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The Fabricator October 2010
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.
How a shop devoted to improvement improved
- By Tim Heston
- Sep 13, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
At a major automotive OEM, a support operation is devoted to continuous improvement projects for the assembly line, fabricating items as needed to make life easier for line workers. Unfortunately, the improvement shop wasn’t very organized. As managers soon realized, it was time to improve the improvement shop.
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill - Part X
- By Gerald Davis
- Oct 26, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Working on a 3-D design for the Shashlik Grill, columnist Gerald Davis continues working on the top-level assembly. This time he's modeling two skewer supports.
The best time for a business turnaround? Now.
- By Mark West
- Oct 22, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
If your company is bleeding cash, there's no time like the present to start a turnaround effort. The sooner you start, the better, and know that the company's future is at stake.
Better shielding gas flow, efficient welding
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 21, 2010
- Arc Welding
- Article
After an automative supplier examines its automated and manual welding operations, it discovers greater efficiencies after analyzing and optimizing shielding gas flow.
Better cladding, better inspection
- By Chris Kahlich
- Oct 14, 2010
- Arc Welding
- Article
Hot-wire GTAW and inspection advances are meeting the oil and gas industry's ever-increasing need for cladding.
A rundown on rolling machines
- By David Donnell
- Oct 4, 2010
- Bending and Forming
- Article
A metal fabricator needs to know what it will be bending before truly being able to specify what type of plate or sheet roll bending machine it needs.
New metal fabrication player touts high-value engineering
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 4, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
A Baltimore job shop remained on the growth path throughout the recession by circumventing the traditional job bidding process and gaining a serious foothold in the export market.
Welding guns 101: light- or heavy-duty?
- By David Bellamy
- Oct 4, 2010
- Arc Welding
- Article
From tacking operations that require short arc-on times to completing long, continuous welds on thick plate, the welding gun needs to offer the appropriate welding capacity for the job.
Using robotic plate welding for heavy sections
- Oct 4, 2010
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Learn how Bucyrus in Houston, Pa., redesigned its line pans for coal removal by moving to robotic plate welding to keep up with the 150 lbs. of filler metal.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/30/2024
- Running Time:
- 53:00
Seth Feldman of Iowa-based Wertzbaugher Services joins The Fabricator Podcast to offer his take as a Gen Zer...
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