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A guide to bringing powder coating in-house
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 7, 2023
- Fabricating
- Article
For metal fabricators considering adding powder coating capabilities, they need to understand what they are getting into. It’s not as easy as just adding equipment.
TRUMPF’s virtual INTECH event reveals the potential of today’s and tomorrow’s technologies
- By Dan Davis and Tim Heston
- May 18, 2021
- Automation and Software
- Article
Attendees of TRUMPF’s virtual INTECH customer event learned how modern machine tools can make their shops more efficient.
FANUC invests in the automation of the Americas
- By Dan Davis
- Nov 7, 2019
- Automation and Software
- Article
As North American manufacturers turn to more automation, FANUC America responds with the grand opening of a new facility in Auburn Hills, Mich.
Want to help manufacturing? Open the door to your fab shop
- By Dan Davis
- Oct 24, 2017
- Fabricating
- Article
Laura Elsner, the workforce development manager for DeWys Manufacturing, shares her thoughts on how a metal fabricator can make a difference when it comes to getting the next generation to think about manufacturing as a career.
More than a safety tool
- By Dan Davis
- Jul 26, 2017
- Fabricating
- Article
In most instances, light guarding on a press brake is associated with a simple safety function. If the light curtain sensors on either side of the bending window pick up anything other than the metal to be bent, the safety system shuts the machine down. The operator or interloper, whatever the case...
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Band Saw Blade Fills Gap Between M42 and Carbide
- By Dan Davis
- Sep 13, 2013
- Fabricating
- Article
With the increased use of specialty steels in product design, however, fabricators now may wind up working with materials that rarely were found on a shop floor only a decade ago.
- From Canadian Industrial Machinery
Bending Software Speeds Up Production
- By Dan Davis
- Jun 17, 2013
- Fabricating
- Article
The speed of fabricating is increasing at a rapid pace, but the press brake remains a bottleneck for many companies. Laser cutting and punching machines can run unattended if necessary without the need to program a robot, but the same can't be said for a press brake. Human operators still are pretty much a necessity. Advancements in bending software, however, can help to streamline the bending process. Fabricators only need to give it a try.
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