Today’s tube bending machines offer shops a rich range of control and system options. Here's why metal fab shops should take the time to understand all of them.

Tubes and Ducts Maroc Aerospace needed to ensure that its tubes were bent with repeatable precision. It picked a machine builder with experience doing just that.

A metal fabrication shop knowing how to respond to a tube bender in the emergency stop state means first knowing the circuits, voltage, and relays in the machine.

Success and safety in tomorrow’s manufacturing plants will be decided by how well we prepare employees to master technology and respond to both good and bad analytical results.

Smart manufacturing is made smarter when personnel in production and design collaborate to deliver the most efficient results.

Chicago-area custom auto parts maker Heidts Automotive Group has built a reputation for getting horsepower out on the streets that puts Steve McQueen's Bullitt to shame. The key has been flexibility. And it's done that by cutting weight and guesswork for customers while creating more efficient production time for itself with better engineering and machine technology.

The fischer group, which has established itself firmly as a producer and supplier of stainless steel tubing for automotive exhaust systems, assessed the global transition to vehicle electrification and determined that it needed to merge into a new lane—stamping high-strength, lightweight, aluminum body components.

When Rob Parsons suffered a paralyzing back injury, rather than call it a setback, the Salt Lake City metalworker turned it into an opportunity to pursue two fascinations: racing and metal fabrication. That, in turn, led him to starting up two different business: Bending Solutions and CageKits.

Social media is proof that humanity still celebrates creativity among the younger generations. What better industry to put those creative efforts to work than in metal fabricating and forming?

At the Tube 2022 show in Düsseldorf, Germany, tube and pipe manufacturing companies showcased new technologies and talked about battling the market forces aligned against them.

Diagnosing the real problem that took out a CNC tube bender required a solid understanding of both the electrical and hydraulic systems in the machine—and the possible issues in both systems.