Manufacturing

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…

Meeting the demands of your customers’ orders without having to worry about operator shortages is where press brake automation technology can really make a difference in productivity. It also can…

Today’s Fiber laser cutting machines process three to four times more volume of material per unit of time than legacy CO2 laser cutting machines. To maintain this consistent pace of…

The addition of a Fiber laser cutting machine into a sheet metal fabrication manufacturing process requires a re-assessment of the current front-end fabricating processes. You now have a cutting tool…