Here’s a shocker: There are manufacturers around who actually want you to pay less for their sheet metal fabrication services. Before your head starts spinning, you should know they won’t lose...
Cutting, bending, joining: There are many ways to produce your metal project. Design for manufacturability (DFM) techniques help optimize the design, but only if used with a manufacturing cost model.
In metal manufacturing, the secret to success is using the right process for the job. You base your production decisions -- as should your vendor -- on cost, time, materials, and end product needs....
You know it, we know it: Costs are always an issue when planning a manufacturing project. If your project includes metalwork, then finishing is probably one of those costs. Often, industrial powder...
Many people involved with the purchasing process stress over the best method of tool production and how it will impact their total manufacturing cost.
Well, it’s important to get tooling right....
The cost of steel is more complicated than you might think. Steel is a global commodity, and its price varies daily.
China may not be the land of the rising sun, but it is the land of the rising steel prices. In today’s economic landscape, the price of steel is one of the biggest cons of offshoring your metal...
Admit it: Most of us would rather run to Wal-Mart for the stuff we need instead of driving across town three times for the grocery store, hardware store, and pharmacy. Wal-Mart’s just so easy. The...
Cost control is a chief concern in most industries, and manufacturing is no different. It’s a prime motive for using contract metal manufacturing assembly services rather than maintaining in-house...
