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The Fabricator - Blog Posts
Tips for creating sheet metal tubes with perforations
- By Gerald Davis
- Apr 23, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses how Fold/Unfold tools can be used with the Fill Pattern tool when working with sheet metal tube models.
Supporting the metal fabricating industry through FMA
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 22, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association’s board chair provides a look at his tenure and some of the reasons why he enjoys the role so much.
Capturing, recording equipment inspection data for FMEA
- By Bill Frahm
- Apr 19, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
AI can assist metal manufacturing businesses with data capture for FMEA and reliability programs.
How to set a press brake backgauge manually
- By Steve Benson
- Apr 18, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
Steve Benson details traditional methods for setting a manual backgauge on a press brake, then discusses how to improve material springback estimates.
Steel industry reacts to Nucor’s new weekly published HRC price
- By Michael Cowden
- Apr 17, 2024
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
In early April, Nucor took the unprecedented step of publishing its pricing for hot-rolled coil. Will it stabilize domestic steel pricing?
Employee ownership: The best way to ensure engagement
- By Dan Davis
- Apr 15, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
With employee stock ownership plans capable of keeping employees engaged, why don’t more companies pursue this organizational structure?
AI, machine learning, and the future of metal fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Apr 14, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Fabricators and Manufacturers Association Annual Meeting attendees took a deep dive into operational excellence, skill, and what will define future success: good systems, good data, and, most important, good employees.
Moving shop in metal fabrication
- By Caleb Chamberlain
- Apr 10, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Columnist Caleb Chamberlain backward casts his eye, to quote Robert Burns, and delves into the challenges of moving shop, laying bare the best-laid plans of mice and men.
Fabricators might get a win related to federal infrastructure projects
- By Stephen Barlas
- Apr 5, 2024
- Metals/Materials
- Blog Post
A new federal rule might allow metal fabricators to seek out less expensive metal from overseas sources for infrastructure projects.
Finding the passion for Ford Broncos in the desert
- By Nick Martin
- Apr 1, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
As a maker of aftermarket parts for the Ford Bronco, Nick Martin attends a lot of events. His visit to United By Bronco in Utah proved to be very memorable.
USS Midway’s tuition-free welding program a win-win
- By Josh Welton
- Mar 23, 2024
- Arc Welding
- Blog Post
Josh Welton writes how the tuition-free welding program offered by San Diego College of Continuing Education (SDCCE) and the USS Midway Museum is important to the next generation of skilled workers.
Creating Exploded Views quickly
- By Gerald Davis
- Mar 22, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses how Exploded Views are created and improved.
Economist: Slowdown across U.S. economy inevitable
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Mar 19, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Economist Dan North says, while some sweet spots remain in the U.S. economy, nearly every indicator points to a slowdown in 2024.
The metal fabrication business, accelerated with tech
- By Caleb Chamberlain
- Mar 19, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
Columnist Caleb Chamberlain recalls the days of the IBM-compatible computer, massive calculators, and a starkly different time in U.S. manufacturing. Things have changed—and mostly for the better.
Metal fabrication surveys show higher wages, company profits
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 18, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Benefiting from reshoring and resurging demand, metal fabricators have enjoyed greater profits and, just as critical, employees have enjoyed higher pay. That's according to two recent industry surveys.
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