manufacturing efficiency

In today’s competitive fabricating environment, the reduction of non-value manufacturing time and total processing times is essential for maintaining a competitive edge. From the moment an order is received until…

Continual improvements in manufacturing are a mainstay of remaining competitive. Without machine and production data, both in real-time and historical, there are no means to measure processes objectively. The fact…

Fiber laser technology has been the most significant driver for producing the technology needed to automate laser cutting machine operations due to its high productivity. In particular, the demand for…

How does the cost to operate older CO2 laser cutting machines compare to today’s Fiber laser cutting machines? When looking at Fiber laser cutting technology and considering the productivity benefits,…

Improving your metal fabricating value chain requires continuous attention. Not just to tweak current processes, but also to keep an open mind toward improving with the latest available innovations. So,…

Meeting the demands of your customers’ production orders without having to worry about operator shortages is where automation technologies and modern programming systems can really make a difference in achieving…

Maintaining consistent material flow With today’s Fiber laser cutting machines and their capability to process a vast amount of sheet metal on a daily basis, maintaining materials at the ready…

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…