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The Fabricator November 2015 - Page 2
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.
Welding prep in pressure vessel fabrication
- By Tony Hufford
- Oct 28, 2015
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Article
The welds in pressure vessel fabrication have to be of the highest quality. The proper surface preparation tools and techniques can help to ensure those critical welds pass the toughest inspections.
Is manual material handling necessary in the structural steel fab shop?
- By Tom Boyer
- Oct 28, 2015
- Materials Handling
- Article
The days of relying on operators to oversee the transfer of structural steel sections one at a time and convey each member to the proper lineal position for movement to the next operation are numbered. Automation technology is poised to make manual intervention in material handling a thing of the past.
Oil country tubular goods hit a rough patch
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 28, 2015
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
An industry observer says the OCTG industry is in “turm-oil,” which is hard to dispute. Falling prices, a global economic slowdown, and an excess of supply is going to keep the industry down for the near term.
Know your press brake safeguarding options
Press brake users should know how to work with their machine safely, and part of this is knowing what safeguards are available, and what each can and cannot do.
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- 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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