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DeWalt XP Event: NASCAR and Nail Guns

Jun 6, 2015
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    Welcome to DeWalt

    The front entrance to DeWalt's Charlotte, N.C. facility.

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    Room to Build

    An overview of the manufacturing floor carved out of storage space in DeWalt's  Charlotte, N.C. facility.

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    Looking for the Ark

    Belying the building's original (and mostly ongoing) purpose as a storage and distribution facility, the Charlotte manufacturing floor is flanked storage shelving. This ensures that vehicles operate well away from workers. For worker safety, no loaders or other vehicles are allowed on the manufacturing floor.

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    Sticker Up

    DeWalt NASCAR team members apply the DeWalt car's custom graphics for the Coke Zero 400 at the Daytona Motor Speedway on July 5.

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    Powerful Pack

    DeWalt product manager Ward Smith demonstrates a new portable welding kit.

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    Hammering the Point

    DeWalt product manager Lauren Chell shows off one of the company's new nail guns.

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    A Battery of Features

    DeWalt product manager Ward Smith explains the company's new Bluetooth-enabled batteries, which sync up to an iPhone or Android app, enabling the monitoring of a range of metrics and other nifty tricks.

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    Smart Charging

    DeWalt's new Bluetooth-enabled batteries can be set to alert users via their smartphone when they are running low and when they are fully charged. They also provide location services and other functionality. 

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    Leveled Up

    DeWalt's new green laser level projects significantly farther and is more visible than its red laser sibling. Since it uses batteries more quickly, the green laser models are recommended for use with rechargeable battery packs.

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    The Rainbow Projection

    Capitalizing on attributes of the color spectrum, DeWalt's new green laser-enabled levels are far easier to see than the traditional red laser.

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    Toting Some Tunes

    This chunky Bluetooth-enabled boom box is designed to secure atop the company's modular tool caddy, allowing workers to bring music to the worksite.

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    People Power

    The Charlotte assembly operation features minimal automation and instead uses a highly-efficient configuration of human workers in a U-shaped assembly line.

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    Sea of Saws

    A bevy of partially assembled reciprocating saws patiently await the next step on their journey to becoming real tools.

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    DeWalt Dynamo

    This PM-50 motor, assembled on site, powers a range of DeWalt tools.

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    Weighting Game

    Scale-monitored bins help ensure that all documentation and accessories make it into each tool package. Green lights signal to the worker that all parts have been properly accounted for.

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    Knows the Drill

    A worker secures the housing of a drill.

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    This Little Light of Mine

    A clever innovation in several of DeWalt's latest tool bags is a three-position light that can shine forward for lighting the path ahead, down for illuminating a workspace and even inside the bag itself for finding tools in the dark.

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    Absolutely Fasten-ating

    An assortment from DeWalt's latest finish and construction fastener line.

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    The Shadow Knows

    Listening to customer complaints, DeWalt eschewed the ubiquitous laser sight in its new cordless miter saw, opting instead for lights that use the blade to create a more accurate "shadow line."

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    Hammer Timing

    DeWalt's new SDS rotary hammer features 15 percent more drilling speed.

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DeWalt tools held an event to show off it's Charlotte, N.C., manufacturing facility. Carved out of former warehouse space, the plant is part of the company's effort to relocate manufacturing back to the United States from China and Mexico.

The company sponsors a NASCAR team and during the XP event the DeWalt car was on the factory floor being prepped for its next race.

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Norman Mills
on Jun 11, 2015

Relocate manufacturing back to US. Now that's a company with guts! From now on, I'm only gonna use DeWalt tools!

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