The challenge today is not only to produce metal components quickly but also to ensure they meet stringent quality tolerances,” notes a senior consultant in the metal processing sector. “Firms that can integrate precision with efficiency set the standard for the entire industry.

How do you use a 3D printer to bend metal? One way would be to take it to a machine shop and offer to trade the owner your printer for some time in their shop. A smarter way is to do like [Jaba 3D], and print dies using the printer. You can then use those ...

Multipress Inc., a Columbus, OH manufacturer with a 50-year history of producing custom presses for the metalworking industry, was recently contacted by a customer with a requirement for a 50-ton deep-draw press. In this new application the customer ...

Operating from two northern Ohio facilities totaling more than 130,000 sq. ft., Vicon Fabricating Co. is built for large-scale, high-precision fabrication. Specializing in long lengths and thick gauges, the company handles a full range of heavy-duty steel fabrication and secondary operations.

The DIKUQ project has developed a semi-automated process chain for forming steel sheets for shipbuilding. Fraunhofer IOF designed a novel inline 3D measurement system that can digitally capture workpieces in less than half a second and reconstruct them as 3D images.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM),a global leader in Additive Manufacturing 2.0 technologies for mass production, today announced the first commercial shipments of the Figur G15, an innovative Digital Sheet Forming (DSF) machine tool, to ...

NIPPON KINZOKU CO., LTD. (TOKYO: 5491) (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo) has commenced the full-scale deployment of its "Eco-Product" lineup, comprised of products manufactured using its proprietary "Composite Metal Forming Technology," which is based on the long-cultivated precision profile-rolled products, "Fine Profile."

Hyundai Rotem will unveil its electric vehicle core component production facilities to the global market for the first time. Hyundai Rotem noted that it will participate in the 'China International Metal Forming Exhibition 2025' held in Shanghai, China ...

Press-forming is a versatile metal forming technique that can quickly and easily turn sheet metal into finished parts. But there’s a lot of time and money tied up in the tooling needed, which can make it hard for the home-gamer to get into. Unless you 3D ...

Today, fabricators processing prototypes or low-quantity jobs can print their own press brake tooling. They need to ensure a printed tool can withstand the loads, however. Proper annealing plays a key role. Artem Zakharov/iStock/Getty Images Plus