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The Fabricator January 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.
Misconceptions about plasma cutting aluminum
- By Michael Bishop
- Jan 27, 2009
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
There are five preconceptions that many fabricators have about plasma cutting aluminum, but according to experts cutting aluminum with plasma produces good results.
Metal former today, compression molder tomorrow
- By Tom Lavoie
- Jan 27, 2009
- Bending and Forming
- Article
The difference between a hydraulic press used to form metal stampings and a compression molding press used to form parts out of composite materials isn't that great. Could a metal former make the jump into composites forming? With a lesson in materials handling and some customers, a metal former might be able to make the jump.
Green machines
- By Casey Schlachter
- Jan 27, 2009
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Electric and hybrid electric-hydraulic press brakes give fabricators an energy-saving bending alternative.
Bending outside the box
- By John Kemp
- Jan 27, 2009
- Bending and Forming
- Article
For the best, most cost-effective parts, designers should consider fabrication from the get-go. This article shows examples of what those parts look like.
Keeping welding costs from spiraling out of control
- By Barry Juneghani and Jeffrey Noruk
- Jan 15, 2009
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Skyline Steel, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, recognized in 2001 that for it to win contracts for high-end projects requiring high-pressure and high-strength steel spiral pipe, it would need to become more competitive in price. That's why the company turned to Servo-Robot Corp. and its AUTO-TRAC laser vision seam tracking for pipe welding.
Sketching in a 3-D CAD System
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 1, 2009
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis describes different approaches to sketching in a 3-D environment.
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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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