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Blog Posts - thefabricator.com has a team of bloggers that cover the challenges and rewards associated with a life in metal fabricating. Topics typically addressed by contributing authors include political and demographic trends affecting the fabricating industry, the business side of running a job shop, the culture of the welding community, and detailed looks at what happens on the shop floor.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication surveys show higher wages, company profits
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 18, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Benefiting from reshoring and resurging demand, metal fabricators have enjoyed greater profits and, just as critical, employees have enjoyed higher pay. That's according to two recent industry surveys.
- From The Fabricator
A glimpse into the future
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 14, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Metal fabricators who had the opportunity to attend the FMA Annual Meeting understand that the challenges that await are also opportunities for growth.
- From The Fabricator
Volatility in steel prices likely to continue
- By Michael Cowden
- Mar 13, 2024
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
The magnitude of the volatility of hot-rolled coil is unique to the U.S. steelmaking industry. In the long term, that’s not likely to change.
- From The Fabricator
Fighting the fear of new technology in the manufacturing shop
- By Bill Frahm
- Mar 12, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
The key to increasing your value as an employee is to learn how technology can supplement your job and how to manage the data technology it collects.
- From The Fabricator
Tool choice for air bending on the press brake: Keep it consistent
- By Steve Benson
- Mar 11, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Press brake guru Steve Benson writes about wooden tooling, forming 6061 T-6 aluminum, and more.
- From The Fabricator
Josh Welton: There needs to be more accountability against SpaceX
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 9, 2024
- Safety
- Blog Post
Josh Welton takes a closer look at last November’s report revealing the more than 600 incidents documenting safety and injury concerns for welders and other workers at SpaceX.
- From The Fabricator
Confusion reigns over federal implementation of Buy American
- By Stephen Barlas
- Mar 6, 2024
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Fabricators and project managers are having a hard time trying to figure out what meets Made in America requirements for infrastructure work.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricating: A family affair
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 5, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Working with family members can be a challenge, but the positives seem to outweigh the negatives.
- From The Welder
Aluminum Etc.: You can cut aluminum on a CNC plasma system
- By Gina Cutts
- Mar 5, 2024
- Plasma Cutting
- Blog Post
Some think that aluminum cannot be cut using a CNC plasma cutting table. Aluminum Inc. columnist Gina Cutts says otherwise.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing's need for quick response quoting
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 4, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
The only way metal fabrication and machine shops can sustain growth is to bring in new jobs. The best way to grow is to respond quickly and efficiently to RFQs.
- From The Fabricator
Tips for creating a kinematic model
- By Gerald Davis
- Feb 29, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses how downloads made into fully kinematic posers are used for developing a swinging door mechanism.
- From The Fabricator
Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes on the shop floor
- By Nick Martin
- Feb 25, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Whether you’re an engineer, a marketing specialist, or the boss, stepping into a co-worker’s job can lead to eye-opening discoveries in any metalworking facility.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication’s albatross: Poor material quality
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 24, 2024
- Laser Cutting
- Blog Post
Modern automation technology in metal fabrication can accomplish some incredible feats, even in high-product-mix operations. Still, material quality remains the wild card.
- From The Fabricator
Modern metal fab shops: Have a technology plan
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Feb 23, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Metal fabrication businesses with the best partnerships, plans, and personnel savvy will reap the greatest benefits from technology advances.
- From The Fabricator
Bending large radii on the press brake
- By Steve Benson
- Feb 20, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Press brake expert Steve Benson answers questions about bending large radii and the effects changing the material has on the bend angle, radius, and flat pattern development.
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