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Simplified automated consumables management and manual welds
- By Robert Colman
- Nov 11, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Waterloo, Ont., tech developer Nasarc Technologies addresses tip change delays and weld gun ergonomics issues with new product releases.
- From The Fabricator
5-step approach to formalizing a feeder system for welding talent
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 10, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Better vetting of interns and apprentices helps JWF Industries of Johnstown, Pa., find the right welders or machinists for their openings.
Tube benders help keep aircraft parts flying well
- By Anja Ehrmann
- Nov 9, 2023
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Tubes and Ducts Maroc Aerospace needed to ensure that its tubes were bent with repeatable precision. It picked a machine builder with experience doing just that.
- From The Fabricator
Custom software for the custom metal fabrication shop
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 7, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
The cofounders of Cortex Data Services know what life is like at the custom fab shop. They both began their careers there. Today, they’re tailoring custom software platforms to meet a business’s unique needs.
- From The Fabricator
How metal fabricators can improve customer partnerships
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 6, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
A supplier-customer relationship in the metal fabrication industry thrives when three core components (cost, capability, and shop culture), like three legs of a stool, stay strong and steady.
- From The Fabricator
The coming alliance of connected workers and robots
- By Eric Whitley
- Nov 3, 2023
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
As robots can't replicate human intuition and creativity, the future of manufacturing lies in integrating them with connected workers to achieve efficiency and innovation.
- From The Fabricator
Rethinking safety for novice press brake operators
Press brake safety devices continue to evolve for metal fabricators as more inexperienced operators join the ranks.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing camp sets kids on a good trajectory
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Nov 1, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Kids at a recent Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs camp at Duanesburg Central School got to launch rockets, but more important, figure out how to do build something cool that works.
- From The Fabricator
What FABTECH 2023 revealed about the future of metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 30, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Fabricators walking the FABTECH show floor this year were on the hunt for autonomous software and machines that could help them make best use of the talented employees they have.
- From The Fabricator
Shear makes cutting more exact for metal fabricators
A new shear has provided JTC Metals, Eyota, Minn., with a new means to get the cuts it needs in a very efficient way.
High schools equip tomorrow’s fabrication, welding workforce
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Oct 26, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Two schools in the Midwest, Hartford Union High School in Wisconsin and Cary-Grove High School in Illinois, are doing something about the shortage of skilled manufacturing workers.
Moving millions of feet of tube and pipe safely in the mill
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Oct 25, 2023
- Materials Handling
- Article
Jackson Tube Service manufactures 100 million feet of tubing every year and uses side-loading forklifts to move it quickly and safely.
- From The Fabricator
Why do metal fabricators and welders automate?
- By Tyler Pulliam
- Oct 25, 2023
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Many are turning to automation because they simply can’t find people to hire. But the evolution toward automation is more nuanced. Technologies like cobots help create a place where more people want to work.
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Limited space doesn’t mean limited productivity.
- Oct 23, 2023
- Laser Cutting
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Limited space? No problem, here’s what you need to consider when you have limited space but need a production laser cutting system.
- From The Fabricator
Job shop automation strategies from a former CIA officer
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 19, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
There are a surprising number of parallels between metal fabrication and CIA technical intelligence says David Pietrocola. The former CIA officer now runs an automation business called Cohesive Robotics that serves job shops.
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