The Fabricator - November 2013

Anderson-Crane has installed a waterjet cutting system
at its Litchfield, Minn., fabrication facility manufactured
by Jet Edge Inc., St. Michael, Minn. Bringing waterjet cut-
ting in-house, the company now can cut complex, fin-
ished-quality parts from almost any material,
;e midrail gantry system features an 8- by 13-ft. work
envelope and SigmaNEST® Companion CAD/CAM nest-
ing software. It is powered by a 60,000-PSI, 50-HP Jet
Edge iP60-50 waterjet intensifier pump and has an Ebbco
closed-loop water filtration and chilling system.

Anderson-Crane manufactures material handling equipment, including screw conveyors, screw feeders, and bucket elevators, as well as hoppers, bins, and gates. ;e company also operates as a local job shop, building structural equipment for local businesses and molds for the plastics industry.

Steel Fab to invest $1.5 million in Virginia steel manufacturing operation

Steel Fab has announced plans to establish a pressure tank production operation in Lebanon, Va. ;e $1.5 million project will create 50 new jobs and save 240 jobs.

Steel Fab is a division of the Samuel Pressure Vessel Group of Wisconsin, part of the parent company Samuel Son & Co. Ltd., Mississauga, Ont. Samuel, a family-owned metals processor and distributor, operates service center and manufacturing networks that supply products and parts nationwide.

;e location allows Steel Fab to organize its production in one facility and expand its product line into larger pressure vessel tanks.

Axis Pipe and Tube begins construction on new plant

Axis Pipe and Tube Inc., a division of ;e Prolamsa Group, has broken ground in Bryan, Texas, for a new pipe and tube facility. ;e company will invest more than $150 million in the new plant.

By mid-2014, the 183-acre facility will produce more than 300,000 tons annually of ERW energy tubular products in diameters up to 16 in., with wall thicknesses up to 0.625 in., for the oil and natural gas industries. ;e plant will have a slitting line, mill, finishing floor, and heat treatment facilities, with capabilities for producing a variety of API grades. It is expected to employ more than 285 people at full capacity.

Waukesha Metal Products receives Seven Seals Award

Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a volunteer agency of the U.S. Dept. of Defense, has presented the Seven Seals Award to Waukesha® Metal Products, a metal forming manufacturer in Sussex, Wis. ;e award recognizes the company’s ongoing support of the men and women who serve in the U.S. armed forces.

;e national award, which honors significant achievement and initiative, bears the emblems of the seven Reserve Components. It reads in part: “For meritorious leadership and initiative in support of the men and women who serve America in the National Guard and Reserve.”