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Nilfisk CFM Enters Supplier Agreement with Grainger
Nilfisk CFM (Malvern, PA), the world?s leading industrial vacuum manufacturer, has entered into a supplier agreement with W. W. Grainger, Inc. (Lake Forest, IL), a national distributor of facility maintenance products. More than a dozen Nilfisk and Nilfisk CFM vacuum…
Simonds Purchases the Assets of Pacific Hoe
Simonds International (Fitchburg, MA), a leading provider of industrial cutting tools, announced an agreement to acquire the assets of the Wood Products Division of Pacific Hoe. The Simonds wood operations will be greatly enhanced by the addition of the Pacific…
Yoder Celebrates 100th Anniversary
Shortly after the turn of the century, Carl M. Yoder became interested in the problems confronting the automotive industry. The automobile industry was in its infancy then. Henry Ford was experimenting and perfecting his invention, Walter Chrysler was busy solving…
BEWARE OF 'INTEXTICATED' WORKERS
Teresa Long of the Institute of WorkComp Professionals explains how the proliferation of personal technology devices ? predominantly cell phones, Blackberrys and iPods ? now infiltrate work life as well as leisure time and are impacting job safety, a not-so-good vibration being felt, literally, from coast to coast.
INNOVATIONS IN LASER CUTTING AND WELDING
On display: Here are some new tools that could help reduce your costs and make your laser cutting and welding operations more competitive.
EXPERT TIPS, NOZZLES, GUNS AND MORE
On display: New tools that could help reduce your costs and make your welding operations more competitive.
ROLL-FORMER/LASER-WELDER IMPROVES PRODUCTION BY 20 PERCENT
Eberspaecher NA operates a unique laser-welding short-tube production cell from Weil Engineering North America that uses Siemens controls and is a showcase of advanced technologies.
HOW TO KEEP OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES FROM IMPACTING YOUR WORKER COMPENSATION COSTS
Occupational disease costs employers a bundle in compensation benefits, loss of production, and paperwork nightmare. Yet for all the ways it impacts the system, some employers still don’t fully understand what it is, how it differs from a standard claim, or how it affects an employer. Teresa Long of the Institute of WorkComp Professionals looks at the ways to avoid having occupational diseases drive up your costs.
INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR ACTUATORS (Part Two)
HaydonKerk Motion Solutions concludes this two-part series with a technical explanation of how to accurately size a linear actuator.
A NEW MODULAR SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE CMMs
The Future Is Now: This unique technology from AICON 3D Systems GmbH allows the user to combine the sensor, probe and computer with the appropriate software to meet the exact requirements of a measurement task.
REINCARNATING A MONSTER
This enormous DEA gantry CMM was overhauled by Xspect Solutions for SES, a Department of Defense supplier that saved nearly 70 percent when compared against the cost of a new machine.
SLURRY IS NO WORRY
Custom dedicated milling fixtures from Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. solve multiple machining challenges that faced Weir Minerals North America on 5,000 lb slurry pump housings, including a 50 percent reduction of setup time.
