Marlin Steel Blog

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

4 Products a Laser Cutting Metal Machine Can Produce

Metal-cutting lasers are incredibly useful tools for Marlin’s production team—largely because they can make micrometer-precise cuts in sheet metal of varying thicknesses without causing excessive distortion at the site of the cut.

Making Stainless Steel Diamond Wire Hooks for Plating Work

When a Latin American-based manufacturer of high-tech imaging equipment reached out to Marlin Steel for a custom wire hook to use in its electroplating process for the manufacture of night vision and thermal imaging equipment, Marlin’s degreed

How to Keep Track of Your Different Custom Wire Baskets

Here’s a common scenario that many manufacturers have had to contend with at one time or another: It’s another day on the manufacturing line, and all of a sudden, a basket full of parts comes out of your washing process and the

Marlin Steel at the National Small Business Exporters Summit

Each year, NASBITE International hosts a summit for national small business exporters where they can share best practices and the lessons they’ve learned. By engaging in this dialogue, manufacturers can broaden their knowledge and help one another

Taking a Quick Look at Different Types of Welding Processes

Welding is a key process in the creation of almost any custom steel wire or sheet metal form—from the smallest trays to the biggest stainless steel carts. When most

Improving Automotive Ultrasonic Cleaning Baskets

Automotive parts cleaning processes can vary wildly from one part to the next. For example, some parts used in the automotive industry are large and

5 Advantages of Using PVDF Coatings for Stainless Steel

Polyvinylidene Fluoride, or PVDF, is a type of thermoplastic fluoropolymer characterized by its low density, high temperature resistance (for a plastic), and low thermal conductivity. Like

Custom Basket FAQs: What is the Melting Point of Inconel 625®?

There are a number of manufacturing processes used in different industries that rely on extremely high temperatures to achieve a specific goal—whether that