2019-03-16 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Manufacturing employment, compensation, recruiting difficulty down
The current SHRM/Rutgers LINE® survey indicates that employment expectations for December 2007 have dropped in the manufacturing sector. New-hire compensation is lower than it was a year ago. The ...
2019-03-16 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on JETCAM, HPm announce partnership
JETCAM Intl., Monaco, a producer of CAD/CAM software, and HPm Italy, Cavriglia, Italy, a manufacturer of plasma cutting systems and hydraulic press brakes, announced a partnership to offer HPm plasma ...
2019-03-16 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on MTC Software expands Asia-Pacific operation
MTC Software Inc., Lockport, N.Y., a developer of software for CNC sheet and plate cutting, has opened a sales and applications support facility in Singapore. Working closely with the company’s ...
2019-03-15 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Plasma cutting system improves electrode life, cutting quality
Kaliburn has announced the expansion of its Spirit product line to include 150a and 200a models. The new systems—one a 150-amp model, the other a 200-amp—are automated high-definition plas...
2019-03-15 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, wil...
2019-03-15 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Making solid delivery and storage choices for assist gases in CO2 laser cutting
By David Bell, Contributing Writer How you store and deliver assist gases to your laser cutting system is of critical importance to the effectiveness of your whole fabricating operation. The use of CO...
2019-03-15 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Achieving efficiency with occasional high-pressure, high-flow nitrogen use
The economics of choosing the right mode for your laser By Richard Green Several modes of nitrogen assist gas supply exist, but with choice comes the potential of saddling your business with overhead ...
2019-03-14 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on MTC Software expands Asia-Pacific operation
MTC Software Inc., Lockport, N.Y., a developer of software for CNC sheet and plate cutting, has opened a sales and applications support facility in Singapore. Working closely with the company’s ...
2019-03-14 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Laser Mechanisms restructures senior management
Laser Mechanisms Inc., Farmington Hills, Mich., has named Mark Taggart as managing director of North American operations and Glenn Golightly as managing director of Pacific Rim operations. Taggart is ...
2019-03-14 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Laser cutting with less labor and less hassle
Machine automation and software help IMS keep the laser running and customers coming back By Dan Davis, Executive Editor Can a four-man job shop keep up with the demands of its manufacturing customers...
2019-03-13 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, will retur...
2019-03-13 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on JETCAM, HPm announce partnership
JETCAM Intl., Monaco, a producer of CAD/CAM software, and HPm Italy, Cavriglia, Italy, a manufacturer of plasma cutting systems and hydraulic press brakes, announced a partnership to offer HPm plasma ...
2019-03-13 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on LVD launches global branding initiative
LVD Co. n.v., Gullegem, Belgium, has launched a global branding initiative designed to unite all of the company’s sales subsidiaries and products under the LVD brand name and the baseline "...
2019-03-12 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on MTC Software expands Asia-Pacific operation
MTC Software Inc., Lockport, N.Y., a developer of software for CNC sheet and plate cutting, has opened a sales and applications support facility in Singapore. Working closely with the company’s ...
2019-03-12 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Eagle supplies pipe bending equipment for nuclear application
Eagle Precision Technologies Ltd., Brantford, Ont., a designer and manufacturer of tube bending and end forming products, recently supplied equipment for a nuclear application. The company provided a ...
2019-03-12 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Taking the danger out of bottom bending
V-die selection for press brakes By Steven D. Benson It is all too easy to ruin a tool or upset a ram if bottom bending is done incorrectly, which is why many manufacturers do not recommend bottom ben...
2019-03-11 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Replacing rivets
Vehicle body manufacturer switches to adhesives By Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer Supreme Corp. prides itself on producing general-purpose and custom vehicle bodies for its customers, which in...
2019-03-11 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Joining metal with adhesives
Advantages, applications, and precautions By Patrick Courtney Adhesives offer several advantages that make them an attractive alternative to mechanical fastening or thermal joining, such as welding, s...
2019-03-11 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Structural adhesives form strong bond with signage
10 questions about joining metal to metal, metal to plastics By Scott Miller Sign-makers have long sought a way to improve durability and aesthetics and reduce the labor-intensive steps associated wit...
2019-03-10 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Brown’s bag attack is ‘greenwash’, says Pafa’s Tyson
Views fly in face of scientific evidence from within government. 23 November 2007 – The UK prime minister Gordon Brown ignored scientific facts accepted by members of his own government d...
