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The Fabricator April 2019
The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
Achieving bending efficiencies with panel benders
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 25, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Datum Storage Solutions Inc., Emigsville, Pa., and NSA Industries, St. Johnsbury, Vt., believe that panel bending has made a positive impact on their shop floor operations.
Don’t forget the sheet metal tolerances
- By Steve Benson
- Apr 12, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Tolerances in bending involve more than just the angle tolerances shown on the print. Materials also have tolerances, both in thickness and yield strength.
Get in front of the resistance
- By Jeff Sipes
- Apr 12, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Rest assured, people will resist change. How you deal with that resistance makes all the difference.
How to create a realistic 3D CAD model, not a fabrication model
- By Gerald Davis
- Apr 11, 2019
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Here are some CAD tricks that will help to deliver realism for a prop used for visualization and planning purposes.
Don’t put the cart before workplace ergonomics
- By Raymond Erbe
- Apr 11, 2019
- Materials Handling
- Article
If you give employees a cart so they no longer wait for a fork truck, you’ll probably see great improvements in part flow—but not necessarily in safety and ergonomics.
Vision, storytelling, and company culture
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 9, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Jake Wood of Team Rubicon spoke at the 2019 FMA Annual Meeting in Nashville. His message? Everyone has a great story to tell. That includes metal fabricators. And their story means more than some bland vision statement nailed to a wall.
Boosting metal fabrication throughput at Mettler Toledo
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 9, 2019
- Materials Handling
- Article
Productivity is on the rise at Mettler Toledo’s heavy-duty-scale manufacturing plant. And the improvements have only just begun.
How to track success in the job shop
- By Vincent Bozzone
- Apr 9, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
A job shop’s weekly performance report serves as an early warning system so that management can act before small problems snowball out of control.
Costing and pricing it right
- By Ken W. Mikesell
- Apr 8, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
If a small shop expands, hires more people, and buys more equipment, activity-based costing needs to come into play.
Bicycle design program rethinks manufacturing education
- By Gareth Sleger
- Apr 8, 2019
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
Minnesota State College Southeast will launch its Bicycle Design & Fabrication program this fall, offering students a chance to learn advanced manufacturing, engineering, fabrication, and design skills. The program, with hopes to help bridge the manufacturing skills gap, is the first of its kind worldwide and has drawn the interest of Generation Z students.
What makes the laser metal fabrication’s indispensable tool
- By Brett Thompson
- Apr 6, 2019
- Laser Cutting
- Article
The laser beam has become industry’s most flexible tool, and the innovation is just getting started.
The potential of done-in-one plate cutting
- By Jeff Lee
- Apr 5, 2019
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
Combination plate cutting machines have evolved to become the Swiss Army knife of heavy metal fabrication.
Structural adhesives: A viable alternative to mechanical fasteners
- By Shari Loushin
- Apr 5, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Adhesives can be just as strong as mechanical fasteners, help to reduce the weight of final assemblies, and be used to join dissimilar materials. That’s why they are emerging as an alternative to mechanical fasteners in fabricating applications.
The art of waterjet cutting
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 2, 2019
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Article
“Wake,” a major art project from conceptual artist Mel Chin that was ultimately featured in New York City's Times Square, came together at the University of North Carolina-Asheville’s STEAM Studio last year with the help of a waterjet.
Technology Spotlight: A plan for better quoting in metal fabrication
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 2, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Jason Ray of Paperless Parts has introduced software that can modernize a job shop’s quoting process.
- 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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