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- From The Fabricator
What makes a job shop business stand out to a buyer?
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 13, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
A discussion with a recent buyer of two job shops in Southern California reveals what makes for a quality succession candidate.
- From The Fabricator
The process of building a successful fabrication company culture
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 12, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
When Ludlow Manufacturing began establishing processes to help improve quality and on-time delivery, the foundation was set for a major cultural change and, in turn, improved quality metrics and increased sales. For that, the Waukegan, Ill.-based metal fabrication business has earned The Fabricator's 2024 Industry Award.
- From The Fabricator
What products do custom metal fabricators sell?
- By Yu Sunny Han
- Feb 10, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
What separates a custom metal fabricator from the pack? It’s not what the shop makes; it’s how.
Improving fabrication versatility through automation
- By Mary Ellen Klukow
- Feb 8, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
When SL Chasse Steel needed a quicker route to completing miscellaneous steel jobs, it found a solution with a new automated plasma cutting machine.
- From The Fabricator
Operating a new heavy-duty press brake
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 5, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- Article
The Fabricator speaks to O’Neal Manufacturing Services to find out what it’s like to have a new 1,100-ton press brake.
- From The Fabricator
How a fabricator helps to keep data flowing for all of us
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 1, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
Machesney Park, Ill.-based Hennig is a strict adherent to lean manufacturing practices as it tries to increase generator enclosure production.
- From The Welder
Welding cobots improving efficiency on the production floor
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jan 31, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Guest speakers at last October’s AWS Welding Automation Expo & Conference gave attendees plenty to digest regarding welding automation and the cobot’s role in their shops.
- From The Welder
Are nonwelders in your shop at risk from welding fumes?
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jan 26, 2024
- Safety
- Article
In this Q&A, a Zehnder Clean Air Solutions executive discusses a recent study on weld fumes in shops that reveals nonwelding staff need protection from fumes as much as welders do.
- From The Fabricator
A beginner’s guide to autonomous mobile robots
- Jan 23, 2024
- Materials Handling
- Article
As companies look to eliminate non-value-added activities, like material handling, they might want to start planning for a more automated future.
Review your tube bender safety procedures
- By Jay Robinson
- Jan 22, 2024
- Safety
- Article
Examine your shop floor safety procedures and tube bending equipment often to prevent the injuries that powerful machines can cause.
- From The Welder
How to train welders in-house
- By Garry Pace and Peter Kinney
- Jan 19, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Two experienced CWIs/welding engineers share strategies and past experiences to help shops train their welders internally.
- From The Fabricator
Chicago shop brings artists’ and architects’ ideas to life
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jan 19, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
In the last four decades, Vector Custom Fabricating has made a name for itself in sculpture and architectural/structural metal projects in the Chicago area and beyond.
Making the most of the robotic revolution in fabrication
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Jan 18, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Rather than fear the worst from the cobot revolution, tube and pipe fabrication shops should consider the benefits to current employees and their final products.
- From The Welder
Massachusetts welding shop tells how to succeed in aerospace
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jan 17, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
New England-based Advance Welding has evolved and prospered since its inception more than four decades ago by securing aerospace industry certifications, buying a shop, and adding electron beam welding.
- From The Fabricator
How high-powered fiber lasers bevel plate
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 12, 2024
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Cutlite Penta now offers fiber lasers up to 50 kW, and some machines have heads capable of cutting bevels. It’s all made possible by highly controlled assist-gas mixing, the cutting head design, and novel use of software.
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