Portable electric power tools
Metabo Corp. has published a
newsletter that provides details about
its newest portable electric power tools
and technological developments.
The four-page newsletter, titled
“Power Zone,” also contains the experiences of professionals using the tools
in the workplace, as well as industry
trends and information on other services available to tool users. The company intends to publish the newsletter four times a year.
The first edition provides a brief
company background and focuses on
its 6-in. grinders, the benefits of lithium-ion technology, the company’s
award-winning D-handle rotary hammer, and two new rotary hammers
that are lightest in their class.
Metabo Corp. | 800-638-2264 |
www.metabousa.com
Sheet metal software training
Sheet Metal Guy LLC has released its
third book, SolidsWorks for the Sheet
Metal Guy—Course 3: Unfolding,
written by Neil Bucalo and Joe
Bucalo. It explains the sheet metal
unfolding process of getting the correct flat-pattern layout.
Providing step-by-step instruction
in the use of the SolidWorks® 2007
sheet metal features, the book, available for a fee, explains how to set up
the software. It covers creating and
applying bend tables, material types,
gauge tables, setting up a k-factor
table, creating sheet metal parts from
scratch, importing flat patterns from
other CAD systems, and overriding
the default bend value and bend
radius.
Sheet Metal Guy LLC |
www.sheetmetalguy.com
Enter code FC427 at www.ffid.net
Enter code FC428 at www.ffid.net
Lifting, positioning equipment
A new brochure
from Southworth
Products Corp.
describes its line
of lifting and
posioning equipment. The color
literature shows
models in various product lines, such
as work positioning tables, special-use
lift tables, container tilters, pallet
handling equipment, and portable
lifts.
The brochure also contains information on custom lifts. These include
coil cars, vertical reciprocating conveyors, dock lifts, roll handling tables,
and container unloaders.
Southworth Products Corp. | 207-878-0700 |
www.southworthproducts.com
Safety products
Galeton has published a catalog featuring more than 250 styles of gloves
as well as other exclusive products to
help keep workers safe, comfortable,
and productive.
Among the new products offered
are insulated and waterproof Rough
Rider gloves to fend off cold and
water, exclusive MaxSport utility
gloves, and Sportster 180-degree protection glasses.
The 164-page catalog also offers
eyewear and face protection, footwear,
coats, parkas, respirators, hearing protection, hard hats, and first aid.
Galeton | 800-221-0570 |
www.galeton.com
The FABRICATOR | An FMA Publication
www.thefabricator.com | March 2007