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Blog Posts - Page 45
- From The Welder
Still Building America: From art school grad to sheet metal apprentice
- By Josh Welton
- Jun 4, 2019
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
Elizabeth Schweitzer is a jack-of-all-trades in Detroit’s metalworking scene. After connecting with Women Who Weld, the art school grad, jewelry maker, interior designer, and welder landed a sheet metal apprentice at CASS Sheet Metal. But Schweitzer has her sights set on accomplishing much more in her young metal fabrication career.
- From The Additive Report
Tackle box holds memories of first additive manufacturing experience
- By Kip Hanson
- Jun 3, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Regular Additive Report contributor Kip Hanson recalls learning to operate an SLA 250 3D printer in the early 1990s.
- From The Fabricator
4 strategies from stampers on how to build a capable, dedicated, and modern workforce
- By Kate Bachman
- May 29, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Stampers and analysts share strategies on how to better build a capable, dedicated and modern workforce while addressing the skills and generation gaps.
- From The Welder
National Automotive Collection reveals creative metal fabrication projects from World War II
- By Josh Welton
- May 28, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
What did the jeep of the future look like during World War II? What exactly does an amphibious vehicle look like? Welder Josh Welton uncovers some creative uses of sheet metal while searching through the Detroit Public Library’s National Automotive Collection.
- From The Additive Report
Stratasys increases its 3D-printing footprint across auto racing
- By Gareth Sleger
- May 25, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Stratasys, a longtime provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions across auto racing, recently announced partnerships with Don Schumacher Racing and Arrow SPM at Rapid + TCT in Detroit. The AM company also will feature a Stratasys logo on 13 of the 33 IndyCars at the Indy 500.
- From The Fabricator
Barnes MetalCrafters makes the big move to its new metal fabrication facility
- By Nick Martin
- May 24, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Barnes MetalCrafters Product Designer and Manager Nick Martin gives a detailed account of how the longtime metal fabrication company made the big move from its 50-year-old shop to its new facility in North Carolina.
- From The Fabricator
Gen Z and metal fabrication: a perfect match
- By Dan Davis
- May 22, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Metal fabricators consistently lament the lack of young people interested in a career in manufacturing, but are they really selling their shops in the right way? Generation Z might be open to a lot of the things that the fabrication community has to offer.
- From The Fabricator
Yearlong slide in steel prices continues
- By John Packard and Tim Triplett
- May 21, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Steel prices have slid for the better part of a year, and they might be reaching the point where service centers feel compelled to more aggressively support the mills’ announced price hikes, which really haven’t had an impact.
- From The Fabricator
Ford’s layoffs fit with Hackett’s vision for fitness
- By Kate Bachman
- May 20, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Today’s announcement by Ford’s CEO Jim Hackett that the automaker is cutting 7,000 white-collar jobs, worldwide, was jarring, but not surprising, considering his focus on business fitness.
- From The Welder
Even in the world of large manufacturing, it’s about people for brand ambassadors
- By Josh Welton
- May 20, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Detroit welder-fabricator Josh Welton details how he arrived early to the social media brand ambassador game and why personal relationships are at the root of all of his successful and long-term business relationships.
- From The Welder
Welding student fabricates Iron Throne replica from GOT
- By Amanda Carlson
- May 18, 2019
- Aluminum Welding
- Blog Post
Want to see a GOT replica? Louisville, Ky.-based welder Michael Hayes fabricated a 200-lb Iron Throne replica from the famed series Game of Thrones.
Now is the time for fabricators to evaluate shop floor safety
- By Eric Lundin
- May 17, 2019
- Safety
- Blog Post
Summer’s almost here, and it can be a bit dangerous. Workplace injuries rise in the summer months, so this is a good time for manufacturing and metal fabrication companies to slip an extra reminder or two into regular safety briefings.
- From The Fabricator
For metal fabricators, free time is a luxury
- By Josh Welton
- May 15, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
With many metal fabricators utilizing social media platforms like Instagram to promote business, more and more people are taking advantage of that with expectations of free advice, instruction, and help with personal projects.
- From The Additive Report
Additive manufacturing used to create model of a baby’s face
- By Don Nelson
- May 14, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
I had never heard a touching story about 3D scanning or additive manufacturing until last week, when I visited FARO Technologies’ Lake Mary, Fla., facility to learn how the two technologies complement one another. The company’s senior applications engineer and scanning arm specialist, Les...
- From The Fabricator
Are content provisions for fabricated metal products suggested in USMCA?
- By Stephen Barlas
- May 13, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
A new U.S. ITC report on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement suggests that regional value contents rules, mostly associated with the automotive industry, could apply to other metal fabricated products, providing another boost to the domestic metals industry.
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