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False Barriers to Upgrade (And How to Overcome Them)

Sep 18, 2023 - Eric St. James

The fabrication industry is fast-moving with increasing pressure to surpass previous standards of speed, quality, flexibility, costs, and service. In ...

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What is OLP And How does it help?

Apr 20, 2023 - Eric St. James

Programming for industrial robots has come a long way. While there are multiple methods, the two we see most often are teach pendants and offline prog...

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How Tube Lasers Reduce Costs

Feb 02, 2023 - Eric St. James

Laser tube-cutting is growing rapidly in the metal fabrication industry as the technology evolves and equipment costs decrease. Compared to the tradit...

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Building a Customer Focused Fab Shop

Sep 07, 2022 - Eric St. James

Recent developments are compelling fab shops to do more. Just delivering products is not going to cut it anymore. Rising input costs, supply chain dis...

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Assist Gas Options & Rising Popularity of HPAS

Jun 28, 2022 - Eric St. James

An assist gas is required with any laser-cutting process. Primarily, assist gas is used to blow molten metal away from the beam kerf, but it also help...

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Bringing Automation to your Shop? What You Need to do

Feb 09, 2022 - Eric St. James

The landscape is competitive in today’s manufacturing world. Demand may be up, but material costs are at an all-time high and the skilled labour short...

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Increasing Popularity of High-Performance Compressed Air Systems in Fiber Laser Cutting

Nov 30, 2021 - Eric St. James

Assist gas is essential for all laser cutting processes. Its core job is to blow molten metal away from the beam kerf. This is necessary for all types...

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Nitrogen Gas Generation for Laser Cutting

Aug 06, 2020 - Eric St. James

Managing operating costs for laser cutting machines is a key factor in your shop’s success. Aside from initial equipment investment, one of the major ...

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Nitrogen: Its Role in Laser Cutting

Jul 24, 2020 - Eric St. James

In metal fabrication, all laser machines – including C02 and fiber lasers – use some sort of assist gas in the cutting process. It is an essential com...

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