Category: Fab Shop Tips

Plan Ahead for Problems In an attempt to keep management and staff always positive in their outlook, top-level leaders in a company may sometimes downplay serious concerns that are statistically probable in a given industry. “Hope for the best, plan for the worst” is a smart strategy in a business that wants to mitigate or […]

Steel Is Steel, Right? You are a new fabricator who has just purchased your first press brake. Attached to the side of your brake is an air-bending chart that tells you what tonnage over what size V-die opening you will need to bend various lengths and thicknesses of steel. The sales rep showed you a […]

Material Handling Equipment—Easier, not Necessarily Safer When a production shop gets advanced enough to automate the loading and unloading of parts and other material handling functions, a big load is taken off of the workers. While material handling machines may make work easier and faster, they don’t necessarily make it safer. In fact, knowing that […]