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Precision sawing: Mind the miter
- By Richard Klipp
- Oct 5, 2016
- Sawing
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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.
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A look at laser hybrid welding in the automotive industry
- By Herbert Staufer
- Oct 5, 2016
- Laser Welding
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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 Welder
An Oktoberfest story for fabricators
- By Vicki Bell
- Oct 5, 2016
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Have you ever had anyone who owes you money offer to pay their debt with welding lessons? Kathy Walton did, and now she makes money using the skills she learned.
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7 tips for optimizing your fabricating operation
- By Shane Strowski
- Oct 5, 2016
- Shop Management
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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
Force control software aids high-speed precision robotic assembly
- Oct 5, 2016
- Assembly and Joining
- Product Release
Yaskawa Motoman’s MotoFit™ is a 6-axis force-sensing package for high-speed precision assembly applications. It alters the robot’s position based on the force encountered to align or assemble parts. This sensor can detect three translational forces and three axial moments. Three operations...
- From The Welder
GAWDA installs officers for 2016-2017
- Oct 4, 2016
- Arc Welding
- News Release
The Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA), Hollywood, Fla., has installed a new president, named a new executive committee member, and appointed three new vice presidents for service to the organization in the coming year. Mark Raimy, CEO of GAWDA member Welders Supply Co. - Raimy...
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Vacuum workholding systems suitable for flat, ground plate
- Oct 4, 2016
- Shop Management
- Product Release
TCI Precision Metals has introduced vacuum workholding systems for flat stock. The vacuum chucks are available in standard size configurations but also can be customized. Vacuum workholding secures hard-to-hold parts and with no clamps. Each system is built with industrial-grade components and a...
Burr Oak Tool names Tubex as representative in Canada
- Oct 4, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
Burr Oak Tool, Sturgis, Mich., a designer of customized production machinery for the heat transfer and tube processing industries, has named Montreal-based Tubex Technology Machinery Inc. as a representative in Canada. Tubex is a provider of tube forming, bending, and cutting machines for the HVAC,...
- From The Fabricator
Schuler press blanking line in operation at Volkswagen
- Oct 4, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
A press blanking line with TwinServo technology from Schuler AG, Göppingen, Germany, is now in operation at Volkswagen's main production facility in Wolfsburg, Germany. The auto manufacturer uses the press to cut sheets of steel for its entire plant, which are later formed into engine hoods,...
- From The Fabricator
HDT to invest $4 million in Alabama plant
- Oct 4, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
HDT Global has announced it will add 120 jobs and invest $4 million in an expansion at its plant in Tanner, Ala. The expansion will add 206,500 sq. ft. of production space to the facility, which produces generators, heaters, and robotics. The company will move its Buena Vista, Va., manufacturing...
- 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
Quintus delivers high-pressure fluid cell press to Gulfstream facility in Mexico
- Oct 4, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Quintus Technologies, Columbus, Ohio, has delivered a Quintus® Flexform high-pressure fluid cell press to the Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. facility in Mexicali, Mexico, a producer of wiring harnesses, sheet metal components, subassemblies, and machined parts. The press uses one rigid tool half; the...
- 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.
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AM General awarded more than $151 million for Humvee sales, service
- Oct 4, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
South Bend, Ind.-based AM General has been awarded $151 million in new Humvee contracts and modifications to existing domestic and international contracts for vehicles and parts for Afghanistan, Ukraine, and the U.S.National Guard and Reserves. The contracts cover items including new production...
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