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The Fabricator December 2021
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.
Electric press brakes surge forward
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 5, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Electric press brake experts at OEMs Prima Power, Boschert Gizelis, and Automec weigh in on how the technology is evolving to address metal fabricators’ productivity, the skilled worker shortage, safety, and the shop environment.
20 tips for better contracts in structural fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 29, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
How can surprises be avoided down the construction value chain? Angela Richie is co-chair of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani’s construction practice and, as such, receives a lot of calls that better contracts could have prevented.
Augmented reality and structural steel fabrication
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 27, 2021
- Testing and Measuring
- Article
Augmented reality holds the promise of improving structural steel production quality and getting new workers up to speed more quickly.
What can third-party logistics support do for a metal fabricator?
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 22, 2021
- Materials Handling
- Article
How outsourcing third-party logistics providers can help with the delivery of fabricated goods and allow metal fab shops to focus on production.
Shortage of steel detailers shines light on their importance
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 21, 2021
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Powerful software has made the role of a steel detailer more prominent than ever in today's manufacturing economy.
Boosting velocity in laser cutting even with disparate material thicknesses
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 20, 2021
- Materials Handling
- Article
Baroda, Mich., shop Tigmaster Precision Fabrication has always pushed the laser cutting envelope, but some jobs just took too long. Random raw material storage was to blame. Here's how the fab shop streamlined it.
Auciello Iron Works revitalizes its structural metal fabrication shop
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 17, 2021
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Article
With key employees aging, Auciello Iron Works was like a dying church. Now the Hudson, Mass.-based bridge railing, structural, and miscellaneous fabrication shop is on a different, more sustainable path with new technology and a modernized workforce.
When a tube fabrication operation needs that right count
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 14, 2021
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
UltraFit, Mississauga, Ont., reaches a new level of part counting efficiency with a new module of its Epicor software suite.
Improving laser job shop quote accuracy through better communication
- By Ivan Cooper
- Dec 13, 2021
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
As lasers cut a swath from science fiction to IIoT reality, the three R’s of customer communication—records, references, and rules—are key to making them work for any metal fabrication business.
Workflow to get through the tedium of PMI in CAD modeling
- By Gerald Davis
- Dec 12, 2021
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
The use of logs during a CAD project is an important part of modeling, even if it is tedious.
Tuning up a metal fabricator's performance measures
- By Jeff Sipes
- Dec 12, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Metal fabrication companies aren’t static. They evolve, and the performance measures they use should do the same.
How manufacturers leverage their strengths for sustainable growth
- By Steve Zerio
- Dec 12, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Many operations dive into new opportunities without answering an important question: Will it strengthen the company?
Raising horns in a large-scale steel art installation
- By Rob Colman
- Dec 11, 2021
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Canada-based Idea 64 Projects personifies the iconic local history of bighorn mountain sheep by creating a standout steel art installation featuring large-scale curling horns in Radium Hot Springs, B.C.
When there is no choice but to bend sharp on the press brake
- By Steve Benson
- Dec 10, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
If press brake operators bend sharp, they should be prepared for metal parts with greater variations from bend to bend and flange to flange.
Bringing metal cutting and folding in-house to grow a small business
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 9, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
SW Roofing of DeKalb, Ill., boosted its metal cutting and bending capabilities with a new CNC shear and folding machine to take the next step in growing its small business.
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- 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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