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Clean, Don’t Dump
- By Sue Roberts
- Jun 15, 2015
- Metalworking
- Article
Monitoring, cleaning, and recycling metalworking fluids can reduce the amount of concentrate that needs to be purchased, save money on disposal, and increase the life of tools and sumps.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Strength is Built In
- By Sue Roberts
- Jun 4, 2015
- Made In Canada
- Article
The complexity of manufacturing processes at Degelman Industries Ltd., Regina, has kept up with the advancing complexities and evolving farm implement product lines.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Recipe for Lower Cost per Cut
- By Sue Roberts
- May 12, 2015
- Fabricating
- Article
The need to cut a challenging material or gain performance from a machine that is creating a bottleneck and needs to produce more parts can justify the additional cost of a coating.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Big—and Small—Parts Are Manufactured With a Little Carbon Footprint
- By Sue Roberts
- May 5, 2015
- Made In Canada
- Article
Veriform's 26,000-sq.-ft. facility produces parts for the mining, forestry, machine building, nuclear, energy, sports equipment, and medical furnishing industries as well as capital projects.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Mazak Optonics hosts 300 fabricators
- By Sue Roberts
- Apr 13, 2015
- Fabricating
- Article
Mazak Optonics Corp. welcomed over 300 guests during its two-day Laser Technology Days event in March. Nine laser cutting machines were displayed at the Elgin, Ill., center, along with various automation systems. The Optiplex 3015, a 4-kW Fiber laser with new Zeta 9 technology, was demonstrated...
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Giving Back
- By Sue Roberts
- Mar 6, 2015
- Made In Canada
- Article
The CWA Foundation has two goals: to increase welding safety awareness so those entering the profession learn and work in safe environments and to create a flow of future, qualified tradespeople to step into the positions left open by retiring welders.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Form-Fitting Bending Cells
- By Sue Roberts
- Feb 25, 2015
- Fabricating
- Article
Small parts with complex bends are being produced in integrated press brake cells specifically designed to work efficiently with small blanks.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Doing The Hard Work
- By Sue Roberts
- Feb 11, 2015
- Fabricating
- Article
Workhardening or change to the material properties can be a non-issue if the process is handled appropriately and the saw blade digs in to cut, not rub, the material.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Design Is an Obsession
- By Sue Roberts
- Feb 4, 2015
- Made In Canada
- Article
Concord, Ont., shop has increased marketing efforts, added new equipment, and adopted lean manufacturing practices to expand its retail fixture and display marketshare.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Potholes and Debris-Beware!
- By Sue Roberts
- Jan 5, 2015
- Made In Canada
- Article
Regina-based manufacturer is developing a new pothole patcher to meet regulations for oversea sales.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
DMG MORI Showcases Equipment in New Technology Centre in Mississauga
- By Sue Roberts
- Dec 11, 2014
- Management
- Article
DMG MORI welcomed 500 guests to its new 5,300-sq.-ft. Technology Centre in Mississauga, Ont. during its November open house event. Twelve machines, knowledgeable staff members, and displays from 15 suppliers provided an overview of how machine tool, software, and tooling advancements can increase...
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
It's In There
- By Sue Roberts
- Dec 5, 2014
- Fabricating
- Article
Technology tables to bridge software communications gaps and to complete complex computations have been developed to simplify both programming and operations of 3-D cutting.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Chipping Away at Wood Waste
- By Sue Roberts
- Dec 5, 2014
- Made In Canada
- Article
Brunette Machinery Co., Surrey, B.C., designs and builds hogs to grind waste for biomass recovery systems, debarkers, chippers, sweeps, and vibrating conveyors that process rejected wood materials into chips and pellets that can be used in the biomass industry.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
FABTECH 2014: Record-breaking Numbers of Exhibitors and Attendees
- By Sue Roberts
- Dec 1, 2014
- Management
- Article
FABTECH®, North America’s largest annual metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event was held in November at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. Co-sponsored by CIM’s educational affiliate, the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International (FMA), the show’s...
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Cutting up Is No Laughing Matter
- By Sue Roberts
- Nov 18, 2014
- Fabricating
- Article
An upward-trending construction market is calling for more cut-to-length aluminum profiles for the fenestration industry. Shops are creating their own aluminum blanks to feed machining processes. Aluminum components are replacing ferrous parts in a number of industries to reduce the weight...
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