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Surviving the storm
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April 24, 2013
Figure 1 Saltwater flooded Architectural Grille’s Brooklyn facility after Hurricane Sandy’s high-powered wind blew down a roll-down door. Photos courtesy of Architectural Grille. Architectural Grille was a company on the move... Read more... -
Fiber laser helps job shop cut thick metals
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April 8, 2013
Figure 1 North Topeka Fabrication’s new fiber laser cutting machine is designed to deliver a maximum cutting speed of more than 9,000 IPM in certain circumstances. Any good story can be boiled down into three acts. North Topeka... Read more... -
Tooling changeover can be a pressing issue
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March 7, 2013
How long would it take a press brake operator to change out tooling from one bending job to the next? Press brake manufacturers are providing automatic tool-changing options and systems to reduce tooling setup times. Photo courtesy of Amada... Read more... -
Growing in the face of uncertainty
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February 1, 2013
Figure 1 The management team that has helped to put A&E Custom Manufacturing on a consistent growth path includes (from left to right, starting in the front) Steve Hasty, owner; John Jaixen, general manager; Vicki Hasty, owner; Clark... Read more... -
EuroBLECH 2012 recap: Fighting for more efficiency
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December 3, 2012
Figure 1 Salvagnini was a pioneer in laser fiber machines, debuting its first machine at EuroBLECH 2008. At this year’s event, the company demonstrated the versatility of its L5 fiber laser as the machine cut thick materials and... Read more... -
Shop grows by staying small
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June 13, 2012
Figure 1 EVS Metal was an early adopter of solid modeling, even to the point where the engineers were creating their own solid models from DXF files and blueprints. The experience may have seemed like a lot of work back then, but the... Read more... -
How soft skills make a shop successful
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May 1, 2012
Figure 1 Chris Boycks, Jay Manufacturing’s director of quality and process improvement, works with staff members during a kaizen event. If managers at Jay Manufacturing Oshkosh Inc. hired people based solely on their technical... Read more... -
Bending software streamlines press brake department
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February 28, 2012
Ben knew what his setup person was about to say. It had become routine for the press brake department supervisor. Another day, another part that can’t be formed to the tolerance specified on the print. This time the quandary involved... Read more... -
More than a metal fabricator - a problem solver
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February 1, 2012
Figure 1 Having a skilled, experienced workforce helps Airtronics Metal Products take on complex projects. Airtronics President and CEO Jeff Burke said the average employee tenure is 12 years. Photos courtesy of Airtronics Metal Products... Read more... -
Lessons learned lead to big bounce back
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January 9, 2012
Figure 1 Steve Hasty, president, A&E Custom Manufacturing, stands with an aluminum part that goes on an electric vehicle. The company has committed to investing in equipment that includes as much automation as possible so that it... Read more... -
Seeing the (green) light
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August 1, 2011
Most fabricators have adjusted their manufacturing processes significantly to compete. These days many customers place small orders (sometimes just one piece), require short lead-times (often just hours), and demand low prices. An operator... Read more... -
The benefits of technical certification in metal fabrication
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July 18, 2011
Figure 1 The journeyman at International Gaming Technology’s sheet metal prototype shop take a sheet metal component through every fabricating process, including welding. From left to right: Nick Anderson, Herman Marquez, Mike Terry,... Read more... -
The merits of a manufacturing hybrid
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June 2, 2011
Figure 1 Atlanta Attachment’s shop floor is set up as a hybrid—part product line manufacturer, part job shop. When Atlanta Precision Machining & Fabrication opened for business, it immediately became a significant job shop... Read more... -
Hamburgers, metal, and mettle
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February 25, 2011
Figure 1 A White Castle in 1930s Chicago was fabricated for mobility. It could be erected and, if needed, disassembled and erected again at a different location. Metal channels hold white porcelain paneling, and all of it was fabricated... Read more... -
Fabricating to the drumbeat
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December 2, 2010
Figure 1 The shop floor at C.O.W. Industries has minimal work-in-process between its laser, punch press, press brakes, and other equipment. The shop is clean, and work flows steadily to downstream processes. It wasn’t always this way.... Read more... -
It came from Europe
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December 2, 2010
Figure 1 Fiber laser’s precision cutting is not sacrificed when coupled with a punch press. Dr. Norbert Wellmann, managing director, European Research Association for Sheet Metal Working, was present for the unveiling of a new... Read more... -
Fabricator growth strategy: Lower cost brings greater profit
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December 2, 2010
Figure 1 Hi-Tech Industries of New York invested heavily in technology over the past two years, including this 4-kW laser cutting center. Photo courtesy of Amada America Inc. Doug Gardner recalled one request for quote on a... Read more... -
Through thick and thin, punching tooling can help
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December 2, 2010
Figure 1 Punching is still the most efficient way to make holes of the same size on a steel sheet, no matter whether it’s 16 gauge or 0.25 in. thick. Photo courtesy of W.A. Whitney Co., Rockford, Ill. Ask a metal fabricator... Read more... -
Another day, another economic recovery
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November 12, 2010
Figure 1 A technician at Ometek measures angles in copper busbars. The work harks back to the shop’s origins, serving the electrical business. Pizza never tasted so good. That thought probably crossed at least one employee’s... Read more... -
Using watts, again
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November 12, 2010
Figure 1 Today the 3 Phase Energy Systems team, pictured here, is part of an organization that includes Laser Cutting Northwest and Pacific Air Cargo Transfer Systems, which altogether employ a little more than 30. Future demand may... Read more... -
New metal fabrication player touts high-value engineering
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October 4, 2010
Figure 1 Marlin employs 29 people, six of whom are designers or mechanical engineers. Standing on the far left is Drew Greenblatt, company president. In 1990 Drew Greenblatt probably couldn’t have imagined he’d be sitting... Read more... -
Streamlining press brake setups help transform a business
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July 30, 2010
Figure 1 An operator at Quality Fabricators can retrieve a program that was sent to the control from offline bending software. Photo courtesy of Quality Fabricators. It’s been a long time since George Doucet spent his days... Read more... -
The Wisconsin Family Robinson
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May 28, 2010
Figure 1 Because Robinson Metal Inc. works with food processing companies, its fabricators have to be skilled in working with stainless steel. Matt Shimmon has worked at Robinson Metal Inc., De Pere, Wis., for four years and is... Read more... -
Tapping into new capabilities on punching machines
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October 1, 2009
By having their precision punch presses put taps in sheet metal parts, fabricators are saving time and money because they no longer need an operator to transfer parts from the punch to a manual tapping unit. Photo courtesy of Prima Finn-Power... Read more... -
Is it time to put a robot in front of a press brake?
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June 8, 2009
Dan Aronson, president, P&A Metal Fab Inc., Clackamas, Ore., is no stranger to robots. His company runs six robotic welding cells, and it has a 12-year-old robotic press brake cell as well. Robotic welding cells? That's not too unusual, as... Read more... -
Japanese metal fabrication: Manufacturing on a bedrock of data
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October 14, 2008
I first noticed the houses in Shibayama Machi, southwest of Tokyo. Many in Japan live in extended families, and driving through communities I saw houses coupled, two to a plat, one house older than the other. The parents raise their children... Read more... -
Reasons for a press brake upgrade
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October 14, 2008
Figure 1 Adaptive bending, either through laser sensing (pictured here) or internal devices, can help overcome problems with material variation. Photo courtesy of LVD Strippit, Akron, N.Y. The press brake remains one of those last bastions... Read more... -
When does a punch/laser make sense?
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August 26, 2008
Shops that process enough of the right parts can increase uptime and reduce secondary operations with a combination punch/laser machine. Photo courtesy of TRUMPF Inc. Business growth led Hawkeye Industries President and CEO Bryan... Read more... -
Nothing standard about this fab shop
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February 12, 2008
After five years of working for a family-owned metal fabricating business in eastern Connecticut, Rob Marelli wanted to do things his way. He approached the president with an offer to buy the company from him, but he was soon gone with a... Read more... -
The science behind the servo press
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January 15, 2008
A Komatsu H2F series servo press line stamps perforated sheets for the backs of plasma TVs. This press is programmed to form each part with multiple strokes, eliminating the need for a traditional progressive-die setup. In stamping, when you... Read more... -
2 strategies for optimizing bending operations
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January 15, 2008
Offline bending software expedites the bending process. Metal fabricators must continuously seek new ways to maximize their uptime and improve their staff utilization to combat the skilled worker shortage. Fabricators typically encounter... Read more... -
Safety still pressing for press brakes
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January 9, 2007
Press brake safety equipment must ensure safety without hindering speed or productivity. The leading trend in press brake safety is to protect the operator without sacrificing speed or hampering operators' ability to work productively,... Read more... -
High-powered lasers take a bite out of plate
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December 12, 2006
The "more is better" mentality has been ingrained into the American culture for many years now. Sometimes this is not a good thing. However, as it relates to laser cutting, the "more is better" mentality has proven to be a success. Since... Read more... -
Imagination fabrication
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February 7, 2006
Burke's signature play environment this year is a multievent treehouse designed to look like it is in a natural setting, complete with hollowed tree trunks and leaf climbers. Founded in 1920, BCI Burke, Fond du Lac,... Read more... -
Making the sale
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October 11, 2005
Why do some people purchase only Ford trucks while others believe in Dodge or Chevy products? Similarly, why do some companies prefer Strippit precision punches, while others favor TRUMPF, Murata, Finn-Power, Whitney, or Amada America? Is... Read more... -
Beyond Tool and Die
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July 12, 2005
BTD made its first investments in tube fabricating equipment, including a BLM-Adige 803D tube laser cutting system, in 2003. Now tube fabricating accounts for roughly 15 percent of its total business. The story is short,... Read more... -
New tool helps fabricator accelerate part making for small runs
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August 14, 2003
The company provides a range of fabricating services, including turret punching on four Amada 30-ton, 58-station turret presses. In addition, the company operates press brake, laser, welding, painting, plating, assembly, and kitting... Read more... -
Job shop reduces costs, improves laser's output
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May 29, 2003
The Laser Station regulator can be mounted to a secured surface to eliminate movement and potential leakage at the tubing connection. Such multilevel capabilities enable a customer to reduce the number of vendors it... Read more... -
Fanning production rates
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November 7, 2002
While a worker prepares to remove parts from a dual-pallet laser at Hartzell Fan, Piqua, Ohio, the machine is cutting the next job. The company was able to replace an older laser and a plasma cutter with this new machine. The space saved... Read more... -
Science Nonfiction
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August 8, 2002
Forty years ago no one would have thought it possible to cut plate steel with focused light. Over time it has not only become possible but common in manufacturing operations. However, making this science fiction into fact wasn't enough,... Read more... -
Evolution of the beast
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June 27, 2002
Photos courtesy of Komatsu America Industries, Wood Dale, Illinois. Described as a big hammer, a beast, and a cookie cutter, mechanical presses have been the underappreciated workhorses of stamping operations. While the physics of the presses... Read more... -
'It's gonna be painful' Metal industry players note little to reassure them in days ahead
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November 15, 2001
Ask people in the trenches of the metals industry, job shops and equipment manufacturers alike, what lies down the road, and you might as well paint their windshields black and tell them to drive home — they know where they want to go, but... Read more...
