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Soft Skills Prove a Sharp Edge in Plastics Manufacturing

Modern Machine Shop

This is a far cry from its previous facilities, the 5,600-square foot shop Matt Danford wrote about in 2016 and the 1,000-square foot garage-and-basement combination Peter Zelinski wrote about in 2008. All photos by Modern Machine Shop. This range of clients has helped the shop weather downturns in any one market.

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Airgas’ Sustainable Welding Innovations Improve Quality, Productivity and Efficiency

Fabricating & Metal Work

While we strive to put as many talented workers as possible in jobs within manufacturing, we also enable customers to do more with less, at higher quality and shorter lead times,” Williams noted. For example, the BotX cobot welding system, jointly developed by Red-D-Arc and Airgas, simplifies and streamlines welding operations.

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Becoming a More Efficient Shop With the Right Processes and Software

Modern Machine Shop

In order to get approved for use at destinations like Yosemite, these canisters must undergo testing that includes a trial where live bears are given a certain amount of time to break into a canister. Parts for a line of these canisters are manufactured at Above All CNC , a Goleta, California, machine shop founded in 2016.