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More from Tim Heston
- From The Fabricator
Auciello Iron Works revitalizes its structural metal fabrication shop
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 17, 2021
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Article
With key employees aging, Auciello Iron Works was like a dying church. Now the Hudson, Mass.-based bridge railing, structural, and miscellaneous fabrication shop is on a different, more sustainable path with new technology and a modernized workforce.
- From The Fabricator
How automated guided vehicles can change metal manufacturing
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 8, 2021
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) could change the metal fabrication shop floor and have potential in fabrication.
- From The Fabricator
How metal fabricators make the most out of narrow margins
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 3, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Many metal fab shops live with narrow margins, as shown by a recent financial survey from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association. The best shops know how to manage the money from that profit well.
- From The Fabricator
Autonomous mobile robots could change metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 28, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Interoperable autonomous mobile robots (AMR) could make automation more flexible, especially as you go farther down the metal fabrication value stream.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication ready to take off in 2022
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 23, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
2022 could be a big year for fabricators that invest in technology and navigate the industry’s two main challenges: the lack of workers and a volatile supply chain.
- From The Fabricator
Plate clamp basics for fab shop crane operators
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 17, 2021
- Materials Handling
- Article
A crane’s plate clamps can make material handling safe and speedy in a metal fabrication shop, when used correctly.
- From The Fabricator
Automation for remnant management in laser cutting
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 16, 2021
- Materials Handling
- Article
Software has made tracking remnants in sheet metal cutting easier, but operators still manually remove and store them. Now, however, shops have automated options.
- From The Fabricator
A look back at FABTECH 2021: A turning point for automation?
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 16, 2021
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Attendees at the FABTECH 2021 expressed a new sense of urgency. Metal fabricators and manufacturers need capacity, and shops need it now. Advancing automation capabilities seems to be best step forward.
- From The Fabricator
Amada America celebrates 50 years
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 9, 2021
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Amada America celebrates 50 years in the U.S. and the opening of a new technical center in High Point, N.C.
- From The Fabricator
Say goodbye to traditional robot programming in the fab shop
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 27, 2021
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
New approaches to robot programming from companies like Path Robotics and Omnirobotics might open up new paths to automation for high-mix, low-volume fabricators.
- From The Fabricator
Handrail fabrication, supported by 5S
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 21, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Those at Trex Commercial Products, a decorative handrail fabricator, juggle a lot of variables. 5S and a communicative culture keep everyone on the same page.
- From The Fabricator
Ohio metal spinner automates order processing
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 19, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Until this year, sales engineers at Toledo Metal Spinning Co.’s spent days processing certain orders. Now, with a few clicks, many jobs go straight to the shop.
- From The Fabricator
Automation as a service and it's potential in metal manufacturing
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 12, 2021
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Automation as a service is a new approach to technology adoption that could give fabricators another option while also reducing the associated sticker shock.
- From The Fabricator
How metal fabricators fund growth
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 11, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Opinions about debt vary across metal fabrication. But no one argues that fabrication is a capital-intensive business, and access to capital will be even more important in the future.
- From The Fabricator
Burnishing technology combats stress corrosion cracking of welds
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 1, 2021
- Finishing
- Article
The act of welding induces stress into the material, so metal fabricators employ various methods to mitigate it. One technique is low-plasticity burnishing, a high-tech cousin of the old-school burnishing process.
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- 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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