Marlin Steel Blog

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

Join Marlin Steel at the NAM’s Charlotte Leadership Engagement Event!

In July of 2014, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) launched a series of panel discussion called the NAM Leadership Engagement Series. These panel discussions highlight the challenges that are facing American manufacturers in today’s

The Anatomy of Building Wire Baskets: From Vision to Reality

So, you want to know how Marlin Steel builds a better wire basket for parts washing and/or materials handling? What does it take to make the perfect basket to optimize your particular process?

Marlin Steel’s Secret Ingredients to Motivated, Productive Employees

There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “never buy a car built on a Monday or a Friday.” The root of this saying’s logic was founded in the belief that on Mondays, employees aren’t fully motivated to work, and on Fridays, they’re too

When are Perforated Sheet Metal Baskets Best?

Recently, we did a post about when wire mesh baskets would be best for your needs. Today, we’ll be tackling the question of when sheet metal fabrications

Making a Stackable Custom Parts Washing Basket for Fast Assembly

For many of our customers, a generic basket designed to be useful for a broad number of parts is not enough to meet their needs. From time to time, a basket needs to be designed to exacting specifications

Mind-Blowing Ways 3D Printing Can Change the Manufacturing Industry

The world of industrial manufacturing is going through one of the biggest changes it has seen since Henry Ford adopted the assembly line technique of optimizing production. This change has the potential to redefine the kinds of structuremarlins that

How 3D Printing Benefits Your Company

Technology has changed the manufacturing industry in amazing ways. Tasks that would once take a team of experienced metalworkers hours to complete, such as fusing two pieces of metal together, now take mere moments.

How to Minimize Burrs in Your Custom Metal Baskets

For many of Marlin Steel’s customers, burrs, sharps, and other deformities in custom metal baskets can be a huge problem. These kinds of deformities can increase the risk of damage to sensitive, no-scratch parts as well as