The Robowranglers, team 148, of Greenville, Texas and the Thunder Chickens, team 217, of Sterling Heights, Michigan show you how their robots go from concept to finished sheet metal. Both teams are ...

This article was originally published Sept. 21, 2016. It was updated Feb. 2, 2023. Engineers designing sheet metal parts and products are often unaware of the difficulties or impossible tasks their ...

Folding and adding bending tabs is one of the easiest and most economical way of making moderately strong joints in sheet-metal parts that will permanently or semi-permanently attach to one another.

Sheet metal workers create, install and repair sheet metal products, which most commonly are used in connection with heating, cooling and ventilation systems (also known as HVAC). The work includes ...