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The Fabricator November 2010
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.
Using watts, again
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 12, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
A West Coast metal fabricator, Laser Cutting Northwest developed a product called the regenerator, which generates electricity from exhausted air. One application includes dust collectors for laser cutting systems. Installed into the shop’s own systems, the regenerator produces enough electricity to power a third of the shop lights.
Another day, another economic recovery
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 12, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
One Columbus, Ohio, job shop recovered quickly from the recession. The organization has a history of financial conservatism and pragmatism—and today’s black ink is a testament to the shop’s success.
A total look at the cost of owning dust collector filters
- By Tomm Frungillo
- Nov 8, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
A form that covers the total cost of ownership gives a fabricator a useful tool for comparing the real costs of operating an existing dust and fume collector with different filters.
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill, Part XI
- By Gerald Davis
- Nov 8, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Working on a 3-D design for the Shashlik Grill, columnist Gerald Davis has turned his attention to the sliding charcoal plan, but this particular component challenges the top-down modeling approach that has been used up until this point in the project.
Tube bending with no straights? No problem
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 1, 2010
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
A Wisconsin tube shop invests in an unusual, freeform bending technology that can bend tube sections with no straight sections between bends. Different radii requires no tool changeouts or complex tooling setups. Instead, an operator changes the code in the controller.
The brain and brawn of modern automation
- By Mike Pellecchia
- Nov 1, 2010
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Automating metal fabrication requires more than just high-speed processing. The actual equipment—the brawn—is only half the equation. The other half is the software—the brains of shop automation.
New technology developments in the fold
- By David Prokop
- Nov 1, 2010
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Bidirectional bending was a big step forward in the capabilities of folding machines. However, the technology continues to advance with the emergence of faster folding speeds, more tooling flexibility, wider working envelopes, and more specialized folding capabilities.
Are you maximizing your nesting efforts?
- By T.R. Kannan
- Nov 1, 2010
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Making cost-effective designs has become a basic requirement in manufacturing, and proper nesting can contribute to this overall goal.
22 possible causes for porosity in welding
- By Phil Evans
- Nov 1, 2010
- Arc Welding
- Article
Porosity in welding is a common defect that is fairly easy to fix. What issues contribute to weld porosity? Read our checklist to learn what the problem may be.
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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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