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- Feb 12, 2024
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What products do custom metal fabricators sell?
- By Yu Sunny Han
- Feb 10, 2024
- Article
What separates a custom metal fabricator from the pack? It’s not what the shop makes; it’s how.
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- Feb 7, 2024
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Tolland, Conn.-based Mastercam has hired Karen Gibbs as CFO.
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Digital application simplifies weld traceability
- Feb 7, 2024
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ESAB has introduced InduSuite WeldCloud Assembly, a cloud-based digital application that provides welding professionals with a new level of production traceability.
- From The Fabricator
Tips for efficient sketching in 3D modeling
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 31, 2024
- Blog Post
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses how efficient sketching pays dividends when it comes to efficient DC modeling.
- From The Fabricator
Software suite updated
- Jan 31, 2024
- Product Release
SigmaNEST has released version 24 of the software suite.
- From The Fabricator
New ERP software release includes order batching feature
- Jan 17, 2024
- Product Release
Cetec ERP has released an updated software version that includes order batching, allowing users to group together work orders as a batch by keying in or scanning an order number.
- From The Fabricator
Scaling a metal fabricator with custom software
- By Caleb Chamberlain
- Jan 8, 2024
- Blog Post
OSH Cut CEO Caleb Chamberlain recalls his experience, and ultimate success, in writing production, inventory, and shipping software for his metal fabrication business.
- From The Fabricator
MCAD software update advances drawing creation automation
- Jan 8, 2024
- Product Release
IronCAD has released IronCAD 2024, a new version of its mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD) software for machinery and fabrication design applications.
- From The Fabricator
Tips for tackling virtual sharp points and bend lines for oblique angles
- By Gerald Davis
- Dec 29, 2023
- Article
To show how different approaches can be used to detail sheet metal characteristics in a CAD drawing, Gerald Davis focuses on two modeling examples.
- From The Fabricator
File export fundamentals in structural steel fabrication
- Dec 27, 2023
- Article
When files have the right information and account for the machines a structural fabricator has, jobs start to flow easily from detailing through the fab shop floor and to the field.
- From The Fabricator
Fabrication software: from floppy disks to the cloud
- By Caleb Chamberlain
- Dec 21, 2023
- Article
Fabricators used to buy software in a box. Today, they turn to the cloud. And in the near future, AI tools will change how we interact with computers in ways impossible to foresee.
- From The Fabricator
Buffer scheduling feature added to ERP software
- Dec 19, 2023
- Product Release
Cetec ERP has introduced a new scheduling feature that allows users to estimate static buffer time occurring before or after work is completed at a given work location.
- From The Fabricator
Nesting fundamentals for laser cutting stability
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 18, 2023
- Article
Laser cutting has become extraordinarily productive—if the head doesn’t halt or crash, of course. Considering how productive the latest laser cutting technology is, smart nesting has become more important than ever for metal fabrication shops.
- From The Fabricator
5 metal fabrication trends for 2024
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 17, 2023
- Blog Post
It’s a complicated time for metal manufacturers. The industry faces wage pressures and a skills gap, but metal fabrication technology continues to march forth faster than ever.
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- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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