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Mar 15, 2024

Grain direction’s effect on sheet metal bending

If press brake operators bend a small radius with the material grain—that is, the bend line runs parallel to the materia

Mar 11, 2024

Understanding the performance of punching inserts for lightweight automotive structural parts

z1b / iStock / Getty Images Plus With the transportation industry’s current trend toward reducing both vehicle weight an

Mar 07, 2024

Calculating k

ZhakYaroslavPhoto / iStock / Getty Images Plus Question: We currently bend A36 material thicknesses from 16 ga. up to 1

Mar 03, 2024

Prevent edge cracking in sheet metal bending

FIGURE 1. Cracking on the outside radius of the bend, near a cut edge, could be due to hardness variation from the cut’s

Feb 28, 2024

Corrosion behavior and microstructure of Al

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Feb 24, 2024

2024 BMW R18 The Crown Guide • Total Motorcycle

Introducing the 2024 BMW R18 The Crown… When Dirk Oehlerking dedicates himself to the BMW R 18 with his Kingston Custom

Feb 20, 2024

Manufacturing Eco

Manufacturing Eco-Friendly Aluminium Composite Panels

Feb 16, 2024

Yield, tensile, and bending small metal parts on the press brake

ZhakYaroslavPhoto / iStock / Getty Images Plus This month, we hear from two read readers, one with a question about term

Feb 12, 2024

How to heat aluminum to avoid cracking after bending

Akhmad Bayuri /iStock / Getty Images Plus Q: I’m building several trash racks to fit over the tops of subdevelopment sur

Feb 08, 2024

Achieving sharp bends in aluminum with the right tooling

Because aluminum is a softer metal than steel, care must be taken to prevent or minimize scratching, galling, and markin

Feb 04, 2024

BMW motorrad marks its 100 years with R18 the crown motorcycle in aluminum sheet metal

BMW Motorrad celebrates its 100 years by presenting the design of Kingston Custom founder Dirk Oehlerking and his interp

Jan 31, 2024

Plutocrats Want to Turn Your Sweet Tooth Into Cash

Along a cobbled street in Turin, the whitewashed front beneath a half-century old sign saying “Cioccolataio” may look li