Content tagged with "backgauging"
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Article
July 11, 2006
Automating bending, forming operations
Each of these multibend parts was formed on the same CNC bending line in less than 23 seconds. From left to right, office furniture parts, residential furnace door, part with standing hem, and shelving. Traditionally, a sheet metal component goes through the various shearing, punching,... Read more...
Article
June 14, 2005
Taking a long-term view of press brake productivity
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the metal fabrication industry became acutely aware of non-value-added time—the amount of time lost while a machine sits idle without adding value to a metal component—such as setup time. Nowhere was this more evident than in the press brake... Read more...
Article
October 24, 2002
What the? This can't be done!
"What the ...? This can't be done!"
How many times have you heard that expression? Or seen someone scratching his head in bewilderment when trying to decide which flange to form first or last, not unlike the operator pictured in the lead photograph?
Sure, we've all been there, but... Read more...
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