Articles written by Joseph Altieri

Joseph Altieri

President, Fox Machinery Associates Inc.

P.O. Box 160
Bridgeport, PA 19405
phone: 610-275-4700

www.foxmachinery.com

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The evolution of precision bending

Three decades ago bottoming with penetration, or coining, was the only way to achieve high accuracies on press brakes, and this meant fabricators endured high tooling costs. Over the years precision air bending with CNC hydraulic press brakes using precision-ground tooling evolved to become the dominant forming method in the precision market. However, it took some significant machinery advances to get there.

Publish date: June 17, 2008
Tech cell: Bending