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More from Dan Davis
- From The Fabricator
A metal fabricator's guide to bringing powder coating in-house
For metal fabricators considering adding powder coating capabilities, they need to understand what they are getting into. It’s not as easy as just adding equipment.
- From The Fabricator
Recognition of a lifetime in the metals business for Target Steel founder
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 6, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Valentino Simone started Target Steel in 1988. In this interview, he looks back on his career in metals distribution.
- From The Fabricator
Pennsylvania metal fabricator keeps automation in mind
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 6, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
As it tries to do more with less, Raytec Fabricating combines its new panel bender with its punching/shearing machine to create an automated fabricating system in its New Holland, Pa.-based job shop.
- From The Fabricator
The importance of handling heavy metal plate safely
- By Dan Davis and Kristian Knights
- Feb 25, 2023
- Materials Handling
- Article
The use of magnets is one way to reduce the risk of injury when handling plate.
- From The Fabricator
What welders and other metal fabricators should know about AWS D1.1
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 22, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Members of the AWS D1 Committee on Structural Welding try to dispel misconceptions related to the D1.1 Structural Welding Code.
- From The Fabricator
Where is the real value in today’s metal fabricating worker?
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 22, 2023
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
When skilled workers aren’t available, fab shops are going to seek out those with the right soft skills and make the best of it.
Maximizing efficiency in tube production
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 20, 2023
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Blog Post
During these days of climbing inflation, tube producers are looking at all aspects of the production process to possibly save costs. One area that deserves a closer look is the use of high-frequency welding.
- From The Fabricator
How metal fabricators can keep customers happy, verify the material
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 15, 2023
- Testing and Measuring
- Blog Post
A webinar describes how a mobile metal analysis tool ensures that metal entering a fab shop is the metal the customer expects to be leaving.
- From The Fabricator
The power of a multigenerational family metal manufacturing company
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 13, 2023
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Growing aggressively in the face of a difficult labor market has earned Salem, Ohio-based and multigenerational family-owned Hickey Metal Fabrication The FABRICATOR’s 2023 Industry Award.
- From The Fabricator
Getting to know roll forming
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 1, 2023
- Roll Forming
- Blog Post
The World-Class Roll Forming Workshop can help transform inexperienced shop floor workers into more valuable line operators.
- From The Fabricator
Recognition of a lifetime in the metals business at Target Steel
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 30, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Valentino Simone started Target Steel in 1988. In this interview, he looks back on his career in metals distribution.
- From The Fabricator
Service centers: Friend or foe to the metal fabricating industry?
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 18, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
Service centers jumped into the metal fabricating space almost 20 years ago with the offer of laser cutting blanks to customer-specific sizes. These investors just wanted to offer basic cutting services and leave the complex work to the fab shops. Of course, times change, and so do business opportunities. As the industry in the U.S. has expanded over recent years, more are looking to grab a piece of the growing pie.
- From The Fabricator
An overview of architectural metals and advanced surface treatments
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 16, 2023
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Bill Zahner, A. Zahner’s president/CEO, talks about some of the advanced metal surface treatments his company has done over the years.
- From The Fabricator
What a structural steel fabricator can do to prepare the next generation of welders
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 13, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
Able Steel Fabricators, Mesa, Ariz., is preparing for a future where structural steel fabricating and welding expertise is not as readily available.
- From The Fabricator
Automating flat-part finishing in the metal fabrication shop
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 9, 2023
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Flat-part finishing is a process more metal fabrication shops are asking for robots to perform material handling to keep up with more efficient laser blanking.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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