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How to Choose the Right Laser Cutting Technique

You know your products inside out, but you're a probably a bit hazier on how parts are made. If you need steel laser cut to make some parts, you may think you just need to hire a company to do the work. They then start talking to you about whether you want to use flatbed or rotary cutting. They want to know if you prefer vaporisation, flame or melt and blow techniques. If this all sounds like gobbledygook, then take a look around my blog. I'm aiming to demystify laser cutting procedures, so you can learn a little more about the ways your steel can be cut.

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The Advantages of Perspex Windows Over Ordinary Glass
If your industrial business deals with the manufacture of windows, then the regular supplies you may elect to use are annealed or laminated glass. But if you want an edge over your competition, you should consider branching out and including perspex into your industrial and manufacturing supplies. Perspex, also known as plexiglass, is just as transparent as glass. Thus, it works well in windows applications and offers a host of advantages that your clients will not enjoy from traditional glass.

Which Manufacturing Company Should You Choose?
Do you need metal fabrication services for your latest product? One of the most popular metals for manufacturing purposes is stainless steel. Stainless manufacturing is a great way to create versatile products for a range of industry sectors, yet few companies find it economically viable to invest in their own fabrication workshops. Unless you create a large number of products with a nonstop manufacturing line, it is more sensible to outsource your production facilities to a contract manufacturer.

How to Use Thermal Resistivity Testing Before You Sink Your Cables
If you want to develop an area for a new residential or commercial project, you need to investigate the suitability of the terrain and, specifically, the soil. This will help you determine whether you can install underground transmission cables or pipelines to help service your development within the existing soil or if you may have to modify the material for the purpose. To help you answer these questions, you should commission soil thermal resistivity testing.

Three reasons to use a commercial laser cutting machine
In a fast-paced, competitive business environment the most efficient way to manufacture your products is to use commercial laser cutting. It may be romantic to harbour dreams of a skilled craftsman carefully shaping each product using hand tools but in the modern world manual techniques are slow and error-prone, they simply do not allow you to compete on price with similar mass-produced products. Here are three reasons why you should use commercial laser cutting for your next production run.

Powder Coating: Thermoplastics and Its Different Subgroups
There is a myriad of finishes that are employed for processing and manufacturing. But over the years, powder coating has surpassed the popularity of wet paint due to the array of advantages that this finish offers. If you are determined to utilise powder coating for your processing and manufacturing applications, you need to note that there are two main types of finishes that you can choose from: thermoplastics and thermosets. While your choice will highly depend on your budget coupled with the complexity of the coating process, both are viable options.

Benefits of Upgrading Your Staircases With Custom Options
When you begin remodelling your home and your staircase, you may be looking at some upgrades. Though you can go with prefabricated staircase options that your contractor can install, there are some other options to consider. One of the options available to you is to go with custom staircases from your contractor. Here are some of the benefits to using a custom built service for your staircase upgrade. Custom Materials 

The Industrial Uses of Polyvinyl Chloride
A versatile type of thermoplastic, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is widely used for many industrial applications. It also has a number of uses in domestic and consumer situations where it is often made into products such as shower curtains or food containers. The plastic is often chosen ahead of other thermoplastics, such as polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene because it offers low levels of degradation over time. Since PVC is waterproof, too, it can be used both indoors and outside.

Which wooden pallet should you choose?
If you need to ship goods around the world in bulk, then you will probably want to use wooden pallets to safely transport your products. Transporting goods loose is more expensive, the items take up more space and the products are more prone to damage through excessive handling. For convenience, most courier services require you to use a pallet for bulk pick-up and deliveries, but how can you tell which type of wooden pallets are most suitable for your shipping needs?

The Many Industrial Applications of Pulleys
A form of technology that dates back to ancient times, pulleys were in use by Greek and Roman mariners centuries ago to help them gain mechanical advantages—raising up anchors or sails, for instance. In the early days, pulleys would take a simple block and tackle form which is still in evidence today on modern sailing yachts. That said, pulleys also have many industrial applications. Different types of steel, as well as lightweight materials such as aluminium alloys, are common for the manufacturing of industrial pulleys these days.

Why Powder Coating Is Superior to Wet Spray Painting
If you are planning to customise the finish of your product, whether it's anything from a car to a railing, you may be leaning toward painting the surface. And while the use of wet spray paint is the conventional method of adding colour to product surfaces, powder coating is steadily becoming the top choice for both residential and industrial applications alike. Powder coating is the process of applying pigments onto a surface electrostatically.