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Manufacturers are winning with precision sheet metal fabrication

If sheet metal fabrication were easy, everybody would do it. It’s not—and the handling, cutting and manipulating of sheet metal can be especially challenging when manufacturers require thicker material, as commonly used in agriculture, transportation, construction and other industries. When you partner with custom sheet metal fabricators using world-class laser-cutting technology, large-capacity press brakes and…

5 benefits of lights-out automation of laser-cut sheet metal for manufacturers

We’ve been hearing questions from our manufacturing customers about lights-out automation—sometimes called a “dark factory.” What lights-out automation refers to is when an industrial process is carried out by technology to the point where human intervention is minimal or unnecessary. Like it sounds, it’s a reliance on automation over human workers to the extent the…