by Ben Wiley | Feb 13, 2019 | Future of Metal Fabrication, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Business, Manufacturing Technology, Uncategorized
Walk through our shop, (or take the Wiley Metal drone fly-by,) and you’ll see we’re a high variety, low volume operation. Yes, we take on longer runs but we’re not the kind of high-volume business that uses a lot of automation. It just doesn’t...
by Ben Wiley | Mar 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Wiley 60 Mfg Industry News 3_17
by Ben Wiley | Feb 27, 2017 | Aluminum Extrusion, Uncategorized
Designing is a bit like coaching a football team: everyone else has an opinion about your work. Well at the risk of joining the crowd of “helpers” we’d like to make a suggestion. For your next project, consider using aluminum extrusion to cut manufacturing costs and...
by Ben Wiley | Feb 20, 2017 | Uncategorized, Welding
In the metal fabrication industry, sparks are always flying…literally. Because these sparks, especially from welding, are so common in our workplace, we sometimes fail to recognize just how hazardous they can be. But sparks aren’t the only challenge to...
by Ben Wiley | Feb 15, 2017 | Aluminum Extrusion, Metal Fabrication, Uncategorized
Batman made up for his lack of superpowers with a pretty amazing utility belt. Stuffed with useful gadgets like bat binoculars and the batarang, it held everything he needed to fight villains in Gotham. Good thing it was lightweight otherwise it would’ve slowed...
by Ben Wiley | Jan 4, 2017 | Manufacturing Business, Metal Fabrication, Uncategorized
It is that season when individuals, and even companies, set their sights on New Year Goals. Many of us set individual goals that are health or weight related. That’s really not too different than the goals we should be setting for our manufacturing business. At...
