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Articles - Page 259
- From The Fabricator
Tube bending basics: How to bend tubing and metal pipe
- Feb 24, 2014
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Although tube bending technology has evolved significantly over the years, the process still remains the same. Learn more about how to bend metal pipe here.
- From The Fabricator
Welding education - the good, bad, and ugly
- By Professor R. Carlisle "Carl" Smith
- Feb 17, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Welding education has come a long way from cast-iron repair and forge welding taught by blacksmiths. Today’s welding students have training options that can lead to different career paths.
Inclusions caught with PAUT
- By Eric Lundin
- Feb 17, 2014
- Testing and Measuring
- Article
Tube and pipe producers are familiar with ultrasonic testing (UT) which, as the name implies, uses high-frequency sound waves to find discontinuities in tube and pipe. While conventional UT is effective for testing raw materials with simple shapes—round tubing, rectangular billet, and rectangular plate—complex shapes such as castings and assemblies need something more. Phased-array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) gets the job done.
- From The Fabricator
Mission-critical metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 17, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
No matter how eye-popping the technology, the means of getting a job done is secondary; the result is primary. This is where General Tool Co.'s "team of experts" appraoch comes into play.
The emergence of Saudi America
- By Eric Lundin
- Feb 10, 2014
- Arc Welding
- Article
Although oil extraction around the world has grown by 50 percent in the last 30 years, it was basically flat in North America until 2008. Higher oil prices have made tar sands oil economically viable, and new extraction techniques have been a boon to U.S. producers. Interviews with a variety of vendors in the forming and fabricating industry reveal the many trends that are driving changes in the equipment and supplies used in the petroleum business.
- From The Fabricator
Art for art's sake
- By Eric Lundin
- Feb 10, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Metal sculptor Roy Mackey took a long, circuitous route to become an artist, and occupies an unusual niche. With no specific art classes or vocational education in his background, he learned metalworking bit by bit, and spends quite a bit of his time making sculptures that are realistic, but too unusual to represent real objects.
- From The Fabricator
Laser photonics meets shop floor pragmatism
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 10, 2014
- Laser Welding
- Article
Pragmatism rules the day at Directed Light, a job shop focusing on a wide range of industrial laser applications, from UV to far-infrared.
- From The Fabricator
How stamping and fabrication work together
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 4, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
At Fisher-Barton South Carolina, historically a stamping operation, now gets half of its revenue from products that use metal fabrication. But there's not a stamping and fabricating "side" to the business. In fact, the part flow shows just how complementary fabrication and stamping can be.
Taking big strides with small-diameter tubing
- By Eric Lundin
- Feb 3, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
After 60 years in business, Superior Tube Co. Inc. found itself at a crossroads. The recession of the early 2000s had taken a toll on U.S. manufacturing, and many companies feared the growing threat from newly industrializing, low-wage countries. The company’s management came up with a strategy to update its manufacturing practices, upgrade its equipment, and prepare its workforce for the challenges associated with global competition. The result, compressing about 15 years’ worth of changes into just two years, has propelled the company forward and earned it the 2014 TPJ Industry Award.
- From The Fabricator
Robotic welding issues and challenges
- By Chris Anderson
- Feb 3, 2014
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Thanks to intuitive teaching, which eliminates the need for highly skilled programmers and saves valuable job setup time, robots now are making inroads in small job shops.
- From The Fabricator
Professionalism in precision sheet metal manufacturing
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 3, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
How does a small western Michigan fabricating shop evolve into a key metal parts supplier to some of the most demanding OEM customers in the world? It is committed to lean manufacturing principles and has made strategic investments in new fabricating technology, but most of all, it has engaged employees that are comfortable with changes that come with continuous improvement efforts.
- From The Welder
Creating art that inspires thought
- By Amanda Carlson
- Feb 3, 2014
- Laser Welding
- Article
Las Vegas metal artist creates abstract contemporary pieces that make viewers think and let him sleep.
- From The Fabricator
Sustaining metal fabricating success
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 30, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Metal fabricators can’t find the right manufacturing talent. Customers are more demanding. The current workforce is overworked. How can fabricating companies keep up? The FABRICATOR’s Editorial Advisory Board has some suggestions.
- From The Fabricator
Your friend, the STEP file
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 30, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis reviews the STEP file and how it can be used to interact with customers in a more complete way.
- From The Fabricator
Days in the lives
- By Dick Kallage
- Jan 30, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
To find time to dedicate to continuous improvement activities, a metal fabricator should have a good idea what employees do every day before assigning additional tasks.
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