As a former competitive swimmer, I spent a lot of time in pools. When we weren’t swimming laps, we’d try to imitate what we saw the Olympic synchronized swimming ladies doing. None of us were very successful. The upcoming Olympics in London will have this as an event, it is always one I look forward […]
Oracle wins in RI, sometimes it is good to tack and change course…
As did many other Rhode Islanders this past weekend, I had the opportunity to witness an America’s Cup sailing race. Sunday was the final day of the America’s Cup World Series 2012 with a match race between the two Oracle Team USA boats. Local and global visitors lined the shore at Fort Adams State Park and even Larry […]
I’ll Have Another…Belmont, 10 Reasons Fishman®’s Customers are Saying, “I’ll Have Another”
When the first Fishman® linear drive dispense system was introduced in early 2000, manufacturers would routinely call Fishman® when they had a critical fluid assembly application that required the repeatability only an air free fluid dispenser could offer. Typically, they had run tests with every pneumatic fluid dispenser, and could not get what they needed. Invariably, Fishman®‘s LDS solved their repeatability problem and they purchased an LDS. As […]
The Magic of Fiber Optics…Right Up There with the ATM
No one gave a better perspective on the almost unimaginable way fiber optics work and how ubiquitous they have become than this fiber optic pioneer from Abilene TX; “they are like ATM machines, there is so much going on behind the curtain, that most of us don’t ask any questions about them. Few of us could ever have conceived of how easy, accurate […]
5 Ways AirFree® Fluid Dispensers Decrease Business Travel..
Today’s Process Design Engineers, Process Control Engineers, Operations and Quality Managers have global responsibilities. They are like the rest of us road warriors who travel for business. The first few business trips are enjoyable and a nice break in the work week routine. . This is especially true if you are; young, single, fly first class, stay at the Ritz, are traveling to the Caribbean, have an […]
Manufacturing Moneyball, Real Time Production Data for Assembly Processes, 9 Points of Commonality
I finally had a chance to watch the movie Moneyball. Fast forwarding from 2002 to 2012, now we have not just the data, but we have it in real time. Like so many sports teams today,our fluid dispenser manufacturing customers are increasingly collecting, analyzing and making important decisions using real time data. They use data directly generated from our equipment(click on […]
Welcome Elva
Fishman® Corporation would like to welcome a new member to our Quality Department, Elva Maloney. While living here in the Northeast Elva worked for the Bose Corporation for 11 years as both a Group Leader and a Quality Assurance Technician. Among her innumerable tasks and accomplishments was the direct supervision of assembly workers, meeting internal […]
Air Free, Footprints and Fingerprints for Sustainability
Eliminate Inappropriate Uses of Compressed (and in this election year, hot) Air! Approximately 70% of all manufacturers have a compressed air system. These systems power a variety of equipment, including machine tools, material handling and separation equipment, and spray-painting equipment. Compressed air is one of the most expensive uses of energy in a manufacturing plant. About […]
Dispensing Cyanoacrylates for Catheters,Golf Clubs,Cell Phones and you’ve got to be joking…
Originally when discussing the dispensing of cyanoacrylates, I was going to ask; what do a catheter, a golf club and a cell phone have in common. However, now I need to add one more “item”. Yesterday I heard on ESPN about the “instant cure” of wounds by hockey players from the Rangers and Capitals. There must have been a lot of […]
Fluid Dispensing for Manufacturing; Rosie the Riveter and Ben Franklin the Apprentice
We manufacture fluid dispensing equipment to manufacturers. What does US manufacturing really need to do to regain its’ prominence as the world’s greatest builder of products? Many believe that a big part of the solution lies our ability to increasingly attract trained, skilled, hard working employees like Rosie and Ben….. younger and older versions. As this short video on the 21st Century Manufacturing and […]