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Articles - Page 12
- From The Fabricator
Data takes center stage at Italy’s LAMIERA sheet metal trade show
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 11, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
About 19,000 people visited Milan to attend LAMIERA, Italy’s manufacturing show focused on sheet metal. After an irregular schedule during the pandemic, the trade show returned to its biennial format this year.
- From The Fabricator
Key metrics for metal fabricators looking to sell a manufacturing company
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 11, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
What do investors look at when purchasing a business? The metrics can be grouped into three areas: revenue, operations, and, perhaps most important, the people a fabricator employs.
- From The Fabricator
Multidomain platform streamlines automaker’s data organization and retrieval efforts
- Jul 11, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Microvan manufacturer SGMW used Stibo Systems' multidomain master data management platform to streamline its business operations while reducing dependency on its existing ERP system.
- From The Fabricator
Setting a manufacturing business apart with personal marketing technologies
- By Mark Coronna
- Jul 7, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Fabricators are constantly assessing their production environment to retain competitiveness, but the addition of marketing technologies can drive significant growth and differentiation for your company.
- From The Fabricator
Cleveland metal fabricator pursues a multifaceted hiring strategy through Ukrainian refugee community
- By Tim Heston
- Jul 6, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Cleveland-area metal fabricator Tendon Manufacturing has evolved its hiring strategy by refining its Facebook help-wanted ad placements and making connections within the Ukrainian refugee community. The shop employs nearly 20 Ukrainian refugees with both manufacturing experience and an eagerness to learn.
- From The Welder
Consumables Corner: Troubleshooting lack of fusion and porosity in submerged arc welding applications
- By David Meyer and Rob Koltz
- Jul 5, 2023
- Consumables
- Article
The Consumables Corner duo address a reader’s struggles with lack of fusion and porosity on complete joint penetration welds, a common issue with submerged arc welding.
- From The Fabricator
How some CAD tools deliver automatic design for manufacturability results
- By Gerald Davis
- Jun 30, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis to explore toolpaths as a topic of design for manufacturability.
- From The Fabricator
Want better manufacturing leaders? Build character
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Jun 29, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Mack Story spent 20 years in manufacturing as a machinist and in other roles. That experience taught him what works (and doesn’t work) in motivating people and creating workplaces that attract and keep people.
- From The Fabricator
How manufacturing businesses can maximize value with digital advertising
- By Caleb Chamberlain
- Jun 28, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
In the digital age, advertising can be tracked and measured. How manufacturing shops and other metal fabricators use that data can make or break a marketing program.
- From The Fabricator
In metal fabrication, dependability, good intentions reign supreme over B.S. work
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 27, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
In metal fabrication, skill is important, but dependability might reign supreme over, to put it bluntly, B.S. jobs.
- From The Fabricator
Take the slower, more flexible path to success in metal manufacturing
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Jun 27, 2023
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Metal fabrication job shops and manufacturers must entirely switch the way they measure costs if they want to truly improve productivity. Quick response manufacturing (QRM) is one concept that can prove beneficial.
- From The Fabricator
Beveling edges on metal plate, sheet metal with a laser cutting machine
- By Antonio Calero
- Jun 26, 2023
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Article
Single-step laser cutting and beveling eliminates the need for subsequent processes such as drilling and edge cleaning.
- From The Fabricator
How the press brake setup person’s role has evolved in the fabrication shop
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 23, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
The most experienced person in the bending department used to be the press brake setup expert. Today, all operators have that role.
Understanding the emergency stop on a manufacturing shop's tube bender
- By Jay Robinson
- Jun 22, 2023
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
A metal fabrication shop knowing how to respond to a tube bender in the emergency stop state means first knowing the circuits, voltage, and relays in the machine.
- From The Welder
Technology advancements in multiprocess welding machines
- By Kodi Welch
- Jun 21, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Advancements in multiprocess welding machines have helped shops increase productivity and flexibility, saving time and money by simplifying all processes for their welders, including SMAW.
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