The New Spinning Log Welder: Realize your ROI in Just Months, No Matter How You Do the Math

Does Granco Clark’s new Spinning Log Welder increase your yield 1% - 2%? Or does it reduce your scrap rate 1% - 2%? Or can it reduce your scrap 25% - 50%? The answer is yes, yes, and it could—to each of the above. It’s all a matter of how you do the math. Read More

A Review of Papers Presented at the Ninth International Extrusion Technology Seminar, ET’08 – Part III

by Roger A.P. Fielding, Benchmarks

In this third installment in his series of articles reviewing the teachings presented at ET ’08, Roger Fielding highlights papers reviewing the key issues related to maximizing the productivity of extrusion presses. Read more.

You Might Be Surprised at What We Find on Regular Preventive Maintenance Inspections

Visual representation of an inspection of an aluminum extrusion line

By all appearances it might look like everything on your aluminum extrusion line is working okay, but you just might be surprised by what we find on regular furnace and extrusion system preventive maintenance inspections. So often, systems are indeed functioning, but not always at optimum efficiency and it’s costing you money you may not even know you’re losing. Read more.

Design Automation is Making Engineer-to-Order Manufacturing More Efficient

While design automation software like SolidWorks has been making product design tremendously more efficient for some time now, the technology continues to evolve, introducing exciting design process improvements. For manufacturers of complex engineer-to-order products, like Granco Clark, the relatively recent integration of DriveWorks technology embedded into the latest versions of SolidWorks has been a particularly significant enhancement—generating new design efficiencies and greatly reducing lead times. Read more.

President's Message

by Larry Difatta

What Should You Be Doing Now to Prepare for the Recovery?

Short Profiles

Short Profiles presents brief highlights including Granco Clark’s latest news, special announcements, new installations, event and trade show information, Granco Clark people in the news, and more. Read more.