by Ben Wiley | Feb 12, 2020 | Aluminum Extrusion, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators, Uncategorized
Taking weight out of trailers reduces operating costs. Businesses that operate fleets of trailers certainly want that, but not if it comes at the cost of reduced strength and durability. So can these apparently conflicting goals be solved? Mick Jagger likes to tell...
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...
