Dave Graf

Dave Graf
Regional Sales Executive

Before beginning a 30 plus year career in Industrial Sales and Sales Management, Dave was a professional musician for a 10 year span as a guitarist/vocalist/songwriter. He and his wife of 33 years Kathy, relocated from their hometown of Chicago in ‘97 to Scottsdale, AZ where they spend much of the year along with son Matt, daughter Kylie and wonder dogs Gracie and Rizzo (you can take the Cubs fans out of Chicago but….!)

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  • Heavy Fabrication Line Layout Planning for Throughput Reliability

    Dave Graf explains how heavy fabrication shops can raise throughput reliability by planning line layouts around end-to-end automation, from material handling and cutting to drilling, welding, and finishing. The article emphasizes integrating equipment, software, and workflow to reduce bottlenecks, rework, and downtime while improving safety and predictability. Targeting structural steel fabrication for oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridges, and tower construction, it outlines how disciplined planning and integration deliver measurable ROI through higher utilization, faster cycle times, and scalable capacity. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • High Throughput Cell Utility Safety Validation for Reliability

    Dave Graf outlines how high throughput cell utility safety validation improves reliability and profitability in structural steel fabrication. The article emphasizes end-to-end automation planning that aligns equipment selection, utilities, safety systems, and workflows to reduce downtime and accelerate commissioning. By integrating cutting, welding, and material handling with validated safeguards and standardized verification, fabricators in oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridge, and tower construction can achieve predictable throughput and measurable ROI through lower risk, higher uptime, and scalable expansion. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • Commissioning Playbook Acceptance Tests for Uptime Safety Throughput

    Dave Graf outlines how commissioning playbook acceptance tests de-risk automation in structural steel fabrication by validating uptime, safety, and throughput before full production. The article emphasizes end-to-end planning that aligns equipment selection, controls, and data integration with real shop workflows across oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridge, and tower projects. By standardizing test criteria and stakeholder signoff, fabricators can accelerate ramp-up, reduce rework, and quantify ROI through predictable capacity, labor efficiency, and higher-quality output. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • High-Watt Fiber Lasers for Thick Plate ROI Risks

    Dave Graf explains how investing in high-watt fiber lasers for thick plate can pay off only when paired with end-to-end automation planning and disciplined ROI validation. He highlights integration risks in material handling, nesting, cut quality, downstream fit-up, and throughput, urging fabricators to align equipment choices with real production constraints. The article emphasizes practical integration support to reduce payback uncertainty for structural steel shops serving oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridge, and tower construction. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • Liberty vs Ermaksan Press Brakes Capacity Uptime ROI Framework

    Dave Graf outlines a practical framework for comparing Liberty and Ermaksan press brakes by linking capacity, uptime, and total cost to measurable ROI in structural steel fabrication. He emphasizes end-to-end automation planning, from part flow and tooling to controls, safety, and data connectivity, ensuring press brakes integrate cleanly with existing lines. The approach targets higher throughput and predictable performance for oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridge, and tower construction with clear payback modeling. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • Staged Automation Roadmaps for Fabricators Reduce Delivery Risk

    Dave Graf explains how staged automation roadmaps help structural steel fabricators lower delivery risk by planning end-to-end automation across material handling, cutting, drilling, fitting, welding, and finishing. For oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridge, and tower projects, the approach prioritizes phased integration, data flow, and workforce readiness to avoid disruption while improving throughput, quality, and schedule certainty. Clear ROI modeling, scalable equipment choices, and coordinated implementation align capital spend with measurable performance gains. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • Reduce Multi Vendor Integration Risks With Structured Ownership

    The article explains how structured ownership reduces multi-vendor integration risk by assigning clear accountability from planning through commissioning. It highlights end-to-end automation strategies for structural steel fabrication, aligning equipment, software, and data workflows to improve throughput, quality, and traceability. By coordinating integration across oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridge, and tower construction shops, teams can shorten ramp-up time, avoid costly rework, and validate ROI with measurable productivity and cost-per-part gains. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • Coordinated Beam Plate Handling Workflow Cuts Rework Risk

    Dave Graf explains how coordinated beam and plate handling workflows reduce rework by aligning upstream planning with downstream execution. The article highlights end-to-end automation roadmapping that integrates cutting, drilling, material movement, and data flow to create a predictable, repeatable process. For structural steel fabricators serving oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridge, and tower construction, the approach improves throughput, quality, and schedule certainty while clarifying ROI through measurable labor, scrap, and delay reductions. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • Mission-Critical Uptime Strategy Spares Redundancy Preventive Maintenance ROI

    Dave Graf outlines a mission-critical uptime strategy that replaces excess redundancy with a spares plan tied to preventive maintenance and measurable ROI. For structural steel fabricators serving oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridge, and tower construction, the approach aligns end-to-end automation planning with integration across cutting, drilling, welding, material handling, and software. By standardizing parts, scheduling service, and training teams, shops reduce downtime risk, accelerate throughput, and protect capital investments while scaling reliably. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • Executive Checklist for Uptime, Integration, Training, Commissioning Risk Controls

    Dave Graf outlines an executive checklist to maximize uptime and ROI when adopting end-to-end automation in structural steel fabrication. The article highlights planning for seamless integration across layout, cutting, drilling, welding, and material handling, along with commissioning risk controls to reduce disruption. It emphasizes operator training, standardized workflows, and data connectivity to accelerate ramp-up, improve quality, and protect schedules. Applicable to oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridges, and tower construction, it helps leaders align stakeholders and measure results. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • Procurement to Production Governance for On-Time Spec Delivery

    Dave Graf outlines how procurement-to-production governance helps structural steel fabricators deliver on spec and on time in oil & gas, shipbuilding, bridge, and tower projects. The article emphasizes planning end-to-end automation around real workflows, integrating estimating, purchasing, material tracking, scheduling, and machine control to reduce rework and delays. By standardizing data and accountability from order intake through shipping, fabricators gain predictable throughput, better labor utilization, and measurable ROI. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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  • Turnkey Multi-Machine Automation Scoping for Heavy Fabrication ROI

    Dave Graf outlines how turnkey, multi-machine automation scoping helps heavy fabricators plan and justify end-to-end upgrades that improve throughput, consistency, and labor efficiency. The approach maps current workflows, selects complementary machines and software, and defines material handling and integration requirements to reduce risk during installation. By modeling payback and total cost of ownership, the process targets measurable ROI for structural steel shops serving oil and gas, shipbuilding, bridge, and tower construction. Dave Graf Regional Sales Executive, Mac-Tech dave@mac-tech.com | 602-510-5552
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