October 2016
This family-owned and operated machine shop explains how they found a grooving and cut-off system at a competitive price point that performed beyond their expectations by cutting their insert costs in half and tripling their tool life.
This welding process offers good weldability, high deposition rates, and excellent chemical and mechanical properties for structural steel erection, bridge construction and heavy equipment repair. But it does have some challenges. Here are some tips to help address these challenges and save time, money and frustration.
Beveling is an integral part of joining components. There are many ways to create a beveled edge, and the method or tool you choose makes a big difference in completing the operation quickly, reliably and safely. To help you in this selection, let’s take a closer look the beveling process, which is still considered by many to be as much of an art as a science.
The 2016 edition of FABTECH is on track to be one of the largest metal fabrication events ever at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas from November 16-18. This special sneak peek provides technical reviews of some of the machinery, tooling, systems and accessories that will be exhibited in the Forming & Fabricating Pavilion to help you get a head start on navigating the show floor and managing your time while you’re there.
The 2016 edition of FABTECH is on track to be one of the largest metal fabrication events ever at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas from November 16-18. This special sneak peek provides technical reviews of some of the machinery, tooling, systems and accessories that will be exhibited in the Tube & Pipe Pavilion to help you get a head start on navigating the show floor and managing your time while you’re there.
The 2016 edition of FABTECH is on track to be one of the largest metal fabrication events ever at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas from November 16-18. This special sneak peek provides technical reviews of some of the machinery, tooling, systems and accessories that will be exhibited in the Metalform Pavilion to help you get a head start on navigating the show floor and managing your time while you’re there.
Take a closer look at how laser cutting helped this small business develop a big presence in the shot peening industry.
Beveling is an integral part of joining components. There are many ways to create a beveled edge, and the method or tool you choose makes a big difference in completing the operation quickly, reliably and safely. To help you in this selection, let’s take a closer look the beveling process, which is still considered by many to be as much of an art as a science.
Producing metal parts in a powder bed fusion process is proving to be a game changer in the energy sector, where it generates new opportunities to produce previously impossible geometries in internal cooling channels or undercuts that are used in all sorts of heat exchangers and turbine generator systems.
Visitors toured the facility and watched live demonstrations of advanced stamping press technology.
To fully grasp the cutting edge technology used in the slitting/shearing process is to understand the fracture mechanics of material.
The 2016 edition of FABTECH is on track to be one of the largest metal fabrication events ever at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas from November 16-18. This special sneak peek provides technical reviews of some of the equipment, power sources, positioners, systems and accessories that will be exhibited in the Welding Pavilion to help you get a head start on navigating the show floor and managing your time while you’re there.
Investing in 5-axis machining has enabled this machine shop to be more competitive in their core oil and gas business and boosted opportunities for them to diversify into new energy and power generation markets.
Take a look at how this honing machine outshoots hand lapping in the manufacture of precision rifle barrels at Pac-Nor Barreling.
CAMJam 2016 MILL from MecSoft now includes a complete unscripted video archive of training sessions conducted by the support staff for milling applications.
They now sell, market and service all Drake thread grinding solutions.
The 2016 edition of FABTECH is on track to be one of the largest metal fabrication events ever at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas from November 16-18. This special sneak peek provides technical reviews of some of the equipment, power sources, positioners, systems and accessories that will be exhibited in the Welding Pavilion to help you get a head start on navigating the show floor and managing your time while you’re there.
The uptick in industrial welding in the Southeast has created a ripple effect across the U.S. that is causing sheet metal fabrication shops nationwide to feel an increase in production.
Nothing pushes the limits of machine performance – or weld strength – like offshore powerboat racing. To meet its demands of higher strength, corrosion resistance, ease of welding and low hot cracking sensitivity, this powerboat drive builder uses an advanced aluminum filler metal that significantly strengthens weld joints after post-weld heat treatment and machining, without affecting the integrity of the base metals.
Boilermakers Local 92 is now experiencing significant growth in labor demand after adapting to changes caused in part by a recently enacted state law to meet power plant demands that impacted their refinery jobs.
To compete in a hotbed of industrial construction and maintenance projects that require significant manpower, this fabrication shop has figured out how to meet customer demands while building a steady skilled workforce at the same time.
This welding process offers good weldability, high deposition rates, and excellent chemical and mechanical properties for structural steel erection, bridge construction and heavy equipment repair. But it does have some challenges. Here are some tips to help address these challenges and save time, money and frustration.
The base model of the SVF Series Grit Guard coolant filter from Sunnen has twin and quad cartridge filters that can be augmented with magnetic separator, paper bed filter and chiller. Both 55 gal and 110 gal units are compatible with water or oil-based coolants and designed for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
How clean are your manufacturing processes to build clean energy components? Here are some steps that go a long way towards improving the health and safety of workers in the clean energy industry and reducing the environmental impacts of manufacturing clean energy components.
The 2016 edition of FABTECH is on track to be one of the largest metal fabrication events ever at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas from November 16-18. This special sneak peek provides technical reviews of some of the equipment, power sources, positioners, systems and accessories that will be exhibited in the Welding Pavilion to help you get a head start on navigating the show floor and managing your time while you’re there.
The 2016 edition of FABTECH is on track to be one of the largest metal fabrication events ever at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas from November 16-18. This special sneak peek provides technical reviews of some of the machinery, tooling, systems and accessories that will be exhibited in the Metalform Pavilion to help you get a head start on navigating the show floor and managing your time while you’re there.
Shops that turn large scale parts for power generation equipment and oil patch machinery are now achieving up to twice the material removal rate and extreme depth of cut, even while cutting forces stay the same as before or actually decrease and insert edge life improves. Here’s how they do it.
This family-owned and operated machine shop explains how they found a grooving and cut-off system at a competitive price point that performed beyond their expectations by cutting their insert costs in half and tripling their tool life.
The chances of a tool slipping or pulling out in its holder during work is increasing as more shops opt for heat-resistant super alloys – stainless steel, Inconel, titanium and others – over aluminum. These metals are lightweight, strong and corrosive-resistant, but they are very difficult to machine. Here are some insights into tool wear in these applications that can help you select the proper holder for your work.
This deal gives Allied a manufacturing presence in Europe and adds 30 sales engineers throughout the U.S., Germany and India.
Fullerton now sells and services carbide end mills and drills for 5ME cryogenic machining systems in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Their Silver Level sponsorship includes donating digital gages, micrometers, calipers, and other instruments used to measure parts for a Formula SAE car.
Senior management changes and facility expansions reflect the company’s continued growth in North America.
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