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      <title><![CDATA[Streamlining press brake setups help transform a business]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1An operator at Quality Fabricators can retrieve a program that was sent to the control from offline bending software. Photo courtesy of Quality Fabricators.
It&acirc;€™s been a long time since...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[New press brake, new production philosophy]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1Jose Arias, press brake operator at American Security Products Co., forms a safe component on the company&acirc;€™s new 175-ton press brake with hydraulic tool clamping. Photo courtesy of...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A safer way to bend bar stock in a press brake]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1 Putting multiple bends into round barstock is a test for the most skilled operators. For less experienced operators, the task can turn into a very frustrating event if no guidance is...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rolling for wind]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Wind towers have gotten their fair share of coverage over the past few years. Much of what's made headlines involves the regulations and tax benefits that promote the technology. What isn't talked...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Older than Oscar&reg; &mdash; Part II]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Figure 2Stamp of Americana. (top right) How many fabricators can say that their products have been featured on a postage stamp? In 1988 the U.S. Post Office featured a 1902 C. Cretors &amp; Co. popcorn...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bending perforated weathering steel: Not a pedestrian challenge]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Figure 1A worker at Sure Iron Works aligns corrugated and perforated plate with a plate and box member, creating the girders of a pedestrian bridge.  It's not surprising that Steve Horn, a New Yorker...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:05:19 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reclaiming the disappearing press brake knowledge in your shop]]></title>
      <link>http://www.thefabricator.com/article/bending/reclaiming-the-disappearing-press-brake-knowledge-in-your-shop</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Figure 1That controller is no guarantee that press brake operators know the reason a certain tool is required for a bending job. That comes only with successful knowledge transfer from experienced and...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[One safeguard (not) for all]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Figure 1Any press brake safety evaluation should consider factors such as the application, part geometry, tooling, and brake type.  Press brakes are one of the most versatile machine tools on the...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A giant among machines]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[  The idea of ordering a 40-foot-long press brake was no problem for Greiner Industries, Mount Joy, Pa. The real work started when the brake was ready for delivery. The company had to find a way to...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thinking outside the press brake]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Figure 1An automated panel bender positions a workpiece. Photo courtesy of Salvagnini America.  When fabricators think about automated bending, a robot tied to a press brake usually comes to mind. So...]]></description>
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