Plasma cutting is, more often than not, connected to the world of fabrication and welding. And for good reason - they involve similar tools, techniques, and skill sets. That doesn’t mean a little art can’t be injected into making plasma-cut parts, especially when you’re using CNC plasma equipment like the Tormach 1300PL.

Fabbro Industries, located in upstate New York, is carving out a niche by developing suspension solutions and small-batch runs of custom architecture components for their customers. Terence Musto, the founder and owner of Fabbro Industries, shared his journey from finance to the world of custom motorcycle and bicycle building, and suspension technology.

Kevin Corley is a construction project manager that started his CNC journey with a non-descript CNC router. He quickly found it a struggle to make parts out of metal and began to explore what Tormach had to offer instead. While working on prototypes for a client’s Kickstarter campaign, he picked up a Tormach 770M CNC mill, and didn’t look back. 

Tormach team members recently returned from 3D EXPERIENCE WORLD in Nashville, TN, and it was an event to experience. Previously known as SOLIDWORKS World, the event featured an array of CAD and CAM workshops and seminars, but the Tormach crew spent their time making all sorts of chips.

Ramper Innovations is a company founded by a former cargo hold worker who saw a need for a safer way to move baggage, mail, and cargo in aircraft - not a challenge most of us are privy to as we watch luggage loaded onto the plane while listening to the safety presentation. 

One of the most amazing parts of manufacturing is the realization that everything around us has to be made. Whether it was fabricated, machined, cast or a myriad of other processes, everything you see around you has seen some sort of manufacturing process. Because things need to be made, there are always new opportunities for entrepreneurs to develop new businesses in the manufacturing space.