Manufacturing

Gaining the edge in today’s competitive market requires intelligence derived from data and the ability to act upon information to improve processes and machine performance. Measuring the Data If you’re…

As mentioned in our previous series, we’ve identified some of the most common areas for process variability and bottlenecks in the metal fabricating value chain. Press brake efficiency and capacity…

In continuation of our multi-part series on analyzing the value chain, we now look at manual CNC press brake bending operations. CNC bending operations continue to be a mostly manually…

In Part 2 of our multi-part blog series on analyzing the metal fabricating value chain, we will analyze the flow of the raw material. More specifically, how efficiently is material…

So what does your metal fabricating value chain look like? Can you already determine where your improvements will come from? While the improvements may seem obvious, not all are visible…

As laser cutting technology has evolved over the years, so too have the machine and control technologies associated with automating laser cutting machine operations. Fiber laser technology in particular has…

  When production demands are high, mobile bending robots provide fab shops with much-needed flexibility. As productivity levels have increased due to the introduction of high-speed Fiber laser cutting systems,…

With the introduction of innovative machine technologies into modern CNC press brakes, tasks have become simpler and less time consuming and overall productivity has increased. Today’s modern CNC press brakes…

While we all recognize the value of new and innovative equipment, we sometimes overlook the competitive advantages that innovative software creates. Modern machine and software innovations drive greater productivity and…

Machine life cycle metrics should be part of every company’s continuous improvement and financial management process. What is the effective life cycle of a machine tool, anyway? When should we…