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Articles - Page 249
- From The Fabricator
STIHL Inc. camp inspires youth to pursue manufacturing careers
- By Vicki Bell
- Jun 23, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Think you might be interested in starting a summer camp to attract youth to manufacturing careers? STIHL Inc. did just that, found the endeavor worthwhile, and has even created a template for other companies to use in promoting manufacturing technology to youth.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Legends and Logos
- By Gerald Davis
- Jun 23, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis investigates the CAD jockey’s role in the creation of markings on metal products, the different ways that these markings can be created, and some tips for ensuring the final marking is done correctly, no matter the process.
- From The Fabricator
Cooking up fabrication with the fiber laser
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 23, 2014
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Atlanta Custom Fabrication focuses on the commercial kitchen industry, mainly cutting thin stainless. Its laser cutting wasn't a constraint process, but it needed excess cutting capacity to deal with demand variability. A new fiber laser has helped to resolve the problem.
- From The Welder
Consumables Corner: Reducing weld cleanup in pulsed GMAW
- By Nino Mascalco, Rob Koltz, and Steve Sigler
- Jun 20, 2014
- Consumables
- Article
Q: Our company manufactures the main structures used to build fitness equipment. These structures are mild steel tubing of various shapes and sizes and in relatively thin material, typically 10 to 16 gauge. We are using 90 percent argon/10 percent CO2 shielding gas with a 0.035-in.-dia. ER70S-3...
- From The Fabricator
FAB 40: Merrill Fabricators’ welding school fuels local talent base
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 19, 2014
- Arc Welding
- Article
Merrill Fabricators takes an innovative approach to the skilled labor crisis, by launching and growing its own welding school not only to fill its own ranks, but also to help grow the broader manufacturing community.
- From The Welder
Consumables Corner: Eliminating porosity in submerged-arc welding
- By Nino Mascalco, Rob Koltz, and Steve Sigler
- Jun 19, 2014
- Consumables
- Article
Q: Our shop manufactures bridge and structural steel components. Most of the material is A36 or A572 and welded with E70X-X class electrodes using FCAW with 75 percent Ar/25 percent CO2 shielding gas (bottle-supplied) and SAW. We're having issues with porosity in our SAW process. We find that once...
- From The Fabricator
Artist’s career goes into overdrive
- By Eric Lundin
- Jun 18, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Dominique Martinez, founder of Rustic Steel Creations, does a little of everything—using found objects and new metals, making functional items like handrails and decorative items (artistic sculptures), making items for sale and working under contract, working for profit and donating pieces for fundraisers—and in doing so, has built his company into a multimillion-dollar enterprise.
- From The Welder
Consumables Corner: Longitudinal cracking: A check list for prevention
- By Nino Mascalco
- Jun 18, 2014
- Consumables
- Article
Q: We are welding several fabricated parts made from A514 (T1) steel using an AWS A5.29, 3/32-in-dia. E110 FCAW electrode. On one particular part we are experiencing longitudinal weld cracking. The structure is a 4-in. plate with a square cut out of the center and a 1.5-in. plate welded back in its...
- From The Fabricator
Maybe we all need a little boot camp
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 18, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Military vets with experience in fixing and maintaining equipment can be a valuable asset to high-product-mix fabricators. Their military experience helps them develop standards and processes out of the chaos.
- From The Fabricator
Winning in commoditized markets
- By Dick Kallage
- Jun 18, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
The lowest-cost-producer business model is simple. If you have the lowest costs and prices, you win. But this model can be ruthless, too.
- From The Fabricator
FAB 40: How Nu-Way Industries uncovered a new way
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 17, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
The Illinois contract fabricator ramps up its efforts toward operational excellence.
- From The Welder
Consumables Corner: Addressing cracking on free-machining steels
- By Nino Mascalco
- Jun 17, 2014
- Consumables
- Article
Q: We are a small company that fabricates and welds various parts and products for numerous companies. One of our customers is supplying us with parts for a particular weldment. All of the individual parts are made from A36 steel except for one, which is made from 12L14 steel. We are using GMAW...
- From The Fabricator
FAB 40: Cupples J&J Co. builds and builds capacity
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 16, 2014
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Cupples J & J Co. Inc. has continued to invest in technology to meet existing customer demand.
- From The Welder
Consumables Corner: Identifying pockmarking causes in structural SAW
- By Nino Mascalco
- Jun 16, 2014
- Consumables
- Article
Q: Our company manufactures various structural components, typically made from A36 or A572 steel grades in plate, I-beam, or channel. Based on the application we’ll use GMAW, FCAW, or SAW. On random occasions we experience pockmarking on the surface of the SAW joints. While the timing is usually...
Fabricator/entrepreneur makes the most of everything Texas has to offer
- By Eric Lundin
- Jun 16, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Native Texan and former Aggie Devin Gerland earned a degree in agricultural engineering and took a succession of engineering positions in and around Bryan, Texas. Now an entrepreneur with his own fabrication shop, Gerland is putting his farming and ranching experience to work, developing his own line of farm implements.
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