The folks running Rock Run Industries might speak softly, but they carry bigger sticks all the time, like the 50-ft.-long tubes the company can fabricate with its new laser tube cutting system.

Tube 2024 promises several new educational events to support exhibits from more than 1,080 tube- and pipe-related companies worldwide.

Today’s tube bending machines offer shops a rich range of control and system options. Here's why metal fab shops should take the time to understand all of them.

An Oklahoma-based fab shop discovered that the TIG welding it thought it needed to do would mean huge delays, so it turned to a different process and system—much to its benefit.

With the addition of a new laser tube cutting system, River City Metal Products has seen a remarkable uptick in productivity for its tubular rack components.

Operators must adhere to specific safety measures and use appropriate PPE to mitigate the inherent risks associated with laser and plasma cutting.

When SL Chasse Steel needed a quicker route to completing miscellaneous steel jobs, it found a solution with a new automated plasma cutting machine.

Examine your shop floor safety procedures and tube bending equipment often to prevent the injuries that powerful machines can cause.

Rather than fear the worst from the cobot revolution, tube and pipe fabrication shops should consider the benefits to current employees and their final products.

When Illinois-based tube fabricator Morton Industries invested in its own blast room, it continued a post-fire re-creation of its business.

Waterloo, Ont., tech developer Nasarc Technologies addresses tip change delays and weld gun ergonomics issues with new product releases.

Tubes and Ducts Maroc Aerospace needed to ensure that its tubes were bent with repeatable precision. It picked a machine builder with experience doing just that.

As robots can't replicate human intuition and creativity, the future of manufacturing lies in integrating them with connected workers to achieve efficiency and innovation.

Two schools in the Midwest, Hartford Union High School in Wisconsin and Cary-Grove High School in Illinois, are doing something about the shortage of skilled manufacturing workers.