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Canadian Fabricating & Welding April 2017
Canadian Fabricating & Welding is Canada's only national, monthly magazine dedicated to complete coverage of the metal forming and fabricating industry. Our topnotch editorial covers a wide range of topics, including bending, forming, cutting, fabricating, tube and pipe, and welding.
Forming profits on a turret
- By Canadian Fabricating & Welding
- May 12, 2017
- Fabricating
- Article
Speed and accuracy from servo-electric turrets are making it possible and profitable for fabricators to produce more forms as part of the punching process.
Aquamarine simplifies fabricating and assembly to build a better, safer, less expensive product
- By Rob Colman
- Apr 25, 2017
- Fabricating
- Article
For over 40 years, Aquamarine of Oakville, Ont., has been building a line of aquatic plant and weed harvesting equipment for customers around the world. Because each build was a custom design, keeping up with orders was a serious challenge. In the past few years the company decided to streamline its product line to standardized models.
Is submerged arc welding the right process for you?
- By Robert Fox
- Apr 19, 2017
- Welding
- Article
The submerged arc welding (SAW) process has the potential to substantially improve deposition rates and productivity and to provide repeatable weld quality. However, it is better-suited for some applications than others. If you are thinking about using SAW, consider the numerous factors that affect...
Fine-tuned fixturing
- By Brian Dodsworth
- Apr 18, 2017
- Welding
- Article
Fixturing systems for welding can save operators a lot of time while improving the quality of the finished weld and creating a safer working environment. If that fixturing system can also be rolled over such that it is unnecessary to manually turn a part over, safety and accuracy can be improved...
4 steps to better press brake management
- By Rob Colman
- Apr 17, 2017
- Fabricating
- Article
With the large increase in productivity fabricators have experienced with the advent of faster laser cutting systems, press brake operations have increasingly been considered a key bottleneck on production floors. Many shops are investing in newer press brakes that allow for faster setup times. If...
Will the form fit?
- By Nick Kassermelli
- Apr 11, 2017
- Fabricating
- Article
Fabricators can save time quoting jobs by using three formulas to determine if a form will fit in a turret press.
It doesn’t have to be acetylene
- By John Henderson
- Apr 11, 2017
- Fabricating
- Article
Alternative gases can be a good choice for some oxyfuel cutting applications. Changing from acetylene to one of the alternatives as a preheat gas can save money, but it requires some changes to equipment and cutting techniques.
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