When the cutting process is over, the pallet delivers the parts and skeleton to a table for automated part extraction. Two ...

Paying for time becomes even more detrimental as input costs rise. When input costs increase, companies need to get more ...

The longer hourly employees work, the more they’re paid. So, in one sense, the less efficient they are, the more they take ...

Manufacturers and job shops are doing what they can to attract and retain employees in anticipation of opportunities in the ...

A mechanical engineer, Ferrell knew the metal fabrication industry, having been exposed to it while attending Georgia Tech in ...

One feature, in particular, that has helped Major Metals—a third-generation, family-owned tube manufacturer in Mansfield, ...

Heavy fabrication shops don’t look like they once did. Robots for cutting and welding are finding homes on the shop floor.

Warren Overton, an instructor at Augusta Technical College in Augusta, Ga., walked over to the front of the manufacturing lab ...

“When you start folding over a curve,” Nyvang said, “good things start to happen.” Consider the traditional sheet metal ...

The inside of the building hasn’t changed much. When you step inside, it still smells the same. The air is thick with metal ...

FABTECH 2025 will show how digitalized metal fabrication can become. Digital technology automates information, and machines ...

As smart manufacturing continues to evolve from hype to practical reality, manufacturers will discover that data management, ...