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- From The Fabricator
Canine cops ride in style with custom fabricated kennels
- By Sue Roberts
- Jun 27, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and owner of First Light Custom Builders fabricated custom metal canine kennels for North Carolina’s Craven County Sheriff’s Office.
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight: Keep your cool—in any manufacturing environment
- By Sue Roberts
- May 22, 2020
- Safety
- Article
Summer is coming, and many fabricators and other manufacturing workers know staying cool on a shop floor during a heatwave isn't easy. That's why engineers at the University of Missouri are working to provide personal wearable air conditioning.
- From The Fabricator
Cowboys, horses, bison, bears emerge from scrap metal
- By Sue Roberts
- Apr 24, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
South Dakota metal artist John Lopez uses repurposed scrap metal from vehicles and equipment to create lifelike sculptures.
- From The Additive Report
Wire-arc additive manufacturing can be used to build very large parts to near-net shape
- By Sue Roberts
- Apr 17, 2020
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
Collaborators Lincoln Electric Additive Solutions and Oak Ridge National Laboratories provide an overview of large-scale wire-arc additive manufacturing.
- From The Welder
Tool-free wheel changes save time
- By Sue Roberts
- Mar 29, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Article
X-LOCK, a new interface technology from Bosch Power Tools, makes the process of changing grinding wheels faster without the need for tools.
- From The Fabricator
San Diego welding students fabricate MLK sculptures
- By Sue Roberts
- Mar 8, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Welding students in San Diego work on floats for the city’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade.
- From The Fabricator
"Arc of Dreams" metal sculpture mimics nature along Big Sioux River
- By Sue Roberts
- Feb 15, 2020
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
Dale Lamphere, the artist behind the Dignity of Earth & Sky sculpture, helps make the dream of a stainless steel sculpture over the Big Sioux River in Sioux Falls, S.D., come true.
- From The Fabricator
Turning Golden Gate Bridge handrails into home furnishing
- By Sue Roberts
- Jan 19, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Rick Bulan makes furniture and accessories out of steel from the Golden Gate Bridge.
- From The Fabricator
Metal in his DNA: Doctor welds nucleosomes structures
- By Sue Roberts
- Dec 7, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Bryan Welm, cancer researcher by day, welds nucleosomes structures in his free time.
- From The Fabricator
Scrap metal expands Canadian artist’s forte into welding
- By Sue Roberts
- Dec 1, 2019
- Metals/Materials
- Article
A Canadian artist discovers welding and gets creative with scrap metal.
- From The Fabricator
Arena project leads to pipe cutting automation at Fought & Co.
- By Sue Roberts
- Nov 29, 2019
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
Fought & Co. out of Tigard, Ore., uses automated plasma cutting technology to process large pipe.
- From The Fabricator
College welding club in Washington fabricates artwork for community
- By Sue Roberts
- Oct 13, 2019
- Arc Welding
- Article
The Skagit Valley College Welding Club creates metal art sculptures that beautify the public spaces of Mount Vernon, Wash.
- From The Fabricator
Transporting a decommissioned Boeing 747 jumbo jet 500 miles to Burning Man
- By Sue Roberts
- Aug 14, 2019
- Finishing
- Article
Getting a decommissioned 1985 Boeing 747-300 to Burning Man 2018 was no easy task. The jumbo jet needed to be disassembled and then reassembled after being transported 500 miles by ground. But that required drilling through the titanium wing spars.
- From The Fabricator
How to attract a new generation of metal fabricators
- By Sue Roberts
- Aug 9, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Libertyville, Ill.-based Laser Precision is involved in promoting manufacturing to its community and was recently honored for its efforts.
- From The Additive Report
Transportation industry supplier opens additive manufacturing division
- By Sue Roberts
- Jun 18, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
Trans Machine Technolgies, a manufacturer of large parts for the rail and mining sectors, started Trans Machine Additive in 2017 with two Arcam EBMs. TMA's president shares some of the lessons learned along the way.
- Podcasting
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- 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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