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More from Eric Lundin
- From The Additive Report
Additive lightens the load for aero-parts manufacturer
- By Eric Lundin
- Nov 15, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
Keystone Engineering, a manufacturer of space-flight systems and vehicles, discovers 3D printing can help it make components more efficiently than using conventional manufacturing processes while meeting crucial strength and weight targets.
Fabricator’s powder coating line relies on consistency and flexibility
- By Eric Lundin and Kate Bachman
- Nov 3, 2019
- Finishing
- Article
From its origin as a product innovator, Lifetime Products Inc. has grown to become a process innovator as well. A manufacturer of swing sets, playsets, outdoor sheds, and folding tables and chairs, it has developed processes that enable it to fabricate and powder-coat 100,000 items per day.
FABTECH 2019: What to expect and a McCormick Place history lesson
- By Eric Lundin
- Oct 16, 2019
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Blog Post
FABTECH is back in Chicago this year and, as usual, the organizers have a few new things in store—more sessions, more exhibits, new pavilions, interesting keynote presentations, and a new location for the tube- and pipe-related exhibits. And a little history lesson shows why it's fitting for McCormick Place to host the metal forming and fabricating expo.
Job shop’s big plans lead to big tube bender investment
- By Eric Lundin
- Oct 15, 2019
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
When General Stamping & Metalworks Inc., South Bend, Ind., realized that it was missing out on bids for assemblies with bent tubular components, the company decided to augment its stamping and sheet metal fabrication capabilities with a new tube bender, a 10-axis, all-electric machine capable of rotary draw and roll bending material up to 6 in. dia.
Tube fabricator embraces digital technology to pursue Industry 4.0
- By Eric Lundin
- Oct 8, 2019
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Converting a company from conventional to digital manufacturing is anything but easy. It takes a big commitment in hardware, software, and connectivity, but more than that, it takes a new mindset. Few have done it successfully, but one tube fabricator, Tectonics, has proven that it can be done.
- From The Fabricator
Small-scale metal sculptures appeal to large geographic market
- By Eric Lundin
- Sep 7, 2019
- Arc Welding
- Article
How one small-scale metal-art fabricator took his sculptures from Idaho to the rest of the 49 states.
A nation of adventurers, entrepreneurs, and do-it-yourselfers
- By Eric Lundin
- Aug 22, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Looking at some of the aspects of U.S. culture that make it conducive to opening and running small businesses, including manufacturing and metal fabrication, which collectively form the foundation of the American economy.
Hobby hot-rod enthusiasts discover plasma cutting
- By Eric Lundin
- Aug 22, 2019
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
Inspired by a hot rod in a 1979 movie, Beth Sachse and her father, Jon Wagner, have spent the ensuing decades collecting parts so they could build one of their own – a Willys coupe. Along the way, they discovered the power of plasma cutting.
Old-school machine tool builder uses a few new tricks
- By Eric Lundin
- Jul 22, 2019
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
An ironworker is a jack-of-all-trades machine, good for punching, piercing, notching, forming, bending, and shearing of angle, channel, bar, rod, tube, and pipe. A custom-made machine for tube applications can carry out these processes, using automatic loading and unloading, for making accurate parts in short cycle times.
Louisville distillery keeps cool with industrial fans
- By Eric Lundin
- Jul 21, 2019
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
The distillation process soaks up, and gives off, quite a bit of heat. Louisville spirits producer Copper and Kings discovered that industrial fans can provide enough air movement to moderate the distillation process and keep its workers feeling cool despite the heat.
Saddling pipe: Joining pipe laterals with a saddle beveler
- By Eric Lundin
- Jul 19, 2019
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Article
Pipe saddling is a common hassle for pipefitters and tube fabricators. Learn about a new pipe saddle cutter from Protem that makes this less of an issue.
Manufacturing's long journey from analog to digital
- By Eric Lundin
- Jul 17, 2019
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
Digital technologies are all around us and likely provide more capabilities and conveniences that most of us realize. The road from traditional (analog) to modern (digital) has been long and winding, and while digital technologies have been used in manufacturing for decades, some of them aren’t used to their fullest extent in small fabrication shops.
Fabrication shop tours highlight the latest in digital technology
- By Eric Lundin
- Jul 17, 2019
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
A visit to a couple of fabrication shops and an open house at the headquarters of Bystronic (Niederönz, Switzerland) revealed the power of automated equipment and digital technology in today’s hypercompetitive manufacturing environment.
- From The Fabricator
Small fabricator gets big results in structural steel
- By Eric Lundin
- Jul 10, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
From its origin as a manufacturer of bellows systems, St. Louis Blow Pipe, St. Louis, Mo., has expanded into other markets, changed its focus and its name, and opened a new location in Meridian, Miss. Despite a staff in the low dozens, the Meridian location does many surprisingly large, sophisticated projects.
- From The Fabricator
Sculptor, fabricator join forces pay homage to author Ray Bradbury
- By Eric Lundin
- Jul 9, 2019
- Plasma Cutting
- Blog Post
When sculptor Zachary Oxman found fabricator E&E Metal Fab. Inc., Lebanon, Pa., he found a shop well-equipped to see many of his visions through to completion. A recent example is a vision of author Ray Bradbury riding a rocket, holding a novel, displaying a characteristic smile.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 03/26/2024
- Running Time:
- 67:51
This week on The Fabricator Podcast, Jason Becker, host of the Arc Junkies Podcast and owner of Underground...
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