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The Fabricator May 2020
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.
For high productivity in plate rolling, it helps to have latest technology
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 1, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
New four-roll plate rolling technology makes fabricating cylinders and cones easier for experienced operators like Vermeer.
How to revise a complex CAD model
- By Gerald Davis
- May 31, 2020
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD jockey Gerald Davis provides guidance to part and product designers so that they can handle design revisions in a straightforward and headache-free manner.
Freeing the metal fabricator’s quoting constraint
- By Lars Hedman
- May 27, 2020
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Companywide, fabricators know when they make money and when they don’t, but exactly where is the money being made and lost? Automated quoting can help.
Chasing skeletons in sheet metal and plate fabrication
- By Doug Wood
- May 26, 2020
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Strategic nesting is a balancing act sheet metal and plate fabrication. You want optimal material yield and cutting process stability, but you also need to consider downstream operations.
Is a press brake job with side gauging giving you trouble?
- By Steve Benson
- May 25, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Side gauging against previous bends can cause problems for any press brake operator. Here’s how to fix them.
Technology Spotlight: Keep your cool—in any manufacturing environment
- By Sue Roberts
- May 22, 2020
- Safety
- Article
Summer is coming, and many fabricators and other manufacturing workers know staying cool on a shop floor during a heatwave isn't easy. That's why engineers at the University of Missouri are working to provide personal wearable air conditioning.
A tale from the pretreating and powder coating front lines
- By Ted Schreyer
- May 21, 2020
- Finishing
- Article
A shop has a steel box to wash, pretreat, and powder-coat. It’s basically a metal shoebox with a hole and a PEM nut. Simple, right? Well, not really.
4 essential modes of tube bending
- By Paul Krickeberg
- May 19, 2020
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
A well-rounded tube fabrication shop should know the four main modes of tube bending (freeform, compression, rotary draw, and roll bending) and which are most suitable for which applications.
Metal folding’s place in the forming department
- By Bill Kennedy
- May 19, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
If a fabrication shop is looking to boost its metal forming throughput, a folder machine can help.
How are manufacturing robots programming themselves?
- By Francois Simard
- May 13, 2020
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Programming robots is often too time-consuming. Learn how self-programming robotics could change metal fabrication and manufacturing.
What fabricators can do with lean manufacturing when a crisis hits
- By Jeff Sipes
- May 11, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
It’s a time of emergency. How should metal fabricators move forward with lean manufacturing practices? It starts with identifying how the COVID-19 crisis impacts organizations.
Frequently asked questions about oxyfuel cutting
- By John Henderson
- May 6, 2020
- Oxyfuel Cutting
- Article
Oxyfuel still has a place in heavy metal fabrication shops, writes John Henderson of ESAB Welding & Cutting Products.
Meet the fabricator that knows the importance of local manufacturing support
- By Dan Davis
- May 5, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Wisconsin metal fabricator GenMet Corp., the 2010 The FABRICATOR Industry Award winner, still remains committed to improving manufacturing’s image in the local community.
Lean manufacturing thrives amid coronavirus crisis
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 29, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Within days an Ohio Amish fabricator and its partners design, prototype, and ramp up production for thousands of field hospital cots to help COVID-19 patients.
How job shops can prevent a cash constraint during coronavirus pandemic
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 27, 2020
- Shop Management
- Article
Cash is king, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic. For those metal fabricators and manufacturers who manage a crisis well, opportunities can abound despite mounting uncertainty.
- 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...
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