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Blog Posts - Page 81
- From The Fabricator
Still Building America—Backup plans matter
- By Josh Welton
- Feb 11, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
What happens when your employment situation changes? If you have a backup plan, you might find that the change was just what you needed to move forward.
- From The Fabricator
Diversification makes life easier on the roller coaster
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 6, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Even in the face of falling oil prices and the potential slowdown of offshore fabrication work, Bill New, president of New Industries Inc., Morgan City, La., still looks forward to coming to work each day.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Big pay raise; Smart, but not rich; 3-D breakthroughs; welding—a worthwhile career?
- By Vicki Bell
- Feb 5, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Web articles for fabricators—Ford workers get big raise; reporter questions welding as a worthwhile career; being smart doesn’t necessarily make you rich; 3-D printing breakthrough; students build wind turbines.
- From The Welder
Why I still use 2 percent thoriated (red) tungsten
- By Josh Welton
- Feb 5, 2015
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Despite concerns some have about radiation emanating from 2 percent thoriated (red) tungsten electrodes, welder Josh Welton sees little risk. The electrode continues to be his first choice.
- From The Fabricator
Watch where those spent solvents go
- By Stephen Barlas
- Feb 5, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The Environmental Protection Agency has finally enacted its rulemaking that affects metal manufacturers that have to recycle or dispose of spent solvents.
- From The Fabricator
People: A fabricator’s greatest competitive advantage
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 4, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Competing fabricators can invest in the same technology and software, but they can't employ the same people.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Finding a niche; faking a roar; falsifying welding certificates
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 29, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Web articles for fabricators—Meeting global competition by finding a niche; faking an engine’s roar; students sue over bogus welding certificates; bright future for girls in welding; and apprenticeships make a difference.
- From The Fabricator
Fabricating and mounting a “quick-quote,” heavy-duty utility truck rack
- By Nick Martin
- Jan 28, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Sometimes a “quick-quote” job turns out to be significantly more complicated than it appears. It also can become a great learning experience. Such was the case when Barnes MetalCrafters fabricated a heavy-duty utility truck rack that required compensating for the vehicle’s lightweight components to mount.
- From The Fabricator
Manufacturing jobs pay well, right?
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 28, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Manufacturing wages vary widely, and like anything in life, the wage story isn't simple or straightforward.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Low wages ‘major’ issue; inside a 3-D machine shop; ‘craftsmanship is still around’
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 22, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles— Low wages a major impediment to labor supply; inside Incodema 3D’s facility; job shop named best business in Blue Earth, Minn.; Mississippi shop grows, invests, hires; and craftsmanship is still around.
- From The Fabricator
Getting back to basics—Human element enhances a machine’s potential
- By Josh Welton
- Jan 22, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
In 2014 media headlines claimed that Toyota was replacing robots with humans in its factories. Not so, but the real story is important and encouraging.
- From The Fabricator
More from the Floor at FABTECH®
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 20, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Feeling those no-show-to-go-to blues? Missing the great times you had at FABTECH? Yearn for just a glimpse of what you saw on the floor ... oh, the clanking and whirring of machines, the tastes of happy hour brew?
- From The Fabricator
Free education and political football
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 19, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Making community college free is a bold move, but it shouldn't be used as a political tool. Unfortunately, that's the reality.
- From The Fabricator
Dropping oil prices and metal fabricating
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 16, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The drop in oil prices is not the end of the world, and it won't be the end of the world for the metal fabrication industry--at least for those not located in Texas, North Dakota, and western Canada.
- From The Fabricator
From the Web: Research in 3-D; how manufacturing can gain momentum in 2015; training success stories
- By Vicki Bell
- Jan 15, 2015
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Highlights for fabricators from the past week’s Web articles— Sandvik boosts 3-D printing research; one way U.S. manufacturing can gain momentum; training success stories, and introducing young students to metalworking.
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