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Upgrade Your Cutting Capabilities

Five factors reveal the value of long-term cost efficiency

By Jeff Hluchyj and Tom Stillwell

Jeff Hluchyj is marketing product manager and Tom Stillwell is product marketing manager of software at Hypertherm Associates, Hanover, N.H

Reprinted with permission: The AWS Welding Journal

With the rising cost of today’s business operations, it can be enormously challenging to determine where to allocate our often all too limited resources.

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How Advancements in Automation Can Alleviate the Talent Shortage

Of all the challenges plaguing manufacturers in recent years, none loom larger than the talent shortage. According to the Deloitte 2022 Manufacturing Industry Outlook, record numbers of unskilled jobs are likely to limit productivity and growth through the end of the year — a perhaps unsurprising statistic for anyone who saw last year’s predicted shortfall of 2.1 million skilled labor jobs by 2023.

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Lean Manufacturing Techniques Can Help Your Shop

As a manufacturer, you are always looking for ways to increase your output. Too often, the first thought is to buy more equipment. However, you can look to a production method like lean manufacturing to help improve your output—and trust us, this costs considerably less than buying new equipment.

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FAB to FINISH Production Experience

FABTECH 2022 will mark the fifth edition of the Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) FAB to FINISH Production Experience. Providing show attendees the opportunity to see a part produced from fabrication to finishing, FAB to FINISH participants are able to experience each production step first-hand.

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Beyond the ARC: Welding Engineering Explained

I have never heard of a welding engineer. What is a welding engineer?” That is a common response I have heard throughout my career. The reason for the question may originate from this job title not being as recognizable in industry as a mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineer.

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