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Joseph Altieri
Fox Machinery Associates Inc.
P.O. Box 160
Bridgeport, PA 19405
610-275-4700
- From The Fabricator
The evolution of precision bending
- By Joseph Altieri
- Jun 17, 2008
- Bending and Forming
- Article
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.
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In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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