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The Fabricator - Articles - Page 3
Reduce training time through modularization
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Feb 27, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Rogers, Ark.-based metal fabricator Mundo-Tech has created a 3D-printed fixturing system across its enterprise that makes setup as easy as playing Battleship.
Best welding practices start with safety
- By Eric Sommers
- Feb 26, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Article
Best welding practices are safe welding practices. That fact should be baked in to training and integrated into every facet of a welder’s career.
Safety tips for laser and plasma cutting
Operators must adhere to specific safety measures and use appropriate PPE to mitigate the inherent risks associated with laser and plasma cutting.
AI drives metal fabrication forward
- By Trent Maynard
- Feb 19, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
AI could truly change how a custom metal fabricator operates. By looking at everything at once, AI could make work life more predictable for everyone.
Prescription for waste reduction: Lean facility layout
- By Gary Conner
- Feb 14, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
For many fabricators, the classic wastes of lean manufacturing are mere symptoms of an underlying disease: an inefficient shop layout.
Nature comes to life in hands of Canadian metal artist
- By Rob Colman
- Feb 14, 2024
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
Canadian sculptor Angellos Glaros demonstrates how metal can be shaped to look lifelike.
What makes a job shop business stand out to a buyer?
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 13, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
A discussion with a recent buyer of two job shops in Southern California reveals what makes for a quality succession candidate.
The process of building a successful fabrication company culture
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 12, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
When Ludlow Manufacturing began establishing processes to help improve quality and on-time delivery, the foundation was set for a major cultural change and, in turn, improved quality metrics and increased sales. For that, the Waukegan, Ill.-based metal fabrication business has earned The Fabricator's 2024 Industry Award.
What products do custom metal fabricators sell?
- By Yu Sunny Han
- Feb 10, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
What separates a custom metal fabricator from the pack? It’s not what the shop makes; it’s how.
Operating a new heavy-duty press brake
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 5, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- Article
The Fabricator speaks to O’Neal Manufacturing Services to find out what it’s like to have a new 1,100-ton press brake.
How a fabricator helps to keep data flowing for all of us
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 1, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
Machesney Park, Ill.-based Hennig is a strict adherent to lean manufacturing practices as it tries to increase generator enclosure production.
A beginner’s guide to autonomous mobile robots
- Jan 23, 2024
- Materials Handling
- Article
As companies look to eliminate non-value-added activities, like material handling, they might want to start planning for a more automated future.
Chicago shop brings artists’ and architects’ ideas to life
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jan 19, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
In the last four decades, Vector Custom Fabricating has made a name for itself in sculpture and architectural/structural metal projects in the Chicago area and beyond.
How high-powered fiber lasers bevel plate
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 12, 2024
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Cutlite Penta now offers fiber lasers up to 50 kW, and some machines have heads capable of cutting bevels. It’s all made possible by highly controlled assist-gas mixing, the cutting head design, and novel use of software.
Assist gas mixing drives fiber laser technology forward
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 10, 2024
- Laser Cutting
- Article
What used to be cut with solely oxygen or nitrogen now uses a mix of both. Laser assist gas mixing has been a key enabling technology, and today’s ultrahigh-powered fiber lasers couldn’t cut the way they do without it.
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