Die-Cut Products

04/01/2020

Doing our part to help those putting their lives on the line, to save ours! If you can, stay home and stay safe. And if you’re out there working in healthcare and in need of PPE like this, all of us at DCP send our gratitude.

Local engineers have teamed up to create potentially lifesaving face shields that will be mass-produced to help protect health workers from coronavirus. The process, which usually takes years, was…

02/24/2016

A Great Question answered by The Fabricator
Q: "I lay out, notch, and form sheet metal trays, boxes, and a few plate parts. My problem is I do not have access to a CAD system. While I can find quite a few books on sheet metal pattern layout, I can find little to nothing on the topic of precision corner notching for sheet metal. Can you offer any guidance or help me locate reference materials?"

Whether you are a press brake technician or you are programming in CAD, having a basic understanding of notching can lead to better products and a more efficient operation.

02/22/2016

The latest monthly industrial production report from the Federal Reserve pinned the manufacturing index for the first month of the year at 106.2, up from 105.7 in December.

02/19/2016

Check out these top 20 facts about manufacturing. For example, did you know that manufacturers contributed $2.17 trillion to the U.S. economy? Or how about the fact that there are 12.33 million manufacturing workers in the United States, accounting for 9 percent of the workforce. Learn more after the click.

NAM provides members with facts about manufacturing and US manufacturing strateg...

02/17/2016

Workshops for Warriors, Matching Veterans to Manufacturing Careers

02/15/2016

What do manufacturers say their top concerns are for 2016? Growth, employee retention and technology & supply chain needs.

As part of the NIST MEP client survey, we’ve asked MEP center clients to identify the top three challenges their companies face over the next three years.

02/11/2016

On 23-Jan-2016 the robot "Sub1" solved a Rubik's Cube in 0.887 s at the Cubikon store in Munich, Germany. Prior to the world record attempt a WCA-conform mod...

02/08/2016

Understanding what goes into material costs. This is a valuable article for fabricators and customers alike.

A simple and direct path to boosting profitability is to stop overpaying for material. But how do you know with certainty if the price you are paying is fair? Today, thanks to the Internet and, surprisingly enough, your competitors...

02/01/2016

Well this is an interesting job!

Custom fabricators get some unusual requests, both in terms of the job itself and the timeline for completion. Sometimes they go the extra mile to “do the right thing.”

01/29/2016

A little funny for your Friday.