Category: Machine Tools

Bigger Is Not Always an Improvement You’re a fabrication shop owner who’s used to doing lots of metal bending for customers. You bought a 12′ x 350-ton press brake just so you could handle the bigger jobs, but now a customer has requested something really long—a light pole that runs just shy of 28′. It’s […]

A Safe Shop Is a Productive Shop Some fabrication facilities will stress production above all other considerations. This often means not taking into account the fact that high production is a function of happy, satisfied workers possessing deep buy-in on the projects they are working while secure in a safe environment. A disgruntled worker might […]

Hydraulic Power, Electric Efficiency The development of the mechanical press brake revolutionized the metal bending world. While not replacing hand-powered sheet metal leaf brakes, the new brakes utilized a motor, flywheel and eccentric crank to drive a ram and bend thicker plate metals. Whole new areas of fabrication were opened up as a result, and […]