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The Fabricator December 2022
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.
An overview of a metal fabricator’s relocation
- By Shannon Eggleton
- Feb 9, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
In mid-2019, EVS Metal had an important question to answer about its East Stroudsburg, Pa., facility: Should the company stay or should it go?
Never forget the building blocks of lean manufacturing
- By Jeff Sipes
- Dec 29, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
After seven years of writing for The FABRICATOR, columnist Jeff Sipes writes his send-off by addressing the past, future, and the fundamentals at lean manufacturing’s core.
2023 metal fabrication forecast: Reshoring gets real for manufacturers
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 19, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Although talk of a 2023 recession pervades mass media, metal fabricators don’t expect a significant slowdown. The data supports their view. Much of that has come from real evidence of reshoring and nearshoring across the manufacturing sector.
Better structural fabrication starts with good information
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 17, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
A shop with the latest and greatest technology can fabricate a job extraordinarily quickly. That makes having the right information even more important. This is where good project management and documentation come into play.
How knowledge eliminates the grinding constraint in the metal fab shop
- By Jeremy Spencer
- Dec 17, 2022
- Finishing
- Article
Grinding remains one of the most manual processes on the metal fabrication shop floor. The more operators know, the safer and more effective they can be.
Flexible automation meets structural fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 17, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Flexible automation opened up more opportunities for Lexicon Fabrication Group’s whose dive into robotic welding spurred a virtuous cycle of growth and hiring.
Illinois brothers bring metal, wood together with office furniture
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Dec 16, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Two Chicago-area brothers combine metal fabrication and woodworking to make custom office furniture at iRCustom.
The predictive power of virtual reality in commercial construction
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 15, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
With origins in structural steel detailing and fabrication, tech firm Virtual Image and Animation hopes to spread the power of simulation throughout the construction industry and beyond.
How character shapes leaders in the metal fabrication shop
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 13, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
When most people talk about the manufacturing labor shortage, they don’t talk about skills. They talk about work ethic and an eagerness to learn. They talk about character—and as it turns out, character can be developed.
The hidden cost drivers and overlooked details of structural steel fabrication
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 12, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Less weight doesn’t always mean less money. Tim Bradshaw of Owen Steel Co., Columbia, S.C., discusses the overlooked details that can increase structural steel fabrication costs.
Angle adjustment fundamentals at the press brake
- By Steve Benson
- Dec 12, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Adjusting bend angles at the press brake control eventually becomes intuitive, but for the novice operator in a metal fabrication shop, the concepts can be difficult to grasp.
Minnesota metal fabricator looks around the bend with part automation
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 10, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Dalsin Industries, Bloomington, Minn., is hoping to continue to grow with its factory of the future in Lakeville, Minn, with new automated punch, shear, and panel bending line
Tips for cloning product manufacturing information from one CAD file to another
- By Gerald Davis
- Dec 9, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses the use of the File Properties user interface for copying Custom Properties between CAD files.
The job shop helping to maintain the information superhighway
- By Dan Davis
- Dec 8, 2022
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Las Vegas-based Nevada Precision Sheet Metal provides the fabricating expertise that provides the framework for some of the largest data centers in the U.S.
The metal fabricator and the metaverse
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 7, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Richard Boyd’s career in AI and machine learning has spanned the economic spectrum, from aerospace manufacturing to hospital systems. His work on modeling, simulation, and digital twin technologies could help shape what lies ahead for manufacturing and beyond.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 05/07/2024
- Running Time:
- 67:38
Patrick Brunken, VP of Addison Machine Engineering, joins The Fabricator Podcast to talk about the tube and pipe...
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