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More from Dan Davis
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight: A new take on forming with fluids
- By Dan Davis
- May 5, 2017
- Hydroforming
- Article
If you know anything about hydroforming, you know that a bladder is necessary. Well, that bladder can prove troublesome in some metal forming applications. A new metal forming technology that uses water but does not require a bladder gives manufacturers something to think about as they seek to form intricate metal parts.
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight: Removing rubies and sapphires from the waterjet mix
- By Dan Davis
- May 5, 2017
- Waterjet Cutting
- Article
Diamond Technology Innovations (DTI) has developed a reputation over the years as reliable supplier of waterjet orifices. It has worked hard in convincing fabricators and manufacturers that the higher price tag for diamond orifices is worth it because they last longer and deliver more consistent waterjet stream performance than much cheaper rubies and sapphires. Some companies balk at the price of diamonds, however. DTI hopes to entice those cost-conscious companies with the debut of its new tetraCORE™ product.
- From The Fabricator
A tip sheet for quality plasma-cut edges
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 28, 2017
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
If a fabricator isn't getting a squared edge during plasma cutting, changes need to be made to the mechanized table's operation. This guide can help fine-tune the equipment's operation.
- From The Fabricator
Building the safety culture
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 27, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
Fabricators offer suggestions on how to establish a safe working culture and how to motivate the workforce to maintain it.
- From The Fabricator
A guide to working with a tube fabricator
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 27, 2017
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
There's a reason that J&D Tube Benders has three tube bending machines that used to belong to other companies that were getting out of the tube business. Not everyone is experienced with tube, and that's why J&D Tube Benders has advice to make it easier to work with tube fabricators.
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight: The next generation of plasma cutting technology
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 5, 2017
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
It’s been more than a decade since Hypertherm’s HPR plasma cutting platform hit the fabricating market. At the time it represented quite the leap in cutting performance and cost-effectiveness. Company officials believe that they have accomplished the same sort of leap forward with the new XPR300 plasma power supply.
- From The Fabricator
Redefining the hitch business
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 30, 2017
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Making trailer hitches doesn't sound like the most exciting corner of the manufacturing world, but you would be wrong to think that. Global competition and the need to be first to market make successful product development of the utmost importance. B&W Trailer Hitches, Humboldt, Kan., found a secret weapon in this battle in its new laser tube cutting machine.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing can't do it alone
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 29, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Manufacturing companies that once provided the stepping stone to a middle-class existence for so many in major U.S. cities simply don’t exist. If urban areas are to be revitalized, people will have to come together to make those areas livable for all, not just those in $700,000 flats in a refurbished factory building.
- From The Fabricator
The many ways that ATECH-SEH keeps earning customers’ respect
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 27, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
ATECH-SEH Metal Fabricators, Buffalo, N.Y., has invested in new equipment and scrutinized its own design and production operations so that it can maintain consistently high customer satisfaction scores.
- From The Fabricator
The future of fabrication is now
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 23, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Augmented reality and verbalizing operating instructions to machine tools may be coming to your shop floor sooner than you realize.
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight: Managing manufacturing information overload
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 2, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
IGear has developed what it is calling an Industrial Internet of Things messaging platform to help decision-makers cope with the voluminous amount of machine information and human conversation involved with running a modern manufacturing facility
- From The Fabricator
Is it time to take your fabrication business global?
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 2, 2017
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
With international branches in Europe and India, Cleveland-based AT&F is demonstrating that doing business globally isn't just for large organizations.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricating a new sales approach
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 30, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
More job shops are looking to formalize their sales efforts, and that often means eschewing contract sales reps and hiring a full-time employee to go out and chase business.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricating lessons that stand the test of time
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 25, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
AT&F, an organization that likes to describe itself as a fabricator that handles difficult fabricating jobs involving long and heavy parts, is a family company that has beaten the odds. The fourth generation is now involved in opening new outposts in Wisconsin and in India. During this time, the company is working to maintain the core principles that have helped to make it a success from the start.
- From The Fabricator
Technology Spotlight: Clearing out the blowback slag
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 18, 2017
- Oxyfuel Cutting
- Article
Working all over the world, Van Steel has seen a similar sight at fabrication facilities and construction sites: drums and buckets filled with oxyfuel and plasma cutting tips that have been thrown away because it was easier to do that than clean out the blowback slag. He has developed a tool to make that job easier.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/30/2024
- Running Time:
- 53:00
Seth Feldman of Iowa-based Wertzbaugher Services joins The Fabricator Podcast to offer his take as a Gen Zer...
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