The metal-processing industry faces several challenges affecting business profitability and sustainability.

Cook Induction partnered with Super Systems Inc. to implement a fully electronic SCADA package at its Nadcap-approved facility in Maywood, Calif., which offers heat-treating and brazing (induction, torch and furnace) services. “Having the ability to track and recall furnace data from our desks has made life so much easier,” said Troy Doolittle, Cook Induction’s quality manager. “The new system has improved our ability to stay on top of scheduling and production.”

Companies are trying to establish the new normal for working environments –
whether that involves work-from-home employees, creating safe work spaces on the shop floor or business interactions through voice and video conferencing.