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The Fabricator August 2020
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.
New to the press brake?
- By Steve Benson
- Jan 19, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
According to bending guru Steve Benson, common errors by a new press brake operator fall into four categories: paperwork, the machine, operational mistakes, and hand measurement tools.
How manufacturers market during a pandemic
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 14, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Videos and video chats can be tremendous marketing tools, but they’re just tools. Targeted content, fed by market intelligence, is still king. For sales and marketing professionals in metal fabrication, therein lies opportunity
How an industrial fabricator embraces Industry 4.0
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 13, 2020
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Wyoming-based EMIT Technologies grew rapidly by serving the energy sector. After significant technology investments, the industrial metal fabricator is now casting a wider net.
CAD props prove useful in training, verifying, illustrating
- By Gerald Davis
- Sep 8, 2020
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Older CAD models are used to introduce realism to a new toolbox model for manufacturers.
How to keep manufacturers focused during a pandemic
- By Jeff Sipes
- Sep 8, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
The pandemic, along with any other major disruption, can be an enormous distraction. Good lean manufacturing and operating principles can help metal fabricators maintain focus to weather the storm.
Technology Spotlight: Will beam shaping shape laser welding’s future?
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 7, 2020
- Laser Welding
- Article
Changing the energy distribution of the profile in beam shaping that has helped move powertrain applications, and now many others, into the fiber laser welding arena.
Change is constant at DeWys Manufacturing
- By Dan Davis
- Sep 4, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
After winning The FABRICATOR's 2014 Industry Award, Michigan-based DeWys Manufacturing aggressively tries to keep bettering its metal fabrication shop as it seeks to improve service to customers.
The post-pandemic metal fabrication supply chain
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 2, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Manufacturing supply chains are changing, but the fundamentals of risk mitigation haven’t for metal fabricators.
How to bend cosmetically critical parts on the press brake
- By Ajay Lakshman and Govind Lakshman
- Aug 31, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Urethane tooling can form cosmetically critical parts on the press brake and help streamline the bending cycle in various ways.
Welder, woodworker, business owner, and father
- By Amanda Carlson
- Aug 29, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Article
WeldedWoods, Kingsville, Ont., a custom rustic furniture and decor business, allowed founder Jamie Crawford to combine creativity, woodworking, and welding with dad duties.
Improving paint transfer efficiency starts at the spray gun
- By Wendy Hartley
- Aug 24, 2020
- Finishing
- Article
Boosting transfer efficiency not only makes a paint line more efficient, it also can reduce paint and solvent costs, lower emissions, and provide better finishes. It all starts at the spray gun.
Part identification for the modern metal fabricator
- By Tim O’Donnell
- Aug 18, 2020
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Losing or misidentifying laser-cut parts often leads to rework, all of which can be prevented with the right part sorting and identification strategy.
How to bend bar on the press brake
- By Steve Benson
- Aug 17, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Bending round bar on the press brake isn’t difficult, but it does require special tooling. High-volume projects might require a special machine.
Taurus Fabrication charges into tube fabrication
- By Dan Davis
- Aug 11, 2020
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Taurus Fabrication, Grass Valley, Calif., expands its capabilities with a new laser cutting machine that can cut tube.
The hidden causes behind the skilled labor crisis
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 10, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
The metal fabrication industry’s labor shortage might be less about technical skill and more about the nature of certain jobs in the shop.
- 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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