Marlin Steel Blog

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

Make Moving Aircraft Engines Safer with Marlin Steel Circular Floats

USA Patent Number 10,286,943 European Patent Application No. 19 170 823.9

Fighting Intellectual Property Theft in the Trade Battle with China

As a manufacturer that is part of organizations like the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), Marlin Steel is dedicated to helping grow the American manufacturing industry. Marlin’s leadership believes that manufacturing is the key to growing

Creating a Flexible Custom Basket System Using Interchangeable Inserts

Many manufacturing companies have numerous product lines that they put through similar processes. However, many of these products have different shapes and sizes that make it difficult or

Picking Stainless Steel for High Temperature Applications

Improving Waterjet Machine Uptime with Custom Wire Baskets

Waterjet cutting machines are incredibly useful devices for shaping a variety of materials. They’re fast, highly-accurate cutting machines that can

Say Hello to Marlin’s New Lincoln MIG (GMAW) and TIG (GTAW) Welder!

Marlin’s investments in factory automation have helped us meet incredibly tight parts tolerances time and again over the last

Making Custom Stainless Steel Perforated Metal Baskets with Handles

A lot of the time on this blog, the primary subject is custom wire baskets for a variety of applications. However, sometimes, a wire basket might not be the best solution for a client’s needs. For example, in one recent

From Plastic Totes to Real Parts Handling Steel Baskets

On paper, a plastic tote basket sounds like a great solution for your parts handling needs—they’re cheap, easy to make, and the softer plastics are often gentle on delicate parts. However,