Category: Machine Tools

A pipe spool is a prefabricated section of a piping system used in various industries, such as oil and gas, chemical processing, and power generation. Pipe spools are essentially segments of piping that are assembled in a controlled environment, such as a metal fabrication shop, before being transported to the installation site.

It’s not enough to make sure everyone working on your fab shop floor knows how to fabricate metal. To have a successful metal fabrication business, you will need to manage your shop with a blend of strategies such as efficient operations, quality control, and workforce management. Managing a metal fabrication shop requires skill and research.

Using a shear and a press brake, a shop can produce angular parts for many different types of metal products from sheets and plates of metal. Add a plate roll or slip roll, however, and the product possibilities multiply as curved, cylindrical, and conical parts are added to the mix.