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Cutting and Weld Prep - Page 6
- From The Fabricator
Off the Grid: The battle to remove rust from weathered steel shipping containers
- By Jessica P.
- Jan 23, 2021
- Blog Post
In the latest from our Off the Grid series, Pacific Pines Ranch tackles one of the biggest challenges it faced while prepping its container house: How to properly remove rust from weathered steel. Here are the tools and techniques it found most useful, especially in a corrosive environment like the Oregon coast.
Renowned auto parts manufacturer races ahead with plasma cutting system
- By Ann Thompson
- Jan 14, 2021
- Article
When Borla Performance Industries, a leading manufacturer of aftermarket automotive products, switched from machining to plasma cutting, the company’s productivity improved in several ways—programming, cutting, and downstream operations.
Distillery fabricator makes collars to speed manifold-making process
- By Eric Lundin
- Jan 12, 2021
- Article
Joining tubes at right angles to make a manifold is never an easy process. Fabricators spend a lot of time marking, cutting, coping, and aligning everything. The staff at distillery fabricator Hillbilly Stills found that pulling collars with a T-Drill unit eased the entire burden.
- From The Fabricator
Walter Surface Technologies acquires Drillco and Triumph
- Jan 5, 2021
- News Release
Walter Surface Technologies, Windsor, Conn., a provider of abrasives, power tools, cleaners and lubricants, and PPE, has announced its acquisition of Drillco and Triumph Twist Drill. Drillco, based in Baton Rouge, La., and Triumph Twist Drill, Chisholm, Minn., a division of Minnesota Twist Drill,...
- From The Welder
Clean aluminum is weldable aluminum
- By Rhonda Zatezalo and Sean McKeen
- Dec 23, 2020
- Article
Simply put, cleaning and preparing aluminum for welding or repair of existing welds is the key to unlocking the best possible results.
- From The Additive Report
Company begins testing wire AM for producing mining components
- Dec 15, 2020
- News Release
AML3D Ltd. has begun a program for AdditiveNow Pty. Ltd.’s client—a major Australian mining company. The aim of the program is to design and manufacture a large mining component using AML3D’s proprietary Wire Additive Manufacturing (WAM) technology. It is anticipated that WAM could reduce...
- From The Fabricator
When a lifelong truck passion becomes a fabrication career
- By Amanda Carlson
- Dec 12, 2020
- Article
Lifelong truck enthusiast Scott Bisi has made a career out of designing and fabricating custom modifications for trucks at his Washington-based Cougar House Garage shop – all while battling muscular dystrophy.
- From The Fabricator
AutoRex automation system from ESAB helps maximize cutting safety
- Dec 8, 2020
- Product Release
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products offers AutoRex, a fully enclosed thermal cutting system that works with any of its automated cutting machines. The machine is combined with a shuttle table for automated loading/unloading and surrounded by an enclosure that blocks UV light emissions and reduces...
- From The Additive Report
GoProto acquires 3D Systems’ Australia service bureau and increases its North American AM capacity
- Dec 7, 2020
- News Release
A San Diego, Calif., producer of metal and plastic parts, GoProto, has reached deeper into digital manufacturing with the acquisition of two Australian companies: 3D Systems Asia Pacific, an on-demand service bureau, and WYSIWYG 3D, a 3D scanning company. The move, according to GoProto, whose...
- From The Fabricator
Saw Expo 2021 cancelled
- Dec 7, 2020
- News Release
Messe Düsseldorf has announced that its Saw Expo 2021 will not take place as planned in Friedrichshafen, Germany, June 8-11, 2021, because of COVID-19-related restrictions. At www.sawexpo.eu visitors and exhibitors can keep up to date with the latest news from the industry as well as trends and...
- From The Fabricator
Metabo’s cordless nibbler and shear cut curved, straight metal surfaces
- Nov 26, 2020
- Product Release
Metabo Corp. offers an 18-V nibbler and 18-V shear. The Metabo NIV 18 LTX BL 1.6 nibbler comes with a punch, die, and combination key. Cutting speed is adjustable, and the brushless motor delivers 600 to 2,360 SPM. The tool can cut through 16-ga. mild steel, 18-ga. stainless steel, and 14-ga....
- From The Fabricator
5 steps for proper weld preparation
- By Rick Hopkins
- Nov 25, 2020
- Article
Properly preparing metal for welding is key to producing high quality results, maintaining consistent productivity levels, and minimizing costs—especially costs related to rework and downtime.
- From The Fabricator
ESAB Xpanse virtual welding/cutting event offers immersive experience
- Nov 11, 2020
- News Release
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products, Annapolis Junction, Md., will host a virtual event Nov. 18-20, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET that offers product experts, educational information, discussion panels, instructional series, ESAB University learning area, and daily sweepstakes. The ESAB Xpanse event...
- From The Fabricator
Portable bevelers from CEVISA handle plates up to 50 mm thick
- Nov 11, 2020
- Product Release
CEVISA offers portable beveling machines that work on the rotary shear principle, offering bevel speeds of 1.7 to 2.6 MPM. The machines can bevel plates 6 to 50 mm thick for uniform V, K, and X weld seam preparation. The machines chamfer carbon steels, alloy steels, stainless steels, and aluminum....
- From The Additive Report
ROE Dental Lab is all in with 3D printing
- By Don Nelson
- Oct 8, 2020
- Article
ROE Dental Laboratory has steadily expanded its use of 3D printing and other digital manufacturing processes. Digital now touches 60% of the Ohio company’s processes.
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