Moreover, the high-product-mix nature of metal fabrication means that “poor” machine uptimes need to be put in context. For instance, a complicated staged setup on a press brake might yield poor green ...

A program that prepares its participants to be part of the workforce has evolved with one company to the point where students are producing structural steel components in the classroom to use in real ...

Editor’s Note: The following involves a hypothetical job shop. Hugh G. Bends Inc., a family-owned architectural metal ...