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Changing Times, Changing Needs

I was doing some research on the Inflation Reduction act passed last year, and learned quite a bit about the focus of the law - from my perspective the general focus is to really get clean energy and sustainability back on the forward agenda through tax incentives and tax credits. There may be more to it than that, but in a nutshell if you are building a factory that uses sustainable building materials, or has a carbon neutral footprint, or puts energy back on the grid then there are funds available for you to claim. Manufacturing supply chains are being incentivized to consider deployment of green technology.

In this edition of Industrial Machinery Digest, we showcase Pipeline Plastics headquartered in Westlake, Texas. The rise of metal costs and the increased focus on sustainable material use are just two of the factors that have created serious growth opportunities in the HDPE plastic market. Pipeline Plastics is well positioned to take advantage of this growth. We talked with Mike Leathers, the President and CEO of Pipeline Plastics in our Manufacturing Showcase section this edition. Did you know that with the correct airspeed flowing over skin, you can impact the comfort level of a worker by 7 degrees, without changing the dry bulb temperature? That’s just one of the many ways that science and solution design for specific applications is playing a critical role in how Big ass Fans goes to market. In Talking Shop, we connected with andrew Koukis, GM of the Industrial Business Unit, and David Rose, Sr. Manager of the applications Engineering Group, to learn about how a fan can move up to 270,000 cubic feet per minute of air. yes, not a typo. Read the article, it is truly applicable to many of our thermal challenges not just in the upcoming summer season but also year round.

Industrial automation takes a look at automating deburring, while our maintenance section takes a look at an innovative approach to keeping hydraulic power units (HPUs) running longer with more reliability by submerging critical components in the oil reservoir.

In our Workforce Development section, Tri-Mation discusses the benefits of automation in a plastics assembly environment. Furthering the discussion with automation, we look at roadmapping your robotic initiatives in New Tech, and being more deliberate with your selection of robotic arms and spindles in Process.

One of the fantastic articles in our Industry Insight section is a piece from aerobotix on commercialization of defense technology, and how the requirement to commercialize is generally written into most defense contracts by the DoD.

We’ve curated our Industry News for you this time as we did last edition. It is very inspiring to see all the investment in new factories that is being generated by some of the funds going toward manufacturing (Inflation Reduction act, Chips and Science act for example). and you will notice this edition, as well as last, we have included “tags” so you know what the content represents to us that you are reading.

I hope you enjoy this edition. Let me know your thoughts - trey@indmacdig.com.

Keep building.