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Articles - Page 210
- From The Fabricator
Grand unifying theory of press brake bending: Part IV
- By Steve Benson
- Dec 15, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Article
This month Steve Benson summarizes his grand unifying theory of radius, bend deduction, and die selection with a review and complete rundown of the bend calculations, from estimating springback to working the bend functions.
- From The Fabricator
Do safety incentives work?
Incentives can be a good tool to draw awareness to a particular effort in a safety program, but they need to be implemented only after careful thought. Sometimes negative results can emerge from incentives created with the best intentions.
- From The Fabricator
Workforce challenges: Can’t we all just get along?
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 15, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Talk to managers in metal fabrication and they’ll probably tell you they have trouble finding “good” people. In fact, they usually don’t say “skilled” people. So what’s the difference?
- From The Fabricator
ISO certification in metal fabrication: Yes or no?
- By Dick Kallage
- Dec 15, 2015
- Testing and Measuring
- Article
Is ISO 9001 certification worth it? It really depends. If key customers or prospects require it, then yes, it’s certainly worth the effort. But if a fabricator does pursue ISO certification, it shouldn’t be a one-time effort but instead a continual improvement. It isn’t just window dressing.
- From The Fabricator
Making your welding operation safer with source-extraction systems
- By Benjamin Howell
- Dec 10, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Ventilation systems help make the air safer in welding operations. Source extraction offers optimal benefits for welders.
- From The Fabricator
The solid state of metal powders in metal fabrication
- By Dale Harper and Gary Tydings
- Dec 3, 2015
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Metal powders are used in various areas of manufacturing including powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing. But in the welding and metal fabrication arena, weld overlays and thermal spray are by far the most popular applications for metal powders.
- From The Fabricator
A job shop reborn
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 3, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Co-Lin Metals Fabricating, Rockford, Ill., was an old-school shop. Estimates were done by hand, and important documents were transferred by fax. Stephen Hedlund, who had once worked summers at the shop where his dad, Michael, worked, wants to change all of that. He and his dad are the new owners, and they want to take the shop into the 21st century.
- From The Fabricator
How a plate rolling rookie becomes a guru
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 3, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Article
How does a plate rolling rookie become a guru? According to Ken Pecho, project engineer at Chicago Metal Rolled Products, it requires good communication. So how do you really define good communication? For plate rolling (and many other shop skills), you can break it down into three critical components: collaboration, observation, and patience.
- From The Fabricator
Make way for the torch queen
- By Amanda Carlson
- Dec 2, 2015
- Arc Welding
- Article
Contributing Editor Amanda Carlson introduces us to a former contractor who has found her niche as a welding artist and instructor.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication in 2016: Diversification proves its worth
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 2, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
2015 has been a tale of two markets—commodities and everything else. Demand for food, fuel, and materials is suffering and prices are dropping. But low prices in these areas are spurring growth elsewhere. Many predict this tale to continue into 2016.
- From The Fabricator
The differences between stiffness and strength in metal
- By Daniel J. Schaeffler
- Dec 1, 2015
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Many in the metals industry think that stiffness and strength are the same thing. That's not the case, especially when you are talking about metals used in automotive designs.
- From The Fabricator
Press brake training: Passing the torch
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 1, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Southern Metalcraft Inc.’s press brake veteran will be retiring at the end of 2016, and he is now passing the torch to someone who never worked on a press brake until 2009. So how did the rookie learn so quickly? Technical aptitude plays a role. But more important than that, the veteran and rookie get along and just work well together.
- From The Fabricator
2016 capital spending forecast in metal fabrication: The growth continues
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 30, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
According to the “2016 Capital Spending Forecast” from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International, total capital spending will edge up a little more than 2 percent next year. Still, certain equipment categories, including welding and bending, may experience dramatic gains.
- From The Fabricator
3 steps to optimize a finishing operation
- By Tom Morris
- Nov 30, 2015
- Finishing
- Article
Metal fabricators are pressed for time, so many don’t dedicate the time to conduct a thorough analysis of something as trivial as abrasive disc usage. That’s a mistake, because a few simple steps can produce momentum that makes a more formal investigation into abrasive usage hard to ignore.
- From The Fabricator
Friction stir welding expands its scope
- By Martin Brennan
- Nov 30, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Friction stir welding, which is used in projects such as the new NASA heavy-lift rocket, is now being used in more typical metal fabricating applications.
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