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Meeting the demands of your customers’ production orders without having to worry about operator shortages is where automation technologies and modern programming systems can really make a difference in achieving greater machine flexibility, availability, and productivity.

Meeting the demands of your customers’ production orders without having to worry about operator shortages is where automation technologies and modern programming systems can really make a difference in achieving greater machine flexibility, availability, and productivity.

There are many companies using older press brakes in their operations, many of which still rely on their operators to create all of the bending programs directly at the control. While this is okay for simple bends, more complex programming should be left to off-line software.

Today’s modern CNC press brakes have features and built-in ‘smart’ technologies that intelligently guide even a novice user through press brake setups and operations. Consequently, the experience required to operate these machines has changed dramatically.