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The Fabricator March 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.
Bending fundamentals, one month at a time from the press brake guru
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 30, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
The FABRICATOR was launched 50 years ago to spread industry knowledge. Press brake guru Steve Benson has been at the heart of this mission for decades.
How to part mark a fabricated item
- By Gerald Davis
- Mar 27, 2020
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
This guide explains various CAD menu options for part marking in 3D modeling projects.
The Basics behind Waterjet Cutting Pressure
- By Joshua Swainston
- Mar 26, 2020
- Waterjet Cutting
- Article
Proper waterjet cutting pressure comes from a combination of pump horsepower and nozzle and orifice diameter. Learn more about waterjet pressure here.
Dissecting the welding economy
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 23, 2020
- Arc Welding
- Article
A virtuous cycle of welding talent development, solid project management, and a quality culture could mitigate the effects of the skilled labor shortage in metal fabrication and other manufacturing sectors.
Understanding the latest alloy-verification technologies for tube and pipe production, fabrication
- By James Stachowiak
- Mar 20, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Even when a tube and pipe producer or fabricator gets its material from a trusted source, metal alloy verification using technologies like LIBS, OES, and XRF is a good idea to prevent material mixups.
A better way to create a helical form from Australia
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 16, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
An Australian CNC forming company believes it has developed an easy and reliable way to create helical forms.
Takt time brings objectivity to important lean manufacturing decisions
- By Jeff Sipes
- Mar 13, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Takt time is one of the most overlooked tools in the lean manufacturing toolbox. Used correctly, it helps managers make important decisions with confidence.
Press brake questions from around the world
- By Steve Benson
- Mar 11, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Press brake guru Steve Benson answers a list of reader questions from Germany, Africa, and beyond. After all, the physics behind sheet metal don’t change no matter where a shop operates.
Still a family affair at Shickel Corp.
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 10, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Even with company growth, 2009 The FABRICATOR Industry Award winner Shickel Corp. maintains a family environment at its Virginia metal fabrication facility.
Automated heavy plate machinery boosts pace, accuracy for steel fabricator
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 9, 2020
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Article
Structural steel fabricator LeJeune Steel Co. of Minneapolis vies for large, complex structural projects, including the U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings. Getting those epic projects depends on having the ability to meet speed, accuracy, and repeatability requirements, so it installed Peddinghaus automated CNC processing machines.
Cutting's Current State: Flexibility rules in sheet metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 9, 2020
- Laser Cutting
- Article
In this 50th year of The FABRICATOR, we’re diving deep and running a series on the cutting department. In Part III of the series, Nu-Way Industries’ range of cutting technologies aim to increase the operation’s flexibility. The speed of machinery matters, but delivery performance matters more.
San Diego welding students fabricate MLK sculptures
- By Sue Roberts
- Mar 8, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Welding students in San Diego work on floats for the city’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. parade.
Smart analytics for the metals buyer
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 6, 2020
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Advances in data analytics reveal that there’s more to materials purchasing than the price per ton of metal.
Advances in riveting and mechanical fastening
- By Bryan Wright
- Mar 5, 2020
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
Riveting might be old, but it’s not unchanging. The same could be said for other permanent mechanical fastening processes like staking, flaring, and hot upset forming.
Industry 4.0 and the small shop: Reshaping sheet metal manufacturing
- By Markus Zimmermann
- Mar 3, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Industry 4.0 has arrived, even for the smallest operations. Metal fabricators can prepare by adopting the technology not all at once, but one step at a time.
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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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