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The Fabricator November 2008
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.
Punching on demand
- Nov 25, 2008
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Article
Until about a year ago, the staff at King Electrical Mfg. Co. manufactured parts by the thousands without much consideration of the actual demand for those parts. This doesn't happen anymore.
Don't get stuck wondering about composites
- By Michael Bishop
- Nov 25, 2008
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
Automakers and other manufacturers are interested in utilizing composites more in their manufacturing operations. Composites come with their own set of challenges, and one of the most important challenges is how to join the engineered material to a metal correctly using an adhesive. When joining materials, adhesives evenly distribute loads and reduce labor time.
Do your welds pass muster?
- By Richard Green
- Nov 25, 2008
- Consumables
- Article
For a job shop or manufacturer, maintaining weld quality begins with consistent shielding gas in the gas metal arc welding (GMAW) process. Consistently delivering the correct blend ensures proper arc characteristics and weld quality. Mixing technology, supply gas density, and gas usage patterns can affect the on-site gas blending system's ability to deliver a consistent blend.
Getting it there yesterday
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 25, 2008
- Shop Management
- Article
Greenheck has made a science out of quick lead-times. For most products, customers can place an order and receive a custom fabrication within three to five days, and sometimes in less than 24 hours.
Waste not, want not
- By Lonnie McGrew
- Nov 25, 2008
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
For many bending applications, it is common practice to determine the necessary length of tube, run a few samples, make some minor adjustments, and then start production runs. The problem is that the initial evaluation may have been based on safe, by-the-book estimates and calculations. Re-evaluating a bending project might yield substantial material savings.
Getting close, bending safe
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 25, 2008
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Press brake operators work under some unique conditions that call for unique considerations in safeguarding.
Getting the weld right the first time
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 25, 2008
- Shop Management
- Article
When a metal fabricating company moves into a new, larger building, it has a great opportunity to take a hard look at production flow. Victory Industrial Products, Batavia, Ohio, did just that and the results were extremely powerful.
Forming metal that 'remembers'
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 25, 2008
- Shop Management
- Article
Memry has built a business around shape-memory alloys, mainly for customers in the medical arena. It's a difficult, highly specialized field that managers at Memry are betting will grow.
Rocket science, entrepreneur-style
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 11, 2008
- Shop Management
- Article
Managers, designers, and manufacturing engineers at Space Exploration Technologies have come up with a new way to design and manufacture a rocket.
3-D CAD drawings in a 2-D world
- By Gerald Davis
- Nov 1, 2008
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis discusses the importance of delivering a clear illustration and how it can make an impact on the final fabricated product.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 05/07/2024
- Running Time:
- 67:38
Patrick Brunken, VP of Addison Machine Engineering, joins The Fabricator Podcast to talk about the tube and pipe...
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