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Lincoln Brunner
The Tube & Pipe Journal
2135 Point Blvd.
Elgin, IL 60123
(815)-227-8243
Lincoln Brunner is editor of The Tube & Pipe Journal. This is his second stint at TPJ, where he served as an editor for two years before helping launch thefabricator.com as FMA's first web content manager. After that very rewarding experience, he worked for 17 years as an international journalist and communications director in the nonprofit sector. He is a published author and has written extensively about all facets of the metal fabrication industry.
- From The Fabricator
Tube laser positions fabricator for future growth
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Mar 15, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
With the addition of a new laser tube cutting system, River City Metal Products has seen a remarkable uptick in productivity for its tubular rack components.
- From The Fabricator
Reduce training time through modularization
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Feb 27, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Rogers, Ark.-based metal fabricator Mundo-Tech has created a 3D-printed fixturing system across its enterprise that makes setup as easy as playing Battleship.
- From The Fabricator
Modern metal fab shops: Have a technology plan
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Feb 23, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Metal fabrication businesses with the best partnerships, plans, and personnel savvy will reap the greatest benefits from technology advances.
Making the most of the robotic revolution in fabrication
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Jan 18, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Rather than fear the worst from the cobot revolution, tube and pipe fabrication shops should consider the benefits to current employees and their final products.
- From The Fabricator
PPE extends beyond the gear for metal fabricators
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Dec 14, 2023
- Safety
- Article
When thinking about personal protecting equipment, stop to think about employees’ needs and how your metal fabrication shop’s environment affects their health.
Preventing obsolescence in the tube and pipe industry
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Dec 4, 2023
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
As haunting as the demise of newspapers is, their fate doesn’t have to be shared by anyone, even a tube and pipe industry struggling to find and retain workers.
Illinois tube fabricator takes next step with blast room
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Nov 28, 2023
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
When Illinois-based tube fabricator Morton Industries invested in its own blast room, it continued a post-fire re-creation of its business.
New generation requires new ways of doing business
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Nov 11, 2023
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
To survive, the tube and pipe industry must reconfigure how it’s attracting and developing its workforce, according to a panel of industry leaders.
Más allá de la automatización: el camino más lento y flexible hacia el éxito
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Nov 2, 2023
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Los talleres y los fabricantes deben cambiar por completo la forma en que miden los costos si realmente quieren mejorar la productividad.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing camp sets kids on a good trajectory
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Nov 1, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Kids at a recent Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs camp at Duanesburg Central School got to launch rockets, but more important, figure out how to do build something cool that works.
High schools equip tomorrow’s fabrication, welding workforce
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Oct 26, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Two schools in the Midwest, Hartford Union High School in Wisconsin and Cary-Grove High School in Illinois, are doing something about the shortage of skilled manufacturing workers.
Moving millions of feet of tube and pipe safely in the mill
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Oct 25, 2023
- Materials Handling
- Article
Jackson Tube Service manufactures 100 million feet of tubing every year and uses side-loading forklifts to move it quickly and safely.
- From The Fabricator
Girls discover new career paths at manufacturing camp
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Oct 17, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Campers at Penn College’s Tinker-Belles manufacturing camp for young women spent a week learning about metal cutting, robotics, EDM, CAD modeling, and welding.
Phillips leads with people-first mentality
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Sep 26, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Angela Phillips never even planned to work at the company she now leads as an award-winning CEO. But she credits her father and her ace leadership team for the success of that company.
Increasing competitiveness with software for small fab shops
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Sep 25, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Steve Geroski started his laser cutting job shop, Red Horizon Engineering , knowing the intrinsic advantages large fabricators have over small shops like his. But he’s using software to even the odds.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 03/05/2024
- Running Time:
- 65:35
After Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. (LMI) received The Fabricator's 2024 Industry Award, Todd Ludlow, founder and president of the...
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