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The Fabricator March 2021
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.
The importance of debugging product manufacturing information and proofreading CAD documents
- By Gerald Davis
- Mar 31, 2021
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis troubleshoots a CAD drawing with key omissions and spelling errors as reminder why debugging and proofreading is important for manufacturing shops.
Using Hoshin Kanri Catchball to deploy manufacturing improvements
- By Jeff Sipes
- Mar 30, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Hoshin Kanri Catchball is an effective, compelling lean manufacturing technique when managers deal with serious floor issues in a fabrication shop, need to have confidence that employees are aligned, and want to get the best out of everyone in the organization.
5 ways that advanced software maximizes bending activity
- By Casey Greer and John Parenzan
- Mar 29, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Bending software allows metal fabricators to maximize their money-making efforts on their press brakes.
How to cut lead times in job shops
- By Vincent Bozzone
- Mar 26, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
If a job shop wants to shorten lead times, it needs to reduce or eliminate delays. To identify those delays, fabricators and manufacturers must recognize how work flows through the entire organization, from quotes to cash.
Q&A: Waterjet advances in cutting speed, cut quality, user friendliness
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 26, 2021
- Waterjet Cutting
- Article
Waterjet technology has been used in the metal fabrication industry for decades. So what have been its top advancements? Waterjet OEMs Flow, OMAX, KMT, TechniWaterjet, and American Machinery Group give us their spin on how they have advanced the technology over the years to improve cutting speed, cut quality, and user friendliness. In addition, fabricators Meyer Tool Huntersville and FedTech weigh in on which advances they have found to be the most useful to them.
How automation affects manufacturing shop culture
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 25, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
When automation reduces the need for skilled workers, what happens to shop culture for fabricators and manufacturers?
Is your shop's laser cutting machine running as it should?
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 24, 2021
- Laser Cutting
- Article
A new laser power meter can help metal fabricators ensure that their shop's laser cutting machine is operating as it should.
Tonnage limits for press brake applications: Absolute or per meter or foot?
- By Steve Benson
- Mar 22, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
When press brake operators calculate the tonnage limit of a tool, they're finding the absolute tonnage limit. The forming tonnage a specific job requires should be less.
Is automated grinding of 3D parts happening in most fab shops?
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 17, 2021
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Experts believe robotic grinding cells could be on their way to a metal fabrication shop near you. Robotic grinding isn't in most fab shops, but that'll be changing.
How an acquisition in metal fabrication saved jobs
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 15, 2021
- Laser Cutting
- Article
One laser cutting-only shop was looking to expand. A medical equipment fabricator was struggling through a tumultuous 2020. The two found each other just in time and formed WESCOBHT Manufacturing in Colorado.
Metal fabricator plays key role in development of ground-breaking audio engineering product
- By Shannon Eggleton
- Mar 13, 2021
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Whitestone Audio Instruments and EVS Metal work together to bring a new audio engineering product to market.
Making spiral fabrication more predictable
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 12, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
A section bending machine also can help metal fabricators create spiral forms.
What does the cloud mean for metal fabrication?
- By Paxton Shantz
- Mar 12, 2021
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Paradoxically, metal fabricators use advanced digital control alongside antiquated data management. The cloud will help eliminate the paradox.
How vibratory weld conditioning can help weld distortion
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 10, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
For the right application, vibratory weld conditioning can mitigate weld distortion, increase throughput, and make the welder’s life easier.
Inside metal fabrication at NASA
- By Dan Davis
- Mar 9, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Metal fabricating at the Prototype Development Laboratory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is a bit different than in a typical job shop.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 05/07/2024
- Running Time:
- 67:38
Patrick Brunken, VP of Addison Machine Engineering, joins The Fabricator Podcast to talk about the tube and pipe...
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