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The dish on shafts

Unlike the heavy shafts of the past, today's offerings are designed with press operators in mind. "A persistent need among our customers is to reduce the weight of air shafts to address operator safety, reduce the number of lawsuits, address the needs of women in the workplace, and as a means to decrease changeover time," said Courtney Donaldson, director of marketing at Goldenrod Corp. (Prospect, Conn.).