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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		AirPro, Other Local Manufacturers Plan to Expand. They Just Need Workers.
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:13
	Publish Date:		2021-05-27 11:24:23
	Description:		Visitors to the shop floor at AirPro Fan in Rhinelander are greeted by a wall of sound and activity. Forklifts dart here and there, welders send sparks flying, and industrial fans are moved from one place to another by ceiling-mounted lifts. “What you’re going to see is all sorts of things going on, welding, machining, all sorts of things,” said AirPro’s Lori Miller on a recent tour. One worker was slathering thick grease on a fan, applying the finishing touches. “Just greasing the coupling, then put the coupling housing on it. This ought to be good to go,” he said. “Everything’s all torqued to spec, and then it will hit the trim rack and they run it.” This fan is roughly the size of a small boulder and is headed to a Wisconsin-based customer. That’s rare, actually. Most fan products are shipped all over the country and even internationally, each serving a specific purpose. “We move air,” Miller said of the products made at AirPro. “It can be for all sorts of reasons.” Food producers,
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