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Articles - Page 16
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication industry's great technological transition, cultural balance
- By Tim Heston
- May 11, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Many new machines shift knowledge from the metal fabrication shop floor to the office, where offline programming and simulation make production much more predictable. But what about shop culture?
- From The Fabricator
How to transform a metal fabrication business in 90 days
- By Steve Jagler
- May 10, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
New owners of CR Industries in Cudahy, Wis., successfully transformed the direction of their metal fabrication shop and business in just three months.
Making the most of tube bending automation in a metal fabrication shop
- By Marion Zickenheiner
- May 9, 2023
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Keeping up with ever-evolving automotive industry requirements has prompted fischer group to expand its automation capabilities with a series of tube bending cells from the same manufacturer in many company facilities.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricator launches ProFab Alliance to provide shared resources for small shops
- By Tim Heston
- May 8, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Most metal fabrication shop owners and managers know all about chaos on the shop floor. Indiana-based ProFab (Progressive Fabricator) Alliance would like to make chaos the exception, not the rule, by uniting fabricators under an industry group of a shared management system and philosophy.
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New fiber laser tube cutting system at HK Laser & Systems
- May 8, 2023
- Laser Cutting
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HK Laser & Systems has a new line of Fiber Tube Cutting Systems which serve the tube-cutting industry, including the heavy-duty structural industry.
- From The Fabricator
What makes datum features good or bad?
- By Mike Matusky
- May 6, 2023
- Testing and Measuring
- Article
Mike Matusky answers questions about datum features and the roles of designers, drafters, and engineers in part production.
- From The Fabricator
A manufacturer's disciplined approach to troubleshooting component problems
- By Bill Frahm
- May 5, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
A press shop experiences many types of failure. The right approach to troubleshooting can give employees better skills for the process and prevent more failures in the first place.
Metal fabricator looking at the future through laser-cut tube
- By Lincoln Brunner
- May 2, 2023
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Unifab began life as a bus manufacturer. Today, its evolution continues apace with its latest tube laser, which it hopes will continue to win it new customers.
- From The Fabricator
How augmented reality is being used to train the next generation of welders
- By Tim Heston
- May 1, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Augmented reality can’t replace the real-world experience for a welder, but the technology can better prepare welding students before they even strike their first real arc.
- From The Fabricator
Stamping Die Essentials: Draw reduction calculations
- By Art Hedrick
- Apr 28, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
In this sixth article on die design and construction fundamentals, Art Hedrick explains the calculations needed to perform a draw reduction.
- From The Fabricator
How to use imported CAD models
- By Gerald Davis
- Apr 28, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis shows how imported CAD can be modified almost as fast as it can be downloaded.
- From The Fabricator
A manufacturer's complicated reality of scheduling, measuring performance
- By Caleb Chamberlain
- Apr 26, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Aside from quality, supply chain, personnel, compliance, and hosts of other complexities, scheduling alone is complicated for many manufacturing businesses. So how is one Utah-based metal fabrication shop tackling the high-mix scheduling problem? OSH Cut Founder/CEO Caleb Chamberlain explains in his latest column.
- From The Fabricator
Finding the best custom coater for fabricated metal parts
- By Korey Bell
- Apr 25, 2023
- Finishing
- Article
The coating shop that metal fabricators select can make or break the satisfaction level of a customer and the end user of fabricated parts.
- From The Fabricator
Precision metal fabrication needs more exposure to those outside manufacturing
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 24, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Last month's FMA Annual Meeting in Las Vegas highlighted the need for outreach, but also showed all the enriching teamwork and problem-solving that the metal fabrication sector has to offer the manufacturing industry as whole.
- From The Fabricator
How waterjets stack up against traditional metalworking functionality
- By Ivan Kondeykin
- Apr 24, 2023
- Waterjet Cutting
- Article
When it comes to metalworking functionality, a waterjet can outproduce mills and do some things a mill can’t.
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