Marlin Steel Blog

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

Marlin Steel Adds a Hydmech S-23A Automatic Pivot Style Band Saw

A core part of Marlin Steel’s mission to deliver “Quality, Engineered Quick®” is the integration of both advanced factory automation and the training of personnel who can make the most

Getting to Know the Different Coatings for Custom Wire Baskets & Racks

There are numerous applications where applying a specialized coating to a custom

Making an Inconel 625 Custom Wire Basket for Parts Annealing

Annealing is a metallurgical process wherein an object (typically metal or glass) is heated to a high temperature and then allowed to slowly cool. The process can be used for several different reasons, such as to soften a metal for cold working later,

Marlin Steel Celebrates 50 Years of All-American Manufacturing!

Marlin Steel was first formed in 1968. In its early years, the company specialized in manually creating custom wire forms for different clients and industries. In 1998, when Drew Greenblatt acquired the company and moved its operations to Baltimore,

Running a Finite Element Analysis of Wire Basket Load Bearing Capacity

For many major industrial parts handling/processing applications, the load bearing capacity of the baskets holding the parts is a major concern. If

Custom Passivation Baskets for Medical Instrument Cleaning

In many of the custom wire basket design requests that Marlin Steel processes, the clients need versatile baskets that can stand up to numerous

Creating a Robot-Friendly Custom Parts Washing Wire Basket

One of the biggest challenges in automating a manufacturing process is dealing with the various limitations of a given machine. Yes, machines can repeat a

Creating a Stacking Custom Wire Basket for Ultrasonic Cleaning

In a lot of the custom wire basket design requests that Marlin Steel receives from clients, stacking is a