Posts in Category: Manufacturing

A Wood Pattern Maker Retired and How 3D Printing Saved the Day

Published in: Customer Success Stories, Manufacturing, 3D Printers

Latrobe Foundry has been a family-owned business since 1933, adding the 4th generation into the mix in 2014. The company manufactures threaded and flanged aluminum pipe fittings using plastic and wood patterns for a variety of industries, including agricultural, chemical, construction, and marine. With their first location in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, they have recently expanded out

How a Manufacturing App Made Businesses Re-Think How They Train Employees

Written by: Ken Postel

Published in: Manufacturing

Tags: tulip, industry 4.0

Reduce Training Time and Cost by Eliminating a “Training Buddy” through Self-Guided Training using a manufacturing app Quickly training seasonal workforces in groups Customize, Standardize, and Automate Training Workflow Learn what is Industry 4.0 and how it fits in manufacturing How We Train with Manufacturing Apps Today The Association for Talent Development conducted a national

How to Deal with Increased Raw Material Cost

Written by: Adam Fasnacht

Published in: Manufacturing, 3D Printers

Since last year, the United States imposed worldwide tariffs on steel and aluminum. This has caused increased raw material cost that is becoming a pain for manufacturing businesses. These companies not only rely on steel and aluminum to make the products that they sell, but also use these metals to make tools and fixtures to

3D Printing Fixtures with High-Performance Materials

Written by: Adam Fasnacht

Published in: Manufacturing, 3D Printers

If you manufacture parts or products, chances are your biggest problem is attracting and retaining a quality workforce. Machinists and tool and die makers are exceptionally hard to hire, as more people pursue universities instead of a trade school. This blog will explain how 3D printing fixtures ease skilled labor shortage pains. In our current

How do IoT Devices Improve Manufacturing?

Written by: Ken Postel

Published in: Manufacturing

You’ve probably heard the phrase “IoT” or “Internet of Things” thrown around in tech videos or at a conference, but do you know what IoT is? It’s an electro-mechanical device connecting to the internet to share data without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. I like to think of it as a device that takes in