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The Fabricator January 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.
Linear friction welding on a large scale
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 9, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
A new, large linear friction welding machine opens the door for U.S. manufacturers to take on part development in a whole new way.
The importance of the Industry 4.0-enabled job shop
- By Adria Haines
- Jan 29, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Fabricators that have fully embraced Industry 4.0 have the information they need when they need it.
Anticipate lean manufacturing’s toughest challenges
- By Jeff Sipes
- Jan 21, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Expect things to change. Don’t backslide, become complacent, or let things wane just because one key person leaves.
Radius types formed by air bending on a press brake
- By Steve Benson
- Jan 21, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Press brake guru Steve Benson describes five types of radii that can be formed in air bending, from sharp bends up to profound radius bends.
Tolerances on drawings can influence production costs
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 20, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis describes the impact of unreasonable tolerance callouts on CAD drawings.
What makes a good leader in metal fabrication?
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 19, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Who makes good leaders? At one Tennessee fabricator, it’s not about experience or years on the job. It’s about having new ideas and helping everyone be more productive.
Modern-day artist uses millennia-old tools, techniques for copper creations
- By Eric Lundin
- Jan 19, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Although the Bronze Age put an end to the Stone Age millennia ago, modern-day artisans use tools, techniques, and processes that were pioneered thousands of years ago when mankind first discovered how to work metals.
Sureway Tool solves the bending bottleneck
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 18, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Electric press brakes help Sureway Tool & Engineering Co. to solve its bending bottleneck.
Let’s get rollin’
- By Lindsay Luminoso
- Jan 18, 2019
- Roll Forming
- Article
Fabricators serving the power generation market learn the latest production technology developments at DAVI-hosted seminar.
Welding tool steel
- By Miguel Ernesto Mendez Obregon
- Jan 17, 2019
- Arc Welding
- Article
Repairing tooling with welding can lead to long-lasting repairs, if the work is done right.
A water spider’s impact on a heavy fabricating operation
- By Mark Shain
- Jan 16, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
A water spider is making a big impact on WB Industries’ shop floor productivity.
Welding helmets, with color
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 14, 2019
- Safety
- Article
These days welders can peer through welding helmets and see the world in color.
Fabricator adapts laser cutting to single-piece part flow
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 14, 2019
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Percival Scientific, a maker of environmentally controlled chambers for the research market, takes a holistic approach to cutting efficiency.
Robotic press brake bending: Faster setup, simpler programming
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 14, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Robotic press brake bending: Faster setup, simpler programming
How one metal fabricator digitized and simplified job planning
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 14, 2019
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Managers at Andy J. Egan Co., a metal fabricator and mechanical contractor, grew tired of long planning meetings spent around a whiteboard. So they digitized the process.
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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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