Content tagged with "plate-cutting"
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July 22, 2009
Corte con el caballito de batalla de la industria
Mucho ha cambiado en el taller de fabricación con los años, pero no la necesidad de máquinas cortadoras multiusos. Con poco ruido o fanfarreas, estos caballitos de batalla de la industria han perforado, entallado, cortado con cizalla, y recortado metal por décadas.
Aunque aun existen... Read more...
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July 1, 2009
Counting on the combo
Figure 1 Boon Edam produces a variety of revolving doors that have some unique fabrication requirements. Next time you enter a downtown hotel or office building, push the revolving door—then look up. There you'll see what the door industry calls ceiling pies, wedge-shaped pieces... Read more...
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March 10, 2009
You can plasma cut it, but can you weld it?
A lot happens in a plasma arc from its generation at the electrode surface to the workpiece. Among numerous other factors, the plasma forming gas and its surrounding shield material, be it gas or liquid, play a major role in the final cut quality.
A high-quality cut is characterized by a low... Read more...
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January 27, 2009
Cutting with an industry workhorse
Much has changed in the fabrication shop over the years, but not the need for ironworkers. With little fuss or fanfare, these industry workhorses have punched, notched, sheared, and coped metal for decades.
Although mechanical versions still exist, hydraulic ironworkers make up the brunt of... Read more...
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August 26, 2008
Cycling through a business transition
Maybe it's the fact Lori calls her sister "Trace," short for Traci. Maybe it's because they complete each other's sentences. Or that they live a block apart. Or that they had their first children (both girls) within two weeks of each other. Or that they both first went into finance: Lori was... Read more...
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July 15, 2008
Laser optics: Special delivery
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Advanced optical components are required in beam-shaping devices for high-powered lasers.
In CO 2 laser cutting and welding, optics is where the rubber hits the road. No matter how precise the motion control or the beam quality from the resonator is, a high-quality, highly... Read more...
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May 13, 2008
Diversity a blessing for Blessing
Blessing Industries fabricated many of the components for this vertical drilling machine used by the utility, mining, and construction sectors for highway maintenance and other applications. Filing bankruptcy teaches hard lessons, and managers at one Iowa metal fabricator used those lessons... Read more...
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June 13, 2006
Job diversity through a waterjet
This tale from the O.C. doesn't involve beautiful people and cutting-edge music. It's about Orange County's very own Pacific Metal Cutting—in Placentia, Calif., to be more exact—and it's a 24-person team dedicated to cutting a variety of specialty metals for its metals... Read more...
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