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- From The Welder
Keys to selecting a compact inverter power source
- By Mike Sammons
- Mar 27, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Selecting an inverter-based welding power source may ultimately come down to how much TIG welding you do and how you start the arc during the welding process.
- From The Fabricator
Increasing revenue by applying production concepts to sales and marketing
- By Ed Marsh
- Mar 26, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
To maximize revenue growth and profitability, metal fabricators need to apply the shop floor mindset of continuous improvement to marketing and sales.
Tube 2024 to feature first-ever events
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Mar 26, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Tube 2024 promises several new educational events to support exhibits from more than 1,080 tube- and pipe-related companies worldwide.
Decoding all the tube bender options
- By Jay Robinson
- Mar 26, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Today’s tube bending machines offer shops a rich range of control and system options. Here's why metal fab shops should take the time to understand all of them.
- From The Fabricator
Guiding metal fabrication’s automation transformation
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 25, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- Article
The leadership team at Texas-based All Metals Fabricating hopes to have automation in every department within five years. It’s already halfway there. Their journey could be summed up in four foundational factors that continue to drive the organization toward its automated future.
- From The Fabricator
San Diego landmark becomes floating classroom for student welders
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Mar 22, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Welding students at a San Diego college earned valuable out-of-classroom welding experience aboard the USS Midway, a decommissioned aircraft carrier and current museum.
Saving time and money with a new pipe welding process
- By Danny Mortensen
- Mar 20, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
An Oklahoma-based fab shop discovered that the TIG welding it thought it needed to do would mean huge delays, so it turned to a different process and system—much to its benefit.
- From The Fabricator
The quality benefits of quick response in metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 16, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
For the past decade, Caster Concepts has reaped various benefits from quick response manufacturing, or QRM. This includes quality in manufacturing heavy-duty parts and automating material handling. Today, issues are caught well before they snowball into larger problems.
- From The Fabricator
Tube laser positions fabricator for future growth
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Mar 15, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
With the addition of a new laser tube cutting system, River City Metal Products has seen a remarkable uptick in productivity for its tubular rack components.
- From The Fabricator
Norton RazorStar abrasive discs designed to improve grinding performance
A new development in abrasive grain structure from Norton ׀ Saint-Gobain Abrasives results in new discs and belts that cut cooler and extend the abrasive’s life.
- From The Welder
Keys to adopting welding automation successfully
- By Arash Nejad
- Mar 14, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Whether or not welding automation and robotics succeed in a shop goes beyond the technology and equipment—oftentimes, it’s about workplace culture and how workers respond to change.
- From The Welder
A welding instructor’s career path to working with metal
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Mar 12, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Desirée Guzmán has come a long way since she left her cubicle job. Making handmade jewelry, learning how to weld, and welding in job shops have all led to her current gig—welding instructor at Chicago Women in Trades.
- From The Fabricator
An overview of a powder coating line for fabricators
- By Dan Davis and Michael Schuerer
- Mar 11, 2024
- Finishing
- Article
With so many metal parts destined for powder coating, metal fabricators should know the basics of this finishing process.
- From The Fabricator
6 myths about press brake tooling
- By David Bishop
- Mar 8, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Press brake expert David Bishop dispels some common myths when it comes to press brake tooling, including misconceptions about offsets, punch radii, and more.
- From The Fabricator
Award-winning case of what the metals processing industry offers
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 7, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
Those in the metals industry can attest that this important economic segment offers several possible career paths. Geoff Gilmore, Worthington Steel’s president and CEO, is a living example and winner of the 2024 Association of Metals Processors and Distributors Steel Executive of the Year award.
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