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Articles - Page 207
Industry 4.0 arrives in Düsseldorf and in the manufacturing sector
- By Eric Lundin
- Jan 27, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
The term Industry 4.0 has been a frequently used buzzword for several years, but these days it’s more than a buzzword: It’s a reality, and it has begun to make inroads in the tube and pipe industry.
Cutting processes displayed and debuted at FABTECH®
- By Eric Lundin
- Jan 27, 2016
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Article
A tour of FABTECH revealed that many changes are afoot regarding cutting, especially among laser manufacturers. Editor Eric Lundin provides an overview of some of the technologies that were display at the 2015 expo.
- From The Welder
Add-on equipment makes a difference in SMAW
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jan 27, 2016
- Arc Welding
- Article
An optional digital meter for SMAW power sources allows welders to lay beads within set parameters.
- From The Welder
What happens when a nonwelder meets a laser?
- By Amanda Carlson
- Jan 27, 2016
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
How does a nonwelder transition into the role of laser welding machine operator? What aptitude or experience does someone need to be successful? Practical Welding Today® sat down with Tracy Stenger of Superior Joining Technologies, Machesney Park, Ill., to find out.
- From The Welder
1 + 1 = Weld shop staffing success
- By Orest Protch
- Jan 27, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
One aspect of the welding industry remains challenging for company management: determining staffing levels for tradespeople and supervisors at the front lines of industrial manufacturing systems and construction projects. While many people do not like crunching basic numbers, nothing beats simple math to come up with money-saving options to get through those tough economic times. The good news is that this is not rocket science. In fact, the number-crunching is so simple that it can be done quickly without any brain-numbing work.
- From The Fabricator
From kaizen to kata
- By Dan Davis and Stan Whitaker
- Jan 27, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Camfil APC is known for its dust collection equipment, but it’s also a metal fabricator. It makes the equipment in its Jonesboro, Ark., facility. Like any other modern fabricating operation, it is looking to eliminate waste where it can. That’s why launching and sustaining a lean manufacturing initiative is so important.
- From The Fabricator
Press brake basics: 10 tips for bottom bending aluminum
- By Steve Benson
- Jan 27, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Bottom bending aluminum isn’t as common as it once was and it requires knowledgeable press brake operators. Learn ten tips for using an aluminum bending brake.
- From The Fabricator
Taking high heat and spatter out of nonpulsed GMAW
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 26, 2016
- Arc Welding
- Article
Waste reduction in manufacturing helped to make Japanese manufacturing a mighty power, and that push for process improvement continues today. It was a big motivator for OTC DAIHEN to develop its Controlled Bridge Transfer-Expanded technology for robotic GMAW applications.
- From The Fabricator
At WITS end with wrinkles, tears, springback in AHSS?
- By Darrell Quander Jr., George Schreck, and Jim Landowski
- Jan 26, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- Article
: Stamping AHSS comes with forming challenges such as wrinkling, tearing, and springback. A servo’s controlled force can help resolve some of those problems—and keep you from tearing your hair out.
- From The Fabricator
2015 updates for ISO 9001, 14001 align with other standards
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 26, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
In September 2015, the widely recognized global standards body International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released its 9001:2015 standards for quality management systems (QMS) and 14001:2015 environmental management systems (EMS). Key changes to both the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards are that they are structured to align with other standards bodies; are less prescriptive; require greater upper management involvement; and require less documentation but more emphasis on defining processes, risk and opportunities planning, and context.
- From The Fabricator
Troubleshooting sheet metal defects: Part I
- By Daniel J. Schaeffler
- Jan 20, 2016
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Before a manufacturer can figure out what’s wrong with metal that keeps splitting during a forming process, it needs to understand just why one batch of sheet metal differs from another. The first step is learning the lingo associated with metal creation.
Sound waves determine weld soundness
- By Seth McGuire
- Jan 19, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
Traditional ultrasonic systems use piezoelectric transducers to generate sounds waves and a couplant—a liquid—to provide a pathway for the sound waves to pass from the transducer to the material under test. An electromagnetic acoustic transducer is an alternative technology, one that uses two electromagnets to generate the sound wave in the part to be inspected. This eliminates the couplant, which can interfere with the test process.
- From The Fabricator
The tipping point: A new way to manage value streams in high-mix manufacturing
- Jan 19, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Lean consultant Gary Conner describes a way to adapt value stream mapping—with its roots in low-mix, high-volume production—to the high-mix, low-volume job shop.
- From The Fabricator
How to set up your press, tooling, workpiece for press-to-press robotic transfers
- By Tim Tuttle
- Jan 19, 2016
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Setting up for robotic press-to-press transfer systems requires some consideration of distances, bolster height, and stroke length, as well as feed length, die clearance and several other press, tooling and workpiece considerations.
- From The Welder
Metallurgy Matters: Thermal cycles, the HAZ, and the strength of martensite
- By Bob Capudean
- Jan 18, 2016
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Last time we looked at how welding heat influences the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of metals strengthened by three typical hardening processes: solid-solution hardening, cold working, and precipitation hardening. That leaves one critical strengthening process to consider: transformation (martensite)...
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