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Sheet Metal Hemming Strategies on the Press Brake
Imagine you notice some efficiency metrics in the press brake department that aren’t up to snuff. A bending bottleneck seems to be pushing jobs across the plant behind schedule. What’s ...
Express Rail, eClamp™ and Express Punch Clamp
Don’t waste time getting tools in the press brake
Press brake setup has a way of meaning different things to different people. For certain operators, setup was the time it took to put the punches and dies on the press brake. That seems pretty stra...
Optimizing the Punch/Laser Cutting Combination Machine
This article has been published in The Fabricator. June 6, 2024
When to Form on a Turret Punch Press
This article originally appeared in the October 2023 issue of Canadian Fabricating & Metalworking. October 16, 2023
3 Steps to Refreshing a Metal Fabrication Shop’s Press Brake Department
During his early days working in a fabricator’s forming department, Larry Boden arrived home one evening and showed his wife a set of calipers. To her surprise and amusement, he proceeded to ...
12 Ways to Boost Your Punch Life
1. Maintain PunchesSharpening punches usually becomes urgent when burrs increase or hole quality is affected. But regular maintenance also is an important factor in extending punch life and reliabi...
Achieving Sharp Bends in Aluminum with the Right Tooling
Aluminum is being used increasingly in manufacturing and metal fabrication for its lightweighting and noncorrosive properties. As with any metal, fabricators must be vigilant in preventing cracking...
CNC Punching: Positive Stop a Positive Advantage
A CNC punching machine delivers tons of force to shape sheet metal as desired. The force transfers to tooling, which smoothly and efficiently adapts that force to produce cuts, bends and numerous f...
Forming Laser-Cut Piece Parts on a Press Brake
Firmly clamped and precisely positioned, a sheet of metal sits atop a punching machine’s table. Within the footprint of that sheet reside many different piece parts containing holes, formed f...
Adjustable Dies for Press Brakes Bring Efficiency, Safety
Generally, in press brake operations, as part-material thickness increases, bend complexity lessens. Where thin-gauge parts may require numerous bends and incorporate intricate geometries, as mater...
Short Run and Progressive Tooling for Turret Punch Presses
In today’s manufacturing environment, precision metal fabricators are constantly searching for ways to increase productivity as they are faced with smaller lot sizes and more complex par...
Secondary work on turret punch presses
The biggest challenges facing today’s sheet metal fabricators are a shortage of skilled labour and how to reduce or eliminate waste in manufacturing. With the right tooling, CNC punching mach...
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