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with a closed gusseted weld- ment for optimum stiffness and a minimal footprint. The 45,000-sq.-ft. Ann Arbor facil- ity supplies linear-motion modules, robot track motion units, gantry robots and more.
Awards
Stamper Recognized for Excellence in Quality
Tella Tool & Mfg. Co., Lombard, IL, has been named to the Quality Maga- zine Quality Leadership 100. The magazine evaluates companies on several crite- ria, including use continuous- improvement and internal- quality programs; contribution of quality to prof- itability and shareholder value; average number of hours spent on quality train-
ing; crap and rework as a percentage of sales; and warranty costs. Tella Tool pro- duces metal stampings, assemblies, fabricated-metal products and machined com- ponents from plants in Lom- bard and in Brownsville, TX.
Additive-Manufacturing Company Earns
Boeing Award
Fabrisonic LLC, Colum- bus, OH, has received a Boe- ing 2013 Performance Excel- lence Award for maintaining a Silver Composite Perform- ance rating for each month
of the 12-month period of October 2012 to September 2013. Fabrisonic, in only its second year of business, pro- vides equipment and servic- es related to ultrasonic addi- tive manufacturing for metals.
Agreements
Esab and Victor Technologies Under the Same Roof
Colfax Corp., a global manufacturing and engineer- ing company headquartered in Fulton, NJ, has agreed to acquire Victor Technologies Holdings, St. Louis, MO. The acquisition brings Victor, a manufacturer of welding and cutting products, under the same umbrella as Esab, Flo- rence, SC, also a member of the Colfax group of compa- nies and a supplier of weld- ing and cutting products.
Penn Stainless Allies with Lehigh to Connect Academia to Industry
Stainless-steel processor and distributor Penn Stain-
less Products, Quakertown, PA, and Lehigh University announced a collaborative effort to exchange technical information related to metal- lurgy and welding and form- ing of stainless steels and other duplex and nickel-based alloys. Lehigh students gain access to materials for research and experimenta- tion, processing capabilities and insights into the issues facing users of the materials. And, Penn Stainless gains access to Lehigh’s laboratory and testing facilities.
Internet
Marlin Steel Wire— From Bagels to Boeing
The Hitachi Foundation has produced an extremely informative and interesting
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Air Consumption (CPM)
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15 - 40 64
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