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Blog Posts - Page 10
Maximizing efficiency in tube production
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 20, 2023
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Blog Post
During these days of climbing inflation, tube producers are looking at all aspects of the production process to possibly save costs. One area that deserves a closer look is the use of high-frequency welding.
- From The Fabricator
Steel mills feel confident with early 2023 economic rally
- By Michael Cowden
- Feb 16, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Steel industry observers can’t decide if demand for steel is real or if steel consumers are buying to minimize the impact of future price hikes.
- From The Fabricator
How metal fabricators can keep customers happy, verify the material
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 15, 2023
- Testing and Measuring
- Blog Post
A webinar describes how a mobile metal analysis tool ensures that metal entering a fab shop is the metal the customer expects to be leaving.
- From The Fabricator
Finding the root causes of sheet metal forming problems
- By Bill Frahm
- Feb 8, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
In sheet metal forming correlation analysis, knowledge of all aspects of the shop floor is critical to selecting a correct representative population and properly applying mathematics.
- From The Fabricator
The fight over U.S. DOT infrastructure exemptions for iron and steel
- By Stephen Barlas
- Feb 7, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
With all the money dedicated to infrastructure improvement, unions and trade associations are not pleased that a larger-than-normal share might be spent on iron and steel sourced from outside the U.S.
- From The Fabricator
Getting to know roll forming
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 1, 2023
- Roll Forming
- Blog Post
The World-Class Roll Forming Workshop can help transform inexperienced shop floor workers into more valuable line operators.
- From The Fabricator
Building trust in smart manufacturing
- By Bill Frahm
- Jan 26, 2023
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
Want to enjoy the full potential of the Industrial Internet of Things? You better ensure that the workforce understands the potential benefits and the risks that come with such a major manufacturing shift.
- From The Fabricator
Steel mill price hikes appear to be sticking
- By Michael Cowden
- Jan 20, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Despite the current trend of increasing steel prices, market observers aren’t certain if the conditions exist for the trend to continue.
- From The Fabricator
Service centers: Friend or foe to the metal fabricating industry?
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 18, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Service centers jumped into the metal fabricating space almost 20 years ago with the offer of laser cutting blanks to customer-specific sizes. These investors just wanted to offer basic cutting services and leave the complex work to the fab shops. Of course, times change, and so do business opportunities. As the industry in the U.S. has expanded over recent years, more are looking to grab a piece of the growing pie.
- From The Fabricator
A first-time experience for welding students at FABTECH
- By Darla Welton and Josh Welton
- Jan 16, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
This past November at FABTECH 2022, Darla and Josh Welton caught up with a few welding students from Georgia Trade School to discuss their experience attending the show for the first time and their budding careers in the skilled trades.
- From The Fabricator
Federal agency skirts infrastructure bill’s domestic content requirements
- By Stephen Barlas
- Jan 13, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
The steel industry accuses the Department of Housing and Urban Development of bypassing buy America provisions.
- From The Fabricator
Things that come not back and squaring the ones that can in metal stamping
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 5, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
STAMPING Journal Editor Kate Bachman dwells on the need for restraint, and also for taking action in the metal stamping sector, based on the Arabian proverb, "Four things come not back—the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.”
- From The Fabricator
In the Workshop, Ep. 7: Repairing a straight edger
- By Josh Welton
- Jan 5, 2023
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Blog Post
In this episode of In the Workshop, Detroit-based welder and fabricator Josh Welton shares his quick and dirty approach to repairing and welding a fatigued metal section on a commercial Trail Mate straight edger owned by his father-in-law.
- From The Fabricator
Balancing act: Handling due dates for new babies and job shop responsibilities
- By Nick Martin
- Dec 28, 2022
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Barnes Metalcrafters’ manager and father Nick Martin explains the delicate balancing act of due dates in the job shop and responsibilities at home with the arrival of a new baby.
- From The Fabricator
The automotive industry’s ever-changing world revolves around EVs
- By Josh Welton
- Dec 22, 2022
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The automotive industry’s ever-changing world revolves around electric vehicles, and the Charger Daytona Banshee is a perfect example of that, writes Josh Welton.
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