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‎TPJ Article: "Avoiding Common Bending Problems with Common Sense"

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 == Contact ==
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 web site: www.toolsforbending.com
 == Editorial on his TPJ Article: "Avoiding Common Bending Problems with Common Sense" ==

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 In the BENDER BASICS section, he has a short discussion regarding choosing benders.  This discussion is more brief than I prefer - but it is a start.  I recommend that a few other variables be introduced regarding bender types.  For example, any fabricator of mulitple bend parts that must change between parts periodically on the same machine should almost always choose a full three-axis CNC rotary draw bender rather than a one-axis NC bender (that controls only the bend arm).
-Furthermore, any application that has rotation (twist) between bend planes is a prime candidate for a rotational axis.  One of our customers that replaced many of their NC machines converted CNC benders was able to more than double production from automating the Feed/Rotate axes.  Converting from one-axis NC to a three-axis CNC was a huge investment.  Now I understand that this customer has tripled output with the same number of benders.  And they are getting more orders from customers because their total output capacity is tripled.  Their new problem was: How do we handle all of this increase in material flowing through our shop?  They ended up re-routing the flow of material through the shop to reduce movement of the product from start to finish.  And they added more shop space - lots more.
+Any application that has two bends or more per part with rotation (twist) between bend planes is a prime candidate for a FEED / ROTATE axes on a carriage.  One of our customers purchased an [[SMT Industries]] conversion of several NC machines to full CNC benders.  At first, they tried one of these conversions.  They had anticipated productivity gains, but had underestimated the gains actuall made.  Converting from one-axis NC to a three-axis CNC was a huge investment - and a bit risky for them.
 === Selecting a Bending System ===

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 === Bender Basics ===
-In the BENDER BASICS section, he has a short discussion regarding choosing benders.  This discussion is more brief than I prefer - but it is a start.  I recommend that a few other variables be introduced regarding bender types.  For example, any fabricator of mulitple bend parts that must change between parts periodically on the same machine should almost always choose a full three-axis CNC rotary draw bender rather than a one-axis NC bender (that controls only the bend arm).  Furthermore, any application that has rotation (twist) between bend planes is a prime candidate for a rotational axis.  One of our customers that replaced many of their NC machines converted CNC benders was able to more than double production from automating the Feed/Rotate axes.
+In the BENDER BASICS section, he has a short discussion regarding choosing benders.  This discussion is more brief than I prefer - but it is a start.  I recommend that a few other variables be introduced regarding bender types.  For example, any fabricator of mulitple bend parts that must change between parts periodically on the same machine should almost always choose a full three-axis CNC rotary draw bender rather than a one-axis NC bender (that controls only the bend arm).
 === Selecting a Bending System ===