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Nearly 22 months after initially announcing the project, Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor has begun construction on a 1.5-million-sq.-ft. steel plant in Bradenburg, Ky. The $1.7 billion steel plate manufacturing plant is expected to open in 2022 with 400 employees. The company reports the new mill will...
A manufacturer of industrial fiber lasers has introduced a laser developed for metal 3D printing. nLIGHT Inc. describes the AFX-1000 as a high-power fiber laser that can switch between single-mode beam and other beam profiles without the use of free-space optics. The beam shaping function is...
Poland-based 3D printer, filament, and resin manufacturer Zortrax S.A. has printed a composite prototype made from two types of PEEK: a standard formulation and an experimental, electrically conductive version developed by the European Space Agency. The company used its Endureal dual-extrusion...
The Vehicle Group of power management company Eaton is implementing a new 3D metal printing program as a part of its Industry 4.0 strategy to reduce development times and improve efficiencies. The first printer was installed at the company’s Kings Mountain, N.C., facility. Additionally, global...
Equispheres, an Ottawa, Ontario, developer of metal powders, has released a white paper about the important role of feedstock to successful additive manufacturing applications. “The additive manufacturing industry has long understood that certain bulk characteristics of the feedstock powder, such...
The Metal Construction Association (MCA), Chicago, has launched a new website, which premiers MCA Metal University, a comprehensive online resource for architects, contractors, code officials, manufacturers, and building owners looking to increase their knowledge of metal building materials. The...
Southern Aluminum Finishing (SAF), a global metals distributor, fabricator, anodizer, and finisher, has appointed Matthew Webb as general manager for its original location in Atlanta. Webb has more than 20 years of professional experience. Before joining the company, he held a variety of...
With more sidelined steelmaking capacity returning to action and new capacity opening up in 2021, steel mills might find that supply might outstrip demand for steel in the coming year. That's good news for metal fabricators.
Switching to 3D printing has allowed Zeiss Consumer Products to lower costs while saving energy and reducing its CO2 emissions, reports the manufacturer of camera lenses, binoculars, and other optical devices. In an interview posted to the company’s website, Zeiss’ head of process engineering,...
Cortec has introduced BioPad, a flexible, corrosion-inhibiting fabric constructed from biobased nonwoven material. Placed in a package with metal items, it protects the parts and leaves them ready for use. The fabric protects ferrous and nonferrous metals, as well as alloys such as galvanized and...
A Pew Charitable Trusts issue brief concludes that FDA oversight must evolve as health providers find new ways to apply AM technology.
North Carolina job shop Barnes MetalCrafters has been handling what Manager Nick Martin calls the “COVID Crazies” better than expected. The shop saw an uptick in stainless steel projects to keep busy.
Investigators at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) have developed a cobalt-free binder for cemented tungsten carbide. The binder is expected to promote sustainable manufacturing by providing an environmentally friendly method to mass-produce metals, alloys, cermets, and composite parts for...
Factory automation and tooling solutions provider Electroimpact Inc. has combined two processes—automated fiber placement (AFP) and fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printing—into a unified system called Scalable Composite Robotic Additive Manufacturing. The 6-axis SCRAM reportedly allows...
Although iron replaced bronze as the metal of choice 3,000 years ago, iron’s most commonly used form, steel, continues to provide the backbone of modern manufacturing and infrastructure. An interview with Murali Manohar, PhD, P.E., head of plates, energy & infrastructure products at ArcelorMittal Global R&D, provides insight about what tube and pipe fabricators can expect in the future.
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.
start your free subscriptionIn this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
The Association of Metal Processors and Distributors (AMPD) serves the needs of professionals in the steel distribution industry.
Follow the link below to find an AMPD member steel supplier near you.