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The Fabricator January 2024
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.
A beginner’s guide to autonomous mobile robots
- Jan 23, 2024
- Materials Handling
- Article
As companies look to eliminate non-value-added activities, like material handling, they might want to start planning for a more automated future.
Chicago shop brings artists’ and architects’ ideas to life
- By Rafael Guerrero
- Jan 19, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
In the last four decades, Vector Custom Fabricating has made a name for itself in sculpture and architectural/structural metal projects in the Chicago area and beyond.
How high-powered fiber lasers bevel plate
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 12, 2024
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Cutlite Penta now offers fiber lasers up to 50 kW, and some machines have heads capable of cutting bevels. It’s all made possible by highly controlled assist-gas mixing, the cutting head design, and novel use of software.
Assist gas mixing drives fiber laser technology forward
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 10, 2024
- Laser Cutting
- Article
What used to be cut with solely oxygen or nitrogen now uses a mix of both. Laser assist gas mixing has been a key enabling technology, and today’s ultrahigh-powered fiber lasers couldn’t cut the way they do without it.
Cobot helps build capacity at Skyvington Manufacturing
- By Robert Colman
- Jan 9, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
A small investment in welding automation has led to big changes for this turnkey supplier of store fixtures and retail displays.
How to entice Gen Z into manufacturing managerial roles
- By Dan Davis
- Jan 7, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
Two experts share what manufacturing employers can do to entice Gen Z into considering managerial positions without having to forego what's important to them.
Infrastructure fabrication focus: Pole forming at scale
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 5, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Today, massive press brakes—singles, tandems, and tridems—form poles at an unprecedented rate. Advanced process control and automated material handling make it happen for the metal fabrication niche.
Metal fabricators merge to form Caldera Manufacturing Group
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 4, 2024
- Shop Management
- Article
Representing the merger of four organizations, Caldera Manufacturing Group formed in late 2023. The move reflects a consolidation trend. When fabricators grow, they widen the customer base and deepen customer relationships.
- 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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