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The Fabricator June 2011
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.
Analyzing products, demand, margins, and routings
- By Shahrukh Irani, Ph.D.
- May 11, 2017
- Shop Management
- Article
Unlike the Toyotas of the world, a typical job shop manufactures a diverse mix of products (P) with different routings (R) produced in various quantities (Q) with varying revenue and profits ($) and demand repeatability (T). These parameters for each different product make up a PQR$T Analysis.
Metal Fabrication Industry: A portrait in prose
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 1, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Three books together paint a good picture of this industry. It’s a combination of technical knowhow, pragmatism, down-to-earth humor, and big-picture thinking.
Get the most from your quoting software
- By Gene Barsaleau
- Jun 7, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Even a modern quoting software package is no guarantee that all job estimates will be done consistently and correctly. But tips, such as investigating the software's full capabilities and establishing master routing templates, can help the software meet those high expectations.
How a big fabricator grows even bigger
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 7, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Mayville Engineering Co. of Mayville, Wis., has grown into a metal fabrication powerhouse, with seven plants that altogether employ more than 1,000 workers. But it hasn’t been an easy ride. Less than a decade ago, MEC was struggling to find its way. Today, the company has a conservative, healthy balance sheet, and plenty of runway room for serious growth.
Don't waste a good recession
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 7, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
When others sat on the sidelines praying for a miracle during the Great Recession, Seconn Fabrication added 25,000 square feet, invested in new equipment, implemented a new MRP system, refocused its marketing efforts, and tackled other projects to better prepare itself for the economic rebound.
The FAB 40: Back to business
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 2, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
The FAB 40 listing for 2011 indicates that metal fabricators are gearing up to cope with an expanding manufacturing economy.
The merits of a manufacturing hybrid
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 2, 2011
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
Atlanta Precision Machine & Fabrication, a job shop launched in 2009, represents the latest venture of Atlanta Attachment Co., a made-to-order equipment manufacturer that has found success with diversification, both in the markets it serves and the services it offers, from basic fabrication to complete assembly.
Plasma beveling: What can today's machines deliver?
- By Rodney Plowe
- Jun 2, 2011
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
Plasma beveling technology has progressed in recent years to the point where the degree of taper has been reduced greatly and the ability to achieve predictable results, cut after cut, is possible. Having said that, a knowledgeable equipment operator can have a tremendous impact on optimizing the equipment's performance.
Three waterjet heads are better than one
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 2, 2011
- Waterjet Cutting
- Article
Metals & Services, Addison, Ill., didn't get caught up in the excitement of the 90,000-PSI waterjet pumps that seemed to be all the rage at recent tradeshows. Company management did its own homework and found that using a 60,000-PSI pump with multiple heads works out just swimmingly for its waterjet cutting operations.
Plate rolls keep rolling heavier plate
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 2, 2011
- Bending and Forming
- Article
These days, plate rolls are forming plate 6 and 7 inches thick--and even thicker. Vessel designs that would have been forged just a decade ago are now being sent to fabrication houses. The variable-geometry plate roll system, which really operates more like a press brake than a traditional plate roll, is making such extreme rolling possible.
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- 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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