Team
Art's Way Manufacturing, Inc. (Armstrong, IA), a leading manufacturer and distributor of niche agricultural machinery, equipment and services, is pleased to announce the company has hired Roger S. Murdock as director of sales & marketing. Murdock brings more than 30…
Advanced HSS Help Automakers Meet Proposed Stringent Fuel and Emissions Requirements
To help automakers meet stringent fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards recently proposed by President Barack Obama, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation, AISI's Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI) announced that it is developing stronger,…
Concord Steel, Inc. Files Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition
Stamford Industrial Group, Inc. (Stamford, CT) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Concord Steel, Inc. (Youngstown, OH), which constitutes substantially all of the company's assets, filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in…
Manufacturing Technology Producers Urge Swift Enactment of The Defense Production Act
U.S. manufacturing technology providers roundly applauded the recent passage of the Defense Production Act (DPA) reforms and reauthorization (S. 1677) in the Senate and urged the House of Representatives to move quickly to follow suit. ?America?s national security is threatened…
China's Wind Power Manufacturing Industry Excessively Over-Developed
Statistics show that China's accumulated installed wind power capacity in 2008 reached 12,200 megawatts (MW), which is twice that written in the country's 11th five-year plan, a national development plan covering 2006-10. According to research by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar…
