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The Fabricator January 2010
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.
Metal fabricator asks what else customers need--and grows
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 2, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
This Buffalo, N.Y., job shop is difficult to pigeonhole. It offers contract fabrication services, assembles complex material handling systems, and distributes certain products, including rooftop support systems. The company grew so diverse simply by asking what else their customers needed. In other words, managers followed the market.
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 15, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Gerald Davis begins this year with a series of product development case studies, taking an idea and creating the virtual model of it.For this first installment, Davis designs a barbecue grill.
Holding back the hydrogen
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 15, 2010
- Arc Welding
- Article
Hydrogen cracking can send a project off schedule in a hurry. Here are ways to prevent it.
Reclaiming the disappearing press brake knowledge in your shop
- By Steve Benson
- Jan 14, 2010
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Expensive options on a press brake won't guarantee knowledge transfer from a veteran press brake operator to a shop floor rookie. For knowledge transfer to occur, a shop needs experienced workers that can communicate and a younger work force eager to learn because they see a future in metal fabricating.
2010 Capital Spending Report indicates rebuilding set to begin
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 14, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
The metal fabricating and forming market isclearly in a rebuilding mode after theeconomic downturn in 2009. The 2010 FMACCapital Spending Survey indicates thatcompanies are interested in spending money oncapital equipment, around $1.3 billion worth,but that's down significantly from the $2.2that was expecting to be spent in 2008.
Five traits to look for in a robotic weld cell operator
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 14, 2010
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Robotic welding cells still require some human intervention. Here are 5 characteristics that every robotic weld cell operator needs to have to be right for the job.
The importance of focal positions in laser cutting
- By Frank J. Arteaga
- Jan 8, 2010
- Laser Cutting
- Article
If the proper laser beam focal position and projection shapes are maintained within the material to be processed, the balance of the requirements necessary to producing a consistent, high-quality laser-cut are kept to a minimum. That's why it's important for laser cutting equipment operators to know the rules of laser beam focusing.
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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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