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Transforming Metal with Heat Almost as long as there has been metalworking, artisans have used heat to assist in their work. Likely around 6000 BCE, the process of smelting was developed in the Near East when early metalworkers discovered that certain rocks containing copper ores could be heated in a fire to extract the metal, […]

Maybe the Yellow Pages? You are the owner or manager of a metal fabrication shop, and you want to grow and advertise your business. “If only more people knew what we offered,” you say to your staff. An old-timer in the shop might speak up and suggest, “Maybe try the Yellow Pages.” You dismiss that […]

A Bird’s Eye View Metal fabrication is the process of transforming metal workpieces into finished products. That simple definition doesn’t do justice to the depth and breadth of the topic, however. There are thick textbooks that delve into very small, specific fundamental segments of the industry. Even the most seasoned experts in the field find […]