A waterjet is an industrial machine tool that uses water or water and an abrasive substance to cut a wide variety of materials. This mixture of water and abrasive material is pumped at very high pressures to cut very hard materials like stainless steel (SS), mild steel (MS), and granite in varying t

Every day, product engineers and job shop owners are faced with a project or part that needs to be produced using steel. If it is not specified in the design, then you will need to decide whether to use hot rolled or cold rolled steel. Making the right choice will help you create the best solution f

Lets start off by saying that I understand that you, as the reader, likely do not want to read a 20-page blog covering every individual type of fabrication machine out there. On our website alone, there are 14 types of machines under our “Fabrication Machinery” tab in the “Machinery for Sale” sectio

Many machine shop owners and managers will roll their eyes when they hear the term “Horizontal Machining Center” and say: “I can buy three Vertical Machining Centers for the same price.” While this may be true, you will also need the same number of operators and three times the floor space! Here are

Think of the above as a balancing beam for your shape cutting process. On one side you have the CAPABILITY of waterjet. You can cut anything you can touch to tight and exacting tolerances, yet your operating cost will be in the $27-$30 per hour range and waterjet will likely be the slowest process

The middle name of our company is Fab which is short for fabricating and a lot of what we sell is fabrication machines such as press brakes, shears, lasers, waterjets, plasma cutters, etc. We do quite well with fab equipment but we are also very good with buying and selling used CNC machines and som

Keeping your shops equipment working at peak condition is a must for maximizing productivity and minimizing disruptions. Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) is one process that can be kept running quite efficiently if you follow a few simple tips. 1) Check and Clean the Dielectric Probe The c

When buying new machinery, a buyer typically does so based on the desire for the newest/fastest/best technology available. If a new machine is the only way to make parts better, faster and cheaper then, by all means, go for it! But, in most cases, a quality used machine can perform the same task to

When manufacturers consider buying or adding equipment, they often make some of the dumbest mistakes for the weakest of reasons. While they may not be actual sins, they certainly are some of the most ludicrous reasons to buy the wrong machine. Whether its the well, it comes with a full warranty or t

Plate Rolls are utilized for the rolling of flat sheets of material typically steel, stainless steel or aluminum. Typical applications include the manufacture of items such as cans, tanks, pipes, pressure vessels, tanker trailers, excavator buckets and other rounded metal pieces. Plate Rolls can be

Adding automation to any machine can add production value, but adding the right type of barfeeder or barload system can improve productivity on your turning center exponentially. Whether you need a barfeeder or barloader to feed the beast of your turning center you should have some sort of automatio

Note: This article was originally published on thefabricator.com on January 8, 2018, and has been re-posted here with the author’s permission. How would you go about purchasing a laser cutting machine? Thats not an everyday task, and as a result, some shops arent sure where to start. This

If your machine shop or manufacturing plant looking for ways to be more efficient and increase productivity? If you answered YES, then you’ll need to learn the difference between Plasma Cutting and Laser Cutting. You will also need to know the pros and cons of each and which purposes they’re best su

Waterjets can be used to cut virtually any material. Pure water jets are capable of cutting soft materials like rubber, foam, or other gasket material quickly and accurately. Abrasive waterjets are able to cut virtually any material across a wide range of thicknesses. Virtually all metals are availa

If youre a fabricator or fabrication job shop, there is not one machine that fits more usefully into your shop than an Ironworker machine. In a recent article entitled: Why An Ironworker Should Be Your First Fabricating Machine we investigated that topic even further. Capable of punching, notching,

Welding often is the most critical process in a fab shop as it is usually one of the last steps in fabricating components. Parts have spent hours being cut into precise shapes and likely formed into various shapes prior to welding. Significant material costs, time and labor have been added making th

Ever go looking for a machine just to find out its advertised from different dealers? Ever wonder why that is? I mean who really owns it and who should you talk to to get the best deal? Here we break down the mystery surrounding the internal workings of selling used machinery, the types of sales tha

What is Waterjet Cutting and where is it Used? Waterjet cutting is the process of CNC (computer-controlled cutting) for a wide variety of materials using a very high-pressure stream of water (30,000psi to 90,000psi), sometimes mixed with an abrasive substance to cut harder, denser materials such as

We previously discussed industrial centrifuge basics and wanted to continue by discussing industrial centrifuge maintenance. Like any other piece of equipment, proper maintenance is essential to keeping your centrifuge running optimally for as long as possible. The effort put into centrifuge mainten

Soft foot can be one of the leading issues encountered in rotating equipment. It is also known as machine frame distortion and is a complex condition that can result in damage to the equipment, along with its output. These include quality and mechanical problems such as elevated vibration levels, m