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More from Dan Davis
- From The Fabricator
Sassy Engines fires up plasma cutter to stay on top of production needs
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 2, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
Sassy Engines is a leading engine manufacturer for the sport of tractor pulling. When lead times for small fabricated parts grew into several weeks, management decided to venture into the world of fabricating as well. It’s been a winning combination since that decision was made in early 2017.
- From The Fabricator
Looking for parts-sorting automation for fiber lasers
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 1, 2018
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Speedy blank creation has created a bottleneck on the back end of the fiber laser cutting machine. Fabricators in competitive markets are looking for automation to eliminate the need for people to break parts out of a nest. Some solutions are available, but the best is yet to come.
- From The Fabricator
One fabricator’s blueprint for growing its business
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 31, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
When other fabricators were cutting costs and postponing investments during the Great Recession, BTD Manufacturing, Detroit Lakes, Minn., was moving forward with plans to grow the business. Today the payoff is evident. The fabricator is growing because it has figured out what makes it special and how to maintain that with expansion and new blood entering the organization.
- From The Fabricator
Harley-Davidson's plant closure leaves a void in manufacturing community
Harley-Davidson has announced the closure of its Kansas City, Mo.-based factory. Editor-in-Chief Dan Davis looks back on his visit to that facility and reflects on just how market forces can affect even the most famous of brands.
- From The Fabricator
Forget the heroes; your shop needs systems
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 19, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Small and mid-sized shops often prosper because key employees deliver heroic efforts on a daily basis. If a fabricator wants to expand, however, it can’t attract enough heroes to do that.
- From The Fabricator
The world of plug-and-play ventilation
Most people can recognize a dust collector because of its hulking size against a laser or plasma cutting table. Donaldson Torit looks to make the dust collector more inconspicuous with its new product offering.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricator tweaks traditional seam welding equipment design
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 12, 2018
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Leo Valerio is the best example of a metal fabricator: He sees a different way of doing things and sets forth to do it better. That's what led him to found a company aimed at building better semi-automated welding equipment.
- From The Fabricator
Black Hills Metal Fabrications welcomes the makers
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 5, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
Black Hills Metal Fabrications is trying to grow its business, so instead of turning away potential customers and other interested parties, it's attempting to welcome them into its shop--during scheduled hours, of course.
- From The Fabricator
Shop floor makes transition to paperless workflow
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 5, 2018
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Realizing what the potential of embracing building information modeling and other advanced technologies might mean for fabricating efficiencies at its shop, Shapiro & Duncan began making a transition to digital technologies about 10 years ago. Today that effort is paying off handsomely as it is able to stay on top of business even in the face of skilled workers retiring and not having great success in finding skilled replacements.
- From The Fabricator
Filling in the vocational hole in the educational track
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 8, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
If society believes that a well-rounded education is one that includes exposure to a variety of subjects, shouldn't exposure to a vocational class of some sort be part of that?
- From The Fabricator
A bridge to a great fabrication experience
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 6, 2017
- Arc Welding
- Article
A local municipality approached Northland Career Center, Platte City, Mo., about having its welding students fabricate a new footbridge for a local park in spring 2015.
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight - Knowledge is power when it comes to power tools
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 5, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
Trade journals have written a lot about what Industry 4.0 can do for machine uptime and productivity. But can the age of interconnectivity do the same for power tools? The answer may surprise you.
- From The Fabricator
Will the party continue?
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 16, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
This economic expansion, as dull as it has been at times, is nearing an historic length—and it might just might have some more life in it.
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight - Beyond the traditional in automated deburring
Wide-belt abrasive machines have been part of the U.S. industrial landscape for several decades. One machine importer doesn’t believe they deburr laser-cut parts very efficiently, and that’s why he’s pushing German technology that takes a different approach to automated deburring.
- From The Fabricator
Walking in the footsteps of a fabricator looking for a software fix
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 31, 2017
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
A metal fabricator has many motivations to change its CAM software, and Hi-Tec Profiles of Regina, Sask., experienced most of them. After struggling to find the right software fit, the shop found something that worked for now and possibly well into the future.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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