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Blog Posts - Page 58
- From The Welder
Top 5 in 365—Articles about arc welding
- By Vicki Bell
- May 9, 2018
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
This installment of “Top 5 in 365” is all about arc welding, the leading technology on thefabricator.com in terms of most-read content. Interested in arc welding? You’ll want to make sure you didn’t miss these articles. No. 1 has universal appeal, no matter your area of interest.
- From The Welder
Still Building America—Trisha Falconē rebuilds her life through welding
- By Josh Welton
- May 3, 2018
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
This installment of Josh Welton’s “Still Building America” series features welder and fabricator Trisha Falconē, who needed to feel some sort of order and control in her life after the worst of personal losses. Welding helped her put her life back together. Here’s Trisha’s story.
- From The Additive Report
Sheet metal fabrication meets additive manufacturing: Insights from RAPID+TCT
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 27, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
The industry's growth is astounding. In the years to come, metal fabricators may look at a certain tool or fixture and ask, can we print that?
- From The Welder
Equipping your shop—what to buy first?
- By Josh Welton
- Apr 26, 2018
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
You’re ready to set up shop and are wondering which piece of equipment to buy first. If you’ll be welding, buying the right machine might be your No. 1 purchase. Which machine depends on what you want to do.
- From The Fabricator
Heading into a blistering storm that wasn’t
- By Kate Bachman
- Apr 24, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Metal fabricator Louis Industries historically has tried to anticipate where industry is going so that the company can stay in front of it—to be prepared for the storms, so to speak. It has evolved from a blacksmith shop to a full-service metal fabrication shop and metal processor, investing in new technologies all along the way.
- From The Fabricator
FMA Safety Conference 2018: Improving life on the shop floor, improving the overall business
You might wonder why a majority of presentations on the first day of the 10th annual Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Safety Conference focused on the aging work force—the folks heading out the door at most fab shops. When you consider populations dynamics in the U.S., however, this topic...
- From The Fabricator
Top 5 in 365—Articles about laser cutting
- By Vicki Bell
- Apr 17, 2018
- Laser Cutting
- Blog Post
Laser cutting is the focus of this installment in a series of blog posts about the top articles published within the last year in each of the site’s categories. Interested in laser cutting? Read on.
- From The Fabricator
The opioid crisis hits manufacturing’s ability to grow
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 16, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Most people don’t associate the growing opioid crisis in the U.S. with one of the challenges of growing the domestic economy. Those same people would be wrong.
- From The Fabricator
New tariffs on Chinese goods could hit some fabricators hard
- By Stephen Barlas
- Apr 12, 2018
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
With tariffs being applied to steel and aluminum and to certain Chinese goods, fabricators have to make their case to the U.S. Trade Representative’s office if they want relief.
- From The Fabricator
Don’t fight the power—Extension cords in the shop
- By Josh Welton
- Apr 11, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Do your shop tools run poorly, overheat, and die untimely deaths? It could be the extension cords you are using. Here’s why.
- From The Fabricator
Top 5 in 365—Articles about bending and press brakes
- By Vicki Bell
- Apr 5, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Bending, one of the most popular technologies covered on thefabricator.com, is the focus of this new series of blog posts about the top articles published within the last year in each of the site’s categories. Interested in bending? Read on.
- From The Welder
Worst. Advice. Ever.
- By Josh Welton
- Apr 2, 2018
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
We’ve all been on the receiving end of on-the-job advice that sounded solid, and we accepted it as gospel, especially if it came from a more experienced person. Lo and behold, something comes along that makes us question whether the advice was all that, or even wrong. Here’s an example of some welding advice that turned out to be faulty.
- From The Fabricator
Changing the lineup in a shop
- By Nick Martin
- Mar 28, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
A fabricating shop is analogous to a sports team in that both need the right talent, equipment, and timing to succeed. This account of Barnes MetalCrafters’ recent experience handling higher-than-normal-volume gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) illustrates how important these aspects, along with foresight and cross-training, are to a shop’s success.
- From The Fabricator
Tariffs stop short of helping stamping manufacturers
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 27, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
On the first day of The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association's (FMA) Annual Meeting, President Trump signed the Section 232 order imposing a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum. The action and the topic framed the event. Steel industry executives pitched their positions in favor of the tariffs, and metal fabricators raised questions and voiced their concerns about them.
- From The Fabricator
Still Building America—Logan Merry solves problems with functional art
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 26, 2018
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Logan Merry is the personification of the cliché, “Do what you love and the money will follow.” He combined his creativity, training, and skills to set up his own commission-based operation creating functional, artistic solutions to problems, and he enjoys the entire process, from consulting to cashing checks.
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