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Articles - Page 7
- From The Fabricator
NumberUp Innovation STEM camp introduces kids to manufacturing
- By Gareth Sleger
- Oct 3, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Miami University engineering students and the Cincinnati Recreation Commission ran the multiweek NumberUp workshop as part of the NBT summer camp series.
- From The Fabricator
3 steps to refreshing a metal fabrication shop's press brake department
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 2, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
What happens to a metal fabrication shop when experienced skilled workers leave a forming department? If the process isn’t under control, chaos can reign.
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- From The Welder
Reaping the benefits of welding fixtures
- By Doug Scheetz
- Sep 29, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Welding fixtures benefit welders, the shop, and operations. But when is it time to build the fixture, and what is the right type?
- From The Welder
Camp offers crash course to teens about welding and careers in skilled trades
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Sep 28, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Teenagers spent a week learning about welding and job opportunities at a camp hosted by Illinois Valley Community College and funded through the Nuts, Bolts, & Thingamajigs Foundation.
- From The Fabricator
Precision sheet metal folding technology enables kit manufacturing
- By David Prokop
- Sep 27, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Flexible metal folding equipment that form one unique sheet metal part after another open the door to kit-based manufacturing. When jobs flow as kits, work-in-process plummets, lead times shorten, and overall throughput can go through the roof.
Phillips leads with people-first mentality
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Sep 26, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Angela Phillips never even planned to work at the company she now leads as an award-winning CEO. But she credits her father and her ace leadership team for the success of that company.
Increasing competitiveness with software for small fab shops
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Sep 25, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Steve Geroski started his laser cutting job shop, Red Horizon Engineering , knowing the intrinsic advantages large fabricators have over small shops like his. But he’s using software to even the odds.
- From The Welder
Michigan fabricator discusses what it takes to grow, retain workers
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Sep 23, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Elite Welding & Fabrication is a fairly new shop, but the Michigan business is trying to live up to its name through its approach to expansion, recruiting and retaining workers, and more.
- From The Fabricator
What electromechanical gap control means for metal leveling
- By Dennis Ebner
- Sep 21, 2023
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Leveling machines with electromechanical gap control systems can be used for both thin and thick material.
- From The Fabricator
21-year-old breaks Gen Z stereotype with metal fabrication start-up
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 18, 2023
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
In 2018, Wyatt Braker launched Plasma Cutting Services, a fabricator in rural southwest Missouri. He's invested in a high-definition plasma, a press brake, and business is booming. Not bad for a 21-year-old.
- From The Welder
A Q and A with SkillsUSA welding competition organizers
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Sep 13, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Organizers of the welding-related competitions at the 2023 SkillsUSA Championships discuss the categories, young welders, volunteering at the Atlanta gathering, and more.
- From The Fabricator
The search for workers continues to occupy the minds of metal fabricators
- By Dan Davis
- Sep 13, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
When asked “What keeps you up at night?” metal fabricators are quick to point to the lack of workers and the economy.
- From The Fabricator
An overview of aluminum finishing
- By Jim Sucharski and Neil Otis
- Sep 12, 2023
- Finishing
- Article
When finishing aluminum, a metal fabricator needs to keep the material clear of contaminants and minimize heat.
- From The Fabricator
Innovative weld positioning boosts throughput at Team Industries
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 11, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Most pipe welds at Team Industries are made in 1G, thanks largely to innovative positioning techniques. The Wisconsin-based fabricator employs highly trained welders, but even the most talented welders get tired of welding out of position all day.
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