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Laser Cutting - Page 27
- From The Fabricator
Contract manufacturer expands process capabilities with addition of laser
- Feb 28, 2020
- News Release
SituationEighteen years ago Lee Batzel decided to step out of the corporate world and take his destiny into his own hands. Inspired by his earlier days welding and metalworking by his father’s side, Batzel started Galaxy Manufacturing in the industrially rich area of his native northeastern...
- From The Fabricator
Equipment investment provides long-term payoff for metal fabricator
- Feb 28, 2020
- News Release
SituationWhen Chris Curtis took over Elkhart, Ind.-based RC Industries in 1994, the company was in disarray. Fresh off an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, he immediately identified a few reasons for the company’s stagnation: no capital investment; poor, unmotivated...
- From The Additive Report
Miniaturization boosts demand for small 3D-printed parts
- By William Leventon
- Feb 24, 2020
- Article
3D printing of small parts is on the upswing for the same reasons more larger parts are being additively manufactured: to save on design time and tooling costs.
- From The Fabricator
CO2 laser optics from Laser Research Optics available in numerous focal lengths
- Feb 24, 2020
- Product Release
Laser Research Optics offers field-replacement CO2 laser optics in a variety of focal lengths for cutting stainless steel and phenolic gaskets. Featuring focal lengths from 1.0 to 7.5 in., the ZnSe lenses come in 0.5- to 1.0-in.-OD sizes and the mirrors are 0.5 in. to 10 mm thick, made from...
- From The Additive Report
Hardfacing: a new take on a very old technique
- By Kip Hanson
- Feb 18, 2020
- Blog Post
The hardfacing process, invented by the Stoody brothers 100 years ago, has morphed into a hybrid process.
- From The Fabricator
Douglas Machine Shop to expand South Carolina plant
- Feb 17, 2020
- News Release
Custom metal fabricator Douglas Machine Shop Inc. has announced plans to expand its facility in Mount Croghan, S.C. The $2.5 million project, scheduled for completion in mid-March 2020, will add 8,000 sq. ft. The company offers CNC machining, welding, laser and plasma cutting, and custom-made...
- From The Additive Report
MKS/Ophir to present webinar on maintaining 3D printer lasers
- By Don Nelson
- Feb 14, 2020
- Blog Post
Good laser maintenance practices drive additive manufacturing process efficiency and put the brakes on scrap.
- From The Fabricator
A life spent laser cutting in the job shop
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 10, 2020
- Article
Gary Brockman worked on his first industrial laser the year the original “Star Wars” hit theaters. So much has changed, but not everything.
- From The Fabricator
Cutting's Current State: Laser cutting on the bleeding edge
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 6, 2020
- Article
In this 50th year of The FABRICATOR, we’re diving deep and running a series on the cutting department. Tennessee metal fabricator Cupples’ J&J Company takes an unusual approach to work flow with its 19 laser cutting machines. Considering the operation has near-perfect on-time delivery, the approach is working.
- From The Additive Report
Arevo’s new design-print-go additive manufacturing system speeds parts-building
- By Holly B. Martin
- Feb 4, 2020
- Article
Arevo’s additive manufacturing system eliminates the hand labor and oven curing historically needed to make composite materials, and its free-motion robot 3D-prints complex, unibody structures.
- From The Fabricator
Mazak to host The Canadian Laser Event in Ontario
- Feb 4, 2020
- News Release
Elgin, Ill.-based Mazak Optonics will host The Canadian Laser Event, April 29-30 at the Mazak Canada Technology Centre in Cambridge, Ont. The event will include live demonstrations on the high-power Optiplex Fiber 10-kW laser cutting machine, as well as Mazak machining technologies. Seminars will...
- From The Fabricator
How one metal fabricator stays agile
Bloomington, Minn.,-based Dalsin Industries has earned The FABRICATOR’s 2020 Industry Award for its ability to remain successful and evolve as the metal fabrication market has changed.
- From The Fabricator
Amada EML-AJ punch/fiber laser combination allows up to 24 hours of continuous operation
- Jan 19, 2020
- Product Release
Amada offers the EML-AJ series high-speed punch/fiber laser combination machine. The all-in-one machine integrates multiple steps for processing sheet metal such as cutting, punching, forming, and tapping. The system comes with all the punching functions inherent in single-function punching...
- From The Fabricator
TRUMPF offers TruMatic 1000 fiber combination system
- Jan 19, 2020
- Product Release
TRUMPF has developed the TruMatic 1000 fiber combination punch/laser machine, a compact system that offers a working range of 5 by 10 ft. The combination is achieved by adding a 3-kW TruDisk solid-state laser and retrofitting the TruPunch 1000 with a laser cutting system, a laser evacuation unit,...
- From The Fabricator
Optimized Armor opens plant in South Carolina
- Jan 17, 2020
- News Release
Columbia, S.C.-based armor steel supplier c has announced plans to establish operations in Rock Hill, S.C. The $3.7 million investment is expected to create 100 jobs. The plant houses large-scale laser cutting machines, heavy-duty press brakes, and skilled welding engineers for the production of...
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- 04/16/2024
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In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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