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Sue Roberts
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Sue Roberts, associate editor, contributes to both Canadian Metalworking and Canadian Fabricating & Welding. A metalworking industry veteran, she has contributed to marketing communications efforts and written B2B articles for the metal forming and fabricating, agriculture, food, financial, and regional tourism industries.
Roberts is a Northern Illinois University journalism graduate.
Technology Spotlight: Get a tight fit for tube and pipe assemblies
- By Sue Roberts
- Jun 15, 2018
- Fabricating
- Article
Manual and electric notchers can provide a secure fit for 90-degree angles, a grinder notcher can produce angles from 30 to 90 degrees.
Forces to be dealt with
- By Sue Roberts
- Jun 14, 2018
- Cutting Tools
- Article
Increased power and cutting forces involved with milling high-tensile-strength materials can deflect or bend standard toolholders. Use toolholders specially designed for working with HRSA.
When will AM make sense as a job shop option?
- By Sue Roberts
- Jun 13, 2018
- Fabricating
- Article
New material deposition systems are moving metal printing capabilities forward as an option for building complex components and adding features to traditionally fabricated parts.
Technology Spotlight: Shrink-fit machines plug in
- By Sue Roberts
- Jun 11, 2018
- Cutting Tools
- Article
A new series of Haimer shrink-fit machines join its presetting devices in their ability to communicate with a manufacturer’s network.
Manage the shop floor based on real-time data
- By Sue Roberts
- May 28, 2018
- Automation and Software
- Article
MES software can share real-time production data 24/7.
What’s involved with carbide drill hole quality?
- By Sue Roberts
- May 24, 2018
- Cutting Tools
- Article
Experts discuss the features that define quality and how to improve holes drilled using a carbide tool.
CME’s Darby Calls for modernization of NAFTA and comprehensive government plan during MMP keynote
- By Sue Roberts
- May 24, 2018
- Management
- Article
Five specific areas need attention before Canada signs any free trade agreement.
Ease the pain of prepping for paint
- By Sue Roberts
- May 22, 2018
- Fabricating
- Article
There is a science to determining the number of steps needed to be sure paint will adhere to a metal surface. Perhaps that number can be reduced.
Stop waiting for measurement results
- By Sue Roberts
- May 22, 2018
- Automation and Software
- Article
CMM software options can reduce measurement time and help speed production.
Shield your lathe operators from risky operations
- By Sue Roberts
- Apr 10, 2018
- Metalworking
- Article
The many rapidly moving parts during lathe operations can create an unsafe environment for operators and others in the area. Safeguards such as shields, emergency stops, and self-ejecting wrenches can reduce potential dangers and protect a shop’s most important asset—its human resources.
Technology Spotlight: Tube and pipe storage measures up
- By Sue Roberts
- Apr 9, 2018
- Fabricating
- Article
A vertical storage tower system uses a shop’s third dimension to store awkward materials in an efficient footprint and automatically transports them to processing equipment.
Digital work instructions change a shop’s culture
- By Sue Roberts
- Mar 21, 2018
- Management
- Article
A change to digital work instructions can put power in the hands of the employees. Step-by-step directions called up whenever and wherever they are needed engage the younger members of the industry and can walk an employee through a process without losing production time from an experienced worker.
Robotics continues its rapid, upward path
- By Sue Roberts
- Mar 14, 2018
- Automation and Software
- Article
The robotics industry is expected to see steady growth throughout 2018 in the automotive industry where it is well-established and in other industrial markets.
What makes superabrasives super?
- By Sue Roberts
- Mar 8, 2018
- Cutting Tools
- Article
Tougher materials and the constant drive for faster material removal are pushing the development of superabrasives that grind away material at rapid rates, last long, and can even eliminate some machining processes.
Ingenuity handles oversized projects
- By Sue Roberts
- Mar 7, 2018
- Made In Canada
- Article
Overcoming the challenges of building a large barge highlighted the expertise of a small fabricating shop and led to plans for a second location dedicated to marine vessel construction.
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