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Articles - Page 281
- From The Fabricator
Why the little things matter
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 2, 2012
- Shop Management
- Article
The issue for Laser Access employees wasn't getting the equipment running, it was the time they spent away from the machine, hunting for the right tools and material. That's why the Michigan shop took steps to keep the necessary tools nearby and neatly organized.
- From The Fabricator
Repair, rebuild, or scrap the press?
- By Jared Parker
- Nov 2, 2012
- Bending and Forming
- Article
From the perspective of a field service professional, the choice to repair, rebuild, or look for a new press isn't that hard of a decision. It's just a matter of clearly looking at the current shape of the press and what it will take to get it up to performance specs.
- From The Fabricator
The Lombardi Trophy, with a “Girly” touch
- By Amanda Carlson
- Nov 2, 2012
- Arc Welding
- Article
Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis earlier this year featured athletic prowess and classic gridiron toughness with a little speed and finesse. But also on display outside the stadium throughout the heart of downtown was a combination of strength and artistic flair that only a metal art sculpture can provide.
- From The Fabricator
Cutting the GTAW remote control cord
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 23, 2012
- Arc Welding
- Article
A truly remote-controlled foot pedal for TIG welding sounds like the perfect tool for job site fabricators, but welders that work in a small cell are also finding advantages associated with cutting the welding control cord.
- From The Fabricator
First to the punch
- By Scott Tacheny
- Oct 23, 2012
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Article
The ability to move from one job to the next quickly is essential to a shop’s ability to produce more parts in less time. An important part of this involves shortening changeover time at the punch press.
- From The Fabricator
3-D CAD: Handling imported data during sheet metal design
- By Gerald Davis
- Oct 19, 2012
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis is ready to rip into the process of converting imported 3-D parts to flattened parts.
- From The Fabricator
The rebirth of a metal fabrication business
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 19, 2012
- Shop Management
- Article
In September 2011, thanks to changing weather patterns and unintended consequences of water management, GT Fabrication was flooded yet again. The family business has been through this before. Why stay in the game? Because the metal fabrication community was there to help.
- From The Fabricator
How to develop the next-generation leader
- By Mark Ernst
- Oct 19, 2012
- Shop Management
- Article
Preparing a plan to develop the next-generation leader requires a comprehensive, objective analysis. It should cover where the business should go over the next several years, and what skills the next leader will need to take the company in that direction.
- From The Fabricator
Cellular manufacturing meets the front office
- By Rajan Suri
- Oct 19, 2012
- Shop Management
- Article
Quick-response manufacturing takes a time-based approach that looks at the entire process from start to finish. This includes one vital element: restructuring the organization away from a job-function approach and toward lead-time reduction. To reduce lead-times, you need to restructure your organization so that people shepherd projects through multiple steps.
- From The Fabricator
The decision of a lifetime
- By Jim O’Leary
- Oct 19, 2012
- Shop Management
- Article
There are elections, and then there are watershed elections, such as those in the U.S. in 1800, 1860, and 1932. Voracious student of history and longtime engineer Jim O’Leary believes the 2012 election falls into this category, as "unrest with the governmental status quo has reached an epic high tide."
- From The Fabricator
When to cut a common line
- By Kevin Keane
- Oct 12, 2012
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Article
All things being equal, it stands to reason that a single separating cut is always preferable where possible. But all things are not equal, and there are times when common-line cutting is not the best option.
- From The Fabricator
Bending for the internal customer
- By Bill Bossard
- Oct 12, 2012
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Freeing a bending bottleneck can backfire if it simply creates a severe bottleneck downstream. Bending throughput may increase, but overall throughput--the metric that really matters--may not. That’s why the best bending automation considers not only the bending department but also the throughput of the entire plant.
- From The Fabricator
A plate rolling primer
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 12, 2012
- Bending and Forming
- Article
The FABRICATOR talks with Jeff Visser, production managers at Avon, Mass.-based BEPeterson, about the basics of plate rolling operation. Plate rolling is part art, part science. It requires skill, and not just anyone can do the job right.
- From The Fabricator
Wisconsin fabricator ramps up in-house training
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 12, 2012
- Shop Management
- Article
As the skilled labor crisis continued unabated, Schuette Metals launched a unique in-house training program. Sources said that more than anything else, good training will be key to the fabricator’s future success.
- From The Fabricator
10 questions to ask for safeguarding success
- By Douglas Raff
- Oct 9, 2012
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Article
Applied correctly, safeguarding can add to a company’s bottom line by preventing injury, improving the manufacturing process, and optimizing the overall shop environment.
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