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Blog Posts - Page 18
- From The Fabricator
Five years of rapid change at Industrial Sheet Metal
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 1, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
FMA Annual Meeting opens with a tour of Miami-area fabricator Industrial Sheet Metal, which has undergone a dramatic transformation to advanced manufacturing in just five years.
- From The Fabricator
Study: Strength remains in the family-owned metal fabrication businesses
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 1, 2022
- Laser Cutting
- Blog Post
Many think that most family-owned metal fabrication companies are doomed by the time the third generation takes over. That’s not necessarily true in the manufacturing sector, according to a study.
- From The Additive Report
An immersive 3D printing experience at the 2022 AMUG conference
- By Don Nelson
- Feb 28, 2022
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) is set to kick off its annual conference April 3 in Chicago. The 5-day event will be packed from start to finish with all things AM, said AMUG's director of conferences and education, Jordan Weston in an interview with The Additive Report.
- From The Fabricator
Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters: Episode 3, Tom Patsis of Cold Hard Art
- By The Fabricator editors
- Feb 26, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
In episode No. 3 of Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters, we speak with Tom Patsis about his motorsport trophy fabrication business Cold Hard Art and his winning strategy on the Netflix reality metal art competition show.
- From The Fabricator
Does automation dumb-down the shop floor?
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 21, 2022
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Can modern machines dumb-down the shop floor? It’s a real possibility. But if metal fab shops take the right approach, modern tech can do just the opposite.
- From The Fabricator
Is a fundamental change in steel prices in the works?
- By John Packard and Tim Triplett
- Feb 15, 2022
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Steel buyers and metal fabricators continue to wonder where exactly steel prices will settle after hitting historic highs last year.
- From The Fabricator
Tracking the supply chain disruption and opportunities for reshoring
- By Kate Bachman
- Feb 13, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
The pandemic exposed the country’s manufacturing vulnerabilities in an overreliance on foreign suppliers for medical supplies, semiconductors, construction materials, and other goods. An overemphasis on the bottom line—both by outsourcing OEMs and by bottom-dollar consumers—put the U.S.’s self-reliance on a bottom-rung trajectory.
- From The Fabricator
Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters: Episode 2, Las Vegas artist Luis Varela-Rico
- By The Fabricator editors
- Feb 12, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
In episode No. 2 of Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters, we speak with artist Luis Varela-Rico, who made name for himself by creating a number of large-scale metal art installations around Las Vegas.
- From The Fabricator
Electrified Chicago Auto Show to feature EVs front and center
- By Kate Bachman
- Feb 11, 2022
- Electric Vehicles
- Blog Post
The 2022 Chicago Auto Show is expected to shred any lingering doubts about the auto industry’s shift to electrification.
- From The Welder
One nonwelder’s advice to a new welder
- By Amanda Carlson
- Feb 9, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Even the most universal advice holds true for new welders: Don't be afraid to make mistakes; be open to change; quality work beats pretty work.
- From The Fabricator
Welding standards change coming for highway projects
- By Stephen Barlas
- Feb 8, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Metal fabricators used to working on federal highway projects soon will have to meet the standards set forth by the AWS structural welding code.
- From The Fabricator
Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters: How artist Rae Ripple ended up on Netflix
- By The Fabricator editors
- Feb 5, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Texas metal sculpture artist and welder Rae Ripple is featured in the first episode of our Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters series, where we speak with contestants from the Netflix show Metal Shop Masters.
- From The Fabricator
Meet the executive who is changing the face of steelmaking
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 3, 2022
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Lourenco Goncalves, the man who has transformed Cleveland-Cliffs from a mining company to the largest flat-rolled steel company in the U.S., is scheduled to speak at the FMA Annual Meeting on March 1.
- From The Additive Report
Modeling and simulation sharpen manufacturers’ view of their organizations
- By Travis Hill
- Feb 1, 2022
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Simulation provides smaller manufacturing companies opportunities to increase their performance and meet the daunting demands of rapidly introducing new products and technologies, reducing costs, and raising quality.
- From The Fabricator
How metal fabricators take on their own challenges
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 1, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Some of a job shop’s best work is fabricating products that help to resolve its own challenges.
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