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Cutting and Weld Prep - Page 5
- From The Fabricator
Off the Grid: 5 challenges of building off the grid with shipping containers
- By Jessica P.
- Jun 6, 2021
- Blog Post
When the folks of Pacific Pines Ranch began constructing their shipping container home in a mostly remote area of Oregon, they did so with little metal fabrication experience. Here are the five biggest challenges they’ve faced while building off the grid.
- From The Additive Report
How 3D knee replacement and robots can improve surgery
- By Don Nelson
- Apr 26, 2021
- Article
Advancements in 3D knee replacement from medical tech companies include materials developed for implants. Learn about 3d printed knee replacement here.
- From The Additive Report
Advancements in metal alloys push metal 3D printing forward
- By William Leventon
- Apr 19, 2021
- Article
One area metals producer ATI focuses attention on is developing powders for additive manufacturing that will increase AM’s viability as a production process.
- From The Welder
Bug-O hires leader of Latin America strategic initiatives
- Apr 9, 2021
- News Release
Canonsburg, Pa.-based Bug-O, a manufacturer of track, automation, and motion control for arc welding and cutting, has hired Norman Galeana to lead its strategic initiatives in Latin America. After earning a degree in electronics and telecommunications engineering from Instituto Tecnológico y de...
- From The Welder
4 preweld actions welders should take before striking arc
- By James Madera
- Apr 7, 2021
- Article
The work a welder does before striking the first arc can have a monumental effect on the scope of a project and the integrity of the metal. Here are four actions to consider before even starting to weld.
- From The Fabricator
Off the Grid: The best way to cut through steel shipping containers
- By Jessica P.
- Apr 3, 2021
- Blog Post
The folks at Pacific Pines Ranch walk through the pros and cons of angle grinders, reciprocating saws, and plasma cutters in an effort to find which tools work best to cut through steel and create openings in their shipping container home.
- From The Fabricator
Edge beveler gives plate cutting company mirror-smooth weld seams without rework
- Mar 29, 2021
- News Release
SituationRiam Dordrecht BV is a steel supplier and provider of cutting work. It started as a source of custom cutting for shipyards in the Rijnmond area of the Netherlands and has expanded its scope over the years. Today it handles small and large orders for about 1,500 customers in industries such...
Esco Tool offers pipe welding end prep tools for same-day rental
- Mar 26, 2021
- News Release
Welding end prep tools and saws for cutting and beveling tube and pipe are available for same-day rental anywhere in the U.S. from Esco Tool, Holliston, Mass. The rental program includes MILLHOG ID-clamping welding end prep tools for beveling tube and pipe from 1 to 48 in. dia., the COHOG...
- From The Fabricator
Q&A: Waterjet advances in cutting speed, cut quality, user friendliness
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 26, 2021
- Article
Waterjet technology has been used in the metal fabrication industry for decades. So what have been its top advancements? Waterjet OEMs Flow, OMAX, KMT, TechniWaterjet, and American Machinery Group give us their spin on how they have advanced the technology over the years to improve cutting speed, cut quality, and user friendliness. In addition, fabricators Meyer Tool Huntersville and FedTech weigh in on which advances they have found to be the most useful to them.
- From The Additive Report
Inventor of AMBIT additive manufacturing head for CNC machines to offer parts-building service
- Mar 4, 2021
- News Release
Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, developer of the AMBIT additive deposition head that transforms a CNC machine into an additive/subtractive hybrid machine, has opened a subsidiary in the U.K. devoted to parts-making. Called Hybrid Advanced Manufacturing, the operations performed by the new...
How blades and saws work together to cut lead-free brass efficiently
- By Tim Robbins
- Feb 23, 2021
- Article
Getting the lead out—of household paint, gasoline, and many other products—has made the world a safer place. A modern push to reduce lead exposure from plumbing fittings has resulted in harder-to-cut alloys, which in turn led equipment manufacturers to develop new saws.
- From The Additive Report
On-demand manufacturer has no plans to ‘hunker down’ during COVID
- By Holly B. Martin
- Feb 19, 2021
- Article
In the past six months, San Diego digital manufacturing company GoProto has acquired two organizations—3D Systems’ Australian 3D printing division and an Australian scanning company—and been recognized by Inc.magazine.
- From The Fabricator
Learning how to forge weld
- By Josh Welton
- Feb 6, 2021
- Blog Post
Detroit fabricator Josh Welton gets his first lesson in forge welding with Jose “Pep” Gomez at his Lost Arts Forge shop near Las Cruces, N.M.
- From The Additive Report
Interview with Chris Aiello, co-owner of a new binder-jet 3D printing shop
- By Don Nelson
- Feb 4, 2021
- Article
Why start a 3D printing service bureau during a pandemic? A co-founder of Pennsylvania shop FreeFORM Technologies, Chris Aiello, discusses that and other additive manufacturing topics.
- From The Fabricator
The case for mechanical beveling
Portable and benchtop milling tools can create clean bevels that welders will welcome.
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