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More from Kate Bachman
- From The Fabricator
Metal stampers coming out of COVID-19
- By Kate Bachman
- Jun 8, 2020
- Safety
- Blog Post
Stamping Journal Editor Kate Bachman speculates as to how manufacturing will be changed by the COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term effects.
- From The Fabricator
Air movement equipment manufacturer advances with servo press system, Part I
- By Kate Bachman
- May 28, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Greenheck Fan. Co. expanded its stamping capacity to meet growing product demand, and tackled some forming problems, like springback, with the installation of a new servo press system.
- From The Fabricator
Stampers, automakers doing their part to stamp out COVID-19
- By Kate Bachman
- Apr 30, 2020
- Safety
- Blog Post
Automakers and stampers have transformed their plants and operations to rush to the rescue of healthcare workers and patients desperate for respirators, beds, transport vehicles, protective masks, and supplies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricators: Looking ahead of COVID-19, looking back to 1918
- By Kate Bachman
- Apr 3, 2020
- Safety
- Blog Post
STAMPING Journal Editor Kate Bachman relays a very personal, familial perspective on COVID-19's long- and short-term effects.
- From The Fabricator
Stamping, casting auto supplier driven by sustainable lightweighting strategy
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 31, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Article
A decade ago Shiloh Industries was a regional coil processor. Today, it is a $1 billion automotive heavyweight, driven by its branded lightweighting strategy. STAMPING Journal Editor Kate Bachman sits down with CEO Ramzi Hermiz for a video interview.
- From The Fabricator
Automated heavy plate machinery boosts pace, accuracy for steel fabricator
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 9, 2020
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Article
Structural steel fabricator LeJeune Steel Co. of Minneapolis vies for large, complex structural projects, including the U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings. Getting those epic projects depends on having the ability to meet speed, accuracy, and repeatability requirements, so it installed Peddinghaus automated CNC processing machines.
- From The Fabricator
Steel, aluminum laminate an alternative material for vehicle lightweighting
- By Kate Bachman
- Feb 3, 2020
- Materials Handling
- Article
Material Sciences Corp. has put into production a new automotive lightweighting material, MSC Smart Steel®, a laminate that is a formable, weldable, and paintable substitute for monolithic, low-carbon steel at up to 35% weight savings at the same thickness.
- From The Fabricator
Changes in the new year for the metal stamping industry
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 29, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
The most recent STAMPING Journal issue highlights press feeding trends, looks at new lightweighting materials, and takes steady aim at resolving the hydraulic/servo press question.
- From The Fabricator
Powder coating augments agricultural fabricator’s bottom line
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 28, 2020
- Finishing
- Article
As market forces created a downturn in the agricultural business industry over the last three years, PBZ looked for growth opportunities elsewhere. It found that opportunity by expanding its powder coating capacity in its associate company, Keystone Koating.
- From The Fabricator
8 press feed technology trends for simpler operation, servo syncing
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 21, 2020
- Materials Handling
- Article
At least eight press feed challenges, including a workforce shortage and high-strength materials, that have plagued stamping manufacturers are now being addressed with the most updated press feed equipment and systems.
- From The Fabricator
Seeing the manufacturing process from all sides and bringing down "The Wall"
- By Kate Bachman
- Dec 9, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
When manufacturers, engineers, and tool- and diemakers collaborate, looking at things from another’s side may be the most expedient path to tearing down the wall to resolve manufacturing problems.
Fabricator’s powder coating line relies on consistency and flexibility
- By Eric Lundin and Kate Bachman
- Nov 3, 2019
- Finishing
- Article
From its origin as a product innovator, Lifetime Products Inc. has grown to become a process innovator as well. A manufacturer of swing sets, playsets, outdoor sheds, and folding tables and chairs, it has developed processes that enable it to fabricate and powder-coat 100,000 items per day.
- From The Fabricator
How will the electric vehicle evolution affect stamping manufacture?
- By Kate Bachman
- Oct 10, 2019
- Electric Vehicles
- Article
An in-depth look at how the electric and automated vehicle evolution will affect stamping manufacturers, including video interviews with auto industry experts who say that the era of EVs and AVs is right around the corner.
- From The Fabricator
Auto industry shift makes for odd bedfellows
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 26, 2019
- Bending and Forming
- Blog Post
The upcoming transition in the auto industry from ICE vehicles to electric and other ACES vehicles, and the fierce challenges it imposes, has prompted companies to align themselves with suppliers and even competitors.
- From The Fabricator
FABTECH 2019 to inspire, inform your metal fab business transformation
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 23, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
The FABTECH 2019 tradeshow, educational conference, presentation forum, and event will be held at McCormick Place Nov. 11 to 14.
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- 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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