The Most Common Press Brake Mistakes To Avoid

The Most Common Press Brake Mistakes To Avoid

The Most Common Press Brake Mistakes To Avoid

Press brake machine operators must be highly trained, vigilant, and capable of making accurate calculations and observations about the press brake machine and the work it produces. Yet even the most experienced metal fabrication workers can make mistakes. The most common press brake mistakes to avoid can happen when a shop is under pressure to meet a deadline, when operators are fatigued, or when shop managers allow complacency to set in. Press brakes are complex and expensive machines that require [...]

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The Differences Between Aluminum vs. Steel Fabrication

The Differences Between Aluminum vs. Steel Fabrication

Neither steel nor aluminum exists as useable metals in nature. Aluminum—element 13 on the periodic table—is the most abundant metal on the planet, but extracting it and turning it into metal is an energy-intensive process. Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon formed by heating iron with coke and limestone, burning off oxygen and excess carbon. The two metals look similar: they’re both silver-grey and shiny. The differences between aluminum and steel fabrication illustrate how manufacturers used these metals [...]

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The Benefits of Custom Sheet Metal Bending Services

The Benefits of Custom Sheet Metal Bending Services

Metal fabrication machinery can turn out hundreds, even thousands, of identical parts efficiently. Machines can make precision cuts repeatedly with computer guidance, roll steel into tubes and cut them into exacting lengths, and can achieve near-perfect angles by bending sheet metal. Sometimes, however, a unique piece or an innovative design requires the creativity to make a one-of-a-kind or previously unheard-of piece. Or a builder, architect, or designer may simply need a metal piece in an unusual size or configuration. Learn [...]

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