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The Fabricator August 2009
The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
Flat responsibility in sheet metal modeling
- By Gerald Davis
- Sep 23, 2009
- Shop Management
- Article
The most important role of a CAD operator is to verify that the design can be flattened. Columnist Gerald Davis provides some guidance on that subject.
Bending nonround tubing
- By Bob Want
- Aug 1, 2009
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
While bending round tube and pipe involves many variables and challenges, the difficulties in bending nonround shapes are more numerous and complicated. Among the most common shapes are square, rectangular, and oval (elliptical and flat-sided). None react to the bending force in the same way that round shapes do, so understanding how the material reacts is the first step in learning about bending nonrounds.
Don't forget the fixturing
- By Bill Morgan
- Aug 1, 2009
- Shop Management
- Article
Don't forget a component of the system sometimes can dictate whether a robotic welding integration succeeds or fails: the fixturing.
To think 'in tube'
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 1, 2009
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
A tube laser spurs a shop to think about design and metal fabrication in a new way.
KO'ing keystrokes
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 1, 2009
- Bending and Forming
- Article
A transformer manufacturer completely automates folding machine programming.
Beginning the lean manufacturing journey
- By Dan Davis
- Aug 1, 2009
- Shop Management
- Article
LAI International, Scottsdale, Ariz., is a precision manufacturer that supplies specialized parts to many of the most-demanding OEMs in the world. Even with that success, the company realized there was still room to improve. As a result, it embarked on a lean journey and is seeing immediate results.
Stick welding: Tips for top performance
- By Brad Hemmert
- Aug 1, 2009
- Arc Welding
- Article
A beginning stick welder can produce better welds by paying attention to the five basic elements to establish a good, consistent technique: current setting, length of the arc, angle of electrode,manipulation of electrode, and speed of travel.
Saying 'yes' when others can't
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 1, 2009
- Laser Cutting
- Article
IMEC, a small job shop in southwest Missouri, invests in automation not necessarily to increase capacity, but to increase flexibility.
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- 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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