by Ed Wiley | Aug 7, 2019 | Future of Metal Fabrication, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Business, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators
Imagine you go to a nice new restaurant and after a few minutes, a server takes your order. Maybe it takes ten minutes to get your beverages. Then the server seems to disappear. A half-hour passes, and maybe even 45 minutes. At some point, you would either flag down...
by David Duchesne | Jul 10, 2019 | Future of Metal Fabrication, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Technology, Welding
In fabrication the main way we create permanent joins is by welding. Welding has it’s drawbacks though, some of which we’ve discussed here. Thin materials, dissimilar materials, aluminum, even stainless can present challenges. And then there’s all...
by Ed Wiley | Jun 26, 2019 | 3D printing, Additive Manufacturing, Bending, Future of Metal Fabrication, Laser Cutting, Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators, MIG Welding, plasma cutting, Shearing, weld, Welding
If it feels like you can’t escape 3D printing at the moment, well you’re probably right. Pick up a magazine, visit a website or turn on the TV and you’ll see somebody talking about something they printed. The thing is, while 3D printing is relatively...
by Ben Wiley | Jun 5, 2019 | Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, RV
We’re partial to a bit of heavy metal here at Wiley, but we don’t mean the music. Walk through our shop and you might see the occasional Metallica or Iron Maiden tee-shirt, but when we say heavy metal we mean it in the fabrication sense. We’ve...
by Ben Wiley | May 22, 2019 | Aluminum Extrusion, Extruded Section, Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators
As you may recall from some earlier Tiki Talk posts, we’re big fans of extruded aluminum. It’s strong for its weight, machines easily and can be extruded into an almost limitless variety of cross-sections. That makes it ideal for applications ranging from window...
by Ed Wiley | Apr 24, 2019 | 3D printing, Additive Manufacturing, engineering services, Future of Metal Fabrication, Lightweighting, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Business, Manufacturing Technology
Remember Groundhog Day? Not the day in February but the movie starring Bill Murray. In it Murray plays a character forced to live the same day over and over. This gives him the opportunity to try different things until he hits on the magical combination of actions...
