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The Fabricator November 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.
Welder creates art from work scrap
- By Kate Youdell
- Nov 21, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
Bruno Roy is a Canadian welder who creates artwork that raises recycling and ecological awareness.
Hiring challenges: How to quantify attitude
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 20, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
More fabricators today are hiring for attitude, but how does an interviewer gauge this? Is it all gut feeling, or can it be quantified? As it turns out, it can be.
How to build an industrial marketing program in metal fabrication
- By Dan Konstantinovsky
- Nov 20, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
Separate from sales, marketing focuses on how a fabricator can connect with markets—those it serves and others it could serve in the future.
Predicting an air-formed sheet metal inside bend radius
- By Steve Benson
- Nov 19, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Learn the 20 percent rule to better predict the sheet metal inside bend radius when air forming during your welds, and find our sheet metal bend radius chart here.
Managing the multigenerational workforce
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 16, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
Managing a multigenerational workforce requires flexibility, employee engagement, and an open mind to new ideas.
Supercharge your organization with everyday kaizen
- By Jeff Sipes
- Nov 16, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
Everyday kaizen is about lots of base hits rather than home runs. What looks like a small improvement to the manager can be a huge improvement to the front-line employee.
A 3-D CAD modeling case study: Avoid design for manufacturability myopia
- By Gerald Davis
- Nov 14, 2018
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
When it comes to industrial design, don’t let design for manufacturability goals override basic product feature desires.
4 best shop practices for abrasive blasting
- By Brian Kenimer
- Nov 13, 2018
- Finishing
- Article
Abrasive blasting remains on of the most cost-effective surface preparation methods available in the fab shop—if, that is, you follow a few best practices.
Rocklin Manufacturing renovates historic Iowa building
- By Gareth Sleger
- Nov 13, 2018
- Laser Welding
- Article
It took a little bit of history for Rocklin Manufacturing Co. to see the future. The Sioux City, Iowa, industrial electronic equipment manufacturer of the renowned Rocklinizer and MoldMender product lines recently relocated from its longtime headquarters to a renovated adjacent 106-year-old...
Wisconsin family turns autobody business into metal fabrication shop
- By Gareth Sleger
- Nov 13, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Matt and Chris Brunner closed their longtime autobody shop to start a small-scale metal fabrication operation in Manitowoc, Wis.
Passivation basics: Will this stainless steel rust?
- By Jonathan Douville
- Nov 11, 2018
- Testing and Measuring
- Article
Passivation is an essential process in the manufacturing of stainless steel. Learn all about passivating stainless steel from the experts at FMA.
New powder coatings, processes increase profit
- By Tabitha McLeish
- Nov 10, 2018
- Finishing
- Article
Fabricators must balance stringent OEM specifications for finished-product durability and appearance while minimizing finishing line cycle times, labor and equipment costs, and materials and energy consumption. Three new powder coat technologies increase line speed and density, improve color matching techniques, and increase powder transfer rates and reduce powder waste.
One shop’s bending department evolution
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 9, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Article
After years of equipment investments, process changes, and training efforts, Enterprise Welding & Fabricating, Mentor, Ohio, has reformed its press brake operations.
Sheet and plate tapping gets flexible
- By Nick Kennedy
- Nov 9, 2018
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
Historically, tapping occurred at the drill press or knee mill. Now, mobile tapping units can move where needed; hydraulic units perform heavy-duty tapping; and robots, including cobots, are automating the operation.
Metal fabrication in Japan: Technology and data for a comfortable day
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 8, 2018
- Shop Management
- Article
Facing a chronic worker shortage, Japanese fabricators aim to work less and produce more. The right operational strategies, along with connected machines, allow them to do just that.
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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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