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bent. What affects it most, it discovered, is format i.e. cabinets. Having a machine that
not necessarily the tension in the material is flexible enough to make different parts,
itself but the actual thickness of the material. accurately and consistently, in large or small
A slight variation in thickness has a major batches makes a huge difference.
effect on the bending process. This has lead “If you compare the sheet metal industry
to the development of its advanced bend- with agricultural markets, there are some
ing technology (abt) suite, which automati- similarities,” Lisac confirmed. “Years ago,
cally measures each sheet (in real time) and agriculture was a predominantly manual
adjusts the bending program while the sheet industry – now, it is all automated. To some
is being loaded and centred. extent, this could also be the destiny for
“The one variable in the formula is the sheet metal.” ISMR
thickness so we can measure each sheet as
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ISMR. “We are therefore much closer to get-
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ting the first part out perfectly first time but a
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then a different batch/part is needed later,
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the system automatically adjusts and no
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time is lost. Parts can be produced in ‘kit’
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