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Articles - Page 273
- From The Fabricator
Focusing on downtime reduction in laser cutting
- By Marc Lobit
- Apr 30, 2013
- Laser Cutting
- Article
If a laser cutting machine is not cutting, it has no chance of making money for the shop. Downtime related to maintenance is understandable. Downtime related to the slow process of attending to laser optics is frustrating. Automation, however, can help keep that laser cutting machine running, even when it's cutting different material thicknesses.
- From The Fabricator
Material handling in a tube cutting process
- By Dave Erickson
- Apr 30, 2013
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
A tube is a tube, as most in the industry would declare. But getting that tube from point A to point B isn't a simple proposition. That's why fabricators need to keep in mind key factors when looking to set up a material handling system for a tube cutting operation.
- From The Fabricator
Welding training under the arc light
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 25, 2013
- Shop Management
- Article
Virtual weld training tools have emerged in recent years, and some organizations have looked to them to help beginners learn welding basics before firing up the arc. Meanwhile, others are looking for a training device that better reflects the real-world activities associated with welding in a manufacturing environment. A new training device has emerged to bridge that virtual world with the real world.
- From The Fabricator
Keeping up with hazardous communications regulations
- By Danielle Gallo
- Apr 24, 2013
- Safety
- Article
On May 25, 2011, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration decided to align its hazard communication standards with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. Most metal fabricators don't realize that they need to update their own shop hazard communications—and they need to do it soon.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricator helps entrepreneurs grow
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 24, 2013
- Shop Management
- Article
As part of its unofficial business plan, Cumming, Ga.-based Accufab gets in on the ground floor and helps entrepreneurs to get off the ground. As a result, the company is able to grow with its customers.
- From The Fabricator
Meeting deadlines in contract metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 24, 2013
- Shop Management
- Article
A Houston fabricator maintains a 99 percent on-time delivery rate. The business maintains its place as a reliable link in the supply chain, and the shop’s growth strategy aims to keep it that way.
- From The Fabricator
Why do customers buy from you?
- By Dick Kallage
- Apr 24, 2013
- Shop Management
- Article
If you don't know the answer to that question, you aren't listening to your customers closely enough. And that puts the entire organization at risk.
- From The Fabricator
Taking it to the next level
- By Amanda Carlson
- Apr 24, 2013
- Shop Management
- Article
A welding instructor and two of his seniors have been working together since early November to fabricate a smoker of epic proportions. But in the process the students have found their future calling and their teacher has found a kinship with both.
- From The Fabricator
Job shop estimating: Watching the clock in the fabrication sequence
- By Gerald Davis
- Apr 24, 2013
- Shop Management
- Article
In this fifth installment of columnist Gerald Davis' series on job estimating, he describes the use of time standards that are based on shop experience to guide the estimator’s prediction of expenses.
- From The Fabricator
Surviving the storm
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 24, 2013
- Shop Management
- Article
Hurricane Sandy wasn't kind to Architectural Grille, Brooklyn, N.Y., in late October 2012. Waters from a nearby canal flooded the shop and ultimately destroyed all fabricating equipment, which was paid for. The insurance companies and local officials didn't offer much help either. The Giumenta family didn't throw in the towel, however. They are determined to rebuild and do it with the latest technology available.
- From The Fabricator
Digitizing press automation
- By Romain Bournet
- Apr 22, 2013
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Simulating press line automation can eliminate many headaches and solve problems before the physical integration process. But that simulation needs an accurate CAD file showing the placement of all press line components. Here, 3-D digital scanning technology fills a need.
- From The Fabricator
The growth of the servo-driven press
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 22, 2013
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Traditional mechanical presses remain dominant in industry, but sales of servo presses have gone into high gear in recent years. Controlling the press stroke turns out to have many advantages, and the technology’s adopters are reaping the benefits.
- From The Fabricator
Quick die change: About the time in between
- By Carol Herriges and John Remington
- Apr 22, 2013
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Boiled down, quick-die change covers all activities that occur between one job and the next. QDC boils down to reducing those activities by eliminating them altogether, making those remaining activties more efficient, and changing when those tasks are performed.
- From The Fabricator
3 ways to boost submerged arc welding performance
- By Steve Massey
- Apr 19, 2013
- Arc Welding
- Article
Submerged arc welding is known as a process that can result in high welding speeds and deposition rates. However, in today's manufacturing reality, engineers are always looking to boost productivity—even for already productive processes. Fortunately, companies have three common approaches to consider to increase the performance of their submerged arc welding systems.
- From The Fabricator
New guideline reduces manganese exposure limit dramatically
- By Kimberly Gates and Scott Larson
- Apr 19, 2013
- Arc Welding
- Article
Chronic exposure to manganese oxide fumes, which occur when manganese metal is heated and reacts with oxygen, can lead to damage to the central nervous system. Welders are especially susceptible to this disease, called maganism by the National Institutes of Health, because manganese is found in many welding rods and filler metals to promote hardness. The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists recently issued guidance that dramatically reduced suggested threshold limit values. Because many metal fabricators use this guidance to manage worker exposure, they now are having to rethink how they approach personal protective equipment.
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