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The Fabricator November 2011
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.
3-D CAD: Document management and revision control
- By Gerald Davis
- Nov 30, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis offers fabricators guidance in dealing with an engineering change order to a 3-D CAD model.
Growing health care revenue by selling direct
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 18, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Midbrook, a Michigan fabricator of washing equipment, has worked hard to diversify outside of the automotive business. One key to its success has been its approach to selling to health care facilities. The fabricator has decided to circumvent traditional distributorship networks in health care.
High mix, fast delivery--on time
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 18, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
High-product-mix manufacturers may have problems with off-theshelf TOC, as described in Eliyahu Goldratt’s The Goal, a book that tells how a fictional company manages its operations around a constraint. In a high-mix, low-volume operation, the constraint actually may move around from job to job, because processing
Supporting training with e-learning tools
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 18, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Manufacturing companies, both large and small, complain that they can't find skilled workers to fill open positions. Instead of waiting for local educational institutions to change their ways, they might have to assume more training responsibility, and e-learning tools can help them do just that.
New process, new welding dynamics
- By Ed Craig
- Nov 8, 2011
- Arc Welding
- Article
A process called TIP TIG uses a constant-feed hot-wire that imparts additional energy to the weld. The wire also is superimposed by a secondary high-speed oscillation. The hot-wire’s current combines with the weld-pool agitation to disrupt the surface tension and change the weld dynamics.
Electric press brakes bend fast--and safely
- By John Dittus
- Nov 8, 2011
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Within electric brakes, bending force is distributed differently. Also optoelectronic safeguards integrate closely with the control, so much so that a light curtain or similar device has no effect on the bending cycle time. In fact, in the electric press brake arena, safety does not necessarily require a sacrifice in cycle time.
Getting to the bottom of lost welding productivity
- By Phil Evans, CWI
- Nov 8, 2011
- Arc Welding
- Article
When a welder is not welding, he's not making the company money. Fabricating operations can't afford their welding departments. Luckily, several reasons for extended arc-off time can be addressed with some simple adjustments.
Metal fabrication, the Swiss way
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 8, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Switzerland’s manufacturers have no trouble finding citizens with technical skills; there just aren’t enough Swiss citizens. The country has a comprehensive apprenticeship program that helps prepare students for the working world.
Concentrating on little things leads to big success
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 7, 2011
- Bending and Forming
- Article
An electric press brake is not typically found in a metal fabricating operation, but that is changing as more companies realize the accuracy, speed, and energy savings that this type of device offers.
Less lubricant results in better sawing?
- By Tim Walker
- Nov 7, 2011
- Sawing
- Article
For fabricators looking to reduce the amount of lubricant they use for sawing applications, lubricants designed for near-dry sawing may be the answer. These minimum quantity lubricants, as they are called, are designed to provide complete coverage of the blade with as small an amount as possible.
Robotic welding: Don’t forget the consumables
- Nov 7, 2011
- Arc Welding
- Article
When designing and operating a robotic welding cell, don't overlook the consumables. Choosing the wrong consumables can over time lead to serious costs.
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- 04/30/2024
- Running Time:
- 53:00
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