by Ben Wiley | Mar 31, 2021 | Bending, Metal Fabrication, Sheet Metal Fabrication
Along with blanking/shearing and welding, bending is one of the core metal fabrication processes. After being cut from sheet metal or plate, pieces that need bending go onto a press brake. Having just added an American-made Accurpress Accell, we now have many...
by Ben Wiley | Jan 16, 2020 | Aluminum Extrusion, Bending, Extruded Section, Metal Ductility
When aluminum is extruded through a die it’s supposed to come out straight. Die designers put a lot of effort into achieving that result because bent or twisted extrusion is of no use in many applications. There are occasions though when curved or radiused...
by Ed Wiley | Jun 26, 2019 | 3D printing, Additive Manufacturing, Bending, Future of Metal Fabrication, Laser Cutting, Manufacturing, Metal Fabrication, metal fabrication business, Metal Fabricators, MIG Welding, plasma cutting, Shearing, weld, Welding
If it feels like you can’t escape 3D printing at the moment, well you’re probably right. Pick up a magazine, visit a website or turn on the TV and you’ll see somebody talking about something they printed. The thing is, while 3D printing is relatively...
by Ben Wiley | Dec 13, 2018 | Bending, Metal Fabrication, Metal Fabricators, MIG Welding, weld, Welding
If you know anything about welding the title above might have you scratching your head. There’s no choice to be made between the two, it’s not an either-or. Welding is part of fabrication, just as grilling is part of cooking. Sure, you can cook without...
by David Duchesne | Jun 28, 2018 | Bending, Metal Fabrication, press brake, Sheet Metal Fabrication
When we’re making sheet metal fabrications like enclosures, cabinets and work chests, we bend a lot of metal. Bends are made mostly on a press brake by one of two techniques, bottoming or air bending. Some customers are interested in which method we use. Others...
by Ben Wiley | Sep 5, 2017 | Bending, Forming, Manufacturing
Just for a moment, think back to High School. Not the parts you’ve spent years trying to forget, but English class. Were you ever set those “compare and contrast” assignments? Well we’re going to attempt one here. But rather than comparing and contrasting...
