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Blog Posts - Page 49
- From The Additive Report
A metal AM expert dishes on powder and system improvements
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 1, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Metal 3D printing crosses markets. And those in machining, fabrication, and other areas of conventional manufacturing have been paying attention. A high-end, previously machined part could be totally redesigned to take advantage of all that additive manufacturing (AM) has to offer, complete with...
- From The Welder
Talking arc welding and more
- By Josh Welton
- Jan 31, 2019
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
If you read Josh Welton’s blog posts and columns in The WELDER magazine, you will enjoy his “Playing with Fire” podcasts—a trip through a life-educated, blue-collar mind. Here’s a look behind the scenes.
- From The Additive Report
The use of additive manufacturing will grow rapidly
- By Don Nelson
- Jan 28, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
The town I live in is home to four companies involved with additive manufacturing: a builder of 3D printers, an international distributor of resins, a multinational consultancy, and a 3D printer of small toys. That certainly doesn’t make the town a hotbed of AM activity. But it’s an impressive...
- From The Additive Report
3D-printed faucet wins design award
- By Don Nelson
- Jan 25, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Kallista’s Grid bathroom faucet and Cube handles are stunning examples of minimalist design. And I’m not the only one who thinks so. Kallista, part of the Kohler (Wis.) Decorative Products Group, recently received a Good Design® Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum for its faucet set.The...
- From The Fabricator
South Carolina metal fabricator honors longtime employees with new cars
- By Gareth Sleger
- Jan 24, 2019
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
For their four decades of service to Anderson, SC, metal fabrication company Sargent Metal, Amanda Tiller, a customer service representative, and Doug Getsinger, a MIG welder, were each surprised with a brand-new 2018 Nissan Rogue to celebrate their 40-year work anniversaries.
- From The Welder
Repairing a chipped roller on a vintage Skil belt sander
- By Josh Welton
- Jan 23, 2019
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Old, well-worn, favorite tools are worth their weight in gold to those who use them. What do you do when one breaks? If possible, you repair the tool and continue to use it. Josh Welton recently repaired his dad’s belt sander.
- From The Fabricator
Take a timeout to learn about dry film lubricants
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 22, 2019
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Today, a new, fresh approach to lubricate and provide corrosion protection is to apply dry film lubricants to coil instead of piling on the zinc and oil or other forms of wet lubricants, according to Chemcoaters. Learn more at the company's webinar on Wed., Jan.30.
- From The Additive Report
Additive manufacturing isn’t just for billion-dollar organizations
- By Don Nelson
- Jan 22, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Every few months or so I read about a university, government agency, or manufacturing company that’s opening a research center devoted to advanced technologies. These organizations tend to be large and well-funded. GE, for example, invested approximately $1.5 billion in its Global Research...
- From The Fabricator
U.S. steel producers fight efforts to change what counts as domestic content in water projects
- By Stephen Barlas
- Jan 21, 2019
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
In language that is evidenced in a 2019 appropriations request, domestic steelmakers successfully eliminated products “substantially transformed” as qualifying as domestic content in EPA water programs.
- From The Fabricator
2018 steel year in review
- By John Packard and Tim Triplett
- Jan 16, 2019
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Following a very successful 2018, many steel producers and distributors wonder just how long the U.S. economy can keep humming along.
- From The Additive Report
Millennials skeptical about manufacturing careers
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 9, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
A new survey underscores the need for manufacturing to do a better job of convincing millennials (and Gen Z) that industry jobs are desirable. Here’s what the survey found.
- From The Additive Report
Recent employment, ISM reports show mixed manufacturing numbers
- By Gareth Sleger
- Jan 7, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
2018 was a great year for manufacturing and the metal fabrication sector. The past year saw 20-year high employment growth and job creation. But an economic slowdown in the December prevented 2018's boom economy from going out with a bang. A lower PMI number for December still resulted in manufacturing economic expansion, however.
- From The Welder
Still Building America—Adam Deuling’s ‘go for it’ attitude pays off
- By Josh Welton
- Dec 31, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Inspired by an off-road forum post, product engineer Adam Deuling bought a cheap bead roller, grabbed some scrap metal from a bin at work, and was inspired to launch his own sheet metal fabrication business in Muskegon, Michigan. Josh Welton of Brown Dog Welding caught up with Deuling for an interview.
- From The Additive Report
The Additive Report’s 10 most popular posts of 2018
- By Don Nelson
- Dec 31, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
As the year winds down, the people who bring you The Additive Report are gearing up for 2019 ─ the second year we’ll be reporting on additive manufacturing technologies and developments. Before we get too far into the new year, though, we’d like to share the 10 reports with the highest...
- From The Additive Report
2018's Top 10 stories from The Fabricator
- By Gareth Sleger
- Dec 30, 2018
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
From women who weld to the Trump steel/aluminum tariffs to precise press brake bending and everything in between, here are the most read stories and blogs on thefabricator.com in 2018.
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