The Welder - Articles - The Fabricator
The Welder - Articles - thefabricator.com is the digital home of The Fabricator magazine, the metal fabricating industry’s foremost authority on manufacturing technology. Technical articles, …
Choosing the right tungsten for aluminum TIG welding
Nov 5, 2014 · Thoriated tungsten did not form a nice round ball, but became very irregular in geometry, which produced a fluttery, irregular arc. So pure and zirconiated electrodes were …
The story behind the Iron Man welding helmet - The Fabricator
May 11, 2022 · What do TikTok, welding, and Iron Man have in common? The answer is Precision Welding Academy, a Katy, Texas-based welding school.Why is that? Well, the school’s …
The Tube and Pipe Journal - The Fabricator
The Tube and Pipe Journal - The Tube and Pipe Journal became the first magazine dedicated to serving the metal tube and pipe industry in 1990. Today, it remains the only North American …
The Fabricator - Metal Fabricating News, Products, Articles, and …
Jan 8, 2025 · The Fabricator provides metal fabrication professionals with market news, the industry's best articles, product news, and conference information from the Fabricators and …
The Fabricator Podcast
The Fabricator Podcast brings you conversations with people who make things out of metal. We speak with manufacturing leaders, metal fabricators, welders, job shop owners, small business …
The Welder - The Fabricator
The Welder - The Welder, formerly known as Practical Welding Today, is a showcase of the real people who make the products we use and work with every day. This magazine has served …
Tube bending basics: How to bend tubing and metal pipe - The …
Feb 24, 2014 · The pressure die (also called a pressure slide) supports the outside radius during bending. The pressure die can be stationary; it can follow the workpiece, sliding on rollers at …
Analyzing the k-factor in sheet metal bending - The Fabricator
Sep 12, 2018 · “However, the neutral axis does move toward the inside surface by a percentage, that percentage being the k-factor. This relocating or shifting of the neutral axis—from 50 …
Sheet metal bending calculation basics - The Fabricator
Nov 9, 2012 · The second flat-blank-development example adds the two dimensions (from edge to the apex), and subtracts a bend deduction. In this case, the calculations use a …