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Blog Posts - Page 15
- From The Fabricator
Growing a knowledge-based workforce in the manufacturing industry
- By Bill Frahm
- Aug 15, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
As manufacturing has shifted from a focus on task execution to engaging employees in an effort to be flexible and efficient, companies need a new type of worker.
- From The Fabricator
The manufacturing community holds conflicted views on tariffs
- By Stephen Barlas
- Aug 8, 2022
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
As metal fabricators and other manufacturers debate the effectiveness of tariffs, the U.S. International Trade Commission announces its own investigation into the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs and the Section 301 tariffs on various Chinese imports.
- From The Welder
What competition can tell us about the future welder
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Aug 4, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
High school welding programs and large competitions like SkillsUSA bring hope that the future of welding is in good hands.
- From The Fabricator
Talking Shop with Metal Shop Masters: The story behind how Netflix changed Ivan Iler's metalworking career
- By The Fabricator editors
- Aug 3, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
In the fifth episode of our Talkin' Shop series interviewing contestants from the Netflix show Metal Shop Masters, we speak with Ivan Iler, a metal sculpture and kinetic artist from St. Johns, Mich. Iler talks about how the show changed the course of his life and career.
Calm resolve wins the day for tube fabricators and machine manufacturers
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Aug 1, 2022
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Blog Post
By just being there the week of Tube 2022, the thousands of exhibitors and attendees that poured into the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre each day said something with their hands and feet more powerful than they could have otherwise: “We’re here, and we’re ready to do business.”
- From The Additive Report
Changing colors: the next big thing in additive manufacturing
- By Kip Hanson
- Jul 28, 2022
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
3D-printing objects with colloidal inks is another example of how materials expand the boundaries of additive manufacturing.
- From The Welder
Top high school, college welders announced in national SkillsUSA competition
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jul 26, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
High school and college students from across the country competed in three welding categories at this summer’s SkillsUSA Championships in Atlanta. Here are the results.
- From The Fabricator
In The Workshop, Ep. 3: How to loosen die grinder collets and gas bottle caps
- By Josh Welton
- Jul 25, 2022
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Blog Post
Welder-fabricator Josh Welton share some simple time-saving tips from his Detroit shop for easily loosening die grinder collets and gas bottle caps.
- From The Fabricator
A game plan to reach out to the next generation of creators
- By Bill Frahm
- Jul 21, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Social media is proof that humanity still celebrates creativity among the younger generations. What better industry to put those creative efforts to work than in metal fabricating and forming?
- From The Fabricator
Put fears about job availability aside when talking automation
- By Dan Davis
- Jul 20, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
Fear not. Robots are here to help metal fabricators grow their businesses, not take jobs from humans.
- From The Fabricator
The end of the steel price decline might be near
- By Michael Cowden
- Jul 19, 2022
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
With the overall economy slowing a bit, steel consumers might see material prices level off in the coming weeks.
- From The Fabricator
A conversation about welding education with the guys behind Weld Labs
- By Josh Welton
- Jul 18, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Detroit welder-fabricator Josh Welton sits down with the guys behind Weld Labs. Welders Nate Bowman and Rush Kane to talk about how they went from first meeting at FABTECH to building a modernized welding program focused on education, procedure development, and technical support for both trade schools and metal fabrication shops.
- From The Fabricator
The challenges of taking a new product to market
- By Nick Martin
- Jul 8, 2022
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Nick Martin discusses the challenges of taking a new product to market with his aftermarket auto accessories side business.
- From The Fabricator
Federal Appeals Court turns back steel tariff challenge
- By Stephen Barlas
- Jul 7, 2022
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rules that former President Donald Trump had the right to levy the steel imports.
- From The Fabricator
Consistent and creative communication gets safety messages across in industry
Keeping safety in the forefront of discussions and activities is a good way to keep workers safe in manufacturing industries.
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