FABRICATORS MAKING TODAY’S SKYLINE POSSIBLE
NASCC 2003 RECAP:
Follow That Car!
100th PDL 24
Everyone knows that more than 95 percent of the structural steel produced in the U.S. is from recycled materials, right? Well just in case you weren’t a believer, this year’s NASCC (National Association Steel Construction Conference, sponsored by American Institute of Steel Construction, AISC) exhibit hall featured an audience participation event to emphasize the point. On Wednesday evening, a stripped-down late model Oldsmobile Achieva was brought to the exhibit hall, and conference attendees were invited to don safety goggles and take a swing at it with their choice of sledge hammers. Within hours, the car was transferred to a scrap yard (Davis Industries of Lorton, VA) for shredding. The car, which weighed about 2200 lbs. when it arrived at the shredder, netted about 1800 lbs. of steel for recycling. The shredded car fit nicely in a cardboard box about 4’ on each side.
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Peddinghaus Corporation presented a commemorative plaque to Mr. Patrick Liggett, Sr. Owner of Winter Welding Services, Inc., honoring his purchase of the 100th PDL 24 portable drill manufactured by Peddinghaus. John Britenbach of Metal Fab Equipment made the presentation to Mr. Liggett at Winter Welding’s state of the art shop in Baltimore, MD.
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Material Handling remains your KEY to shop efficiency. The next issue of the Steel Fab Review explores effective material handling in detail. We’ve visited Fabricators throughout the world, and will share their labor saving tips with you.
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