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More from Dan Davis
- From The Fabricator
From kaizen to kata
- By Dan Davis and Stan Whitaker
- Jan 27, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Camfil APC is known for its dust collection equipment, but it’s also a metal fabricator. It makes the equipment in its Jonesboro, Ark., facility. Like any other modern fabricating operation, it is looking to eliminate waste where it can. That’s why launching and sustaining a lean manufacturing initiative is so important.
- From The Fabricator
Taking high heat and spatter out of nonpulsed GMAW
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 26, 2016
- Arc Welding
- Article
Waste reduction in manufacturing helped to make Japanese manufacturing a mighty power, and that push for process improvement continues today. It was a big motivator for OTC DAIHEN to develop its Controlled Bridge Transfer-Expanded technology for robotic GMAW applications.
- From The Fabricator
Do safety incentives work?
Incentives can be a good tool to draw awareness to a particular effort in a safety program, but they need to be implemented only after careful thought. Sometimes negative results can emerge from incentives created with the best intentions.
- From The Fabricator
The prototype for a successful fab shop
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 11, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Not all job shops are interested in prototype development, but that doesn't mean that one day they won't be.
- From The Fabricator
A job shop reborn
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 3, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Co-Lin Metals Fabricating, Rockford, Ill., was an old-school shop. Estimates were done by hand, and important documents were transferred by fax. Stephen Hedlund, who had once worked summers at the shop where his dad, Michael, worked, wants to change all of that. He and his dad are the new owners, and they want to take the shop into the 21st century.
Una necesidad de aumentar la productividad de la prensa dobladora
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 18, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Sarralle Mexico, S.A.P.I. de C.V, Monterrey, México, es fabricante de artículos como bancos de trabajo, cajas de herramientas, cajones, anaqueles y armarios. Cuando estaba buscando la más reciente tecnología en formado, decidió invertir en una prensa dobladora eléctrica.
- From The Fabricator
Stay young, stay committed
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 13, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
If the manufacturing community wants to attract students into science, technology, engineering, and math careers, it might want to start focusing on elementary schools. That's what Brillion School District in Wisconsin is doing.
- From The Fabricator
Automated deburring: Safe and round
JBT FoodTech’s Sandusky, Ohio, operation was struggling with its deburring activities. A production requirement, deburring was occupying skilled labor that was needed elsewhere in the facility. An automated deburring machine proved to be the answer for the company’s production dilemma.
- From The Fabricator
Flat = Good
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 5, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
When a fabricator says that business is flat when compared to previous months, you are hearing good news.
- From The Fabricator
Oil country tubular goods hit a rough patch
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 28, 2015
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
An industry observer says the OCTG industry is in “turm-oil,” which is hard to dispute. Falling prices, a global economic slowdown, and an excess of supply is going to keep the industry down for the near term.
- From The Fabricator
Welcoming women into the manufacturing world
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 23, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
With baby boomers heading for retirement in great numbers, manufacturers need to find the next generation of workers to replace them. To ensure they hire the best and the brightest for the job, manufacturers should not discount half of the population—women.
- From The Fabricator
Reassurance in purchasing raw materials
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 19, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Supply Dynamics, Loveland, Ohio, has just announced a secure, anonymous, and reliable way to accurately benchmark the prices you pay or have been quoted for many common ferrous and nonferrous metals.
- From The Fabricator
Why fabricators need to think about career paths
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 19, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
A focus on a career path in fabricating typically might be centered around an individual’s perspective. Fabricating companies, however, are finding that by being up-front about skills development and career progression, they are building more engaged and productive organizations.
- From The Fabricator
Venturing into fiber laser cutting
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 7, 2015
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Fabricating metal parts for price-sensitive customers means that Lynam Industries Inc., Fontana, Calif., has to make the right investments in technology at the right time. The investment has to contribute to the reduction in production costs. The metal fabricator's purchase of a fiber laser cutting machine in late 2013 is a recent example of this strategy.
- From The Fabricator
The gap between exact and real world
- By Dan Davis
- Sep 25, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Engineers often know how to design things, but not necessarily how to make them. Fabricators that can give the next generation of engineers an idea as to how metal parts are made are doing everyone in manufacturing a favor.
- 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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