Category: Machine Tools
Customer Spotlight on Specialty Metal Fab
ecialty Metal Fabricators LLC is a custom metal fabrication facility that has been operating in Portland, Oregon, since May of 2000. Founder Doug Metz, a veteran sheet metal worker for the last 38 years, had a vision for an architectural job shop to do work on high-end buildings and he built his business from the ground up to become just that. Starting with just three employees, Doug’s team currently consists of two dozen individuals, from artisans to support staff. They bought their current building in 2009 to keep up with their continuing growth.
Spotlight on Tube Cutting Fiber Lasers
The Coming of the Fiber Laser Just as using a plasma cutter on a plate of metal was a big step beyond the traditional cutting methods of using a punch or router, likewise, processing plates with lasers—first CO2 and eventually fiber (tube cutting fiber lasers)—was a quantum leap for fabricators. Laser beams are streams of […]
RMT Goes to Fabtech
The Tradition Continues The annual Fabtech show is coming up September 13-16 in Chicago. If you are going to the show, or just happen to be in the area around then, please be sure to stop by booth number A2988 and catch up with the latest from RMT—Revolution Machine Tools—a premier metal fabrication equipment and […]