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Fraser Steel Helps Engineering Students Build Formula SAE Race Car
Fraser Steel (Albertville, MN) is contributing more than $12,000 in design, engineering and fabrication support to this year's University of Minnesota's Formula SAE® race car design team. The support reflects the company's commitment to developing engineering talent in Minnesota and…
Mitsubishi Announces WSM Technology Is New Ohio Dealer
MC Machinery Systems, Inc.. (Wood Dale, IL) announced that WSM Technology, Inc. is its newest dealer. The company will now represent Mitsubishi EDM, Mitsubishi Waterjet, Encore in northern Ohio, and Roku-Roku high-speed VMCs through all of Ohio. ?Partnering with WSM…
Jenoptik Opens Laser Application Center in Korea
Customers and interested parties in the areas of electronic, flat panel as well as photovoltaics and automotive can now test lasers and laser applications for their own production environments on site with their own materials and refine the processes together…
AST Bearings Seeks to Expand Via Acquisitions
AST Bearings, LLC (Montville, N.J), a leading supplier of miniature bearings, precision ball bearings and related products, announced that part of its continued growth strategy in 2010 is through the strategic acquisitions of other bearing supply companies. Company officials stated…
Alcan Engineered Products Opens R&D Capabilities to Third Parties
Alcan Engineered Products (Voreppe, France), a business unit of Rio Tinto, is opening the use of its cutting-edge research and development center dedicated to aluminum and its alloys to other companies. This leading European research and development center has gained…
American Axle & Manufacturing Establishes Plant in Pennsylvania
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (AAM; Detroit, MI) has established the Lancaster Manufacturing Facility in Lancaster, PA, approximately 75 miles west of Philadelphia. The 30,000 sq ft facility, which launched in January, expands AAM?s welding and bare spindle axle…
Danaher and Cooper Announce Joint Venture of Tool Businesses
Danaher Corporation (Washington, DC) and Cooper Industries (Houston, TX) have signed an agreement to combine certain operations of their respective tool manufacturing businesses in a joint venture to create a premier global business with leading brands, greater scale, and a…
AK Steel Coke Plant Recognized for Outstanding Safety Performance
AK Steel?s (West Chester, OH) Ashland, KY, coke plant has received the Max Eward Safety Award from the industry?s leading trade association, the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI). Employees at the plant worked the entire year of 2009…
JOINING EXOTIC METALS
Performance Paradox: Some of the new welding materials and technology in racecar fabrication push the envelope, where welds must hold 200-mph turns, high G-forces and collision impacts to protect drivers’ lives.
AN EDUCATION IN WELDING FUME EXTRACTION
Fume extraction is only one component of reducing welding fume, along with the selection of the welding process, welding procedure and consumable. Here’s why a combination of fume extraction, training, process change and/or consumable change may be needed to reduce the amount of fume to acceptable levels.
SUBARC WELDING TRACTOR
The self-propelled four-wheel drive A2 Multitrac subarc welding tractor meets a wide range of application needs in harsh environments.
FRICTION STIR WELDING SYSTEM FOR HIGH-MELTING TEMPERATURE MATERIALS
This new technology includes a pipe welder with a special spindle head and pipe clamp to hold the pipe in place and weld together pieces of pipe in a single pass.
