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The Fabricator December 2018
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.
Building in the frozen tundra
- By Sue Roberts
- Jan 29, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Southern Spear Ironworks has grown from a small, rented shop to a 60-person structural steel company by building relationships between multiskilled employees and management, using the latest technology, and accepting unique fabrication challenges.
Grain stirring machines started it all
- By Sue Roberts
- Jan 28, 2019
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
Sukup Manufacturing’s philosophy of trying new things has led the structural steel fabricator from producing grain bins to housing to airplane hangars.
How data has evolved in structural fab
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 28, 2019
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Endres Mfg. Co. has upgraded its fabrication equipment over the past 10 years, which is a given for any modern fab shop, but it also has upgraded its approach to how information flows from the front office to the shop floor to the job site.
5 ways to improve your flow of laser-cut parts
- By Jason LeGrand
- Jan 4, 2019
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Like planning a trip, planning your laser-cut-part flow is essential to achieve efficiencies. The less time your parts spend in transit or waiting to be delivered to the next operation, the more profitable your job will be. Optimize your layout, maintain your equipment, program and automate, and monitor production for expediency and profitability.
Industry 4.0 in action throughout Italy
- By Rob Colman
- Jan 3, 2019
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
On a visit to several Italian manufacturers, North American journalists had a chance to learn how the drive toward Industry 4.0 capabilities is coming to fruition via the use of automated fabrication and the effective use of fibre lasers in 3-D laser cutting.
Gauging challenges on the press brake
- By Mark Watson
- Jan 2, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Article
How well a part can be gauged during bending can make or break a precision forming operation. Sometimes a part just can’t be reliably gauged, so design changes need to be made. Or do they? In many cases, a custom-printed gauge finger could be a viable alternative.
Solving the skills gap one class at a time
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 28, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
Bühler Aeroglide addresses the manufacturing skills gap through its apprenticeship program.
A robotic laser cutting cell cuts trim, time to market
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 21, 2018
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Robotic laser cutting cell at Factory Pipe, Ukiah, Calif., keeps the company competitive.
2019 forecast: Where do metal fabricators stand for the upcoming year?
- By Gareth Sleger
- Dec 18, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
A strong 2018 metal fabrication and manufacturing market will continue in 2019 as the industry continues to boom behind advanced technology and a strong U.S. dollar despite Trump’s tariffs and an ever-growing skills gap.
A 3-D CAD modeling case study: The DFM defines the supply chain that guides the DFM
- By Gerald Davis
- Dec 10, 2018
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Lessons learned during one design for manufacturability effort pay off in future projects.
The role of the lean strategy
- By Jeff Sipes
- Dec 7, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
If your lean implementation lacks a solid, overarching strategy, you’ll end up playing a never-ending game of whack-a-mole, where much work is done and yet little is accomplished.
How to set up an old press brake
- By Steve Benson
- Dec 7, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Old press brakes with planer tooling still can produce good parts. You just need to maintain them properly, realize their limitations, and account for the inconsistencies of planer tooling.
Customized MRP software unique to metal fab shop
- By Gareth Sleger
- Dec 7, 2018
- Finishing
- Article
Dellinger Enterprises, which specializes in light sheet metal processing and welding, in Belmont, N.C., has made efficiency and lean manufacturing a cornerstone of its 40-year-old business with the help of its unique and fully customized shop floor MRP system.
Teaching English on the metal fabrication shop floor
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 6, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
A Lincoln, Neb., fabricator offers English courses for its employees, many of whom are refugees. The program exemplifies the best metal fabrication has to offer.
Metal art with a patriotic punch
- By Kate Youdell
- Dec 6, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
Shane Henderson’s story is just about as all American as the metal sculptures he creates and sells. In five years his company, Metal Art of Wisconsin, has amassed more than 200,000 followers on Instagram, created over 250 metal art product offerings, and has moved four times to accommodate growth.
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- 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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