The press brake department has been called the heart of precision sheet metal fabrication. What happens there affects what ...

With laser cutters popping up in hackerspaces and maker’s tool sheds like weeds, it’s no surprise we’re seeing an explosion in manufacturing techniques that would be nearly impossible without a laser ...

Software offered more efficient processing of orders, nesting, machine programming, and scheduling, and the automation made ...

When inventor and author Jack Benfield sat down to write the definitive guide to executing expert bends in conduit, he filled the small volume with solid, real-world explanations of everything from ...

In my previous column, I discussed the influence of column buckling of the composite material test specimen on its measured compressive strength (see "Buckling of composite material compression ...