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CAD/CAM - capturing the master's expertise Suppose you're in this situation: You own or manage an independent metal-fabricating company, or you manage a fab shop in a metal-products manufacturing company. [...]

Latest in CAD/CAM for fabrication As indicated in the article, 'CAD/CAM CAM - capturing the master's expertise' (in this issue), the pace of advancement in this technology continues brisk. Following [...]

Aircraft parts manufacturer John Weitzel Inc was recently awarded the 1993 Boeing Small Business Supplier of the Year. The firm has upgraded its manufacturing processes by using the integrated manufacturing software system of DCD Corp. The DCD Job Shop Control System is used to estimate jobs, schedule and route jobs, maintain inventory levels, monitor cost jobs in progress and coordinate the company's finances., Job shops and custom manufacturers across North America have benefited from implementing DCD systems in many ways. One such company is Wichita-based John Weitzel, Inc., who has recently won the [...]

Goetz and Son, a German job shop located outside of Heidelberg, has 200 employees and yearly uses about 3000 tons of material, with thicknesses from 0.5 mm to 4 mm. [...]

Most technologies required for the computer-integrated, untended fabrication shop are already here and in use, says expert. Twenty years from now, independent fab shops-those that cut, bend, and weld parts [...]

Flexibility, especially for short-run just-in-time production, and operator safety are the key advantages of a line of automated sheetmetal-bending machines recently introduced in this country by Integrated Fabricating Technologies (Deerfield, [...]

Hobart turns to laser cutting Parts proliferation - to more than 4000 - and often in batches as small as six to eight led Hobart Brothers, the Troy, Ohio, producer [...]