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Las Vegas-based S.A.F.E. Structure Designs has announced the completion of its project for the U.S. Army Corps at Shenango River Dam in Hermitage, Pa. With the help of Noble Supply & Logistics providing rapid contracting services, S.A.F.E. designed, engineered, manufactured, and installed a custom...
Milwaukee-based Mac-Tech and Prodevco will host a webinar, “21st Century Structural Automation,” June 14 at 11:00 a.m. CT. The webinar will focus on robotic structural beam and tubing processing systems. Topics covered include productivity; accuracy; repeatability; reduction or elimination of...
Coldwater Machine, a Lincoln Electric Company, has announced the availability of its automated, servo-controlled tube and bar straightening system for carbon steel, stainless, aluminum, copper, and brass. It incorporates artificial intelligence that automatically adapts by learning different part...
MKS Pipe and Valve Co. (MKS), a distributor of pipes, valves, and fittings in Kansas City, Kan., has named Patrick Adams, former president/CEO, as chairman and director of special projects. Steven Adams, former executive vice president, has been appointed as president/CEO. “After nearly 50 years...
Germany-based transfluid Maschinenbau, a producer of tube processing machinery, has opened a subsidiary in Greenville, S.C.
The nearly 9,700-sq.-ft. facility houses offices, a spare parts warehouse, and a showroom.
Ithaca Acquisitions Holdings has announced the completed acquisition of the former pipe fabrication assets of The Shaw Group from McDermott Intl. Inc. Ithaca Acquisitions Holdings will rename itself Shaw Acquisitions Holdings and operate the business as Shaw. Shaw's global footprint includes 2...
Implementing Industry 4.0? Digitization, connectivity, and transparency can revolutionize a process or even an entire business, but successful implementation requires a holistic analysis.
RichardsApex, a manufacturer of oil-based and water-soluble wet lubricants for wire drawing, tube drawing, hot rolling, and other metalworking applications located in Philadelphia, has promoted two members of its technical staff. Ralph Creneti has been promoted to vice president–product...
Hexagon Production Software has introduced Radan 2021 with enhancements for CAD/CAM, tubes, bending, quoting, and CAD-for-CAM modeling. It allows the use of Radnest Ultimate on a punch press for optimizing batches of nests. Setup sheets can be generated automatically and sent to each machine. The...
Welding codes, procedures, qualifications, and certifications—what are they, and how are they used? They can be confusing, at best. Worse still, some welding applications don’t need to comply with any sort of code, written procedure, or anything else. Editor Eric Lundin interviewed Paul W. Cameron, a certified welding inspector, and Walter Sperko, a professional engineer and metallurgist with decades of experience in the welding industry, for insights regarding welding codes, procedures, and so on.
A well-rounded tube fabrication shop should know the four main modes of tube bending (freeform, compression, rotary draw, and roll bending) and which are most suitable for which applications.
To diversify from the commercial kitchen market, Southern Stainless of Waynesboro, Va., recently complemented its sheet metal fabrication capabilities with a tube laser machine for cutting and drilling.
Wauseon Machine and Mfg. Inc., Wauseon, Ohio, a provider of build-to-print tooling, custom machine building, tube fabricating equipment, and robotics automation, has appointed Scott Anair as president/CEO. Anair graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in industrial and...
Pedal-powered cycles come in many varieties—road bikes, trail bikes, recumbents, tandems, and so on. Another type, custom adaptive bicycles for folks with special needs, has emerged from bike manufacturers like Freedom Concepts in recent decades to bring independence and mobility to people who formerly had limitations in both of these areas.
Novi, Mich.-based BLM GROUP USA now offers live, interactive machine and software demonstrations of its fabricating systems for tube and pipe. These broadcasts allow customers and prospects to connect with the company virtually and participate in demonstrations in real time. The demonstrations are...
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 subscriptionThis week on The Fabricator Podcast, Jason Becker, host of the Arc Junkies Podcast and owner of Underground...
The Tube and Pipe Association focuses on the unique needs of tube and pipe producing and fabricating professionals.
Follow the link below to find a TPA member supplier near you.