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When you stepped into your role as president and CEO of NB Handy four years ago, did you already have experience with the inner workings of the HVAC industry?
Within five years, Kentuckiana Curb Co. in Louisville, Kentucky expects to add 400 jobs as part of a $50 million investment in a new facility, the Louisville Courier Journal reports.
Bill Bradford’s sheet metal career is the embodiment of the phrase “standing on the shoulders of giants.” Only, in this story, Bradford is one of the giants.
BILL BRADFORD IS A VETERAN OF THE SHEET METAL INDUSTRY IN MORE WAYS THAN MOST. Born and raised in North Side Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the city’s “Steel City” renaissance, Bradford graduated from high school June 1955 and immediately joined the Air Force that July. “I was 17 so my parents had to sign documents to get me in,” he remembers.
With good reason, Advance Cutting Systems named its newly released fiber laser the “Evolution.” In terms of cut quality, fiber lasers are considered “the next step in HVAC cutting” after high definition plasmas, explains Clint Ray Jr., national sales manager at Advance Cutting.
As recently as 40 years ago, the process of fabricating ductwork was incredibly time-consuming. Skilled tradesman known as “tin knockers” individually laid out each galvanized component using templates made of plywood, metal, or cardboard. They’d take a template and sketch out the location of parts on the raw steel before wielding hand and electric tin snips to cut the parts out.
Mestek Machinery’s ISM brand has a new website at www.ismmachinery.com. The site has the ductwork fabrication machinery company’s spiral, round and oval HVAC ductwork equipment and fittings, including specifications and videos in a redesigned mobile-friendly layout, the company said.
With a 2016 version 3 release, the Lockformer Vulcan CAM software program is now Trimble Fab Shop. The software application allows HVAC construction contractors and duct manufacturers worldwide to increase shop productivity, reduce waste and improve profits, officials say.
SPIDA — aka the Spiral Duct Manufacturers Association — is a nonprofit organization promoting the use of spiral-seamed round and flat-oval duct through research and education.