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The Fabricator June 2015
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.
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Document management
- By Gerald Davis
- Jul 6, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis offers an overview of using document management tools with a CAD workstation.
Forming aluminum on the press brake: Bending soft, not sharp
- By Steve Benson
- Jun 29, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Air bending soft aluminum has such a low tensile strength that it doesn't take much for a narrow punch tip to penetrate the surface and turn the bend sharp.
When life hands you lemons, build a sign
- By Eric Lundin
- Jun 23, 2015
- Arc Welding
- Article
After the sign for his auto repair business fell off the building, Dominick Alia tried his hand at fashioning his own sign. One thing led to another, and metal sculpture became a hobby.
Clamp, enclose, laser-weld
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 23, 2015
- Laser Welding
- Article
Laser welding works extremely well, as long as you have the right enclosure, keep a clean environment, and make sure you have proper clamping to maintain a consistent gap between your base metals. One laser welding technology tackles all three of these challenges.
Negative pressure yields positive results in resistance welding
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 23, 2015
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
A system helps resistance welding lines save water as tip changeouts become more frequent. The technology uses negative pressure, similar to placing your thumb on top of a straw and lifting it out of a glass of water.
How fabrication project management drives manufacturing success
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 23, 2015
- Laser Welding
- Article
Manufacturing entails a team of experts who get together to tackle many projects at once. Learn all about fabrication project management here.
How basic training in lean manufacturing establishes a common view
- By Dick Kallage
- Jun 23, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
To ensure every employee has a common view of what’s ideal versus what needs to be improved, a few hours of basic lean training can go a long way.
Technology Spotlight: Negative pressure yields positive results in resistance welding
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 15, 2015
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
A system helps resistance welding lines save water as tip changeouts become more frequent. The technology uses negative pressure, similar to placing your thumb on top of a straw and lifting it out of a glass of water.
When It Pays to Spend
- By John Wold
- Jun 9, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Specialized press brake tooling increases productivity, reduces operator fatigue, solves problems
A waterjet pump primer
- By David Arthur, Deron Roberts, Jeff Schibley, and Nancy Lauseng
- Jun 8, 2015
- Waterjet Cutting
- Article
Knowing the basics of waterjet pumps allows a fabricator to figure out just what technology makes sense for the work on the shop floor and just what type of commitment is necessary to run that pump technology successfully.
Better ideas, better growth at Texas metal fabricator
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 3, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Special Products & Mfg. Inc., a custom fabricator in Rockwall, Texas, has transformed its culture. A decade ago it was a command-and-control environment. Today, ideas from front-line workers drive improvement.
Upskilling – What it means and where it stands
- By Vicki Bell
- Jun 3, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Much attention has been given to the skills gap, a critical issue affecting manufacturing. The Upskill Summit held in April provided an opportunity for manufacturers and other entities to explore concrete measures to alleviate the gap by upskilling workers. Summit participant Traci Tapani, co-president, Wyoming Machine, discusses the initiative.
Going vertical: Distributor expands into stamping, metal fabrication, and assembly
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 3, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Millenia Products Group launched as a distributor in 2001, but from the very start it had plans for vertical integration down the supply chain. Today it offers distribution, stamping, roll forming, fabrication, and full assembly services—all in one organization.
The 2015 FAB 40: The largest custom metal fabricators grow even bigger
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 3, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
The 2015 FAB 40 shows a growing industry, with some of the largest shops posting the biggest revenue gains over last year. Will such growth lead to more industry consolidation? For some industrial sectors, probably, but for other areas of metal fabrication, probably not.
Adding to the arsenal of metal cutting technologies
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 2, 2015
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Despite having low- and high-powered laser cutting machines and two waterjets, a fabrication shop recognized that it might have a need for more laser cutting capacity. To fill that gap, Advanced Laser & Waterjet Cutting installed a 1-kW CO2 laser cutting machine.
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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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