Teamwork takes black magic out of bending: enhanced press brake software enables manufacturer to bend stainless components right the first time.(BENDING FEATURE)(Cover Story) From: Production Technology News | Date: September 1, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Advantage Business Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Precision bending of stainless steel, especially in heavy gauge and plate thicknesses, can require special processing. For Moline Machinery, a leading maker of made-to-order baking equipment systems, special processing was killing productivity. "Fabrication used to be a real bottleneck in our manufacturing," says Mike Plaunt, manufacturing engineer. "When doing custom parts--one of this, one of that--you need them to be right. You don't want to have to tweak the control for each an...

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