The gel phase in an unused battery acts the same as the shot in a Deadblow hammer; In a consumed battery, the gel phase has turned to solid…
If I was unemployed, wanted to work, and I saw the bullish numbers about manufacturing, I know what I would do.
There’s a lot of great manufacturing that’s taking place in this area,” Kevin Schlueter, Kalkaska Screw Products President & CEO, said. Employment prospects for PMPA member shops remains High with 96% of responding companies expecting employment prospects to remain the same or increase over the next three months.
“The August PMI® is led by the highest recorded New Orders Index since April 2004 when it registered 67.1 percent. At the same time, comments from the panel reflect a positive outlook mixed with caution over global geopolitical unrest.” It is a great time to be in Manufacturing.
The majority of defects encountered in steel bars in our shops are found on the surface. Internal defects can also be encountered, and centerline voids or “Pipe Steel” is one such internal defect.
The Precision Machining Industry continues to show solid sales in 2014. The PMPA Business Trends Index for July 2014 rose 3 points over last month (~2.5%) from 120 to 123. Up 8 points over July 2013. According to the Fed, Industrial Production (IP) for July was up 0.4% and Factory Output was up 1%. Our index out-performed these Fed Benchmarks….
By the time the heat gets to your hands and is too hot to hold, you have already lost the temper on the edge being ground. If you then put it in water to cool it down, depending on the material grade, the water quench is likely to help form untempered martensite, a very brittle microstructure.
If you need gloves to hold the work being ground because it is too hot for your fingers, it may be approaching the danger zone regarding loss of mechanical properties and function in end use. More tips for safe grinding without gloves.
6 reasons not to wear gloves while working on grinders and grinding machines:
•Amputations
•General duty of employer to provide a workplace free of recognized hazards
•Gloves can catch on rotating equipment and pull operators hands into the equipment
•Rotation of grinding wheels is at high RPM’s
•Operator cannot get hand out of glove when it catches
•Equipment horsepower and machine material properties exceed those of the operators flesh
In a resounding victory for actual manufacturers- the people that make things- the OMB reported today that the proposal to create a “Factoryless Goods Producer’ classification for the NAICS 2017 has been withdrawn. PMPA has been on the forefront of challenging the classification which would have created a class of phantom manufactures that did not…