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Articles - Page 190
- From The Fabricator
5 factors driving the punch/laser cutting machine investment
- By Brian Welz
- Oct 5, 2016
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Article
Does a punch/laser combination system make sense for your operation? For the answer, consider these five factors: part geometry; process throughput; lean manufacturing; process flexibility; and automation.
- From The Fabricator
Precision sawing: Mind the miter
- By Richard Klipp
- Oct 5, 2016
- Sawing
- Article
Miter cutting tube and other workpieces can be extremely critical, especially when dealing with frameworks and other large assemblies. One seemingly small error in a miter cut can throw a large assembly significantly out of tolerance. This is where automation and precision control in sawing come into play.
- From The Fabricator
A look at laser hybrid welding in the automotive industry
- By Herbert Staufer
- Oct 5, 2016
- Laser Welding
- Article
Laser hybrid welding joins laser welding with gas metal arc welding and proves to work well together in delivering high-speed, quality joints. Learn more here.
- From The Fabricator
7 tips for optimizing your fabricating operation
- By Shane Strowski
- Oct 5, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
There’s always room for improvement in any operation. Following these seven steps can help you identify areas that need improving and put your shop on the path to optimal efficiency, increased productivity, and less waste.
- From The Fabricator
Getting the right blanking machine to bending machine ratio
- By Dustin Diehl and Scott Ottens
- Oct 4, 2016
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
How many blanking machines and press brakes do you have? Learn why getting the right blanking machine to bending machine ratio isn't so straightforward.
- From The Fabricator
Sheet metal blanking milestone: Continuous-feed laser blanking launches into production
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 4, 2016
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Earlier this year Worthington Specialty Processing, a toll processor serving the automotive industry, among others, installed a continuous-feed, coil-fed laser blanking line. An idea with roots in the 1990s has finally become reality.
- From The Fabricator
How 2016 Car of the Year Honda Civic maneuvered around AHSS obstructions
- By Paul J. Belanger
- Oct 4, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Honda used Gestamp’s in-die “softzone” hot stamping process to form strategic zones of the 2016 Civic sedan’s rear frame rails to 1,500-megapascal (MPa) (shown in red), while cooling other zones (shown in pink), at a different pace to render them to a lower tensile strength to satisfy crush mode and performance targets.
- From The Fabricator
Flat-rolled steel spot prices keep falling
- By John Packard
- Sep 27, 2016
- Metals/Materials
- Article
After peaking in June, steel prices continue to decrease. Metal fabricators should keep an eye out for price increases from the mills. When they are announced, service centers will begin increasing their own prices.
- From The Welder
Understanding acceptable welding undercut
- By Paul Cameron
- Sep 23, 2016
- Arc Welding
- Article
Dive into our Q&A on understanding what an acceptable welding undercut looks like.
- From The Welder
Consumables Corner: Preventing porosity on weldable primer-coated joints
- By Nino Mascalco, Rob Koltz, and Steve Sigler
- Sep 23, 2016
- Consumables
- Article
Q: A majority of our welding is done on 1/4 to 5/8-in.-thick carbon steel that has a weldable primer. Most of the welding is done on basic partial joint penetration (PJP) T-joints without any joint prep. We use an E70T-1 0.052-in.-dia. flux-core wire with a 75 percent Ar/25 percent CO2 shielding...
- From The Welder
Aluminum Workshop: Mg content in your aluminum 5XXX alloy
- By Frank Armao
- Sep 23, 2016
- Aluminum Welding
- Article
Learn why it is important to know the MG content in your aluminum 5XXX alloy to help prevent stress corrosion cracking and other potential weld problems.
- From The Fabricator
Servo press trends
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 21, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Vehicular weight reductions that automakers have made largely have been attributed to the use of advanced high-strength (AHS) materials—and the stamping manufacturers forming them. Stampers have muscled the Olympian feat via many approaches, including using servo-driven mechanical presses. Servo presses have evolved and moved from the fringe into the mainstream. Four servo press manufacturers weigh in on how servo press technology has advanced to spot stampers in helping them meet the challenges inherent in forming superstrong metals with low formability and high work hardening.
- From The Fabricator
High-tech stamping in Amish country
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 21, 2016
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
The SUPERB™ factory in Sugarcreek, Ohio performs surprisingly high-tech operations in a traditional village in Amish country, including stamping components for next-generation power grid storage units for Alevo. To meet the demand to stamp and assemble 100 million battery components, the manufacturer installed automated assembly equipment.
- From The Welder
Miles ahead with design & welding
- By Amanda Carlson
- Sep 19, 2016
- Arc Welding
- Article
Fed up with waiting on his welding subcontractor, an owner of a landscape design company regained control and gets a creativity boost by learning how to weld.
- From The Welder
Evolving robotic welding fume extraction
- By Amanda Carlson
- Sep 19, 2016
- Safety
- Article
RoboVent’s Spire filtration system for robotic welding applications endeavors to be the small, easy-to-use, and relatively hands-off version of its predecessor.
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