Marlin Steel Blog

The latest manufacturing trends and news for wire baskets, wire forming, wire racks, carts, metal bracket, sheet metal, and more.

Building a Better Workforce: Marlin Steel and Competency-Based Hiring

Marlin Steel is constantly working to improve its ability to make better custom wire forms and sheet metal fabrications that can meet increasingly tight production tolerances. To this end, Marlin frequently invests in new technology and tools to give

Acetal Vs. Delrin®: Which is Best for Materials Handling Baskets?

There are a lot of different materials out there that can be used for creating parts handling and washing baskets. When choosing a material for your own custom handling baskets, it’s important to consider all of the characteristics of that

Empowering Manufacturing with Custom Sheet Metal Forms

There are more uses for custom wire and sheet metal forms than parts washing and materials handling. While most of the orders Marlin gets are for stainless steel baskets, every now and again the manufacturing team is handed a different kind of

3 Things You Need to Know About Stainless Steel Wire Baskets

Manufacturers across the world have a need for specialized containers to hold their parts through different kinds of finishing processes, from simple wash cycles, to vapor degreasing, to heat treating, to ultrasonic cleaning and more.

Need to Stack with Existing Wire Baskets? Marlin’s Got You Covered

For many of Marlin’s customers, the baskets that they already have work just fine. However, for one reason or another, they cannot reorder more of the same from their previous manufacturer.

Comparing HDPE to Stainless Steel for Parts Washing Baskets

Marlin Steel’s manufacturing engineers field a variety of questions about how Marlin makes parts washing baskets. Recently, a client asked why Marlin specialized in creating custom stainless steel baskets rather than working with HDPE (High-Density

The Importance of Infrastructure to Manufacturing and the U.S. Economy

Every day, manufacturers transport their goods across the country. Whether it’s by truck, train, cargo ship, or even air, manufacturers and other businesses rely heavily on American infrastructure to carry out their business.

Mobile Wire Carts for Custom Manufacturing Applications

Many of Marlin Steel’s clients assume that Marlin’s manufacturing team can only produce small parts washing baskets. While crafting custom stainless steel parts washing baskets is Marlin’s specialty, there are a lot more custom metal forms that Marlin