The short answer is Yes, it can work but the key to CEA or Controlled Environment Agriculture is not in the equipment or technology but necessitates a deep understanding of various scientific, environmental and horticultural factors. Jim Schroeder of Alta CEA explains too many CEA companies sell their equipment and leave it up to the owners to figure out how to make it work. You need to educate people to think like a horticulturalist to not only get all the conditions set up properly but how to monitor, maintain and adjust for continual successful harvests. This Podcast will explain what you need to know and do to be successful with CEA and Indoor Vertical Farming.

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How do different alloys affect the viscosity and characteristics of zinc and how does that affect the design process as well as the final product? To help us better understand zinc alloys and fluidity, we have Dave Magner, director of Sales and Marketing at Deco Products Company, a zinc diecasting company, to help discuss the various zinc alloys and how they determine the design and the final product in zinc diecasting.

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Organization is an essential component of efficient warehouse operations. Prioritizing warehouse organization, storage, and safety will not only optimize your operations, but positively impact your bottom line. Portable Stack Racks can help achieve these goals by providing a cost-effective storage solution that can streamline processes, increase inventory organization, optimize storage space, and are ideal for tight warehouse storage areas, especially if your warehouse needs to change the configuration quickly or often.

We spoke with John Nelson, owner of NSMC Steel Racks to help us better understand how stacking racks can improve a manufacturing or warehouse organization of this episode of the manufacturing experts.

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Have you ever heard of a beam saw? If you own or work in a manufacturing facility you might want to learn about this saw if you want to increase your cutting capacity and speed. A beam saw is an industrial saw with motorized circular blade that is mounted on a horizontal arm guided by a set of rails that can perform a high volume of straight cuts on a wide range of materials .

These machines have high powered motors and crosscut saws that are perfect for cutting wood, metal, aluminum, steel and other kinds of materials.

But what should you look for in a beam saw? What type of blade should you use? We are going to ask our guest Dave Brown a customer service representative from The Original Saw Company, the only US manufacturer of beam saws.

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Solar Powered Grow Lights – How manufacturers join to create an indoor grow light innovation.

Commercial indoor growing has significantly increased in the past few years, the Challenge to growers is finding suitable grow lighting that offers intensity and broad-spectrum light to enable strong a productive growth for their plants. On the other hand, the lighting needs to be affordable both in the initial cost of the lights and fixtures as well as  the energy costs for operations. 

The challenges get bigger as traditional HPS (high pressure sodium) lights are being phased out or banned due to high energy costs. LED and Solar Power offer great potential but until now no single company has been able to connect the two technologies into one simple solution. 

This is our manufacturing innovation episode. One company Grow Solar band from Biz-Reps has jointly created just such a solution by using two manufacturing companies to create a line of 100% solar powered grow lights for a variety of plants. We spoke with Tim Woods, of Grow Solar and Biz-Reps to discuss just how this solution will change the indoor growing business and how the technology works.

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Up until the 1990s the majority of medicines and supplements were manufactured in the United States. By the late 1990’w most were “outsourced” to China. It was done to reduce prices, not for the consumer but rather reduce manufacturing costs to increase corporate profits. 

This has led to a reduction in quality ingredients, reduced health effects and damage to the reputation of the supplement industry. But is has far reaching effects, the money spent on foreign made supplements supports countries with little to no worker safety regulations as well as horrific environmental practices that most consumers are not unaware. 

Our guest today is David Kramer, plant manager of Sioux Biochemical, manufacturer of SB Edge Type 2 Collagen Supplements. David will help us through the differences and explain how US manufactured products are not only superior to foreign but how some foreign products may do more harm than good.

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Moving materials and products in a manufacturing operation is a big challenge, including potential issues of material damage, ergonomics, workforce safety and productivity. A new system of powered casters emerged in 2020 to help improve material handling. We have the opportunity of talking with Rob Jorden from Blickle USA Wheels and Casters and Scott Smith from Barron Equipment Company to talk about the Ergomove system and how ergonomics can significantly improve operations.

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