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The Fabricator November 2022
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.
A machine tool builder extends its software expertise beyond CAD/CAM
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 2, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Bystronic has released a new software suite that goes beyond part design and machine programming—addressing all aspects of a metal fabricating and manufacturing business.
Is your metal fabrication shop's lean manufacturing journey sustainable?
- By Jeff Sipes
- Dec 1, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
It’s time for reflection. Is your metal fabrication shop sustaining your lean manufacturing journey, or are you letting things backslide?
Tips for perfecting table templates
- By Gerald Davis
- Nov 30, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses the production of table templates that reduce the effort of making production drawings.
Consolidating the curiously fragmented business of precision metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 29, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Realizing automation’s competitive advantage, metal fabrication is becoming even more capital-intensive. This and other factors might push the industry toward new levels of consolidation.
What excess tonnage does to a press brake and tooling
- By Steve Benson
- Nov 28, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Excess tonnage can damage a metal fabrication shop's press brake and embed tools into the bed and ram. The best practice is to avoid excess tonnage in the first place.
A holistic look at automated blasting in the modern metal fabrication shop
- By Bernhard Kerschbaum
- Nov 22, 2022
- Finishing
- Article
Automating a blasting operation should focus on efficiency, such as how many pieces can be blasted within a certain period—but that shouldn’t be the only consideration for the modernized metal fabrication shop.
The artistry and fabrication behind San Francisco’s stainless steel rock sculptures
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Nov 15, 2022
- Arc Welding
- Article
What made the 20 colorful rock-like structures outside a San Francisco building possible? Artistry, metal fabrication, and some delays, artists and fabricators said.
Unleash the potential of automated tube end forming
- By Gunar Gossard and Stefano Bertera
- Nov 15, 2022
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Tube end forming can do more than just expand or reduce a diameter. Multistation end forming systems offer chamfering, rolling, and more—as a standalone machine or an integrated part of an automated cell.
Privately held Ohio metal fabrication shop goes employee-owned
- By Kate Bachman
- Nov 14, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
When Valco Industries owner Ed Leventhal was mapping his exit plan, he took the road less traveled to ensure that his valued manufacturing employees would continue to have jobs by transferring ownership to them.
How good data will shape the nature of work in metal manufacturing
- By Felix Weigelt, Kartik Iyer, and Tom Bailey
- Nov 14, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Careers in the Industry 4.0 shop will be varied, but they’ll all share a common thread throughout metal manufacturing: Good data will drive decisions.
Why an Indiana metal fabricator keeps upgrading its laser cutting capabilities
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 10, 2022
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Metal fabricator Southwest Welding of Wakarusa, Ind., finds new laser cutting technology too impressive to ignore. So it's always seeking opportunities to upgrade capabilities.
Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions harnesses the power of scale
- By Tim Heston
- Nov 3, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Two years ago, Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions didn’t exist. Now, after a 15-month (and counting) acquisition spree, it’s a 2,000-employee, 20-plant behemoth.
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- 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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