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Content about Winton Machine Co. - Page 2
- From The Fabricator
From the CAD station to the production floor
- By George Winton
- Jul 15, 2008
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Article
Conventional tube bending data, regardless of format, is entered manually and therefore susceptible to errors. A modern approach involves using a CAD system to generate a STEP file, which the CAD program exports directly to the bending machine. This method is fast and eliminates errors. The drawback is that such a system requires additional database management efforts.
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