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The Fabricator September 2006
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.
GMAW guns: More than a commodity
- By Bill Giese
- Sep 12, 2006
- Arc Welding
- Article
Many welders think of GMAW guns as just a commodity. However, all of the parts in a GMAW gun have a direct impact on the time it takes to make a weld and its quality.
Leaning on press brake tooling
- By Pat Campbell
- Sep 12, 2006
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Press brake tooling can play a significant role in minimizing setup, reducing WIP, increasing throughput, and minimizing waste—the goals of lean manufacturing. Some new developments are staged bending, push-button loading, sectionalized tooling, and precision-ground tools.
Starting from scratch
- By Tex Whiting
- Sep 12, 2006
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
Knowing the basics of plasma cutting, as well as some fundamental operator guidelines can lead to quality cuts and extended consumable life. The more operators know about the process, the more readily they can identify and address problems that may occur.
Long loads, narrow aisles, easy access
- By Eric Lundin
- Sep 12, 2006
- Materials Handling
- Article
Since starting with just one warehouse in 1989, J G Kelly Supplies has grown along with Ireland's booming construction industry. Limiting factors such as the warehouse's doorway width, narrow aisles, and 90-degree turns meant the company had to rely on manual labor to handle the long, cumbersome items in its inventory. A standard forklift was out of the question. The company eventually purchased a multidirectional side-loading lift truck from Combilift for moving inventory in this challenging environment.
A trek in product design change and laser cutting
- Sep 12, 2006
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
TREK Bicycles uses new CAM software to laser-cut high-performance bicycle frame tubing.
Little Giant takes flight
- Sep 12, 2006
- Aluminum Welding
- Article
Wing Enterprises started out with a product and a patent -- for its Little Giant brand ladders. However, in time its sales lagged, and the company needed to figure out a new marketing strategy. With an infomercial and automated welding, Wing Enterprises was on its way to successfully growing its company and its sales.
Expanding upward and outward
- By Dan Davis
- Sep 12, 2006
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Watson Engineering didn't have to add any laser operators during its most recent expansion effort. The reason was technology advancements associated with material handling and modern laser cutting devices.
Stud-maker throws church building a curve
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 12, 2006
- Roll Forming
- Article
Radius Track, a fabricator specializing in its patented curved metal studs, replaced many of the heavy-gauge beams in the a church's dome frame with light-gauge steel studs. As a result, the dome was light enough to be supported without view-obstructing columns.
Holding the line on metal costs
- By Ken Shoop
- Sep 12, 2006
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Stampers and roll formers can look at edge trim, heads, tails, skeletons, and coil damage for ways they can reduce scrap to hold the line on metal costs.
- 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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