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Blog Posts - thefabricator.com has a team of bloggers that cover the challenges and rewards associated with a life in metal fabricating. Topics typically addressed by contributing authors include political and demographic trends affecting the fabricating industry, the business side of running a job shop, the culture of the welding community, and detailed looks at what happens on the shop floor.
- From The Fabricator
How to set a press brake backgauge manually
- By Steve Benson
- Apr 18, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Steve Benson details traditional methods for setting a manual backgauge on a press brake, then discusses how to improve material springback estimates.
- From The Fabricator
Steel industry reacts to Nucor’s new weekly published HRC price
- By Michael Cowden
- Apr 17, 2024
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
In early April, Nucor took the unprecedented step of publishing its pricing for hot-rolled coil. Will it stabilize domestic steel pricing?
- From The Welder
The impact of sine and square waves in aluminum AC welding, Part I
- By Gina Cutts
- Apr 17, 2024
- Aluminum Welding
- Blog Post
When welding aluminum, welders use alternating current (AC) and primarily one of two waveforms, sine and square wave. Gina Cutts shares more about the former in her latest Aluminum Etc.
- From The Fabricator
Employee ownership: The best way to ensure engagement
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 15, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
With employee stock ownership plans capable of keeping employees engaged, why don’t more companies pursue this organizational structure?
- From The Fabricator
AI, machine learning, and the future of metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 14, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Fabricators and Manufacturers Association Annual Meeting attendees took a deep dive into operational excellence, skill, and what will define future success: good systems, good data, and, most important, good employees.
- From The Welder
Sheffield Forgemasters makes global leap in welding technology
- By Josh Welton
- Apr 10, 2024
- Assembly and Joining
- Blog Post
A breakthrough in electron beam welding technology has Josh Welton pondering this process’s potential in large nuclear and non-nuclear fabrication projects.
- From The Fabricator
Moving shop in metal fabrication
- By Caleb Chamberlain
- Apr 10, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Columnist Caleb Chamberlain backward casts his eye, to quote Robert Burns, and delves into the challenges of moving shop, laying bare the best-laid plans of mice and men.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricators might get a win related to federal infrastructure projects
- By Stephen Barlas
- Apr 5, 2024
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
A new federal rule might allow metal fabricators to seek out less expensive metal from overseas sources for infrastructure projects.
New trails, old-school values for Precision Tube Laser
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Apr 2, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Jordan Yost, owner of Precision Tube Laser, learned from his business mentors that your handshake matters and your word is your bond. He never forgot it.
- From The Fabricator
Finding the passion for Ford Broncos in the desert
- By Nick Martin
- Apr 1, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
As a maker of aftermarket parts for the Ford Bronco, Nick Martin attends a lot of events. His visit to United By Bronco in Utah proved to be very memorable.
Most tube-intensive industries drop in latest data
- By Rick Preckel
- Mar 29, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Some positive indicators persist, but most manufacturing and tube markets remain stuck in negative territory, hampered by lower oil and gas activity. Consumer sentiment in the U.S. remains resilient.
Three big issues fabricators must prioritize in 2024
- By Lisa Wertzbaugher
- Mar 29, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
In 2024, fabricators and small manufacturers must tackle Gen Z employment, digital marketing, and reshoring.
- From The Fabricator
USS Midway’s tuition-free welding program a win-win
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 23, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Josh Welton writes how the tuition-free welding program offered by San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) and the USS Midway Museum is important to the next generation of skilled workers.
- From The Fabricator
Creating Exploded Views quickly
- By Gerald Davis
- Mar 22, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses how Exploded Views are created and improved.
- From The Welder
The importance of welding procedure specification (WPS)
- By Greg Siepert
- Mar 21, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Greg Siepert’s recent discussion on welding acronyms has led him to dive deeper into one of the more important ones used by welders: welding procedure specification (WPS). This documentation (or "recipe of a weld") make up the paper trail of a completed weld.
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The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
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- 04/16/2024
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