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The Fabricator June 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.
Drafting a default tolerancing standard for CAD drawings
- By Gerald Davis
- Jul 1, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis reviews the development of a manufacturing company standard for tolerances on drawings.
Realize the symmetry of lean manufacturing and Six Sigma
- By Jeff Sipes
- Jun 29, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma used to be competing methodologies. Today many manufacturers have found how the two work even better together.
How to develop an award-winning safety culture in a manufacturing setting
Anthony Kunkel, BTD Manufacturing’s director of operations, shares what makes BTD’s safety culture effective in keeping employees free from injury.
From the 2010 Olympics to museums, metal arts a part of Canadian fabricator
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jun 25, 2022
- Metals/Materials
- Article
The connection between Canadian metal fabrication company Brenco Industries and the Canadian arts community with artists like Xwalacktun is on full display with impressive pieces found in British Columbia and beyond.
Air-formed bend radii, magnetizing press brake tools, and more
- By Steve Benson
- Jun 20, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Press brake guru Steve Benson answers reader questions on predicting the bend radius, press brake tools becoming magnetized, and how the die opening affects the bend deduction.
The evolution of 3D laser processing
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 17, 2022
- Laser Cutting
- Article
The new technology behind 3D laser processing machines offer high-precision metal fabricators a wealth of capabilities.
2022 FAB 40: The Metalworking Group navigates unprecedented growth
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 16, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Since 2019, Cincinnati fabricator The Metalworking Group has navigated through the pandemic, followed by booming demand. With demand came opportunity.
2022 FAB 40: Custom metal fabricator moves away from batch-and-queue
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 14, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Custom metal fabricator Humanetics transitions from batch-and-queue to a cellular plant layout focused on flow thanks to a former Mary Kay facility.
The FABRICATOR’s 2022 FAB 40: Delivering resilience to metal manufacturing
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 13, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
The FABRICATOR's 2022 FAB 40 list has some familiar faces and some newcomers. But one thing all of these metal fabrication companies have in common is that they have delivered resilience for booming demand this past year.
How to avoid post-pandemic manufacturing supply chain pitfalls
- Jun 10, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
With the disruptiveness of the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturers must strengthen and automate their supply chain and inventory management processes to avoid the pitfalls of manual purchasing, wasteful inventory, inefficient audits, and lack of cross-departmental visibility and coordination.
Strategies for bending small parts in a sheet metal manufacturing shop
- By Bill Helinski
- Jun 7, 2022
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Forming small parts introduces a host of challenges for metal fabrication shops, many of which can be overcome with right-sized press brakes and other bending equipment.
How manufacturers scale with new tech, shifting demographics, market demand
- By Tim Heston
- Jun 1, 2022
- Shop Management
- Article
Metal fabrication remains a business dominated by small shops, but new technologies, shifting demographics, and market demands are opening the door for more shops to grow.
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- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 05/14/2024
- Running Time:
- 62:12
Cameron Adams of Laser Precision, a contract metal fabricator in the Chicago area, joins the podcast to talk...
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