In mid-May, “Rotational Molding Magazine” visited Rush River Steel, a rotomolding workshop in Henderson, Minnesota. Before entering the industry 8 years ago, community-based owners mainly relied on animal husbandry and a metal processing shop as their main income. Manager Jacob Wollman (Jacob Wollman) shared some thoughts on the transition to the roll forming business.
Past life” Wolfman said: “There is a saying in our community that livestock is a kind of’work to live to a full life’. “When you get down to the pig house with livestock, it is a living job. You can’t skip it. It keeps calling you.” You can’t just leave your job and leave.
Tuff-Rib is the company’s most popular panel, accounting for about 70% of sales. Rush River Steel Photos
He said: “The roll forming business is similar to it.” The incoming call, the customers at the door, and the constant advertising, this is absolutely your responsibility, or you will die. You must be here on the phone, you must place these orders, and customers are waiting for you. Roll forming is a great, neat business for us, but like everything, it takes a long time and a lot of hard work. ”
Advice on business development, Wollman said, Rush River’s business philosophy is very simple: “Fair trade, fair trade. Pay your bill. Use or invest. Repeat. Everyone is happy!”
The community of Wollman, the metalworking industry that has previously relied on extending service life, is often dirty work; in contrast, roll forming is very clean.
“If you visit our shop, you will immediately see a clean environment in our work area and pleasant workplace. This is not only because of a responsible and caring team, but also compared to metal factories, roll forming is A clean environment, in a metal factory, you have to have grinders, welders, laser cutting machines and other work in progress,” he said.
Regarding maintenance, “rolling racks are usually not damaged. If you know what you are doing, their maintenance costs are actually not very high. Yes, if you make stupid mistakes (and usually end up stupid mistakes), The machine can be destroyed, and the mold can be collapsed (four layers of steel are transported through the machine at a time, thereby damaging the chrome plating).” Wollman encourages business owners to make full use of the technical consultants of their machine manufacturers. “They encourage us, there is no stupid question, just call. Cameron Wollman is our bending machine technician, and he often talks with them. The phone call he makes is no problem. Has become their good friend.”
Post time: Feb-26-2021