It’s one of the most common questions among manufacturers: Will the form fit in the machine? While one of the easiest and sure-fire ways to answer this question is calling the tooling manufacturer and asking for help, sheet metal fabricators can easily answer this question themselves by taking into consideration specific application factors, assessing the functionality of the punch press, and implementing some simple math.
This article originally appeared in the April 2017 issue of Canadian Fabricating & Metalworking.
April 11, 2017