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More from Tim Heston
- From The Fabricator
A virtuous feedback loop in precision sheet metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 6, 2019
- Assembly and Joining
- Blog Post
FMA Annual Meeting’s tour of Food Warming Equipment Inc. shows how important continual employee feedback and cross training have become.
- From The Fabricator
A new look at the job shop organization chart
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 4, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
A job shop’s organization chart should work with, not against, a job shop’s business processes.
- From The Fabricator
Refining production control in custom metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 3, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Controlling flow can be difficult in any job shop, but one production control system—which requires no software to implement—shows serious potential.
- From The Fabricator
The road from turret punch press operator to guru
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 1, 2019
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Article
The best punch operators build a solid technical foundation in the process over years of experience. Some become the technical gurus who coach others and spur creative thinking.
- From The Fabricator
Building community with lean manufacturing
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 6, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
To prepare for growth, a Wisconsin fabricator is making serious investments in lean manufacturing.
- From The Fabricator
The enormous potential of modern custom metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 6, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Modern custom metal fabrication is a tough business, but it’s also one that’s full of potential, especially for those who master the art of quick response.
- From The Fabricator
How manufacturers uncover flow through operational excellence
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 5, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Most custom fabricators have resources that must be shared. Think of powder coating or heat treating. Still, even these resources can achieve efficient, smooth flow.
- From The Fabricator
Get to know a metal fabrication guru
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 4, 2019
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
Software can't do everything. In this business, it pays to get to know a sheet metal guru.
- From The Additive Report
A metal AM expert dishes on powder and system improvements
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 1, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Metal 3D printing crosses markets. And those in machining, fabrication, and other areas of conventional manufacturing have been paying attention. A high-end, previously machined part could be totally redesigned to take advantage of all that additive manufacturing (AM) has to offer, complete with...
- From The Fabricator
How data has evolved in structural fab
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 28, 2019
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Endres Mfg. Co. has upgraded its fabrication equipment over the past 10 years, which is a given for any modern fab shop, but it also has upgraded its approach to how information flows from the front office to the shop floor to the job site.
- From The Additive Report
3D printing new possibilities at Intralox
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 22, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
In a subtle way, 3D printing is making Intralox, a maker of conveyor systems and one of the largest plastic injection molders in the South, more flexible than ever.
- From The Fabricator
What makes a good leader in metal fabrication?
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 19, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Who makes good leaders? At one Tennessee fabricator, it’s not about experience or years on the job. It’s about having new ideas and helping everyone be more productive.
- From The Fabricator
Welding helmets, with color
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 14, 2019
- Safety
- Article
These days welders can peer through welding helmets and see the world in color.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricator adapts laser cutting to single-piece part flow
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 14, 2019
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Percival Scientific, a maker of environmentally controlled chambers for the research market, takes a holistic approach to cutting efficiency.
- From The Fabricator
How one metal fabricator digitized and simplified job planning
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 14, 2019
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Managers at Andy J. Egan Co., a metal fabricator and mechanical contractor, grew tired of long planning meetings spent around a whiteboard. So they digitized the process.
- 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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