The Fabricator

MARCH 25, 2024

The leadership team at Texas-based All Metals Fabricating hopes to have automation in every department within five years. It’s already halfway there. Their journey could be summed up in four foundational factors that continue to drive the organization toward its automated future.

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The Fabricator

DECEMBER 17, 2023

It’s a complicated time for metal manufacturers. The industry faces wage pressures and a skills gap, but metal fabrication technology continues to march forth faster than ever.

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The Fabricator

APRIL 3, 2024

The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA) and longstanding sponsor CNA are proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Safety Awards, which honor metal fabricators with outstanding achievements in safety in 2023.

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The Fabricator

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Modern automation technology in metal fabrication can accomplish some incredible feats, even in high-product-mix operations. Still, material quality remains the wild card.

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Canadian Manufacturing

APRIL 30, 2024

specializing in advanced plasma processes and sustainable solutions, has signed an initial contract with an aerospace entity in Spain for the sale of PyroGenesis’ titanium metal powder for use in additive manufacturing. MONTREAL — PyroGenesis Canada Inc.,

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The Fabricator

APRIL 11, 2024

Formed in 2023, SOLV Metals represents the merger of three industry players: Wisconsin Metal Parts, Lean Manufacturing Products, and QuikCut. The story reveals the subtle nature of consolidation in metal fabrication.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 8, 2024

Image: AML3D Limited AML3D Limited announced its ARCEMY ‘X-Edition 6700’ Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) metal 3D printing system has been successfully commissioned and is now operational at the US Navy’s Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence (AM Co) in Danville, Virginia.

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The Fabricator

APRIL 29, 2024

has announced its acquisition of Certified Metal Craft, a provider of heat-treating and brazing services in El Cajon, Calif. Solar Atmospheres Inc. With the addition of CMC to the Solar family of companies, CMC establishes Solar’s 6th nationwide location and bolsters its West Coast presence.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

MARCH 27, 2024

Image: Nick Rains/CSIRO The commissioning of a new multi metal 3D printer in Melbourne as part of the iLAuNCH Trailblazer initiative is set to make space missions more affordable and efficient by creating lighter, faster and more robust aerospace components. The high-tech printer is the only one of its kind in Australia.

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The Fabricator

MARCH 7, 2024

Those in the metals industry can attest that this important economic segment offers several possible career paths. Geoff Gilmore, Worthington Steel’s president and CEO, is a living example and winner of the 2024 Association of Metals Processors and Distributors Steel Executive of the Year award.

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The Fabricator

MARCH 18, 2024

Benefiting from reshoring and resurging demand, metal fabricators have enjoyed greater profits and, just as critical, employees have enjoyed higher pay. That's according to two recent industry surveys.

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Robotics Automation News

MARCH 14, 2024

It can engrave a variety of materials, including metals. In metal engraving, the laser beam vaporizes the metal at the point of contact, creating a clean and precise design or inscription. Laser engraving is a technology that uses a focused beam of light to permanently mark a material’s surface.

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The Fabricator

MARCH 7, 2024

Those in the metals industry can attest that this important economic segment offers several possible career paths. Geoff Gilmore, Worthington Steel’s president and CEO, is a living example and winner of the 2024 Association of Metals Processors and Distributors Steel Executive of the Year award.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

I perionX limited announces its significant p rogress in advancing commercial -scal e low-cost titanium metal manufacturing capabilities. The post IperionX progress in commercial scale titanium metal production appeared first on Manufacturers' Monthly. IperionX has received a payment of $3.7 million of the agree $19.57

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Robotics Automation News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Sheet metal fabrication, a testament to the ingenuity of human engineering, stands as a cornerstone in the world of manufacturing. This versatile and widely-used process involves the meticulous manipulation of metal sheets, transforming them into the building blocks of countless industries.

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The Fabricator

JANUARY 8, 2024

OSH CEO Caleb Chamberlain recalls his experience, and ultimate success, in writing production, inventory, and shipping software for his metal fabrication business.

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The Fabricator

JANUARY 9, 2024

TCI Precision Metals, Gardena, Calif., has announced that its C110 copper premachined blanks now are available from e-commerce metal supplier Online Metals.

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The Fabricator

MARCH 18, 2024

Benefiting from reshoring and resurging demand, metal fabricators have enjoyed greater profits and, just as critical, employees have enjoyed higher pay. That's according to two recent industry surveys.

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The Fabricator

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

A recent financial survey from the FMA goes deep into the books behind metal fabrication, offering an in-depth look into an industry dominated by private companies.

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The Fabricator

JANUARY 20, 2024

Then, a team of laborers vigorously shake parts out of sheet metal skeletons. A fabricator might have amazing cutting power—huge lasers, massive material handling towers, ability to run lights-out or all weekend, largely unattended. What’s wrong with this picture?

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Robotics Automation News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In today’s ever-changing pace, no one can overemphasize the importance of sheet metal fabrication in various industries. The multiple components production relies on sheet metal fabrication. It plays an unmatchable role in contributing to the future of the different industries. The main reason […]

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The Fabricator

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But as of 2021, a bridge in Amsterdam has been printed out of metal, and today, a bedrock of much-needed engineering data is being built. Applying additive manufacturing in the construction business won’t be an easy bridge to cross.

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The Fabricator

JUNE 17, 2023

Why do metal fabricators get edge cracking near a bend on metal parts? Hardness variation from a cut’s heat-affected zone might be to blame.

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The Fabricator

APRIL 2, 2024

based metal fabricator Jensen Metal Products has rebranded the powder coating operation to Jensen Powder Finishers. Following recent equipment upgrades and improvements to its Powder Finishers facility, Racine, Wis.-based

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The Fabricator

APRIL 30, 2024

Australia-based metal fabricator Aston Precision chose MRPeasy even before moving to its first warehouse.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 24, 2024

The KYZEN Clean Team will be at Booth #1550 highlighting a range of metal cleaning chemistries to address a variety of cleaning challenges. Cleaning and corrosion protection apply to almost every metal cleaning application, no matter the unique cleaning process.

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The Fabricator

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Discussions of autonomous operation, machine learning, and artificial intelligence had a common theme: making best use of the people metal fabrication shops already have at their disposal. September’s FABTECH was the busiest in years.

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The Fabricator

APRIL 12, 2024

Rose petals of the metal variety marked the path for Scott Hartrick’s career choice as a metal fabricator.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 16, 2024

Shown here is an Xact Metal printed automotive connector insert on a tool with the corresponding plastic injection molded final part. an Xact Metal customer. Xact Metal has announced the launch of its new initiative, “Breaking the Mold: The Xact Solution to Better Tooling.” Source | JST Sales America, Inc.,

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The Fabricator

DECEMBER 14, 2023

When thinking about personal protecting equipment, stop to think about employees’ needs and how your metal fabrication shop’s environment affects their health.

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The Fabricator

APRIL 9, 2024

The TigerSaw 2000 Compact from TigerStop is a fully automatic optimizing and push-feeding saw station for cutting nonferrous metals including aluminum and copper. The compact saw is suitable for use in a variety of industries, including prefabrication, mechanical construction, aluminum processing,

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The Fabricator

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

BMF Metal Fabrication is adding more space to its facility in Winfield, Mo.

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The Fabricator

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We finally may be due for a conventional, sectoral downturn, and some metal fabricators might not even notice. The 21st century has seen economic turmoil from the dot-com bust, the financial crisis, and a pandemic.

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The Fabricator

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

What separates a custom metal fabricator from the pack? It’s not what the shop makes; it’s how.

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Control.com

MARCH 6, 2024

AddUp and Airbus have collaborated to deliver the European Space Agency its first metal 3D printer to work in space. The collaboration seeks to open up possibilities in extraterrestrial manufacturing.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Pneumatic vacuum conveying equipment manufacturer Volkmann USA, Bristol, PA, has introduced the vLoader metal powder conveyor. The metal powder loading system is suitable for integration with most 3D printers, operates in both normal air environments and under inert conditions, and may be retrofit onto printers in the field.

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The Fabricator

MARCH 14, 2023

The latter is the nightmare scenario for the future of metal manufacturing. Artificial intelligence could be used to enhance our existing knowledge or prevent us from needing to learn anything in the first place.

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