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World class fabricating: products
- Jun 11, 2011
- Metalworking
- Product Release
Amada With models varying in capacity from 55-600 tons, Amada’s new HD NT press brake series can handle a full range of applications in bend lengths from 79 to 276 in. (2000 to 7010 mm). This series features a Hybrid Drive system engineered for low energy consumption and requires less...
New funding for software, machine training
- Jun 10, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
TORONTO—The Ontario government is providing $900,000 in funding for advanced software training in the province’s machine, tool, die and mould manufacturers sector. The funding will help the Canadian Tooling & Machining Association (CTMA) provide computer-aided design and...
Super strong steel in 10 seconds
- Jun 10, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
Researchers at Ohio State University have confirmed that a new 10-second heat treatment invented by Detroit entrepreneur, Gary Cola, makes steel 7 percent stronger than martensitic advanced high-strength steel (AHSS). Trademarked as Flash Bainite, the new steel is also stronger and more...
Harper battles lobbyists on shipbuilding strategy
- Jun 10, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
OTTAWA—The Harper government wants companies vying for Canada’s $35-billion national shipbuilding procurement strategy to sign away their legal right to consult lobbyists, The Canadian Press has learned. Angry lobbyists have ignored government demands and continue to work for the...
World-class fabricating
- Jun 10, 2011
- Fabricating
- News Release
Ingenuity, opportunity and the ability to see beyond manufacturing restrictions has made Ray Turner and his Edmonton, AB, company, Lenmak Exterior Innovations Inc., a success story. Turner is a humble visionary who used his knowledge of equipment and his keen sense of research to turn his small...
A new turn for spinning
- Jun 10, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
Spinning is an established, well-known form of metalworking. It typically involves a mandrel rotating at high speeds, which is pressed into a metal blank. Simply put, it is the process of turning a single, flat piece of metal on a lathe around a pattern, which then allows the metal to form into a...
Masking techniques for metal finishing
- Jun 10, 2011
- Fabricating
- News Release
Masking is a mature finishing process, but there are some twists you can use to improve on masking techniques and reduce costs. Masking tapes have new pressure sensitive adhesives that release easily for better edge protection and ease of removal. The backbone of a successful masking tape is not...
Mum’s the word
- Jun 10, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
According to Ralph Kroman, a partner at the law firm WeirFoulds LLP, security measures will reduce the likelihood of hacking and other electronic intrusions; however, competitors often acquire confidential information such as customer lists through former employees of a business. If an employee...
Floor space
- Jun 10, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
“Traditionally, we always respected holidays such as Christmas and Easter weekends by closing and this tradition still holds true. There have been situations, however, that have caused us to bend those rules the last two or three years, mainly because of economic and market changes.”...
Is green just a dream?
- Jun 10, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
It’s difficult to argue against the green energy movement. Who doesn’t want to improve the environment and create a cleaner, healthier tomorrow for future generations? The green energy movement promises cleaner technologies that don’t generate toxic waste or consume finite natural...
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Economical, Efficient Cutting
- Jun 10, 2011
- Fabricating
- Article
Canadian Industrial Machinery asked Cincinnati Incorporated Marketing Manager Ed Bosse to describe the role the shear plays in fabrication shops. CIM: How has the use of shears changed as technology has evolved? Bosse: The shear business has definitely been affected by both laser sales and the...
Komet Opens Canadian Office
- Jun 10, 2011
- Management
- News Release
In January Komet of America opened its new Canadian subsidiary, Komet of Canada Tooling Solutions ULC, and tooling industry veteran David Toomey was named president. Until that time Toomey had been serving as the general manager of Seco Tools Canada. Before that he held sales management...
$15M for Quebec’s aerospace supply chain
- Jun 9, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
MONTREAL: A group of Québec aerospace companies have launched an initiative that will bring together and strengthen all the links in the industry’s supply chain to improve global performance. The MACH initiative, a $15 million dollar public-private collaboration over five years...
Ontario GDP growth to reach decade high
- Jun 9, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
TORONTO―Ontario’s GDP is going to expand 3.3 per cent this year― its highest growth rate in more than a decade, according to the latest outlook from RBC Economics. RBC expects Ontario will move beyond a full recovery and finally enter into economic expansion phase. It points to...
Ford finalizes $1.4 billion Russia venture
- Jun 9, 2011
- Metalworking
- News Release
DETROIT—Ford Motor Co. has struck a deal with Russian automaker Sollers to build and sell cars and other vehicles in Russia. The two companies have lined up $1.4 billion in long-term financing from Vnesheconombank, the Russian development bank, for the 50-50 joint venture called Ford Sollers....
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