- FMA
- The Fabricator
- FABTECH
- Canadian Metalworking
Categories
- Additive Manufacturing
- Aluminum Welding
- Arc Welding
- Assembly and Joining
- Automation and Robotics
- Bending and Forming
- Consumables
- Cutting and Weld Prep
- Electric Vehicles
- En Español
- Finishing
- Hydroforming
- Laser Cutting
- Laser Welding
- Machining
- Manufacturing Software
- Materials Handling
- Metals/Materials
- Oxyfuel Cutting
- Plasma Cutting
- Power Tools
- Punching and Other Holemaking
- Roll Forming
- Safety
- Sawing
- Shearing
- Shop Management
- Testing and Measuring
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Waterjet Cutting
Industry Directory
Webcasts
Podcasts
FAB 40
Advertise
Subscribe
Account Login
Search
The Fabricator October 2023
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.
Shear makes cutting more exact for metal fabricators
A new shear has provided JTC Metals, Eyota, Minn., with a new means to get the cuts it needs in a very efficient way.
Why do metal fabricators and welders automate?
- By Tyler Pulliam
- Oct 25, 2023
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Many are turning to automation because they simply can’t find people to hire. But the evolution toward automation is more nuanced. Technologies like cobots help create a place where more people want to work.
Job shop automation strategies from a former CIA officer
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 19, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
There are a surprising number of parallels between metal fabrication and CIA technical intelligence says David Pietrocola. The former CIA officer now runs an automation business called Cohesive Robotics that serves job shops.
Girls discover new career paths at manufacturing camp
- By Lincoln Brunner
- Oct 17, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Campers at Penn College’s Tinker-Belles manufacturing camp for young women spent a week learning about metal cutting, robotics, EDM, CAD modeling, and welding.
ERP software for the job shop reaches a turning point
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 14, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
ERP, MES, CRM, PLM, WMS—the manufacturing software initialisms go on and on. The trick is accessing all the data and turning it into useful information. The latest software, some with AI-based interfaces, aims to do just that.
The business case for investing in high-powered laser cutting
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 13, 2023
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Tennessee-based Cupples’ J&J Co. has been pushing the limits of high-power fiber laser cutting for years. The strategy has helped the metal fabricator become a leader in rapidly growing markets.
LA shop’s steel structures to help transform neighborhood
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Oct 12, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
More than two dozen 15-ft.-tall steel shade structures from metal shop Cinnabar will adorn several new parks in Los Angeles’ Crenshaw neighborhood for the Destination Crenshaw initiative.
One metal fabricator’s advice to build a better shop culture
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 11, 2023
- Arc Welding
- Article
In 2012, this Wichita, Kan., operation had a limited customer base and a poor reputation. Today, the shop has won several quality and safety awards, and revenue has grown eight times over.
Manufacturing camp provides new opportunities for an overlooked population
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 9, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs sponsored an inclusion camp at VPI in Appleton, Wis., to show young people with special needs their potential for a manufacturing career.
Lean principles help to streamline assembly operations
- By Eric Whitley
- Oct 6, 2023
- Assembly and Joining
- Article
The same continuous improvement tools that help metal fabricating operations to hum can help with the assembly department as well.
NumberUp Innovation STEM camp introduces kids to manufacturing
- By Gareth Sleger
- Oct 3, 2023
- Shop Management
- Article
Miami University engineering students and the Cincinnati Recreation Commission ran the multiweek NumberUp workshop as part of the NBT summer camp series.
3 steps to refreshing a metal fabrication shop's press brake department
- By Tim Heston
- Oct 2, 2023
- Bending and Forming
- Article
What happens to a metal fabrication shop when experienced skilled workers leave a forming department? If the process isn’t under control, chaos can reign.
- 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...
- Trending Articles
Young fabricators ready to step forward at family shop
Material handling automation moves forward at MODEX
A deep dive into a bleeding-edge automation strategy in metal fabrication
White House considers China tariff increases on materials
BZI opens Iron Depot store in Utah
- Industry Events
Laser Welding Certificate Course
- May 7 - August 6, 2024
- Farmington Hills, IL
World-Class Roll Forming Workshop
- June 5 - 6, 2024
- Louisville, KY
Advanced Laser Application Workshop
- June 25 - 27, 2024
- Novi, MI
Precision Press Brake Certificate Course
- July 31 - August 1, 2024
- Elgin,
- Upcoming Webcasts
Navigating Change: The Manufacturer’s Guide to Change Management with ERP Implementation
- May 16, 2024
- Sponsored
- Presented By: ECI Software Solutions, M1
Managing Dangerous Dusts from Metalworking
- June 26, 2024
- Sponsored
- Presented By: Camfil Air Pollution Control