When engineers design custom fabrications, they have a few standard hardware options to choose from: rivet nuts, PEM nuts, and weld nuts. But what they may not know is that the hardware they select can [...]

When in doubt, design your sheet metal parts for press brake forming instead of stamping—unless you need extremely high volumes of the same part.  Let us explain.  Sheet metal fabricators often receive drawings of parts [...]

Difficult parts don't always seem difficult on the computer or on paper.  When a buyer requests a quote for a custom fabrication, one of the best things they can do is bring an engineer into [...]

Raise your hand if pickups are a major source of frustration for you! You know how it goes. . . Your precision sheet metal fabrication shop calls to let you know that your custom fabrications [...]

Back in July of this year, we mentioned our new partnership with BeehiveFund, a nonprofit management consulting organization that helps manufacturing companies achieve cultural, operational, and financial improvements while increasing morale and productivity.  Since then, [...]

We talk a lot on this blog about how to optimize sheet metal fabrication designs to improve quality, cost, and lead time.  But perhaps the easiest way to guarantee all three of these benefits is [...]