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Blog Posts - Page 42
- From The Fabricator
Managing skilled worker turnover at a small job shop
- By Nick Martin
- Oct 12, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Nick Martin of Barnes MetalCrafters in Wilson, N.C., discusses how his small fabrication shop has handled replacing skilled tenured workers.
- From The Fabricator
EPA considers air emissions status reductions for coating application
- By Stephen Barlas
- Oct 10, 2019
- Finishing
- Blog Post
Under new EPA thinking, certain manufacturers that apply coatings might qualify for less oversight.
- From The Additive Report
Response to fake news about additive manufacturing
- By Kip Hanson
- Oct 8, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Blogger Kip Hanson responds to magazine article that says additive manufacturing ‘isn’t such a swell idea’ compared to subtractive manufacturing.
- From The Welder
Still Building America: Ohio welder, farmer, jack-of-all-trades
- By Darla Welton and Josh Welton
- Oct 5, 2019
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Charis Walker spends her days sheepherding, cultivating, shearing, weaving, welding, and homeschooling her daughter in the rolling hills of the Appalachian range on Tarheelbilly Farm in Southern Ohio.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing slowdown continues as ISM index hits worst level in decade
- By Gareth Sleger
- Oct 3, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
A key economic manufacturing indicator has hit its worst slowdown in a decade. ISM not only registered a contracted PMI for the second consecutive month, but the 47.8 reading is the lowest it's been since the end of the Great Recession. Industry analysts, however, say recession talks are premature.
- From The Additive Report
3D scanning specialist recalls some of his favorite projects
- By Don Nelson
- Oct 2, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
3D scanners can collect 300,000 data points a second—data that can be used with CAD software and a 3D printer to reverse-engineer parts in just a few hours.
- From The Fabricator
Welcome to metal fabricating’s redesigned digital home
- By Dan Davis
- Sep 30, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The newly redesigned thefabricator.com provides a sleek presentation for covering the metal fabrication and manufacturing industries.
- From The Fabricator
UAW leadership has failed the working class of autoworkers
- By Josh Welton
- Sep 28, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
As the GM and UAW strike continues to drag on, Detroit fabricator and welder Josh Welton says UAW leadership, GM officials, and politicians have been failing and robbing autoworkers for too long.
- From The Fabricator
Auto industry shift makes for odd bedfellows
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 26, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
The upcoming transition in the auto industry from ICE vehicles to electric and other ACES vehicles, and the fierce challenges it imposes, has prompted companies to align themselves with suppliers and even competitors.
- From The Additive Report
Additive is being used more often to make tools for subtractive manufacturing
- By Kip Hanson
- Sep 24, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
‘Additive and subtractive manufacturing are entering the next phase of a once quarrelsome relationship, promising a long-lasting and mutually beneficial marriage of technologies.’
- From The Additive Report
Metal 3D printer builds low-angle overhangs without supports
- By Don Nelson
- Sep 20, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Velo3D’s metal laser powder bed additive manufacturing system reportedly prints overhangs of less than 10 degrees without supports, allowing printing of legacy parts without redesigning them for AM.
- From The Fabricator
Steel mills lose pricing momentum
- By John Packard and Tim Triplett
- Sep 19, 2019
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Steel prices could be decreasing in the early fall.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricators, manufacturers, educators weigh in with solutions for skills gap
- By Gareth Sleger
- Sep 18, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The battle to solve the mounting skills gap rages on. One solution? Better collaboration between manufacturing/fabrication companies and training programs. Industry leaders and educators weigh in on the topic.
- From The Fabricator
U.S. auto industry’s Big Three once again playing unfair with UAW
- By Josh Welton
- Sep 16, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
U.S.’s Big Three automakers and the United Automobile Workers (UAW) are at war over the next four-year contract. And once again, Ford, GM, and FCA are stepping all over union workers, who are now on strike.
- From The Additive Report
Getting approval for 3D printing capital expenses
- By Diana Robbins
- Sep 13, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
PostProcess Technologies VP Diana Robbins offers a practical approach for additive manufacturing engineers seeking approval for automated postprocessing and other capital expense requests.
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