- FMA
- The Fabricator
- FABTECH
- Canadian Metalworking
Our Publications
Categories
- Additive Manufacturing
- Aluminum Welding
- Arc Welding
- Assembly and Joining
- Automation and Robotics
- Bending and Forming
- Consumables
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Electric Vehicles
- En Español
- Finishing
- Hydroforming
- Laser Cutting
- Laser Welding
- Machining
- Manufacturing Software
- Materials Handling
- Metals/Materials
- Oxyfuel Cutting
- Plasma Cutting
- Power Tools
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Roll Forming
- Safety
- Sawing
- Shearing
- Shop Management
- Testing and Measuring
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Waterjet Cutting
Industry Directory
Webcasts
Podcasts
FAB 40
Advertise
Subscribe
Account Login
Search
More from The Fabricator
- From The Fabricator
Robot designed for machine tending
- Feb 18, 2015
- Automation and Robotics
- Product Release
The heavy payload of the MH280 II robot, available from Yaskawa Motoman, makes it suitable for machine tending, from boring and milling to grinding. With its increased moment and inertia ratings, the unit also can be used in material handling and press-tending applications. It also is suitable for...
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabrication meets a seller’s market
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 18, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Manufacturing is cool again, and fabricators wanting to sell their business are benefiting from a seller’s market. Nevertheless, high revenue concentration, a shallow talent pool, poor cash flow, reliance on sales from a single sector, and other factors still throw up red flags.
- From The Fabricator
Wrobel Eng. completes 2014 capital improvements
- Feb 17, 2015
- Machining
- News Release
Wrobel Eng., a provider of precision CNC machining and sheet metal fabrication services in Avon, Mass., has completed its 2014 capital improvement plan targeting new technologies, equipment upgrades, facility improvements, and workforce initiatives. The company has added onboard inspection to...
- From The Fabricator
Why buy new tooling for a sheet metal hand brake?
- By Steve Benson
- Feb 17, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
When bending with a hand brake, you can use the tooling that came with the machine, but investing in a tool with a radius on the punch nose has its benefits.
- From The Fabricator
MSC Software acquires Simufact
- Feb 17, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
Newport Beach, Calif.-based MSC Software has announced the acquisition of Simufact Eng., a provider of simulation tools for metal forming and welding processes. "Too often, our customers tell me that poorly understood manufacturing processes result in products that don't function as designed...
- From The Fabricator
M. Davis purchases facility in Delaware
- Feb 17, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
M. Davis, a manufacturer of skids, storage tanks, and structural steel frames in Wilmington, Del., has acquired a fabrication facility in Newark, Del.
The 20,000-sq.-ft. facility, which features three 20-ton overhead cranes, doubles the company’s current capacity.
- From The Fabricator
Coded safety switch released in slim design
- Feb 17, 2015
- Safety
- Product Release
Pilz Automation Safety L.P. has released a slim-design version of its PSENcode coded safety switch, used to monitor the position of guards and for general position monitoring. In comparison with the compact-design version, this switch has a very low-profile housing (0.5 in. high) at the same width....
- From The Fabricator
Are you imprisoned by your information technology?
- By Lori Payne
- Feb 17, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
With rapid application deployment platforms, software can be tailored to an individual company's needs in a very short time frame.
- From The Fabricator
Element Materials Technology opens facility in Netherlands
- Feb 17, 2015
- Testing and Measuring
- News Release
Element Materials Technology has opened a new materials testing and failure analysis facility in Hengelo, Netherlands, continuing the company’s strategic long-term investment in the oil and gas testing sector. The facility strengthens the company’s materials testing and product qualification...
- From The Fabricator
Teaching: A metal fabricator’s secret sauce
- By Tim Heston
- Feb 17, 2015
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Bob Moehlman has welded pipe for more than 50 years, including 30 years at Superior Pipe Fabricators, a Los Angeles-based shop he helped launch in 1984. The shop’s success hasn’t come by using the latest and greatest pipe welding technology, but instead through teaching—showing the inexperienced employees the ropes, developing their talent, and giving them a career.
- From The Fabricator
Lift truck engines offer fuel efficiency, reduced maintenance
- Feb 17, 2015
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
Yale Materials Handling Corp. offers industrial engines from Power Solutions Intl. Inc. for its 3,000- to 7,000-lb. Class IV and V lift trucks. The engines offer fuel efficiency and power coupled with reduced maintenance requirements, the company states. The engines feature Yale® Flex...
- From The Fabricator
BorgWarner equips Volkswagen diesel engines with turbocharger technology
- Feb 17, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
BorgWarner, Auburn Hills, Mich., is supplying its variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbochargers for the newly developed 1.4-l, three-cylinder diesel engines from the Volkswagen Group. Engineered to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions, the turbochargers boost the performance of the 55- and...
- From The Fabricator
Topped parts pouch keeps hardware, tools secure
- Feb 17, 2015
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Ergodyne offers the Arsenal® topped parts pouch in 20-oz. water-resistant canvas and waterproof tarpaulin. Featuring a hands-free, self-closing Trap Door™ top, the pouch stores small parts, hardware, and tools, preventing these items from falling out and providing simplified retrieval....
- From The Fabricator
Vitrified wheel bond adds flexibility for grinding
- Feb 17, 2015
- Finishing
- Product Release
CGW-Camel Grinding Wheels has introduced a new bond used in manufacturing vitrified wheels in the surface grinding, cylindrical, and centerless wheel categories. The bond helps make grinding action cool and helps improve wheel dimension stability and lifespan, states the company. One vitrified...
- From The Fabricator
Roll Machining Technologies adds milling center
- Feb 16, 2015
- Machining
- News Release
Roll Machining Technologies and Solutions has added a Doosan DNM 650 milling center to its facility in Romeoville, Ill. The machine, equipped with a spindle motor, features an 18.5-kW, 12,000-RPM, direct-drive spindle; 30-position tool changer; the FANUC i-series control; and a 4.27- by 2.2-ft....
subscribe now
The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
start your free subscription- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 05/14/2024
- Running Time:
- 62:12
Cameron Adams of Laser Precision, a contract metal fabricator in the Chicago area, joins the podcast to talk...
- Trending Articles
Why employee-owned companies make sense in manufacturing
What software automation means for custom fabrication
Nucor’s weekly steel price announcement continues to rattle markets
Press brakes, panel benders, and flat blank calculations
Building a successful welding program from the ground up
- Industry Events
Laser Welding Certificate Course
- May 7 - August 6, 2024
- Farmington Hills, IL
World-Class Roll Forming Workshop
- June 5 - 6, 2024
- Louisville, KY
Advanced Laser Application Workshop
- June 25 - 27, 2024
- Novi, MI
Precision Press Brake Certificate Course
- July 31 - August 1, 2024
- Elgin,
- Upcoming Webcasts
Managing Dangerous Dusts from Metalworking
- June 26, 2024
- Sponsored
- Presented By: Camfil Air Pollution Control