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The Fabricator June 2007
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 tao of forming order
- By Steve Benson
- Jun 12, 2007
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Is the starting position of the flat part facing the wrong way or upside down to your natural flow? Are you working from left to right when your natural motion is right to left? If you are, you're fighting the current rather than letting the current do the work. Set up the press brake in such a manner that you work with your natural flow; by not interrupting your "chi."
Tube fabricator bends with industry changes
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 12, 2007
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
As customers look for ways to add to their bottom-line performance, Harco Metal Products, Tempe, Ariz., has stepped forward with services that make the tube fabricator more valuable to its customer--and harder to replace.
Buying plasma cutting tables and plasma cutting software
- By Brian Gallup
- Jun 12, 2007
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
CNC plasma-cutting machines are more affordable and easy o operate if you know the right hardware and plasma-cutting software. Learn more here.
Welding ASTM A514 or A514M-05 steel?
- By Dean C. Phillips
- Jun 12, 2007
- Arc Welding
- Article
As manufacturers strive for lower costs and greater efficiencies, they tend to substitute high-strength materials for standard materials. One such high-strength material is ASTM A514/514M-05. Although it is not difficult to weld, joining it successfully requires paying close attention to the preheat temperature, interpass temperature, and filler metal.
Sawing? Cool it.
- By Adam Popson
- Jun 12, 2007
- Sawing
- Article
Nearly every metal sawing operation can become more cost-effective with a properly mixed and maintained sawing coolant. Proper use of sawing coolant improves cutting rates by balancing the combination of cooling and lubrication of the blade. Quality coolant improves the cut finish and can extend blade life by as much as 20 percent.
Vertical integration broadens company's horizons
- By Eric Lundin
- Jun 12, 2007
- Finishing
- Article
Senior Editor Eric Lundin visited Industrial Hard Chrome, a chrome plater that provides chrome-plated components for hydraulically powered equipment such as graders and backhoes. He traces the company's development from a plater that provided its services to the paper and pulp industry four decades ago to a plater and OEM with its own product line today.
Laser cutting with less labor and less hassle
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 12, 2007
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Can a four-man job shop keep up with the demands of its manufacturing customers? IMS, Shakopee, Minn., will make you think about that and give you reason to question other practices going on in your job shop.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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