Parts of a Window
Most people visualize a window as being comprised of a frame and the glass, but that’s just the beginning of the list when it comes to the parts of a window. Understanding how windows are built and the different parts…
How to Make Insulated Glass Units: Part 2
As we learned in part 1, the major manufacturing steps involved in for building insulated glass units includes glass cutting, creating the IG unit, gas filling, glazing and packaging. Glazing Once the frame and glass units arrive at the glazing…
How to Make Insulated Glass Units: Part 1
Insulated glass (IG) is a combination of two or more sheets of glass spaced apart with a spacer bar and sealed to form a single unit with one or more air spaces in between. It is commonly called double pane…
Heat Illness Prevention: New Federal Heat Standard
On October 27, 2021, OSHA initiated rulemaking with the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on heat illness prevention in outdoor and indoor work settings. Record-breaking heat across the US this past summer endangered millions of workers across all areas…
Is Your Machine Safety Program Outdated?
To ensure worker safety, organizations rely on machine safety programs. These plans should address OSHA regulations, provide clearly written procedures and cover employee training on equipment. In our experience, these plans are often written once and then relegated to a…
Global Supply Chain Breakdown: What is the Cause and When Will it End?
The Effects on Businesses Across All Industries At this stage of the pandemic, we have all become accustomed to “covid delays” and shortages of basic supplies like toilet paper and cleaning products. What few of us anticipated in those early…
OSHA Material Handling Guidelines: Pushing, Pulling and Lifting
How much can your employees safely lift, push, or pull and are there any OSHA material handling guidelines that need to be followed? Our experts weigh in on the sometimes confusing guidelines and provide practical advice for locating potential employee…
Glass Seaming for Tempered Glass Manufacturing
An unseamed edge of a glass lite is susceptible to cracking while undergoing the glass tempering process. Those cracks can release small flakes that could also stick to your machines and damage other glass in the tempered glass production line,…
Section 179: Tax Savings Not To Miss in 2020
Every business has equipment, ranging from items as common as a laptop all the way up to sophisticated glass manufacturing machinery. Most businesses acquire some type of equipment throughout the year and tax laws, like Section 179, provide a way…
Wakefield Equipment Co-Hosts Webinar with TigerStop: How to Simply & Quickly Automate Your Fenestration Business
Cleveland, OH. – June 26, 2020 – Wakefield Equipment and TigerStop announce they will co-host a webinar, How to Simply and Quickly Automate your Fenestration Business. TigerStop is the global leader in stop gauge and material positioning systems and software.…