New OSHA Guidelines for Industrial Ductwork and Other Confined Spaces

Industrial workers often work in confined spaces, which include industrial ductwork, tanks, and hoppers. All of these spaces can be dangerous if they aren’t engineered properly or approached with caution because workers can be exposed to hazards such...

Southern Metal Fabricators Achieves CSA Welding Certification

Alabama-based custom metal fabricator Southern Metal Fabricators, Inc. has been certified according to the updated Canadian Standards Association’s (CSA) Standard W47.1 (Division 2) governing the fusion welding of steel. This allows Southern Metal Fa...

How Heavy Ductwork Is Custom Fabricated

At some point, you’ve probably wondered where the heavy metal ductwork that wraps around industrial facilities is fabricated. Whether it’s meant for boiler air handling or HVAC applications, it certainly doesn’t come off the shelf. Every plant has it...

Why We Fabricate to Canadian Welding Bureau Standards

As Southerners, we’re not ashamed to admit we occasionally sip on Canadian rye whiskey when we’re not at work. We find the higher content of corn mash makes it a little smoother than its American counterparts. Part of that smoothness also comes from ...

The 5-Minute Guide to OSHA Machine Guard Standards

We get a lot of questions about machine guards for stationary equipment, particularly regarding Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) standard CFR1910.212. OSHA publishes its standards online, yet there were over 6,000 occupational a...

4 Types of Metal for Custom Metal Fabrication

Custom metal fabrication is both a specialized and varied profession. On the one hand, a custom metal fabricator is always doing custom jobs, which have to be manufactured to meet what are often strict tolerances required by the client. On the other ...