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Articles tagged with "plate fabricating"
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Older plasma and laser cutters having performance fits?: Retrofit!If you are considering retrofitting existing equipment to not just expand your plate cutting capacity, several factors need to be considered. These factors focus on a higher wattage resonator or an higher amperage plasma system, but also on the need to review the entire machine architecture.
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Better cuts with plasma: High-density plasma cutting equipment opens new doors for industrial contractorOne job led Keller & Son Industrial Contractors Inc., Spartanburg, S.C., to buy a new plasma cutting table in 2001. The need for extra capacity required it to purchase another in 2006. Now the company feels it is in the perfect position to take on all types of metal fabricating jobs.
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Improving manual plasma cutting quality: Get more life; fast, clean cutsSome tips and suggestions for best practices that will increase your efficiency and precision and prolong the life of your plasma cutter and consumables include: Take the time to read the manual thoroughly; develop a "preflight routine" visually follow the arc that is coming from the bottom of the cut—the arc should exit the material at a 15- to 20-degree angle opposite the direction of travel; and maintain a 1/16- to 1/8-inch distance between the tip and the workpiece.
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Taking waste off the plate: Operators for C&S Metal Fabricating use controller software to improve quality, reduce costs in thermal cuttingC&S Metal Fabricating, Houston, fabricates parts for the oil and petrochemical industry. When it purchased a thermal cutting table with the latest controller technology, it took the unusual step of keeping all nest designs down on the shop floor, not in the front office as many other shops do.
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Mejorando la Calidad del Corte Manual por Plasma: Obtenga más vida; cortes rápidos y limpiosSiga estos consejos y sugerencias para mejores prcticas en el corte por plasma, y vea los resultados: mayor eficiencia y precisin y una vida ms larga del cortador por plasma y de los consumibles.
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Fabrication in transition: One-time metal supply house becomes a waterjet shop that now offers laser cutting, bending, and assemblyArcadia, Albany, N.Y., transitions from a metal supplier to a waterjet cutting shop to a laser cutting shop to a metal bender. Future plans call for the shop to evolve into a full-scale contract manufacturer.
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Structurally, it's a job shop: Suburban Steel doesn't operate like a typical structural steel fabricatorStructural steel shops book jobs by the shop hour. More jobs lead to more hours and inevitably longer delivery times. In many instances, just-in-time deliveries in the structural business can be measured with calendars, not stopwatches. Suburban Steel Supply Co., Gahanna, Ohio, tries not to fall into that traditional trap when servicing its customers.
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Up with energy prices and wind towers: Automation, consultation help plate fabricator meet demand for wind tower mastsWith the recent increases in gasoline and natural gas prices, more attention than ever is focused on alternative energy sources. One fabricator, Aerisyn LLC, investigated manufacturing towers for use in the wind power industry. To produce towers efficiently enough to compete against imports from Asia, Aerisyn relied on an equipment vendor that had experience in demanding fields such as aerospace, nuclear, and wind power.
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6 structural steel lessons not found in books: Frank advice on fixing some 'structural' mistakes made in steel fab shopsUnfortunately, the proper structural steel education is not taking place before young men and women hit the shop floor. Trade and welding schools give you the basics about fabricating, but you learn a lot more on the job. To help that information exchange, an old-school structural steel fabricator shares six thoughts.
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Imagination fabrication: To be a playground equipment fabricator, you gotta have gameBCI Burke, Fond du Lac, Wis., is the oldest playground and park and recreation equipment manufacturer in the country. As the company grew and its product offerings and colors multiplied, it found it needed to address problems with long leadtimes. Burke looked at every possibility for improvement, including processes improvements, inventory organization, manufacturing equipment purchases, and personnel productivity improvements, including crosstraining.
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When a good tube bends bad: ArrayHave you ever started with what you thought was a good tube, ended with a bad bend, and wondered where you took a wrong turn? Correcting for defects requires some detective work, and an understanding of the bending process. This article examines tube defects and offers fixes.
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Understanding how rotary tube and pipe cutting works: Why 25-year-old technology is still aroundInnovations and new developments in rotary tube and pipe cutting, such as high-speed cutting, minimal heat generation, special holding collets, and automatic loading, trim and sorting have reduced or eliminated time required for secondary operation, improved efficiency, and reduced costs.
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When a good tube bends bad - Part I: How to Prevent Tube From Taking a Bad TurnHave you ever started with what you thought was a good tube, ended with a bad bend, and wondered where you took a wrong turn? Correcting for defects requires some detective work, and an understanding of the bending process. This article examines tube defects and offers fixes.
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When a good tube bends bad: ArrayHave you ever started with what you thought was a good tube, ended with a bad bend, and wondered where you took a wrong turn? Correcting for defects requires some detective work, and an understanding of the bending process. This article examines tube defects and offers fixes.
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When a good tube bends bad - Part II: How to prevent tube from taking a bad turnHave you ever started with what you thought was a good tube, ended with a bad bend, and wondered where you took a wrong turn? Correcting for defects requires some detective work, and an understanding of the bending process. This article examines tube defects and offers fixes.
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Up with energy prices and wind towers: Automation, consultation help plate fabricator meet demand for wind tower mastsWith the recent increases in gasoline and natural gas prices, more attention than ever is focused on alternative energy sources. One fabricator, Aerisyn LLC, investigated manufacturing towers for use in the wind power industry. To produce towers efficiently enough to compete against imports from Asia, Aerisyn relied on an equipment vendor that had experience in demanding fields such as aerospace, nuclear, and wind power.
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Moving to modular welding fixturing: Process control improvement drives tank fabricatorWrayco's progression from dedicated welding fixturing to modular fixturing has reduced storage space and maintenance, created faster setups for critical prototypes and quick-turn projects, and improved quality control.
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Up with energy prices and wind towers - Automation, consultation help plate fabricator meet demand for wind tower mastsWith the recent increases in gasoline and natural gas prices, more attention than ever is focused on alternative energy sources. One fabricator, Aerisyn LLC, investigated manufacturing towers for use in the wind power industry. To produce towers efficiently enough to compete against imports from Asia, Aerisyn relied on an equipment vendor that had experience in demanding fields such as aerospace, nuclear, and wind power.
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Metal fabricating in a new millennium: How metal fabricators elevated plate cutting, bending, welding, and finishing to an art form to create Millennium Park's Cloud GateThe forming and fabricating of the 925-foot BP Pedestrian Bridge located at the east section of Chicago's Millennium Park, and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion is explored.
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Cracking the case: How to choose the right filler metals to weld AR plateBefore welding abrasion-resistant plate, it's important to take certain precautions and choose the most appropriate filler metal for your application and weld metal.
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Roll bending a wind tower with a three-roll bender: How to get a good leading edgeThree-roll bending with a variable axis offers an advantage over four-roll bending for bending conical sections in that it allows for a good leading edge and rolling without having to lift the plate to pivot it with a bridge crant.
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Bending the new breeds of high-strength steel: New challenges, new tools, new rulesSeveral new breeds of high strength steels have arrived that bring with them a host of new opportunities. However, these new breeds also bring with them special challenges not common to bending mild steel, and with them, the need for new tools and new rules for proper bending.
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Pipe fabricator saves big time with big bends: 4 lessons to learn from Universal Pipe and Steel Supply and its four-roll benderUniversal Pipe and Steel Supply, Fort Myers, Fla., needed a roll bender with greater capacity to capitalize on the market for larger pipe sections. The company found its answer with a four-roll bender from Bertsch.
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Doblando los nuevos tipos de acero de alta resistencia: Nuevos retos, nuevas herramientas, nuevas reglasHan surgido varios tipos nuevos de acero de alta resistencia que traen consigo una gran cantidad de nuevas oportunidades. Sin embargo, estos nuevos tipos tambin traen consigo retos especiales que no son comunes en el doblez de acero suave, y con stos, surge la necesidad de nuevas herramientas y nuevas reglas para un doblado adecuado.Foto cortesa de Wila USA.
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Dealing with Mother Nature's wrath: Fabricated hinge system to protect bridge from earthquake damage |
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One nesting software for all: Maurer Manufacturing now uses one software package for its plasma and laser cutting machinesMaurer Manufacturing, Spencer, Iowa, purchased a new plasma cutting table in late 2006 and decided it wanted one nesting program to run both the new plasma table and its slightly older Cincinnati laser cutting machine. After a slight stumble, the company found the solution it needed with MTC Software's ProNest program.
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High-powered lasers take a bite out of plate: How wattage, mode, and assist gas work togetherCO2 lasers are available in wattages that can cut plate more than 1 in. thick. The wattage, however, isn't the only factor that affects total speed and power. The assist gas chosen and the mode of the laser also influence final results.
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Getting into the thick of high-powered lasers: Increased resonator wattage opens the door to plenty of opportunitiesThe new high-powered lasers allow fab shops to serve a broader range of custom needs.
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