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A glimpse into the future
- By Dan Davis
Metal fabricators who had the opportunity to attend the FMA Annual Meeting understand that the challenges that await are also opportunities for growth.
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Safety tips for laser and plasma cutting
Operators must adhere to specific safety measures and use appropriate PPE to mitigate the inherent risks associated with laser and plasma cutting.
Cordless tube saw designed for high-purity applications
- Feb 21, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Product Release
Tri Tool has developed the Tube Saw, designed to be mounted on a table or pipe stand.
Machine cuts holes with few secondary finishing operations
- Feb 19, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Product Release
HGG’s SPC 1500-3000 PT/VC machine for cutting pipe and vessel heads is designed to completely automate layout, marking, cutting, beveling, and grinding of profiles from 3 to 118 in.
- From The Fabricator
Great laser tube cutting machine, rough delivery
- By Caleb Chamberlain
- Feb 17, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
The Silicon Valley mantra of “move fast and break things” might not apply everywhere in custom metal fabrication, especially when it comes to new equipment. Columnist Caleb Chamberlain just found this out the hard way with a tube laser.
Lawton Tubes’ Wardtec acquisition brings product diversification, new jobs
- Feb 14, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Production
- News Release
Since acquiring Wardtec in 2023, Lawton Tubes has diversified into a new product range and has established a foothold in the renewables and thermal energy storage markets.
- From The Fabricator
The value of a workforce prepared for smart manufacturing
- By Bill Frahm
- Feb 14, 2024
- Automation and Robotics
- Blog Post
Trained and prepared employees have the knowledge and experience to define where smart manufacturing can add value.
- From The Fabricator
Metal fabricators, we’re all in this together
- By Dan Davis
- Feb 13, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Manufacturing can only thrive when metal fabricating shops are willing to support their peers when the occasion arises.
Tube shipments climb as manufacturing, job growth slow
- By Paul Vivian and Rick Preckel
- Feb 13, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Most major manufacturing indexes are down, but tube and pipe shipments in the U.S. market have jumped substantially of late.
Victaulic acquires Utility Coatings & Fabrication
- Feb 12, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- News Release
Victaulic, a manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining, fire protection, and flow control systems in Easton, Pa., has acquired Utility Coatings & Fabrication Inc., West Jordan, Utah.
Learning from the masters of business
- By Lisa Wertzbaugher
- Feb 8, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Warren Buffett, Katharine Graham, and Walt Disney are all remarkable because of their business success and the way they lived their lives.
Improving fabrication versatility through automation
- By Mary Ellen Klukow
- Feb 8, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
When SL Chasse Steel needed a quicker route to completing miscellaneous steel jobs, it found a solution with a new automated plasma cutting machine.
Bull Moose Tube announces partnership to sell jumbo HSS
- Feb 8, 2024
- Tube and Pipe Production
- News Release
Bull Moose Tube Co., a subsidiary of Caparo Bull Moose, has announced an exclusive partnership with Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc., MM&KENZAI Corp., and Nippon Steel Metal Products Co. Ltd. to sell jumbo hollow structural sections (HSS) into the U.S. market.
- From The Fabricator
Congress moves to reinstate manufacturing tax provisions
- By Stephen Barlas
- Feb 7, 2024
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
Congress is working to renew tax provisions that have proven to be important cost-saving tools for metalworking companies.
- From The Fabricator
Trilogy Machinery hires director of operations
- Feb 5, 2024
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Belcamp, Md.-based Trilogy Machinery Inc., a distributor of bending rolls and tube punching machines, has appointed Russell Steele as director of operations.
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- March 26, 2024
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