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The Fabricator August 2021
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.
Alternative hydroforming tech dispenses with bladder, achieves 60,000 PSI
- By Eric Lundin
- Aug 30, 2021
- Hydroforming
- Article
A technology related to hydroforming, named fluidforming, dispenses with bladders and diaphragms, achieving much greater pressures and more comprehensive metal forming capabilities.
How behavior can sustain (or stop) continuous improvement in lean manufacturing
- By Jeff Sipes
- Aug 27, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Many companies focus on the hard side of improvement—the 5S, the standard work, the workcells—but ignore the soft side, including the behaviors that drive people to improve.
Predicting an air-formed radius on the press brake, and k-factor research
- By Steve Benson
- Aug 26, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Bending guru Steve Benson works through a backlog of reader questions, where he addresses the k-factor and the role of material thickness when predicting an air-formed radius.
How to plan a CAD project for a fabricated metal frame
- By Gerald Davis
- Aug 25, 2021
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD expert Gerald Davis walks through the preparation of a statement of work to revise a welded frame.
Enhancing robotic welding quality, productivity, and safety
- By Adam Dagenais
- Aug 25, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
Adding a welding reamer to robotic welding operations can help fabricators improve part quality, productivity, and operator safety.
How manufacturing facility managers can perfect the performance appraisal
- By Mark Ernst
- Aug 24, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Many managers at metal fabrication and other manufacturing shops share the same mindset about performance reviews: “I just don’t have the time.” In an era of perennial skilled labor shortages, thinking this way is a costly mistake.
Streamline heavy plate bending on the press brake
- By Lieven Vanhoenacker and Steven Lucas
- Aug 23, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Making heavy plate bending more efficient is about more than effectively moving material to and from the press brake. Positioning, measuring, and adjusting the workpiece also affects the stability and repeatability of bending.
The importance of part leveling in metal fabrication
- By Dr. Hans-Peter Laubscher
- Aug 20, 2021
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Part leveling technology can play a huge role in restoring flatness to a part after it reverts to following the grain of the previously coiled form.
Welders describe what makes the ultimate weld booth
- By Kate Bachman
- Aug 18, 2021
- Arc Welding
- Article
Working welders describe their dream welding booths and cells to maximize efficiency, including favorite tools, best layouts, safety features, and helpful devices.
How Industry 4.0 will forever change the fab shop
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 17, 2021
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
With every click and tap we make, Big Tech learns a little more, so much so that solutions—just the right answer from an internet search or anything else—seem to just happen. In the coming decades, this might happen on the metal fabrication shop floor too.
A new definition of precision in plate rolling
- By Dan Davis
- Aug 16, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Plate rolling technology is helping heavy-duty fabrication shops like Chicago Metal Rolled Products meet the raised expectations of customers outside of the world of structural steel fabrication.
Human connections at FABTECH drive metal fabrication forward
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 16, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
Weary of Zoom, the manufacturing industry returns to FABTECH, an event that for decades has defined North American metal fabrication and forming.
Gearhead uses plasma technology, software to restore hot rods, antique cars
- By Eric Lundin
- Aug 14, 2021
- Plasma Cutting
- Article
Georgia-based old hot rod and antique car restorer Wayne McDaniel found a way to make what he needs when he needs it. He fabricates many of the brackets, gussets, and cross members by cutting them using a Hypertherm plasma system and nesting software.
The return of FABTECH signals return to normalcy for manufacturing industry
- By Amanda Carlson
- Aug 13, 2021
- Shop Management
- Article
After a year off, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event is back in person and ready to move forward. Here's a breakdown of what to expect.
Making the transition from fabricating to stamping
- By Fred Simonson
- Aug 12, 2021
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Typical fabricating job shops and OEMs make parts using traditional fabrication methods, such as turret punching, laser cutting, and press brake bending. But for the production of some flat sheet metal parts, the most efficient method is stamping using hard tooling.
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- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 05/07/2024
- Running Time:
- 67:38
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