The Fredericks Company will be closed starting on Thursday, November 25, 2021. We will reopen on Monday, November 29, 2021.
In this month’s issue of Heat Treat Today’s Aerospace Heat Treat magazine, there’s an article written by Shawn Orr, Technical Business Development Manager at Televac® – The Fredericks Company. The article talks about EthernetIP Communications and how EthernetIP is beneficial to the heat treat and vacuum furnace industry. The article also covers how to integrate […]
Interested in learning more about the individuals who help The Fredericks Company provide exceptional products and services to our customers? Welcome to our blog’s Employee Spotlight series! This series aims to give our readers a peek at Fredericks’ hard-working team to learn more about their roles at the company and their personalities. Today, we’re highlighting […]
Customizing the Televac® MX200 Vacuum Controller to your exact specifications can be time consuming and confusing if you’re designing a new system or retrofitting an old one. There are a lot of parts that need to be ordered; from the modules, sensors, types of calibration, and cables. Rather than making multiple phone calls or sending […]
[Update] On Friday, December 6, 2019, The Fredericks Company was invited to Temple University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania to attend the College of Engineering’s Senior Design Day. Heidi McKenna, President and Shawn Orr, Technical Business Development Manager met with the Temple students who designed and developed an integrated custom electronic tilt measurement sensor to monitor utility […]
To start off the Labor Day weekend, The Fredericks Company comes together to enjoy the end of summer with good food from Cafe Riviera and Rita’s Water Ice, live music from Joe Gonzalez, and friendly competition. For the past two-years, during the Labor Day Picnic, employees compete in several rounds of cornhole to win the […]
October 15 – 17, 2019 TCF Center, Detroit, Michigan Booth #2010 Televac is a proud sponsor of Heat Treat 2019 The Fredericks Company will be traveling to Detroit, Michigan at the newly renamed TCF Center (formerly Cobo Center) in Detroit, Michigan at Heat Treat 2019 to showcase our latest Televac vacuum measurement solutions. This year, […]
May 10, 2019 – The Fredericks Company was proud to have students from Mary McLeod Bethune School come visit and create a film for the 2019 What’s So Cool About Manufacturing? contest. Students talked with employees and learned about the manufacturing process and why they love it. See the video below:
The Customer A large manufacturer of RV leveling and room extension systems was in need of a new high accuracy dual axis tilt sensor for a hydraulic leveling system. They had been using an HL Planar sensor, but the company was bought and that particular part was rendered obsolete. Hydraulic leveling systems play a key […]
Terminology surrounding tilt sensors can be confusing, and some of the most common questions we hear are “what’s the difference between an accelerometer and an inclinometer?” and “can I use an accelerometer as a tilt sensor?”. TLDR: Accelerometers are sometimes used to measure tilt, but they are often unreliable (for tilt measurement) in end uses […]
October 9, 2018 – The Fredericks Company was proud to host PA State Senator Art Haywood (4th District) at our facility last month. The senator reached out through DVIRC and met with President and CEO Heidi McKenna, COO Andy Orr, along with technicians throughout the production plant, in an effort to better understand the opportunities […]