PRESS RELEASE: TRI TOOL, INC. OF RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIF. RECEIVES SAFETY AWARD OF MERIT FROM FABRICATORS & MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Posted by Tri Tool Date May 11, 2015 Category Press Release, Safety Focus

ROCKFORD, Ill., April 30, 2015 – Tri Tool, Inc. was recently chosen to receive a 2015 Safety Award of Merit from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA). Open to all FMA and Tube & Pipe International (TPA) company members, the FMA/CNA Annual Safety Awards recognize metal fabrication companies that adhere to...

Discover what is going on “Down Under” the world of Pipe Fabrication

Posted by Tri Tool Date April 10, 2015 Category Business Spotlight, News, Service Profile, Solution Profile

Tri Tool discusses the successful collaboration between and American precision machine tool and welding equipment manufacturer, and a leading New Zealand pipe fabrication company, a half a world away. Culham Engineering has been a long-standing user of Tri Tool cold cutting pipe beveling machines. With the introduction of the advanced...

Rebranding career tech jobs vital to growing workforce say Sacramento employers

Posted by Tri Tool Date March 25, 2015 Category Business Spotlight, News

March 17, 2015 by John Guenther When talking to employers in California and college chancellors, it’s clear that career tech jobs need a retooling of their image. At a workforce town hall in Sacramento yesterday, those in attendance stressed the old view of CTE jobs as “dirty”, low-pay jobs is...

Safer By Design

Posted by Tri Tool Date March 12, 2015 Category News, Safety Focus, Tri Tool Products

A manufacturer proves their commitment to safety in the products they design. Along with enhanced capabilities, processes, and intuitive control, today’s welding equipment must provide features that make working with mechanized equipment as safe as possible. When increased performance is achieved, while offering increased safety, you have the best of...

Innovative Machining and Welding Solution Results in Major Time and Cost Savings for Hydroelectric Plant Repairs

Posted by Tri Tool Date March 5, 2015 Category News, Service Profile, Solution Profile

New York Power Authority (NYPA), one of the country’s largest state public power organizations had a 50” metal shaft sleeve that had premature wear, horizontal grooving and cycle fatigue cracking at their Blenheim-Gilboa (B-G) Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant. The shaft is located at the base of Brown Mountain at subterranean...

Passion drives bottom-line results for key customer

Posted by Tri Tool Date February 23, 2015 Category Business Spotlight, News

Tool has been building performance in portable machining tools and orbital welding products since 1972, but did you know that we are building performance in our Rancho Cordova, CA facility as well. We have partnered with SMUD to help us reduce our energy costs as well as other solutions. Read...

TECH TIP: Determining Bit Position for Optimal Squaring Results

Posted by Tri Tool Date February 20, 2015 Category Tech Tip, Uncategorized

When using 300 Series squaring tools in preparation for welding high purity tubing systems, you can direct the burr away from the polished ID bore for a better autogenous weld joint. The way the tool bit is mounted in the bit holding slot can shift the .005” burr from the...

Safety Focus: Keep it Clean – and Safe

Posted by Tri Tool Date February 13, 2015 Category Safety Focus, Uncategorized

When considering workplace safety, most people utilizing portable machine tools think first about safe operation of the equipment. That’s completely logical. Any time someone is using a cutting tool with rotating or reciprocating elements that could produce pinch points, the operator must be ever vigilant to avoid hazardous contact with...

Tri Tool Implements Enhanced Customer Training Program

Posted by Tri Tool Date February 6, 2015 Category Business Spotlight, News, Uncategorized

Tri Tool’s customer training program was developed to provide a thorough education in Tri Tool machine tools and welding equipment as well as industry best practices for safe field operation and maintenance. Our qualified, highly skilled instructors have real world machining and welding experience in the field and shop settings....

When it comes to Orbital Welding, It’s time to Get with the Program!

Posted by Tri Tool Date January 23, 2015 Category News, Tri Tool Products, Uncategorized

Today’s advanced, intuitive and versatile programmability can deliver greatly increased efficiency with your orbital welding costs, training, cycle times, safety, and welding results. One of the distinct advantages of a modern mechanized welding system is the introduction of process control by built-in microprocessors and CPUs, the same chips that are...

The Challenge to Acceptance and Certification of New Welding Methods

Posted by Tri Tool Date January 9, 2015 Category Business Spotlight, News, Tri Tool Products, Uncategorized

We live in a remarkable time of constantly emerging technological advancements. There are many challenges to the acceptance and certification of mechanized welding methods that can vary widely between specific industries. Acceptance can be a subjective factor as in the case of the cliché “You can’t teach an old dog...

2015

Posted by kezamedia Date January 1, 2015 Category Tri Tool History

High Production CNC Counterbore Service With no manual pipe handling, the CNC Counterbore delivers unprecedented accuracy and superior finishes through a true seven axis CNC machining capability.

A conversation with Chuck Friedrichs of Tri Tool Inc.

Posted by Tri Tool Date December 17, 2014 Category Business Spotlight, News, Uncategorized

As vice president of domestic sales for Tri Tool Inc., Chuck Friedrichs combines his extensive field experience with leadership and business management to head the domestic sales team. BIC Magazine recently visited with Friedrichs to learn more about him, his experience and the services Tri Tool offers. BIC Magazine: What...

Don’t let them fool you; it’s good to be Square!

Posted by Tri Tool Date November 18, 2014 Category News, Uncategorized

Over the years, the phrase “to be square” has had negative connotations. In the world of orbital tube welding, nothing could be better. For autogenous butt-welding of high purity stainless tubing, the squareness of tube ends is critically important for reliably producing repeatable, accurate welds. “Squareness” is defined as a...

Welder shortage demands innovative solutions

Posted by Tri Tool Date November 10, 2014 Category News, Uncategorized

One of the unintentional consequences of the “Information Age” is an entire generation has preferred career paths in information and computer technology instead of traditional professions like welding and countless other trades. This cultural occupational shift has factored greatly into the critical shortage of skilled welders that number into hundreds...

Benefits of Multi-Process Mechanized Orbital Welding Systems

Posted by Tri Tool Date November 10, 2014 Category News, Uncategorized

In the industrial workplace, fully featured orbital welding systems are providing solutions that address issues such as a shortage of skilled workers; increased requirements for weld certification, growing the need for cost savings, and more.Orbital pipe welding provides numerous benefits over traditional methods that have been the mainstay of power...

PRESS RELEASE: Faster, Better, Safer

Posted by Tri Tool Date November 7, 2014 Category Press Release, Uncategorized

Tri Tool’s next generation clamshell lathe, the RBL-G2 was designed with safety in mind Rancho Cordova, CA – November 7, 2014 Tri Tool announces the new RBL-G2, the next generation in clamshell lathes. Designed to be faster, better and safer, the RBL-G2 is built for safety, performance and speed. Safety...

Get Maximum Bit life and Performance With Your Premium Tri Tool Bits

Posted by Tri Tool Date November 4, 2014 Category News, Uncategorized

Your purchase of high quality Tri Tool bits is the first step to ensuring that you produce excellent machining results each and every time. In addition to well-crafted bits, the manner and techniques of the use of the bits can make a significant difference. Factors such as surface cutting speed...

PRESS RELEASE: It’s not just about the prep

Posted by Tri Tool Date October 24, 2014 Category Press Release, Uncategorized

Tri Tool recognized with AWS 2014 Image of Welding Award Rancho Cordova, CA – October 20, 2014 Tri Tool has been recognized as a leading designer and manufacturer of quality portable machining products that prep the tube or pipe for welding for over 40 years. “For a company to design...

AWS, Scouts, and Businesses Cooperate in Community ADA Compliance Project

Posted by Tri Tool Date October 17, 2014 Category News, Uncategorized

A major public sports complex located in Folsom CA needed to improve access for the elderly and disabled members of the community who depend on the center for exercise and recreation. The dynamic sports complex boasts an indoor soccer field, two basketball courts, three indoor volleyball courts, four indoor batting...

Meet our largest PFM ever built.

Posted by Tri Tool Date October 8, 2014 Category News, Uncategorized

Fresh from assembly are two of Tri Tool’s largest PipeMASTER series of pipe facing machines. The PFM 4876 boasts a range of beveling, facing and counterboring from 48” all the way up to 76” inside diameter. Not only that, but it’s been engineered and manufactured with the same exacting standards...

2014

Posted by kezamedia Date October 6, 2014 Category Tri Tool History

Image of Welding Award Tri Tool was recognized with the prestigious Image of Welding award in the small business category by both the American Welding Society (AWS) and the Welding Equipment Manufacturers Committee (WEMCO).

Safe operation of portable machining equipment

Posted by Tri Tool Date September 29, 2014 Category Safety Focus, Uncategorized

By Pat Flippen Portable machining equipment is a very effective method to produce high-quality field machining results. Personnel safety on the jobsite is the highest-ranking factor when determining the ultimate success or failure of an individual project’s final performance metrics. Jobsite hazards should be identified and quantified for every phase...

Service Performance Profile: TVA – Sequoyah Nuclear

Posted by Tri Tool Date August 15, 2014 Category Service Profile, Uncategorized

Faced with an emergent need to replace a Reactor Coolant System primary check valve at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, TVA turned to Tri Tool to deliver quality services in an expedited time frame. During a recent refueling outage, replacement was required of a critical 6″ stainless-steel Reactor Coolant System primary...

Safety Focus: Special Project Safety Considerations When Working with On-Site Service Personnel

Posted by Tri Tool Date August 13, 2014 Category Safety Focus, Uncategorized

Tri Tool Services prides themselves with rapid, reliable response to customers’ on-site machining requirements. In certain instances however, OSHA safety requirements for personnel that operate portable (rotating) machine tools differ in significant ways from site specific safety plans and can cause unnecessary delays or prevent work from proceeding. Sometimes, well...

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