VOLUME 3 | NUMBER 8 | NOVEMBER 2014 | WWW.SHOPMETALTECH.COM
16
OVER STORY
7
OPINION
A Foreign Affair
50
QUALITY
Is shop floor
measurement
a good option
for you?
55
WELDING
The Powers
of TIG
58
CUTTING TOOLS
The soup to nuts
of indexable
carbide inserts
SPECIAL REPORT: Automation & Robotics
32 MACHINING
The ROI of Robotics
36 FABRICATING
Automating structural steel fabrication
Revisiting Smart Shops from past issues
to see how they’re preparing for the future